American cars following the muscle-car model have excelled at NASCAR and in drag racing. When the first of the 60s and 70s thoroughbreds hit the strip, however, a monster was already waiting.

they began developing drag strip-oriented versions to promote their products at NHRA events. The Tempest/LeMans kicked off the muscle car craze in 1964 when the GTO performance package was introduced.

The underlying commonality is, of course, the fact that they're muscle cars, but also that they make roughly the same amount of power. The video features a quarter-mile drag race, a rolling race ...