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Jerry “Monza” Johnston Has Two Badass Big-Block Camaros.

- John McGann

Tonight on Street Outlaaawsss! Known the world over as “Monza” from Discovery Channel’s Street Outlaws, Jerry Johnston’s “Sinister Split Bumper” 1972 Camaro may just be the cleanest, hardest-running car we’ve seen. It spent a good amount of time at the top of the 405’s Top 10 list, and Jerry is one of the best drivers on the show—fearless and with the ability to pedal and steer the car down the track when things get squirrelly. However, like the other guys at the top of the list, Jerry recently brought his car in for a thorough reworking.

As their competitors on the show have gotten faster, lighter, and more outrageous, the guys from the 405 have had to respond in kind. Several cars from the show have undergone massive changes, all in the name of more power, less weight, quicker times, and more speed. As part of its overhaul, the “Sinister Split Bumper” got a new engine, a revised nitrous system, some chassis tweaks, and a raft of carbon-fiber parts—enough carbon, in fact, to bring the Camaro down to a legit 2,630 pounds at race weight. Anyone who knows anything about second-gen Camaros knows this is a heavy platform, so it’s no mean feat to get these cars this light, yet be safe enough for the speeds Jerry’s car is capable of.