David Barton

With three races now in the books, David Barton in Gary Wolkwitz’s 2015 COPO has dominated not only in performance, but has won all three Factory Stock Showdown Races. Although the FS/XX cars have been out for a few years, David Barton has only been racing a supercharged combo for this year. He pretty much dominated in the FS/X class with Al Carp’s Drag Pak, but took on this new challenge when Gary Wolkwitz decided he wanted to campaign a COPO in the Factory Stock Showdown race series. Barton tells us that although he has had great success for the first three races, he knows his competition is tough and there could easily be someone else at the top.

Jonathan Allegrucci

Barton’s competitors are scrambling to step up the program. With Teams like Chris Holbrook, Kevin Skinner, Bruno Massel, Clay Arnett, Don Fezell and John Calvert, its only a matter of time before they catch up. New teams coming from Bo Butner, Victor Cagnazzi, Anthony Bongiovanni and Eric Bardikoff shows the Factory Stock Showdown class is growing fast and promises to be an exciting new series for the coming future. These new teams and current teams are committed to the new series, and know its the future for the factory muscle car wars. Heads up racing are what the fans want to see, combine that with the new cars that fans can relate to and you have a formula for success.

The Factory Stock Showdown is starting to gain traction with many fans asking questions about this new series. With with a 3 year commitment from SAM Tech (School of Automotive Machinists) the sponsor of the Factory Stock Showdown, the fans now have a legitimate look out the factory muscle cars produced today in a heads up format. You can here the fans saying, “Is that a car I can buy off the showroom floor, how fast are they?” When you tell them they are running low to mid 8 second 1/4 miles at 160 plus mph, they are very impressed and excited about this new series.

Austin Ford

The last of the four race series will be held at the US Nationals in Indy. There is possibility that NHRA will have a 16 car field instead of the 8 cars field they had for the first 3 races. When talking to a few of the teems that are just missing the 8 car field, they tell us there are enough teams to fill the field.

The excitement is growing not only for the fan but for the racer. Having a platform for the factory muscle cars not only helps promotes the new class, but also showcases what he factories have to offer and the fans can relate to. Its a win for NHRA, the racer, the manufacture and most important “THE FAN”