PACERS’ TASMANIAN DEVIL

Posted on February 22, 2025February 22, 2025 by MartynL

The original 1960s PACERS’ TASMANIAN DEVIL has been found and restored by a team led by Scott Snizek, son of the driver – George Snizek – of the NHRA national-record-holding, Hemi-powered AA/Altered. My relationship with Pacers Auto, Charlie Dodge, George Snizek, and TAZ - the PACERS’ TASMANIAN DEVIL AA/A - dates back to 1963 and 1964 when I was covering the NHRA Indy Nationals for CUSTOM RODDER and CARS magazines. That’s when and where I first met Charlie & George. Late in 1964, we...

WHERE HAVE ALL THE RACETRACKS GONE?

Posted on June 1, 2015May 15, 2017 by MartynL

Drag strips as well as entry-level stock, modifieds and sprint car tracks have become endangered species. CARS-magazine sponsored record-holding Baldwin-Motion 427 Camaro and Pacers Auto blown-fuel roadster at Island Dragway, Great Meadows, NJ in mid-1960s. Photos: Martyn L. Schorr. Fifty years after the heyday of drag racing, local tracks to national circuits have been feeling pressures of changing times, an aging fan base, and competition for entertainment dollars. “People have so many ...

YORK-US30 REUNION: MUSCLECAR MADNESS!

Posted on April 9, 2015May 15, 2017 by MartynL

Legends of the quarter-mile celebrate one of the most exciting periods in drag racing history. Thomas Wolfe got it wrong when he wrote, ‘You Can’t Go Home Again.’ The original Golden Commandos "Goldfish" Barracuda, owned by Bruce Lindstrom, Sarasota, Florida will be one of many featured cars at the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the First Super/Stock Nationals held at York US30 Dragway on August 7, 1965. It will be presented at the York Expo Center, York Fairgrounds during the...