MCACN Debut: 'Camaro Supercars: Reimagined'
Two forgotten Camaros. One very different future.
More than 20 years ago, two 4th-gen widebody Camaros were supposed to become something special.
They were part of the 30-car Berger Supercar Dick Harrell Edition program being undertaken by Berger Chevrolet and GMMG in the early 2000s. Both cars were started at GMMG, but their stories took different turns before the program came to an end.
DH-24 remained unfinished when GMMG closed its doors. DH-11, meanwhile, was completed but later stripped of parts to help finish other builds.
Eventually, both cars would get another chance.
Together, the pair will make their public debut at the 2026 Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals as part of “Camaro Supercars: Reimagined,” a display I’ll be hosting that explores what these Berger Supercars have become more than two decades after they were started.
DH-11: A Tribute to a Camaro Legend
Bruce Hawkins of Hawks Motorsports took DH-11 in a direction rooted in Camaro performance history. His inspiration was YS-760, a well-known 1967 Yenko 427 Camaro that became one of the legends of the original dealer-supercar era. Rather than simply duplicate that car, Hawkins used it as a starting point.
The original Rally Red paint was replaced with Nantucket Blue, paired with a custom red leather Deluxe interior. Under the hood, the original GMMG Phase 1 package has been replaced by a 750-horsepower Phase 4XR 427ci LS7.
A custom Weiand intake, 103mm throttle body and chambered exhaust round out the engine combination.
And the changes don’t stop there.
Baer six-piston brakes, a one-piece carbon-fiber roof and a red powder-coated six-point chromoly roll cage push DH-11 well beyond what a 2002 Berger Supercar would have been.
The connection to the past is still there. But this is very much a modern interpretation of the Dick Harrell Camaro.
A tease of the vehicle under construction can be seen in the upcoming episode of my show, 'On the Move', Episode 15.
DH-24: A Different Direction
DH-24 tells a different story. The car was left incomplete when GMMG closed, but in 2024 it found a new owner in Camaro enthusiast Ryan Datko. Datko brought the unfinished project to Hawks Motorsports with a very specific vision.
GMMG had already painted the car Penske Blue. Datko carried that forward, adding the yellow graphics as a nod to the legendary Penske/Donohue Trans-Am Camaros of the 1960s.
There’s another connection here, too. The look acknowledges the GM widebody concept that helped inspire the Berger Supercar program in the first place.
Inside, yellow houndstooth seat inserts continue the theme, while matching brake calipers add another detail. A Phase 4XR 427ci engine provides the power underneath it all.
But one of my favorite details isn’t something that was added.
It’s something that was left alone.
The original windshield markings from the car’s time at GMMG are still there. They’re a small detail, but they provide a direct physical connection to the car’s unfinished past.
Finishing What GMMG Started
There’s something satisfying about seeing these two Camaros finally back together as completed cars.
Their stories weren’t identical. DH-11 had actually been completed at one point, only to later give up parts to help finish other Berger Supercars. DH-24 never made it that far before GMMG closed its doors in 2010.
Then enthusiasts stepped in.
Bruce Hawkins took on DH-11, while Ryan Datko brought DH-24 to Hawks Motorsports. Both owners chose to finish the cars in the spirit of what GMMG had started.
That means the cars still feel like Berger Supercars. They have the big engines, serious performance and unmistakable attitude that made the original program special.
But now they’re complete, running and back on the road.
And that’s the best part of this story.
More than two decades after these cars were started, they’re no longer unfinished pieces of GMMG history. They’re finished Berger Supercars with their own stories to tell.
DH-11 and DH-24 took very different paths to get there, but both have finally reached the same destination.
And now, they’re ready for the spotlight at “Camaro Supercars: Reimagined” at the 2026 Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals, November 21–22, at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois.
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