Sudden Impact V - 2002 Chevy Camaro


Ray's 2002 Camaro was originally built by Dan Page Race Cars for the 2000 season and was updated for the 2002 season, stretching the wheelbase out to 109 inches. Rick Bell applied the paint, designed and lettered by Bruce Deveau. The car is powered by a 1030 horsepower Boucher's Racing Engines built 565" Big Chief motor, with 14 degree Oldsmobile heads and single 1150 Holley carb.

Harnessing that power is a Select Performance 9" Torque Converter and Select Performance Powerglide transmission transfering power to a Mark Williams 9" rear end with 4.10 gears. The Power is applied to 16.5" x 33" Hoosier Tires mounted on Weld Wheels.

For electronics the car features a Biondo Racing Products Mega 300 Delay Box/Throttle Stop Controller, a QuarterPro shifter, a #1 Stop Throttle Stop, MSD Ignition and an Autometer Data Aquisition System.

In terms of performance, the car has run best times of 7.82 seconds at 175 Miles Per Hour out the back door, and has run as fast as 171 Miles Per Hour at 9.90 and 173 miles per hour at 8.90.

The car has received "Best Appearing Car" at the 2000 Lebanon Valley Divisional Race, "Best Engineered Car" at the 2001 IHRA Empire Nationals in Leicester, NY, and Best Appearing and Best Engineered at New England Dragway. The car has been in 3 NHRA National Event finals, winning 1 of them, 4 NHRA Divisional finals, winning 3 of them and finished #8 in NHRA Super Gas National points in 2004 along with second in Division 1 in 2004 and fifth in 2001. The car won the Super Gas World and Division 1 Championships in 2005.