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Originally Posted by jeff s (Post 184051)

Jeff Smith of Car Craft came up with the term "Pro Touring" way back.
Jeff also was responsible for starting the first magazine shootout of Pro-Touring type cars in Car Craft Magazine in 1985. It was called "Real Street Eliminator".
BTW in 2008 they renamed it "Car Craft Street Machine of the Year" which was held in St Paul at the CC Nats.

I built the 1st Cadillac Pro-Touring car in 1985 it was a 1978 Seville.

I built my second Cadillac Pro-Touring car in 1993, which won the Car Craft RSE shootout in 2002.

Lil John Buttera built Novette in 1984.
I guess my point is this has been going on a long time, longer than most of you newbies think.

I realize that pro touring isnt new. Mike Adams called it pro euro, Smith changed it to "touring". Because he didn't want use the Euro term. So I have heard anyway

As for who coined the term Pro-Touring, Jeff Smith credits Stielow. Jeff points that out in CHP, here's the quote:

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Therefore, it should not be surprising that we credit Stielow for creating the term "Pro-Touring." He called Chevy High one day and said, "Hey, what if name this new thing "Pro-Touring"? -- and that is all it took. As Stielow puts it, "It's a blend of the European International Touring Car idea but with older musclecars instead. The Touring name also means these are drivers, as with Hot Rod's Power Tour. Basically, Pro-Touring are fast and handle well in addition to being funcional and fun to drive".

Here's the article. An interesting footnote about this article, you'll see the rendering of Thrasher and it's yellow. Mark was going to paint it yellow, then Kyle Tucker told him that he and Stacy were going to paint Twister yellow with black stripes, so he changed it to Viper Red.

https://lateral-g.net/temp/CHP-PT1.jpg

https://lateral-g.net/temp/CHP-PT2.jpg

https://lateral-g.net/temp/CHP-PT3.jpg

https://lateral-g.net/temp/CHP-PT4.jpg

Great post Scott, those are the same cars and articles I remember reading about, I may still have some of those issues lying around. :thumbsup:

Very cool article! Boy renderings sure have evolved! I like the Yellow Thrasher....Jack Ass will look great!