1969 Chevrolet Camaro - Mark Stielow's Tri-Tip - Hot Rod Magazine Top 100 Influential Cars

**SOLD** “THE CAR THAT STARTED THE PRO TOURING MOVEMENT” **THIS CAR HAS BEEN CONSIGNED TO HEMMINGS ONLINE AUCTION AND WILL BE SELLING WITH NO RESERVE. IT WILL BE DISPLAYED AT SEMA IN LAS VAGAS, NV NOVEMBER 5-8 WITH HEMMINGS AND LINGENFELTER. THE ONLINE AUCTION WILL START ON NOVEMBER 4TH @ 6:00 PM EST AND WILL END ON NOVEMBER 13TH @ 6:00 PM EST. GOOD LUCK TO ALL!!! THIS CAR IS KNOWN AS “TRI-TIP”. IT ALSO HAS BEEN REFERRED TO AS “THE WHITE ONE”AND THE “ONE LAP OF AMERICA CAMARO”. IT WAS BUILT AND RACED BY 30+ YEAR GM ENGINEER MARK STIELOW WHO HAS BEEN NICK NAMED “THE GODFATHER OF PRO TOURING”. A SIGNED AND NOTARIZED LETTER FROM MARK STIELOW AUTHENTICATING THIS CAR WILL BE INCLUDED. AS QUOTED FROM WIKIPEDIA DEFINITION OF PRO TOURING HISTORY “CREDIT FOR COINING THE TERM “PRO TOURING” ITSELF TO DEFINE THE EMERGING GENRE IS WIDELY ATTRIBUTED TO MARK STIELOW, GM PROGRAM ENGINEERING MANAGER, AND CAR CRAFT MAGAZINE’S TECH EDITOR JEFF SMITH, WHO WAS HEADING UP CHEVY HIGH PERFORMANCE MAGAZINE AT THE TIME. MARK STIELOW CAN ALSO TAKE CREDIT FOR HELPING GROW THE NEW CONCEPT THROUGH HIS OWN PROJECTS SUCH AS THE WHITE 1969 CHEVROLET CAMARO KNOWN AS TRI-TIP THAT COMPLETED IN THE ONE LAP OF AMERICAN IN 1993. THE CAMARO WAS WIDELY COVERED AND CREATED A SURGE IN INTEREST, AND ONCE THE TERM WAS PUT IN PRINT, IT STUCK. SINCE THAT TIME, STIELOW HAS BUILT A NUMBER OF TRAILBLAZING CHEVROLET CAMAROS WITH NAMES LIKE “THE MULE”, “RED DEVIL” AND “MAYHEM”, MANY OF WHICH HAVE GRACED THE COVERS OF SOME OF THE INDUSTRY’S MOST BELOVED PUBLICATIONS, INCLUDING HOT ROD MAGAZINE, CAR CRAFT MAGAZINE AND POPULAR HOT RODDING MAGAZINE, FUTHER FUELING THE PRO-TOURING TREND”. AS QUOTED IN THE HOT ROD MAGAZINE APRIL 2019 ARTICLE “TAKE 5 WITH MARK STIELOW” “HE’S AN ENGINEER WITH DEEP ROOTS IN BOTH HOT RODDING AND NEW-VEHICLE DEVELOPMENT. HE’S BEEN PROJECT MANAGER AT GM FOR BRILLANT MACHINES LIKE THE 2015 CAMARO Z28 AND HE’S BUILT AT LEAST 17 DIFFERENT FIRST-GENERATION CAMAROS IN HIS OWN GARAGE. THOSE CAMAROS HE BUILDS HIMSELF ARE FIMILAR TO ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO HOT ROD. CURRENTLY, STIELOW HAS BEEN DOING BOTH THINGS FOR A LONG TIME – FROM WHAT HE LEARNED WORKING WITH THE SOCIETY OF AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERS FORMULA SAE PROGRAM AS AN UNDERGRADUATE IN COLLEGE, TO GETTING THE MOST OUT OF OLD SHEET METAL AND THE PEOPLE WHO WITH HIM AT GM. HE ALSO GETS BLAME FOR INVENTING THE TERM “PRO TOURING”. THIS CAR WAS #44 ON HOT ROD MAGAZINES TOP 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL HOT RODS OF ALL TIME. SOME OF THE HOT RODS ON THE HOT ROD MAGAZINES TOP 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL HOT RODS INCLUDE BOB CHANDLER’S “BIG FOOT”, TROY TREPANIER’S “60 CHEVY”, SOX & MARTIN’S PRO STOCK PLYMOUTH, SNAKE AND MONGOOSE HOT WHEELS FUNNY CARS, THE GONE IN 60 SECONDS “ELEANOR MUSTANG”, THE FIRST-EVER BIG BLOCK 67 CAMARO, ZZ TOPS “ELIMINATOR COUPE”, TWO-LANE BLACKTOPAMERICAN GRAFFITI 55 CHEVY, THE BATMOBILE, CARROLL SHELBY’S FIRST COBRA, RICHARD PETTY’S “64 PLYMOUTH”, 64 PONTIAC GTO “PRESS CAR”, THE AMERICAN GRAFFITI COUPE AND THE GENERAL LEE. THIS CAR IS IN GREAT COMPANY WITH HISTORIC PIECES IN AUTOMOBILE HISTORY. THIS CAR WAS THE POSTER CHILD OF THE PRO TOURING MOVEMENT IN THE 90’S. THIS CAR STILL RETAINS THE JOHN LINGENFELTER ALL ALUMINUM GM 400 ENGINE THAT WAS DYNO TESTED WITH 622HP AND 488 FT LBS TORQUE. THIS CAR HAS BEEN FEATURED IN MULTIPLE MAGAZINES WHICH ARE PICTURED AND INCLUDED. THIS CAR HAS ONLY HAD THREE OWNERS SINCE MARK STIELOW SOLD IT in 1995. IT HAS BEEN WITH THE LAST OWNER FOR THE LAST 18 YEARS. THIS CAR IS A PIECE OF AUTOMOTIVE HISTORY AND A GREAT OPPORTUNITY! This iconic 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Custom “Tri-Tip” is also known as the “White One” and the “One Lap of America Camaro”. This car was built by well-known GM Engineer Mark Stielow and was the poster child of the pro touring movement in the 90’s. Mark Stielow not only invented the word “Pro Touring” but he has been nick named the “Godfather of Pro Touring”. This car played a very important role in the pro touring movement and to back it up Hot Rod Magazine named it #44 on their list of the Top 100 Most Influential Hot Rods of all time. This car is in some great company such as Carroll Shelby’s first Shelby, The General Lee from the T.V show Dukes of Hazzard and Eleanor from the movie Gone in 60 Seconds. Follow us on social media! Website: http://www.msclassiccars.com Facebook:   / msclassiccars   Twitter:   / ms_classic_cars   Instagram:   / msclassiccars