SRT Viper GT3-R

It's not a Dodge, no when the Viper was reborn (remeber the SRT-10?) it was an SRT that went racing, first in an ill-fated GTE challenge and then in a slightly less ill-fated GT3 form. It has the screaming 8.4-litre V10 from the road car, but dialled up to eleven.

Corvette Daytona Prototype

Early DPs are full-on ugly, we're not sure many would argue with that. But by the last few years of their lives, after they had been upgraded to take on ACO-spec LMP2 cars, they were pretty handsome if you ask us. Oh, and they were powered by some of the meanest V8 motors ever to be fitted to a racing car. 

Corvette

Come on, there had to be a 'Vette in this list somewhere right? We're pretty spoiled for choice at Daytona this weekend, with everything from modern Trans-Am, to mid-2000s GT1 back to a couple of roofless '60s Grand Sports. Here is a matte black chopped-top racing example for you, with that iconic V8 rumble being enhanced by Daytona's stupendous grandstand complex.

The entire Trans-Am field

OK, so we're cheating a little bit here, this isn't a single car, it's an entire field of V8-powered, silhouette-bodied, modern Trans-Am cars. But come on, what a race to have as a support to the main event! This was the finalé of the 2018 Trans-Am series and was acting as the entrée to the Classic 24. It was also our first real experience of Trans-Am, and what an introduction it was...