The OPTIMA Ultimate Street Car Invitational, presented by K&N Filters, has now been held eight times, and with only one exception, Chevrolet has absolutely dominated the event. Danny Popp is a big reason why, as he has captured the title three times, including back-to-back wins in 2014 and 2015. Popp's first victory came in the 2011 edition, in a 2006 Corvette he built for Todd Rumpke, but the last two wins have come in his own C5 Z06.

The field is certainly not full of pushovers, counting more than a dozen SCCA national championships in the field, as well as two of the Top-three overall finishers in the 2015 One Lap of America. Speculation leading up to the event suggested this would be the year all-wheel drive competitors finally broke the Bow Tie stranglehold on the top spot, but it was simply not meant to be. Second-place Andy Smedegard's Evo had wastegate issues early in the Falken Tire Road Course Time Trial, and OLOA runner-up, Hugh Bate's Nissan GT-R took a stab at Popp's top time, but couldn't come within two seconds of the overall winner's top lap.

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Smedegard did finish ahead of Popp in the Wilwood Speed Stop Challenge and Detroit Speed Autocross, but the gap created by Bate's second-place finish on the Road Course, combined with the Corvette's slight edge in the Lingenfelter Design & Engineering Challenge, gave Popp the cushion he needed to take home his third victory and second in a row. Chevys have now captured the last six OUSCI events in a row, but the AWD crowd is closing in, grabbing Second and Third place, along with six of the top-ten spots.

The schedule for OPTIMA's 2016 Search for the Ultimate Street Car has already been announced and includes such iconic tracks as Road America, Charlotte Motor Speedway, and Circuit of the Americas. Registration will open before the end of the year, and all of these events are expected to sell out (seven of nine sold out in 2015). If you want to get in on the action, visit driveoptima.com for more information.

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2015 OUSCI Top-Ten

Danny Popp, 2003 Chevrolet Corvette

Andy Smedegard, 2006 Mitsubishi Evo

Brandon Ranvek, 2006 Mitsubishi Evo

Hugh Bate, 2013 Nissan GT-R

Rich Willhoff, 2006 Chevrolet Corvette

Clay Shearer, 2015 Porsche 911 Turbo S

Ken Thwaits, 2006 Mitsubishi Evo

Mike DuSold, 1967 Chevrolet Camaro

Ronnie Soliman, 2006 Mitsubishi Evo

Bryan Johnson, 2013 Chevrolet Camaro

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