Tennessee YouTuber uncovers rare Camaro racing legend after nearly three decades in hiding
Published on Nov 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM (UTC+4)
by Henry Kelsall
Last updated on Nov 21, 2025 at 1:23 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Amelia Jean Hershman-Jones
It’s not every day you find a Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z racing legend muscle car hiding away in a barn after several decades.
But that is exactly what Tennessee YouTuber Dylan McCool was able to do, after finding a trio of American cars that had stood hidden for nearly 30 years.
Finding just one classic American car in a barn is cool enough, but when one has a true racing pedigree, you know you’ve hit the jackpot.
A strong history like this will only add to the car’s value, and it certainly has an interesting story to tell.
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How the YouTuber found the Camaro racing legend
The Camaro was found in a storage unit that had been locked up and abandoned for nearly 30 years.
A friend of the YouTuber let McCool know that the unit was abandoned with the three cars inside.
The cars were a Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z convertible, a Chevrolet K10 pickup truck, and a 1979 Pontiac Trans Am.
Multiple layers of dust and dirt covered the cars, which hadn’t seen daylight since the 1990s.
The pickup also had a lot of junk sitting in the back from the years it had stood still.
Getting the three cars out of the storage unit to the YouTuber’s workshop took several days.
But out of all of them, it was the Camaro IROC-Z that really took his breath away.
The IROC-Z has a real racing pedigree
IROC stood for International Race of Champions.
It was a series setup to let the world’s best drivers race in identical cars.
The Porsche 911 was the car used in the very first season in 1974.
In 1975, the Chevrolet Camaro took over and became the series car until the end of 1989.
In celebration of its muscle car being used, in 1985, Chevrolet came out with the IROC-Z optional trim.
Introduced on the third-generation Camaro, it added various upgrades to give race-car-like performance.
This included lowered suspension and Delco-Bilstein shock absorbers.
The one found in the barn, while covered in dust, had survived well despite its years in storage.
Now, McCool plans to restore the IROC-Z and get it back on the road.
It’s the least that this racing legend deserves.
Henry joined the Supercar Blondie team in February 2025, and since then has covered a wide array of topics ranging from EVs, American barn finds, and the odd Cold War jet. He’s combined his passion for cars with his keen interest in motorsport and his side hustle as a volunteer steam locomotive fireman at a leading heritage steam railway in England.
