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AUTOS: Celebs Intro Chevys At SEMA
NASCAR champ Tony Stewart and celebrity-chef Guy Fieri unveil custom versions of Camaro and Corvette that they helped formulate.
The Tony Stewart-inspired Chevy Camaro is titled 'Smoke' after his nickname. (Photo: Chevrolet)
Three-time NASCAR champion Tony Stewart and celebrity-chef Guy Fieri unveiled customized versions of two of Chevrolet's most-famous sports cars Monday night in Las Vegas at a preview event on the eve of the SEMA show.
Stewart showed a Camaro ZL1 powered by a 580-horsepower supercharged V8 styled in tribute to his nickname, "Smoke." The Camaro has tinted headlamp lenses with red halo outlines, a custom gray metallic exterior and jet black interior.
It also has embroidered Tony Stewart signatures on the headrests and a suede leather-wrapped steering wheel.
"I'm big on what the inside looks like," Stewart said.
He also visited General Motors facilities to offer input on the project and took the company's motorsports and performance chief, Jim Campbell, for a test drive in Michigan.
"I made sure to scare Jim to death," he quipped after the reveal.
Meanwhile, Fieri, host of "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives," played an active role in creating a Corvette 427 collector's edition. This machine draws power from the Z06's 505-horsepower V8 and wears a black and yellow-striped color scheme with embroidered head rests that salute Fieri's charitable foundation.
Fieri said he choose the colors in homage to a yellow-and-black 1971 Chevelle Super Sport he owns.
"Is this car sick or what?" he called out to the crowd after the Vette rolled on stage.
The idea for him to style a car came about after he drove a pace car in the 2012 Indianapolis 500.
Still, GM designers didn't take all of his suggestions, including a missile launcher, which he admitted were a bit over the top.
"They just laughed at some of my ideas," he said.
The Corvette will be auctioned at Barrett-Jackson’s Scottsdale auction in January.
This story originally appeared at Autoweek.com.
Stewart showed a Camaro ZL1 powered by a 580-horsepower supercharged V8 styled in tribute to his nickname, "Smoke." The Camaro has tinted headlamp lenses with red halo outlines, a custom gray metallic exterior and jet black interior.
It also has embroidered Tony Stewart signatures on the headrests and a suede leather-wrapped steering wheel.
"I'm big on what the inside looks like," Stewart said.
He also visited General Motors facilities to offer input on the project and took the company's motorsports and performance chief, Jim Campbell, for a test drive in Michigan.
"I made sure to scare Jim to death," he quipped after the reveal.
Meanwhile, Fieri, host of "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives," played an active role in creating a Corvette 427 collector's edition. This machine draws power from the Z06's 505-horsepower V8 and wears a black and yellow-striped color scheme with embroidered head rests that salute Fieri's charitable foundation.
Fieri said he choose the colors in homage to a yellow-and-black 1971 Chevelle Super Sport he owns.
"Is this car sick or what?" he called out to the crowd after the Vette rolled on stage.
The idea for him to style a car came about after he drove a pace car in the 2012 Indianapolis 500.
Still, GM designers didn't take all of his suggestions, including a missile launcher, which he admitted were a bit over the top.
"They just laughed at some of my ideas," he said.
The Corvette will be auctioned at Barrett-Jackson’s Scottsdale auction in January.
This story originally appeared at Autoweek.com.
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