| I have been involved in the hobby of collecting and racing muscle cars since 1988. I have enjoyed owning many great Muscle Cars; from my 1966 Pontiac GTO 389 Tripower 4 Spd, Firebird 400 HO Convertible, Buick Grand National, S/CRambler, Mustang, Capri 5.0... to my never ending love of Chrysler Corporation vehicles. Like you, I am at home living my Muscle Car dreams. |  |
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I started racing from the first weekend me and a couple of my closest friends took my GTX out to the local cruizing spot, the Berlin Tpke. On this road, I experienced many Saturday night cruiz-ins and an occasional Light-to-Light exercise of Horsepower. Not knowing what type of racing interested me the most, I searched for venues that I could call home. I joined the SCCA/CART and competed in local autocross events. I tried bracket racing and found that racing all out, just to nail the brakes right before the finish line, was not for me. I stopped myself at the last minute, many times, from buying a slick tire Duster, Cuda, Boss Mustang or Chevelle to race on Sundays at E-Town or Lebanon Valley because I preferred the original factory look over an all-out racer. I was hooked on racing, but, at that point, had not found the right venue for me. |
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Having collected all make Muclecars
for many years, I tried the Cragers, Centerlines and many other mags, but
was always going back to the Factory Appearing look of the stock wheels
and Polyglas tires. In 2002, I met up with a group of show car enthusiasts
at the Mopar Nationals. I thought that they, like me, had towed their Mopars
to the Nat's to show them. But, to my surprise, they raced their cars with
the PolyGlas tires! Intrigued by this, I asked many questions of the two
racers, Dave Dudek and Jack Iron, who at the time both owned Hemi powered
4 Spd. Mopars. They proceeded to get me hooked on what has now become my
obsession to racing Factory Appearing Street Tire Musclecars.
Through the years I have gone to every style
car show in the USA and have enjoyed meeting and making friends with many
car enthusiasts like myself. For many years, I would go to shows, set up
the car, show it all day or all weekend, and then be discouraged because
the car I worked so hard on did not place because an unqualified judge
awarded his pick to his friend that weekend.
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| In 2004, I felt it was time to put away the lawn chair and buy a new helmet. This was the year that a new Musclecar magazine called Hemmings Muscle Machines had their first ever Muscle Palooza. Armed with a 1970 Challenger SE 383 Four Barrel, I was off to the first ever Muscle Palooza. I had visions of the old Muscle Car Review magazine's drag racing video tapes my friends and I wore out. I thought for sure I would line up with a brand X and match race to a victory, but instead I was placed in a bracket class and was put up against a 5.0 Mustang with only a drivers seat for an interior. Discouraged with the results of this event, I kept asking myself, there has to be something out there for me. Then I remembered those two guys at the Nat's running FAST cars. With my keyboard and many years of old car magazines, I searched for their names. I found out through a friend that they would be running at that year's Mopar Nat's, and that if I wanted to race with them, I would be welcome to run in the class. |  |
The 2004 Mopar Nat's was one of my
best ever Mopar events. I had a great time racing against other cars like
mine- I was hooked! I had finally found the racing venue that was a perfect
match.
It was at this race that I purchased Mike Wowk's (one of the Founding members of FAST) 1970 RoadRunner. |
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Events I have organized and promoted include: the FAST Class at Muscle Palooza 2,3,4,5,6&7, Island Dragway 2007 FAST Ice Breaker, 2006-07 Mopars @ E-Town FAST Class, 2007 Mopar Nat's FAST Class, 2008 SuperCar ShootOut Ice Breaker, and the 2008 Mopar SuperCar ShootOut Challenge Series at Mopars at E-Town, Chryslers @ Carlisle, Mopar Nationals and Mopars at the Valley.
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