They stayed next to each other for the rest of the course, as it turns out, and this was a great photo-finish: 6.41s at 106 mph for the Chevy El Camino and 6.45s at 110 mph for the Mopar beast.

These days, budget sedans are almost entirely from Japanese and Korean automakers, with automakers in the USA focusing on more popular SUVs and crossovers; Chevy does offer the Malibul, still.