Chevy Built A Chevelle That Can Pitch Fastballs

This pitcher throws gas!

Chevrolet was one of the sponsors for the “Speedway Classic” Major League Baseball game between the Reds and the Braves that was held at Bristol Motor Speedway and it brought a couple of special cars to the track.

One of them was a Corvette wrapped in the game’s logo that drove around the high-banked oval when the Braves’ Eli Wright hit a home run. The other one was waiting to get called to the mound.

It was a Chevelle called The Chevy Slinger that was outfitted with a V8-powered pitching machine.

It was built by celebrity customizer Chris Lee from a 1966 Chevelle race car powered by a modified small block engine and equipped with a three-speed transmission and a quick-change rear end.

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“My goal is to create the ultimate mash-up between baseball and racing,” Lee said in a video chronicling the build.

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He fabricated a bridge over the engine to support the pitching machine, which was belt-driven by a pulley system connected to the motor and could hurl a ball nearly 100 mph. He made a cutout in the hood to accommodate it and added two CO2 cannons on the fenders for effect. The blue, stock car-style wrap included the number 66 on the doors and yellow flames.

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It didn’t make it into the game, which was an official regular season outing won by the Braves, but was featured in the fan zone as a challenge. Maybe the Savannah Bananas should look into signing it. No one on that team throws this kind of heat!