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 dragstrip and live life!
Of the Lambert racing family, Randy Lambert has managed to keep in the mix of the “fast guys” for over 25 years, and his new first Gen Camaro is his wildest ride yet.
The 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 racing to the strip and run in the 5.0 Shootouts.
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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. The mid 90s into early 2000s were such a wild time in street car drags; cars were evolving, power adders changing and the whole movement itself was growing. There 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, securing 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 carefully applied to these areas.
Check out this winning pass by Randy Lambert and his gorgeous new ride! SUBSCRIBE
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.
Continuing with their winning ways and blazing the trail for fast doorslammer drags of today, in 2000 the Lambert’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, Randy 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 preoccupied. “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
The 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. The wild yellow with black stripes and faux vinyl roof paint was expertly completed by Bruce Mullins
The HFR chassis is a 25.2 cert double 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 competitive 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 analogue gauges in this technology driven world where a driver can interface their laptop with the car’s onboard computer and find out what the guy in the other lane had for breakfast… well not quite, but almost.
The 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 crankshaft swinging GRP rods and a custom grind 55MM camshaft commanding Jesel 1.062 keyway lifters.
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 conventional BBC heads equipped with Manley Titanium valves, Manley dual springs, Jesel rockers and Trend pushrods were studded in place and a jewel-like Jared Thomsen billet intake tops things off.
A trick RCD billet gear drive, Moroso billet oil pump, Moroso pan and ATI damper round things out and needless to say, with this much billet bling, we highly recommend wearing shades when the front end comes off!
Randy Lambert’s 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Twin Turbo Outlaw 10.5 Car
Chassis Type & Mods:
HFR Fabrication 25.2 cert chassis, double frame rail built by Henry Fryfogle, Todd Geisler and Steve.
Suspension:
Rear 4-link suspension with Mark Williams 4 link brackets and rear double adjustable shocks. Custom front with Santhuff front struts and rack and pinion steering.
Body & Paint:
Body and Paint done by Paint By Bruce Mullins Engine:
J&E Performance 540 inch big block Chevy. Crower crankshaft, GRP rods, Total Seal rings, Clevite bearings. Jesel 1.062 keyway lifter and custom grind 55MM camshaft. Allan Johnson billet conventional BBC head, Jesel rockers, Manley Titanium 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.
Fuel Delivery:
Rage 32 gal per min fuel pump with Billet Atomizer Injectors, 2 sets of 800s.
Power Adder:
Precision Turbo XPR 94 Pro Mod turbos. 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 Pro Torque converter. Rear Differential:
Mark Williams nodular 10 inch with Mark Williams center section, axles and 4.11 gears. Mark Williams brakes. ET & MPH:
4.20 at 175MPH in the eighth after 3 passes on the new car. 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 Lambert
Brandon Goode
Rodney Lambert
Jesse Lambert
Rick Allen
Bulletproof is the best way to describe the complete Mark Williams nodular 10-inch with Mark Williams center section, axles and 4.11 gears suspended by an HFR 4-link/coilover rear suspension with Mark Williams brackets. A custom HFR Fabrication suspension rides up front with Santhuff struts and rack and pinion steering.
Assisting in the power department are twin Precision XPR 94 Pro Mod turbos. A Rage 32 gpm fuel pump delivers fuel to two sets of 800lb Injectors 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 converter and Browell bellhousing transfer power rearward through a PST carbon drive-
shaft to a Mark Williams nodular 10-inch with Mark Williams center section, axles and 4.11 gears suspended by a 4-link/ coilover rear suspension.
Lambert started running the car after 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!
