Jack Matyas
Best Appearing Car At The LODRS event in Cecil County, MD
This weekends LODRS event at Cecil County, Mike Farrell and his drop dead beautiful ’72 Barracuda were awarded “Best Appearing Car”. If you’re at Englishtown for their upcoming event drop by his pit and have a look , it’ll be worth you’re time for sure. This 340 powered Stocker is no slouch in performance as he went some rounds this past weekend, congrats Mike. Read More
Phil Szupka – Division One Hall of Fame
Phil Szupka started racing in the early sixties at Atco Raceway and other south Jersey tracks was honored last night at the D1 banquet. He is now an official member of the Division One Hall of Fame. Both his proud wife Sandy and son Steve were on hand to celebrate with Phil. As you’ll see from the pictures he was a true Pontiac guy and stuck to his rootsRead More
A day at Ray Barton Racing Engines
So recently I received an invitation from David Barton ( General Manager ) to come by with my COPO for some adjustments and enhancements and decided to take him up on it. As I’m always looking for more so this was perfect and since they recently got the MOJO back in my ride this turned out to be a great opportunity for me. As most folks think when theyRead More
Thomas Sundstrum – 4000 miles, Not A Problem
So you’re feeling sorry for yourself about losing and then having to drive a few hours home, try this once. Yesterday I got to spend some time with Stock racer Thomas Sundstrum and we talked about his ‘commute’ he must make when coming to our events. You see Thomas is from Sweden, yes I said Sweden. First he has to get to his local airport, then get a flightRead More
Fred Polumbo’s ’64 A/SA Dodge 426 Max Wedge
Jack Matyas The best engineered award at the Northeast Division NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series at Cecil County Dragway was a stocker, not something you see very often. They like tube frame stuff and because it is stock its hard to stand out enough to win this award. At this event it was a no brainer, from the first minute I saw this car I knew it wouldRead More
Jack Matyas – “Live From Spotlight”
This weeks team is DeCesaris & Durham hailing from Lothian, Maryland running their 2015 Camaro COPO. Their supercharged 350 runs in the FS/A class and at this event qualified #28 but also managed to set the NHRA National Record – the only record set at this race! We’re looking forward to seeing both Marco DeCesaris and Byron Durham at more Division events. Many of you seniors like myselfRead More