In the world of racing, we tend to be around it at a young age and it just gets in our blood, or at some point later in life the bug bites and there’s no turning back. In Ryan Weger’s case, he always had a love for hot rods and custom cars but he was given the opportunity of a lifetime that hooked him on racing forever. The field service engineer, 47, found himself thrust into the addicting world of high-performance racing, all thanks to a giveaway by Speed Society that he never thought he’d win. However, it’s not just the winning of the car that makes Ryan’s story interesting — it’s also the impressive transformation his 2018 Camaro ZL1 underwent at the hands of the team at Vengeance Racing and their continued support and help in upgrading Weger’s ZL1 even further.
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From Childhood Dreams to Racing Reality
Growing up surrounded by hot rods during parades and festivals, Weger’s love for cars was cultivated early. His first car, an ’86 Monte Carlo SS, set the stage for a lifelong passion. “Once we started having kids, my wife wanted me to go back to four wheels,” he recalled. However, it was winning this high-performance machine that propelled him into serious racing.
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Weger admits he has a t-shirt problem and likes getting shirts from the events he attends. After seeing a Speed Society shirt that he liked but was sold out at an event, he ordered two shirts from the Speed Society online store, thus entering himself into the contest. “I never thought I would win, and I even hung up on them a couple of times when they tried calling me to tell me I had won,” Weger said. To his amazement, Weger was, in fact, the winner of the contest, and on June 30, 2019, his new high-power monster was delivered to his house. He immediately began racing the car, and the drag racing bug got him.
I figured if they’re going to give me a race car, I’m going to race it. – Ryan Weger
The Heart of the Beast
The 2018 Camaro ZL1 boasts a formidable Gen V LT4 engine, with a displacement now of 390 cubic inches. Vengeance Racing called up Late Model Engines (LME) in Houston, Texas, to undertake the engine build, utilizing a Callies Magnum crankshaft, Diamond/LME 2000HP Custom pistons, and Callies Enforcer connecting rods. A Cam Motion hydraulic camshaft controls the valvetrain in the CID Gen V six-bolt cylinder heads.
Weger’s Camaro featured an aftermarket supercharger…
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