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The ‘69 Camaro has always been my favorite Hot Rod. In fact, it’s on my bucket list (you know – that list of everything you are supposed to do before you die) to build an absolutely amazing sixty-nine. You know, the kind of car you’d be afraid to drive. Looking at these new sneak peaks of Hamstra’s and Castellana’s 1969 Camaros’s, built for Pro Nitrous and Pro Extreme respectively – I’m filled with the same feeling. Not sure if I’d be taking these works of art down the 1320.

Either way, courtesy of ADRL’s Agent 666, check out them out:

First Look: Hamstra’s New Paint

Fresh out of the paint booth and just in time for final assembly and testing before the ADRL’s season-opening Universal Technical Institute Dragpalooza VI presented by Safety-Kleen, come these exclusive images sent to your Agent of Jason Hamstra’s new Garret Race Cars-built ‘69 Camaro Pro Extreme entry.

Following a design by Larry Williams, Brian Olson (yes, he of the crack ADRL at-the-track announcing team) and his guys at Olson Paint & Body in Peru, IN, laid down the “nine or 10” hues of House of Kolor candy on the eye-catching Camaro.

“My main man, ‘Cougar,’ along with my son Drew Olson, Drew Chilcutt, Brian Jones, Matt Rasmus and pretty much every single person at Olson Body and Paint have worked literally around the clock to get this done,” Olson told your Agent. “I’m pretty proud of them, especially since this is the first Pro Extreme body we’ve ever painted. I think it turned out great!”

Your Agent agrees. Hamstra, the 2009 ADRL Rookie of the Year, was always fast, but if his performance remains even close to how sweet his new ride appears, the candy should be disappearing pretty quick.

(Photos courtesy Olson Paint & Body)

Castellana’s New PN Camaro

These images arrived in your Agent’s in-box early this morning, depicting the brand-new ‘69 Camaro that Mike Castellana will campaign in Pro Nitrous under the Al-Anabi Racing banner this year.

The car was built by Jerry Bickel Race Cars in Moscow Mills, MO, and carries a Reher-Morrison powerplant up front, draped by one of the new, ultra-light Cynergy composite bodies.

Testing with the car should begin this weekend with its ADRL debut scheduled for the Universal Technical Institute Dragpalooza VI presented by Safety-Kleen Mar. 19-20, at Houston Raceway Park.

(Photos courtesy Cynergy Composites)