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When Ford an nounced the Mustang at the World’s Fair in 1964, its popularity was instant. Since then, it has gone through many variations, appealing to both collec tors, street car enthusiasts and racers alike. One of the Mustang’s editions was the California Special or GT/ CS. In 1968, roughly 4,100 California Special Mustangs were produced. As one might guess from its name, the California Special was geared solely toward the California market and was originally made available only to select Ford dealers within two specific Califor nia sales districts. Why, you ask? Simply because those two sales districts led the nation in sales of the Ford Mustang. Te1968 Califor nia Special is more signifi cant in automobile history then people may realize. Tis was the first “special edition” and “fully custom izable” Mustang that Ford created and it paved the way for many others. september
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The car is 1 of 23 Grabber Blue California Specials made in 2011. When purchased Bo Webb’s GT/CS had 53,000 miles and served as his daily driver with 4 different combinations running mid 9s. The car currently has 159,000 on the clock. september 2022
Ford’s aim was the creation of a “Shelby” type car, at a GT price tag, so it might not have the big performance add-ons, but would definitely look the part. It would take another 40 years before Ford would re-introduce the California Special back into its lineup for the 2007 model year, and fast forwarding to 2022, the GT/CS is now being offered in several variations in many countries.Itwasthat history and leg acy of the California Special that ultimately led Carlisle, Ohio native Bo Webb into building his 2011 CS. Like most people taking up the hobby of horsepower, Bo’s love of cars started at young age, and watching NHRA drag racing and the legends of Funny Cars like Don Prud homme and Tom McEwen battle it out lef a huge im pression on him through the 1970s on.
Bo originally wanted a fast daily driver that could run True Street type classes, but that eventually snowballed into what it is today.
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Once he was of age, he got behind the wheel and has been drag rac ing since the early 90s, winning a few matches in NMRA True Street.
”I have owned several old muscle cars includ ing some Chevys,” Webb explains, “But my first Mustang was a 1982 GT and that’s what stuck. I have owned several Fox Body cars; turbo, su percharged etc.” He was so heavily impacted by cars, Bo started work ing at a body shop in his twenties and did paint and body for 15-plus years before moving on to Duramax diesels at the dealership level and then landing in his current career in Pow ersports. september
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Bo Webb’s GT/CS looks this good due to non-stop work since a wreck in September 2021 up to the Monday before the Norwalk race this year. On the dyno at BA Motorsports it made 4-digit power with the current setup. Webb’s Special Mustang makes a hit at the track!
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Webb enjoyed the new-to-him Mustang for about a month be fore he started adding parts, but had absolutely no intention of racing it at that point. “Little did I know my friends were purchas ing their new cars and adding superchargers and turbos. So, as you can imagine it snowballed from there, meaning I would eventually get in on the fun!” september
“I do most of my own work and wrench on my close friend’s cars including being Crew Chief for Kelly Shotwell with his Limited Street car that we came in 2nd with, narrowly missing a champi onship in 2018, and now run in Renegade/Ultra Street.” Bo purchased his California Special on Memorial Day 2015. He was looking specifically for a Grabber Blue Coyote car and wanted a 6-speed manual. “I was on my way to trade my 2008 Mus tang GT in for a red 2012 when my friend found this one in an ad at a local Honda dealership. He pulled in and saw it in the back of the lot and noticed it was a glass roof car, and that sealed the deal!
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First came drag wheels and tires, a Boss intake and a ni trous kit and the car went 10.80 in Bowling Green at the NMRA World finals 2017 and Bo ended up winning the 11-second average in the True Street class. Ten came suspension, a Roush supercharger and soon the CS was running consistent 9.80s, all while being driven daily. Tat wasn’t enough for Bo, though, as he then changed to a 2.9-liter Whipple su percharger, installed an 8.50 certified cage and several other gofast parts, and with that combination he won the 10-second averages in True Street at Nor walk in 2021. Bo was re ally getting the hang of things and found some solid success in compe tition with the NMRA. Fast forward to Sept 9th, 2021, a day Bo will never forget; “I hit a wall at a test and tune at a local track called Edge water Motorsports Park and took out the driv er side of the car along with the lef front sus pension, k-member and of course similar dam age at the rear of the car.” Te Mustang was rebuilt over the winter and Webb replaced all the damaged parts with new. september
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Brakes: Aerospace front drag brakes, stock rear. Tires & Wheels: Weld 17in Alumastar 2.0 fronts with Mickey Thompson 27x4 17 SR tire. Rears are Weld 15x10 RTS S71 beadlocks with 275/60 15 Mickey Thompson ET Street R drag radial. Interior: Mostly stock with race seats and G Force cam lock 5-point har ness. Rear seat delete, Stroud window net, MSD shift light, Trans brake button mounted to stock steering wheel and TCI Bandit TH400 shifter with carbon fiber console plate. ET & MPH: Best ¼-mile to date with busted transmission was 9.41 @ 151. Goal is mid 8s for the NMRA 8.60 index.
Engine: 5.0 coyote Darton sleeved stock block with oil squirter blocked off. Stock crank with Manley rods and pistons. Stock intake cams Boss exhaust cams. Accufab secondary chains, ARP hardware and MMR secondary tensioner bracket. Moroso oil pan and en gine diaper.
Cylinder Heads: Stock heads with PAC springs.
Thanks To: My family for believing in me even when I had doubts. Casey Shotwell paint and all the help he has given me over the years. Kelly Shotwell for parts, help and support, Mark Merritts body work and Chris Tino for parts and support. Nick Purciello and Whipple Superchargers for helping me move to the 3.8 and Matt Coates at Main Force Performance for the custom blue anodized crank brace. Brandon Alsept at BA Motorsports for parts and dyno and Ken Bjønnes and Rob Shoemaker at Palm Beach Dyno for tuning. Chad Smith for parts and support and Heather Sourlis for sourcing parts for the rebuild after the wreck. Lonnie Diers at Extreme Automatics for transmission work, Chad Evans for set ting up the rear gear, Michele Sweatt for supporting and believ ing in me and, of course, anyone and everyone that’s helped me along the way.
Chassis Modifications: Factory frame with Tin Soldiers Racecars 8.50 cert 10-point cage installed by Jason Zimmers. BMR radiator mount with front sway bar delete, lightweight Steeda front bumper bar, Motion Race works parachute mount with Stroud 430 series parachute and Motion Raceworks Cleetus release handle.
Transmission: Reid case TH400 built by Lonnie Diers at Extreme Automatics. Billet pro mod drum, Extreme Automatics reverse manual valve body with transbrake and 2nd gear leave, Circle D 4200 stall con verter and twin Derale coolers with fans mounted under trunk floor.
Induction & Fuel Delivery: Rarefab 6in intake, Id1700x injectors, Whipple fuel rails with -10 feed and -8 return. Fore innovations fuel system with twin Wal bro 525 pumps. Stock fuel tank. Power Adder Whipple Superchargers 3.8 with a 3.875 upper pulley and ATI 20% balancer. 10rib set up with MFP crank brace. Rhodes Race Cars 5gal trunk mounted ice tank with 1” to 16an feed lines.
Suspension: Front suspension consists of BMR front K-member, Strange 10way struts and BMR GT500 drag springs. Rear is solid adjustable upper and lower control arms and pan hard bar, BMR lower con trol arm relocation brackets, BMR GT500 drag springs, BMR Anti roll bar, Viking Crusader shocks.
Bo Webb’s 2011 Mustang California Special Body & Paint by: Body Mark Merritts and owner. Paint by Casey Shotwell .
Exhaust: BBK 1 7/8 long tube headers, Borla 3-inch X-Pipe, Ford Motor sport Mufflers. Rear Differential: Stock 8.8 welded axle tubes, 4.10 gear, 35 spline lightened flange axles, 5/8” studs and spool.
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Body repairs were expertly com pleted by Bo along with Mark Mer ritts and paint work was done by Ca sey Shotwell. During the process, Bo decided to sell the 2.9 Whipple blower and, with the help of Nick Purciello and Whipple Superchargers, switched to the hefy 3.8 huffer to run the 8.60 index class. While at it, he added a crank brace from Matt Coates of Main Force Performance to help keep it all together under the more extreme pressure.Chassis mods to the Stang include a Tin Soldiers Racecars 8.50 cert 10-point cage installed by Jason Zim mers, BMR radiator mount with front sway bar delete and lightweight Steeda front bumper bar. Suspension wise, a BMR front K-member was used with 10-way struts and BMR GT500 drag springs, while out back a fortified 8.8 rear diff is hung by solid adjustable upper and lower control arms and pan-hard bar with BMR lower control arm relocation brackets and anti-roll bar, BMR GT500 drag springs and Vi king Crusader shocks. Knowing the type of boost that would be coming from the bigger su percharger, Webb made sure that the Coyote has all the right motor parts, without breaking the bank. Te facto ry Coyote block was treated to Dar ton sleeves and the stock crank spins Manley rods and pistons. september
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Despite the addition of the racing seats and a few other accessories, the interior remains as it came from the factory. Soon, Bo will be considering and upgraded roll cage.
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A Reid-cased TH400 built by Extreme Auto matics includes a billet pro mod drum, reverse manual valve body with transbrake and 2nd gear leave, Circle D 4200 stall convert er and twin Derale coolers with fans are mounted under the trunk floor. His first race back in the game following the rebuild didn’t go as planned for Webb, though, as the exist ing transmission failed
september Te stock intake cams were kept, but Boss exhaust cams were added to the mix. Heavy duty hardware was used throughout and Accufab second ary chains were used along with an MMR secondary tension er bracket. A Rarefab 6-inch intake was used to breathe copious amounts of air and feeding fuel are twin Walbro 525 pumps with Whipple fuel rails and Id1700x injectors.
My wins in True Street are certainly memorable but bringing the car back from the wreck into what it is now is a journey and lesson on not giving up or letting anything stop me from doing what I love… it has humbled me...
www.rpmmag.com september and he was unable to continue racing at the event and post that 8-second ET he knew was a sure thing. Of course, the natural law of building a car is “more power means more breakage”, in other words, adding the extra punch of the larger supercharger immedi ately found the weak link in the package, but Bo has addressed the issue with the new Extreme Auto matics trans and will be back for the next outing.
NMRA’s 8.60 index class is new for 2022 and is slowly becoming one of the most popular categories in competition.
While the California Special was initially only available in Califor nia, it did eventually make its way to other parts of the country (and world) for its second offerings and beyond. Tis particular GT/CS donned in eye-popping Grabber Blue may not be a California car, but with it being just 1 of 23 pro duced in that color for 2011, not to mention an 8-second capable tagged street car… it sure is Special!
Dodge perfor mance vehicles have been some of the soughtmostafer generations...for Step into any auction and original Hemi powered muscle cars can fetch serious coin. In the third quarter of 2014, Dodge would change the landscape forever by of fering a powerful new con cept for both the Challenger and Charger for 2015. Te Hellcat platforms offered all the modern luxuries and conveniences while boast ing a 6.2-liter Supercharged Hemi producing a whopping 707 horsepower and 650 lbf of torque.
Te Challenger SRT Hellcat maintained its original 2-door design for that sportier feel while the Charger platform is one hel luva family sedan.
Te Challenger and Char ger Hellcats were showing up at the dragstrips almost immediately, and running some very respectable times despite how heavy these ve hicles are. From the original Hellcat spawned another platform in 2018 that would change the game even more.
Dodge introduced the De mon model and only 3,300 were produced.
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The Demon was a personal project for Chris and his wife Marlene, taking two years to lovingly rebuild. They found the car at a Mecum auction and quickly formulated a dedicated race car plan.
september Te original MSRP for the Demon was around 85,000 US dollars, if you could get your hands on one, that is. Some of these Demons were selling for nearly double that price when everyone found out what the car was all about. While the Demon was dubbed a race car, you could still purchase it with optional passenger and rear seats, sunroof, and a full luxury package. Most people’s interest in the Demon was for its performance capabil ities, though, as it made 840 horsepower on race fuel with the infamous “red key” (which turned on a host of perfor mance features). When Dodge tested it at the race track it ran a 9.54 at over 140 miles per hour, prompting a “ban” from NHRA sanctioned racetracks.
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Despite being a fairly heavy production car, the Demon body is just as it came from the factory. The car is missing some “regular production car” equipment and options that help shave off some weight, but at the same time, items such as the parachute and cage put some of that poundage back on.
“My passion for cars and racing comes from generations of race car builders and enthu siasts. Growing up alongside my uncles, building vehicles in their garages developed a natural drive and desire to want to go fast and to build my own race car. Tis drive led me to opening our per formance shop now known as Baily’s Hyperformance Factory in July of 2007,” explained Chris.
september Te Demon did not come equipped with an SFI certified roll cage which, at that time, was required for any vehicle running 9.99 elapsed times or 135 mph, but needless to say, the Dodge Demon now sat in top spot for factory performance cars and everybody wanted to get their hands on one. Before we dive into Chris Bai ly’s record setting Dodge Demon, it’s important to understand the background of Chris, and his success.
Earlier in its life cycle under Baily’s direction, the Demon was able to accomplish an 8.47 in the ¼ mile with a Magnuson 2650 supercharger and stock trans mission. This was something that people said could only be accomplished by adding a built transmission and nitrous.
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heBaily’saddedhard work and dedica tion paid off with multiple re cords to their credit and being able to assist hundreds of cus tomers with accomplishing their personal goals. Tey became known for building fast Mopars, but for select few special custom ers they will even dive into GM builds.
The Demon boasted the largest functional production hood scoop opening at 45.2 square inches. Just 3,300 Demons were produced in 2018, 3,000 went to the United States and 300 to Canada.
Baily’s started building imports and has since evolved into being one of the leading shops in the Mopar performance world. “We have been in business for fifeen years and throughout this time we have really focused on per fecting our trade and equipping our customers with top-of-theline equipment to provide them with horsepower they can trust,”
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The comfortable yet race oriented De mon interior remains fully street legal with stand-alone ECU, heat, and air con ditioning. A roll cage was added to meet sanctioning body rules, but other than a few small additional items for the busi ness of drag racing, it’s factory stock. september In 2021, Chris and his wife decided to take the racing as pect of their business to the next level, pairing his knowl edge building race engines with his uncle and adapting that into the modern HEMI platform. Te next step was to find the right car to build to showcase their abilities, and that’s when they found the Demon. “It was at the Me cum auctions a few years ago. We spotted something that we knew we could turn into a race car and my wife and I came up with a plan and decided to make this strictly a track-on ly car that would really show what we can do.”
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With the Demon already a few years ahead its time, the Baileys were able to brainstorm and plan ways to make it better and faster. Chris teamed up with some of the best companies in the industry and started accomplishing things that nobody thought possible. To date, Chris holds the record for a Demon, running 7.99 at over 172 miles per hour. Te Demon already had a great platform but thanks to a lot of research and develop ment, Baily’s Demon continues to transform and perform. What really stands out most about this particular Demon is that, while it has some one-off parts, much of it is “stock.” Tere are zero chassis modifications, and it also utiliz es the factory Bilstein shocks and Brembo brakes.
september Chris plans to continue im provement on not only his car, but his customer’s cars, as well.We’ve already mentioned that there are no chassis mods on Baily’s car, and the same can be said for the body and exterior of the Demon, except for the body wrap, of course. Te list of factory stock stuff grows in the power, trans mission and driveline depart ment, too. Te factory rear differential with 3.09 gears remains in place and the fac tory 8 speed transmission boasts improvements from SHR. Engine wise, the factory Demon 6.2 Liter (378 cubic inch) Hemi has been treated to some growth hormones via
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This Demon features a nitrous and super charged stroked The supercharger was up graded to a 2650 over the factory 2.7 liter unit. new blower can support up to 1,400 horsepower with an upgraded fuel system which was part of the mods to Baily’s car, as well Baily’s
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Body & Paint: Custom vehicle wrap by the Bearded Wrapper. Chassis Modifications: None. Suspension (front & Rear): Factory Bilstein. Engine: 426 Cubic in, ZPE pulleys, Magnuson
Humble and Charitable: Chris and his wife Marlene regularly make donations of all their race winnings to B Loved Ethiopia. Several years ago, B Loved’s founders felt called to a town in Ethiopia called Sodo. As one of the poorest cities in Ethiopia, many children become orphans having lost both of their parents due to HIV or sickness. We talked with a friend in Ethiopia to help us figure out what was the best way to care for these children and give them the next best thing to a biological family and to ensure they are ready for the future God has for them. We came up with a plan to help as many children in this community as possible. This led us to form a nonprofit called B Loved Foundation, with the intention that every child should B Loved. What we created was small group homes of 8 children per home and hired moms to live in each home. Families were created with brothers and sis ters these children could grow up with and a mom who will care for them. We also hired a project director who is the father figure for the children. Currently we are taking care of 56 children in 8 homes and are in the process of building a development center.
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opment injectors. Power Adder: Magnuson supercharger and Nitrous Outlet nitrous oxide. Transmission: SHR built factory 8 speed transmission. Rear: 3.09 gear factory rear end. Brakes: Factory Brembo. Tires & Wheels: Bogart 15’s with Mickey Thompson 315 Radial Pros. Interior: Custom 8.50 cage built by Dashbuilt Fabrication. ET & MPH: ¼-mile 7.992 @ 172.50MPH
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If you are in involved in doorslammer, outlaw, small tire, big tire or street car drags in any way, then you’ve heard the name Lambert. If you haven’t, then crawl out from under that rock or out of mom’s basement, get to the drag strip and live life!
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Of the Lambert racing family, Randy Lambert has man aged to keep in the mix of the “fast guys” for over 25 years, and his new first Gen Camaro is his wildest ride yet. Te streets are where Randy cut his teeth in racing, just a few miles from the nation’s capital. “It was V Street where a group of us raced regularly and this got me hooked on not only the power and rush of racing, but also the competition of it,” Lambert said. A number of years later, Randy would take his rac ing to the strip and run in the 5.0 Shootouts.
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“After 30-40 runs, the VP Pro Grade Oil still looks like new. Coming from the Pro Stock world, I’m huge on data acquisition, so I monitor every asset of the engine. Once I put VP Pro Grade oil in, I noticed that the vacuum went up a half inch compared to the Mobil 1® oil I had been using previously. The vacuum got better and the ET’s got lower. I’ve got an engine on my car that’s got upwards of 670-some runs on it, and the thing is still running like the day I put in.”
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By 1996 he teamed up with his brother Rodney and the pair would hit the Super Street class in a big way, taking 2nd place with the NMCA in 1998 and ’99 and running in the top 3 with NSCA/NMCA for the next 5 years. Te mid 90s into early 2000s were such a wild time in street car drags; cars were evolving, power ad ders changing and the whole move ment itself was growing. Tere were just so many things happening and most of the manufacturers wanted to be part of the action. Companies like Flowmaster came out with a 7-Second Club and the Lamberts were one of the first to run 7’s on a 10.5 tire, secur ing their position in the club!
Check out the twin turbo air inlets meticulously formed into the composite hood. Even the body color and stripe have been care fully applied to these areas. Check out this winning pass by Randy Lambert and his gorgeous new ride!
Continuing with their winning ways and blazing the trail for fast doorslam mer drags of today, in 2000 the Lam bert’s stepped up to Outlaw 10.5 at Virginia Motorsports Park and went undefeated, and then in 2005 they would capture the Super Street World Championship. As years passed, Ran dy would build a number of radial cars, many of them appearing in RPM, and then take an extended break from the sport, but he was always preoccu pied.
Randy Lambert’s new Outlaw 10.5/Pro Street ’69 Camaro is mind blowing! With a steel body tub, low stance and killer chassis work courtesy HFR Fabrication, this is one bad hot rod! Body and paint were completed by Paint By Bruce Mullins.
“I knew my true passion was in Outlaw 10.5 so my wife and I started to look around for a new race car. We decided on a 1969 Camaro since that was my very first car. So we found one and took it to Henry Fryfogle at HFR Fabrication to have him build it for us, and a year later we had it ready to go.”
Factory trim has been used in conjunction with realistic airbrushed trim and emblems, but it’s the iconic 1969-only Camaro side quarter panel trim that is icing on the cake.
Te Camaro is a production steel body and Lambert decided to build it true to the roots of street car drags and kept the steel roof, quarters and door frames with the front end, doors and deck lid being composite. Te wild yellow with black stripes and faux vi nyl roof paint was expertly completed by Bruce Mullins
Te HFR chassis is a 25.2 cert dou ble frame rail piece with cage bars that resemble a Jungle Jim on steroids. A mix of top-shelf tin and carbon work round out the bones of the interior complemented by the essential high tech equipment of today’s competi tive drag cars, including the FT600 digital dash and passenger kick-panel mounted electronics panel.
Cage work inside the Camaro is beyond top-shelf. A mix of carbon and tinwork work fills in the blanks and the Liberty 4-speed with Bruno drive and Browell bellhousing are front and center. An FT600 dash relays vitals and an array of electronics are on full display affixed to the passenger side kick panel.
Long gone are the rows of ana logue gauges in this technology driv en world where a driver can interface their laptop with the car’s onboard computer and out what the guy in the other lane had for breakfast… well not quite, but almost. Te meat and potatoes of the build are affixed between the rails of the Camaro in the form of a 540-inch big block with twin turbos. Starting with a billet block, J&E Performance installed a host of top parts including a Crower crankshaf swinging rods and a shaf commanding lifers.
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A J&E Performance-built twin turbo 540-inch big block Chevy takes up the real estate between the frame rails. The fuel and wiring systems have been laid out to perfection and there’s more billet under the hood then the eyes can process!
Allan Johnson billet conven tional BBC heads equipped with Manley Titanium valves, Manley dual springs, Jesel rockers and Trend pushrods were studded in place and a jewel-like Jared Tomsen billet intake tops things off A trick RCD billet gear drive, Moroso billet oil pump, Moro so pan and ATI damper round things out and needless to say, with this much billet bling, we highly recommend wear ing shades when the front end comes off! AMERICAN MADE OIL PANS SERIOUS COMPETITOR MOROSO PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS • 203 453 6571 • WWW.MOROSO.COM • Improved Oil Control • Increased Horsepower Savings • Undisputed industry leader in aftermarket oil pans
Suspension: Rear 4-link suspension with Mark Williams 4 link brackets and rear double adjustable shocks. Custom front with San thuff front struts and rack and pinion steering.
Fuel Delivery: Rage 32 gal per min fuel pump with Billet Atomizer Injec tors, 2 sets of 800s. Power Adder: Precision Turbo XPR 94 Pro Mod turbos.
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Engine: J&E Performance 540 inch big block Chevy. Crower crank shaft, GRP rods, Total Seal rings, Clevite bearings. Jesel 1.062 keyway lifter and custom grind 55MM camshaft. Allan John son billet conventional BBC head, Jesel rockers, Manley Ti tanium valves, Manley dual valve springs, Trend push rods. Jared Thomsen billet intake. RCD Billet gear drive, Moroso billet oil pump, Moroso pan and an ATI damper.
Other Important Vehicle Information: Brand new car as of this year, coming out of retirement after 16 years! Thanks to: We would like to thank the following people: Henry and the boys @ HFR Fabrications Rick Gorski @ Fire Core 50 Wires Glenn Payne @MADRacingParts.com Jack French III at Billet Atomizer Injectors Bruce Mullins@ Paint by Bruce Joe Newsham & Ed @ J&E Performance Wayne Keegan @ Competitive Wiring I’d like the Thank my Crew: Jennifer RickJesseRodneyBrandonLambertGoodeLambertLambertAllen Randy Lambert’s 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Twin Turbo Outlaw 10.5 Car
HFR Fabrication 25.2 cert chassis, double frame rail built by Henry Fryfogle, Todd Geisler and Steve.
Body & Paint: Body and Paint done by Paint By Bruce Mullins
Electronics: Competitive Wiring Wayne Keegan. Fuel Tech 600, Fuel Tech Spark 8 box, Fuel Tech Duel 02 box, Fuel Tech 5 button switch box, Fuel Tech Injector Drivers, Fuel Tech Boost Controller. Transmission & Converter: Liberty 4 speed with Bruno Drive and Rear Differential: Mark Williams nodular 10 inch with section, axles and 4.11 gears. Mark Williams brakes. & MPH: 4.20 at 175MPH in the after 3 passes on the car.
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Assisting in the power de partment are twin Precision XPR 94 Pro Mod turbos. A Rage 32 gpm fuel pump deliv ers fuel to two sets of 800lb In jectors and the car was wired by Wayne Keegan of Competitive Wiring using an array of mostly Fuel Tech equipment. A Liberty transmission with Bruno drive, Pro Torque con verter and Browell bellhous ing transfer power rearward through a PST carbon drive
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Jennifer helps Randy suit up before a hit.
shaf to a Mark Williams nodular 10-inch with Mark Williams center sec tion, axles and 4.11 gears suspended by a 4-link/ coilover rear suspension. Lambert started run ning the car afer testing early this year and plans are to campaign it in both PDRA Pro Street and any Outlaw 10.5 action they can hook up with. With a new high tech build and the Lambert name behind the team, you can bet that Randy and his Camaro are locked, loaded and ready to strike!
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From Left to right: Crew Chief Brandon Goode, Jennifer Lambert, Randy Lambert
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Billy Brown likes “different”, and despite growing up and watching his dad drive and bracket race the classic Camaro, Malibu, or Chevy II, as he got older, like many of us, he wanted to forge a path of his own.
“When I was about 14 my dad took us to the local US13 Dragway at Delmar Delaware,” Brown explained. “Next thing you know he went out and bought a ’79 Z28 drag car and because of my interest, we ended up going to the track to watch him bracket race. Long sto ry short, I was hooked and my dad got back into collecting hotrods of all types.” His father only bracket raced, and eventually he and Billy
“Even with my dad out cars when I was able to drive, I still took my stock cars to the track to run them, dreaming that one day I would have a badass ride.” A few years passed and Bil ly was 18 when his dad asked him if he wanted to go racing. Billy knew he didn’t have any cars lef but said yes anyway, and when he got to the track to meet his dad, he found out he bought the Malibu back and gave it to Billy to race!
A few years back, with the intention of making just a few changes, Brown, along with Tommy Lynch stripped it to bare bones and started fresh, ending up with a fresh new truck from top to bottom.
would build a cool street/strip Malibu, getting it from a 14-second runner to a solid 10-sec ond performer with his dad at the wheel. To Billy’s surprise, though, his dad decided to sell all the cars and completely get out racing.
Afer selling the Malibu and a few other proj ects to fund raising a family, Brown would end up with a big block Ford Fox Mustang that he traded for work. Not being a Ford guy, he worked that into a deal for a small block S10 and was bracket racing nearly every weekend with it.
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With the kindness and financial sup port of a neighbor who wanted to be involved in racing, he improved the truck, won multiple events and even an NHRABeforeWally!long, that S10 would see a ni trous plate kit, 9-second hits and be running heads-up no-time grudge matches, and afer his very first grudge match (which he won), Brown swore he’d never go back to any other type of racing.Next would be a 2005 Pontiac GTO that he modified and hit the streets and track with, looking for grudge matches wherever he could find them. Te car quickly became known as “Freddy Kru ger”, but Billy took it way faster than he should have without the proper safety equipment, and that’s when he traded it for the Sonoma. A local no-time list racer wanted a street machine and Bil ly fell in love with having another fast truck, and that’s when the reign of Te Boogeyman began.
To meet the “All Glass All Steel” rules demanded by some of the grudge classes Brown runs, the body had to remain steel, so only the hood and bumper were swapped out for lighter parts. To shave weight off, Brown instead worked on top secret weight saving techniques throughout the truck.
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Not having a street car type interior put the Sonoma up into the “Race Car” classes, where Brown was simply outgunned. As part of the complete over haul the truck saw that change starting with a Glasstech S10 dash and cov ered race seats. A Holley Pro dash, Innovative Racecraft steering wheel and carbon door panels were also used.
The 434 inch small block has been through some changes. First nitrous and then once the big blower was installed Brown knew the bottom end would not stand up. The next off-season he used the Dart Little M block and upgraded all the internals to match the power adder and power level he now had.
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“Now that I had the truck, since all the grudge cars have names, I decided to call it Te Boogeyman.” Brown had some changes to make before the truck came out under his ownership, namely the wheelie bars and two-tier wing had to go. Originally, with the 427 SBC and nitrous plate kit the Sonoma came with, grudge racing was fun, but not enough wins came Billy’s way as the truck was underpow ered.Te 427 would see a Fast XFI and new cam that really woke it up, and the body would also get a make over in the appearance depart ment, changing over to Brown’s favorite 1998 S10 front end along with a new fiberglass hood and lightweight bumper. Because the truck still had lexan windows and gutted interior, though, he was al ways pushed into the “race car” classes of grudge racing with faster cars where it was tough to compete.
With the hood off you can see the detail that went into not only the engine and blower install, but also the care taken to fill and prep all the holes in the firewall during the bodywork phase.
Chassis & Suspension/Modifications:
Induction & Fuel Delivery: Aeromotive 12.0 manual drive fuel pump with regulator and filter. Billet Atomizer 575 injectors.
Transmission: Powerglide with BTE case, 1.58 Sonnax gear set and FTI cus tom convertor.
Electronics: Holley EFI. Power Adder: F1X ProCharger with New Era Racecraft gear drive.
Rearend: East Coast Chassis Fabrication 9-inch. Strange aluminum center with 3.90 US gear and 40 spline gun-drilled and star flanged axles. Tires & Wheels: RC Components Hammer wheels on all 4 corners. M/T ET Front tires and M/T ET Street Radial Pro rears.
Interior: Glasstech S10 dash with race seats. Aeromotive shifter, Hol ley Pro dash, Go Lithium dual battery set up, Innovative Racecraft steering wheel , Stroud seatbelts. ET & MPH – Race only: N/T Most Memorable Experience To Date: All the wins and help I have had recently with my son Gavin and watching his enjoyment just waiting till the day I can put him in the driver seat. Thanks To: I want to give the biggest thanks to my buddy Tommy Lynch. This truck wouldn’t be where it is today without his help and pushing. He has done most all the work and 100% all the body and paint and had his hands in just about everything getting it where it is today. Then thanks to Sieve Boone with East Coast Chassis for all they have done in making this great build. Dave Hanlon for all he does with the tuning and many other friends that have helped along the way; TJ Hudson, Wes Ervin, I just can’t thank everyone enough.
Cylinder Heads: AFR 245 heads with Fire rings, titanium valves, T&D shaft rockers, Trend pushrods and PAC springs.
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Billy Brown’s Supercharged 1995 GMC Sonoma
Body & Paint: Factory body with 1998-up S10 front. Down Right Racing bumper and hood , custom headlights and taillights, carbon wing and bedcover by East Coast Chassis who also did chas sis work.
East Coast Chassis 7.50 cage. Rear suspension is Caltvert springs and Caltrac bars and sliders. Menscer shocks all 4 corners as well as front springs. Henson Racing tubular k-member, TRZ spindles and steering rack, Rhodes Race Cars custom rad support. Engine: Dart Little M block, 434 ci with billet mains and top fuel hoops. Callies Magnum crank, Oliver rods, JE boost pistons.
Rear suspension boasts Calvert springs and sliders, Caltrac bars and Menscer shocks. Up front a Henson Racing tubular k-member was used with TRZ spindles and steering rack.
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During the next off-season, Brown in tended on making a few tweaks, but be fore long it was game-on and the truck was completely stripped. “At this point the truck had nothing; no wires, no cage, no brake lines, nothing at all, just a bare frame and a cab,” he said. By the time all was said and done, with the help of good friend Tommy Lynch, Brown had a 100% new truck with 7.50 certified cage and full interior that was built to run fast. Te truck body also went under the knife again, getting extensive bodywork while being sure to meet the “All Glass, All Steel” class rules, and was painted Mopar De stroyer Grey.
For suspension, a Henson Racing K-member, TRZ a-arms and spindles, and Menscer shocks and springs were used up front along with a TRZ steering rack. Te leaf-sprung rear was enhanced with Calvert springs and sliders, Cal-Trac bars and Mencser shocks. A heavily for tified 9-inch rear end is equipped with 3.90 gears and 40 spline gun drilled/star flanged axles.
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Left to right: Gavin and Billy Brown pause before put ting The Boogeyman through its paces.
New power, a 434 nitroused small block with Holley EFI, was built to slip into to what was es sentially a brand new truck. Af ter initial struggles, Billy took an important win at the end of the season and raced the entire following year with the Caroli na No Time Race Series in the nitrous class. He had one prob lem…the big block cars! “I just couldn’t hold the big blocks off in the final rounds with my little small block. Tis didn’t sit well with me so I had a decision to make; either go big block or go boost.”Boost it was and a new F1X ProCharger was installed and tuned by Dave Hanlon.
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But, and there is always a but, although the new setup crushed it for power, the rest of the mo tor was not up to it and Billy had to go easy in 2021. For 2022, using the base 434, the Dart Little M block was cleaned up and a Callies Mag num crank was installed to spin Oliver Rods and JE boost pis tons. AFR 245 heads rest on top; they’ve been fire ringed, stuffed with titanium valves, Trend pushrods, T&D shaf rockers and PAC valve springs. A gear drive from New Era Racecraf was used for the blower and boost drives through an Edel brock Super Victor Jr intake.
As a No-Time Grudge rac er, Billy knows how to play the game and keeps his cards close to his chest, not letting too much information out into the public’s hands…at least not accurate in formation. So underestimating this blown small block Sonoma could cost you the race, because you just never know what Te Boogeyman has in store for you!
A BTE-cased Powerglide with Sonnax 1.58 gear set and FTI torque convertor sends the su percharged power rearward. With a complete rebuild us ing boost worthy parts, Brown came out swinging in 2022 and won his first event at Piedmont and went to the finals at the next shootout, but he had to do a purse split due to curfew. Te success continued as he went to the semis at the next Carolina No Time Boost class event and then won the 28s Gone Wild event at his home track, and won a few grudge races along the way! So what does Billy Brown have to say about all this? “ Te blower combo is awesome and I am no longer concerned about big block cars!”
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Overall entries were up for SD6 and the Outlaws and Lim ited28s class entries came to lay down some serious horse power! SD6 heads-up classes, as all Smackdown events, fea ture No-time heads up grudge style classes. Outlaw allows any chassis and tire size if the body dimensions are stock, other wise 10.5w is the limit. Limited28s re quire OEM roof and quarters as well as stock style front suspen sion and stock body dimensions. Both of the SD6 premier classes allow any power combo and any rearOutlawsuspension.saw Frankie Doldo take the Doldo/Longo Racing newly built third gen x-pro stock Camaro to the winner circle over RVW racer Enzo Pecchini. Class heavy hitter, Brent Stein and his beautiful C7 Vette had some is sues with the trans earlier in the day and was put on the trailer by Enzo when he pushed through the beams in the semis. Fourteen entries showed up for Limited28s and wow, did they put on a show! Mat Bru nette’s gorgeous Fox Body was the talk of the town in the early morning pit tour. Nico Cechet’s Chevelle was back out for an other swing at the heavyweight belt. Past SD Champion Adam Bastarache’s beautiful X-X275 Mustang was also on the prop erty! Canada Heads Up Nitrous hitter Rob Orofiamma and his Fox Body Mustang were found sitting quietly in the corner of the pits awaiting first round testing Saturday morning. Don Mitchell’s halfrack wheelie put on the show of the quarter fi nal round as Wajdy Kahlil drove around him for the win. In the semis, Rob Orofiamma took out
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Limited28s Champion Rob Orofiamma on another winning run!
Mark Roberts took his heavy Chevy ½ ton sky high, and we mean SKY high with all 4 tires off the ground…he returned with a big smile and no substantial damage. Worst part was that nobody got the photo for Mark’s wall!
There was no shortage of sky-high action as Jeff Vanbeek’s S10 6.0 Index truck hangs the front-end at hit and Don Mitchell’s Limited28s Fox rides the bumper at half-track!
Running on a 275 radial, Matt Brunette’s Fox Body shows off the radial separation. Watch for Brunette, running out of Quebec, to make some noise once the new car is worked in.
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Street275 was back in full force with Steph Mallais making it to second round afer Canada heads Up Rob Wade’s 66 Chevy II had the diff lock up on him during his run. Afer sliding on his ra dials for what seemed like over 200f, he was able to keep it off the wall and final ly came to rest in the middle of his lane!
Jason Gallant took out Sean Devine on a holeshot in the semis and Gord Hartleib made it to the finals via a competition sin gle. Jason won the Street275 heavyweight belt by about a car length afer both cars lef the line with almost identical reaction times.King of the Street Bikes saw Mike Perei ra take out Murray Lonsbary in final as both made it to their first KOTS final round.Unit5
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Wajdy with a holeshot and Nico drove his Chevelle around the spinning Adam Bastarache to find his way to the finals. It looked like both the Mustang and the Chevelle lef the starting line together, but Nico Cechet couldn’t maintain traction as Rob Orofiamma drove pin-straight down Broadway to take the win!
class had the fastest 16 year old on a bike in Canada – Will Fogan – take out veteran Stock Wheelbase bike Champion and cur rent record holder Damian Tong for the win!Te annual Real Street Car Shootout is a racer and fan favorite of Smackdown, and it was no different for 2022! All en tries made it through the 15 minute pow er cruise around the facility and directly into lane 1 for round one of competition. With the likes of 2022 Champion Domi nic Mandarello and 2022 runner up Timo Poulos in the lanes mixing it up with CHU
Brent Stein brought his amazing 6-cylinder C7 Vette to play in Out law. Unfortunately a starting line issue put it on the trailer early, but Brent had it back up for a few exhibition runs later in the day.
Street275 hitter Bryon Terveld, OSO’s Mark Roberts, Paul Gaspar’s updated Fox Body, Brian Howard’s fresh boosted S10 amongst so many other badass hot rods, it was not easy to pick a favorite for anyone! Mark Roberts had his truck running on rails throughout the day and in the quar ters he carried the wheels about 6” off the track for at least 150 feet. Ten, in the semis with slightly better air and a stick ier track, Mark’s power helped the heavy Chevy pickup on its way to the stars! Mark pulled a huge wheelie and effectively had all four tires right off the track with the
Chuck Nagy’s Su per Stock modified Berretta rode the wheelie bars to the won in Saturdays Stock/ Super Stock $8000 Shootout! No outlaw event is com plete without Stan Mazur and his killer big block Camaro!
Splash has been around since the start of street car drags in Ontario, Canada and is a threat whenever he lines up.
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rest of the truck near vertical! Timo Poulos took out Bryon Terveld who clearly treed Timo at the hit. Dominic was headed to the finals in his second straight year as he took out Mark Rob erts afer Mark’s huge wheelie. In a total repeat from 2022 it was Domenic over Timo with all out horsepower as Timo lef him standing at the tree, however, as in all heads up classes – he who gets there first wins and this time it was all Domenic as his Fox Body drove around Timo on the big end for the win and the Heavyweight Belt!
Will Fogan on the Unit5 Components 63” wheel base bike rides to another win. Two-time Real Street Car yetwouldjustnottoryfromMandarelloChampionShootoutDominicreturnsthemandastreetcruise,knowingthatinafewhourshetakethewinagain!
We have to thank all of our sponsors, volunteers, IHRP directors for all you do to help events like this to become reality! Te RPM Magazine, Maxima Racing Oils and RM Racing Lubricants – thank you for always being a part of the events that IHRP brings to the track. To our loyal racers and those that are first-timers – thank you for coming to support and try your hand to win some big cash and the heavyweight belts! SD6 was awesome…. Can’t wait ’til #7 rolls around!
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Ricky Ashworth’s 1957 Chevrolet Truck
Ricky Ashworth, a ship builder by trade, is as straight-up a motor head as they come. Tis guy lives and breathes horsepow er…which is a perfect fit with RPM! As we’ve said many times before, every car has a story, and this is the story of Ricky Ashworth’s 1957 Chev rolet pickup. purchased by his father for $200 in 1978.
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The old school rake on Ricky Ashworth’s 1957 Chevrolet pickup tells you that this is one bad machine.Pretty unassuming from the front, the truck retains those huge original bumpers and all of its original trim which has been restored to show quality.
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Inside is just as nice as out, with a combination of street rod and hardcore strip equip ment. The 10 point cage is not for show by any means, nor are the big tach and Pro-Lites. Use of the original dash with every gauge and switch known to man is a kill er touch! A tilt column with billet wheel is installed, while seats are racing buckets with custom covers to match cus tom door panels. The TCI Outlaw shifter is set-up for a reverse pattern and two MSD systems are mounted off to the lower right on the pas senger side for ease of access to switch between “street” and “strip” operation.
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Rotating Assembly: Ross 10 3/4 compression 4.605 custom pistons with tool hardened steel rings. Callies 4.750 stroke crank and Oli ver billet 6.700 steel rods. Calico coated bearings. Shafiroff custom ground roller cam, Cometic head gas kets, Moroso billet aluminum oil pump and stage 2 Mark 4 aluminum oil pan. Meziere 300 series electric water pump and Moroso 3 vane vacuum pump. Exhaust is Hedman 2 1/4” custom headers with 4” collectors and side exits coated by Jet-Hot. Dyno’d at 1009 horsepower with 870lbs of torque at 6700 RPM with Sunoco Ultra 93 unleaded fuel.
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Body & Paint: Sherwin Williams base coat clear coat in GM 8555 black. Body work and paint by Bruce Wills at Coxtons. Hood and fender emblems along with cartoon on tailgate painted by Greg Rudy owner of Rudys Kustom Grafix.
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MSD Dig ital 6 Plus
40 spline gun drilled ax les, 4.56 Richmond pro
one for racing. “Just unhook plug
Blaster HVC-2 Blue
Rear Differential: Chromoly Fab 9 9-inch rear
HVC-2 Red
Induction: Dart Big Chief intake with 1250cfm Holley carburetor by Pro Systems. Power Adder: NOS Pro Race Fogger system. Electronics: Two MSD systems, for and and them over along with setup: and with coil. setup: with coil. converter. shifter with pattern. with gears and Street pump motor is at
crank trigger
cruising
Transmission & Converter: ATI turbo 400. ATI 9” 5000 stall Treemaster
Chassis Type & Mods: 113” wheelbase and weighs 3,670lbs without driver. Mild steel 2”x3” square tubing for rear and front clip. 10-point mild steel roll cage. Suspension (Front and Rear): S&W Pinto A Arms, Mustang II rack and pinion. QA1 coilover shocks. Rear 4-link suspension with Afco double adjustable coilover shocks. ART antiroll bar and ART wishbone.
swap
swapping coil wire.” Racing
ATI trans brake. TCI Outlaw
reverse
Moser 40 spline spool. Best ET & MPH: 8.57 @ 156mph quarter-mile www.rpmmag.com | august The Shafiroff 632 Big Chief Ultra
Big Dawg
Engine: Scott Shafiroff 632 Big Chief Ultra Street Big Dawg pump gas motor: Dart Big M tall deck 10.200. Cylinder Heads: 18 degree Dart Big Chief heads fully CNC ported, titani um intake valves, Manley Nextek valve springs, Isky EZ Roll lifters, Trend pushrods and T&D shaft rockers.
Street
Ricky has had his share of fame with the truck and has been on several TV shows including Pinks All Out and the 4-wide race at the Charlotte ZMAX Track where he made the final 32-car field. He’s also been on Pass Time in Budds Creek Maryland and has appeared in a Mother’s Wax commercial.
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