1967 Chevrolet Camaro V8 Coupe

The 1967 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 Number 96 was ordered from Jack Douglass Chevrolet by Motor Sport Research Inc., located in Des Plaines, Illinois. The MSR shop started in June of 1967 to prepare the car for Trans-Am competition. MSR got into some financial problems and the car sat out the 1967 and 1968 seasons. In 1969, Team JOR picked up the project and MSR was hard at work again, but not for long - Team JOR dissolved.

In early 1970, Warren Fairbanks, Reed Sinclair, and Ed May formed FSM Enterprises, purchased the car, and modified it to 1970 rules. Interesting modifications from 1967 rules include a notched front subframe, which lowers the engine in the chassis, a roll cage designed on a computer at International Harvest Corp., fender flares and fuel filler location. Jack Douglass Chevrolet helped with parts and sponsorship for the team.

Three years after the project was started, Warren ran the car for the first time at Mid-Ohio on June 7 and finished 11th. Warren, a former Shelby Cobra racer, fitted the Camaro with a seat out of a Cobra. John Greenwood, of Corvette fame, built motors for the car. Warren drove the car in a total of six Trans-Am races during the 1970-1972 seasons.

By Daniel Vaughan | Jan 2007