It’s always been cars and airplanes. Friday nights at Williams Grove Speedway crewing for the dealership’s 34 Chevy coupe with a stove bolt six cylinder engine in the early fifties racing on dirt. Gluing together model airplanes and flying them around my head on thin nylon lines. Drag racing became the focal point in the mid fifties to the early sixties with Brother in law Dave Strickler, Bill “Grumpy” Jenkins and the Old Reliable super stock machines. Four college years in the early sixties were mostly wasted with go kart racing, building radio controlled model airplanes and dropping parachutist (called sky divers today) all over North Carolina. The going rate was seven dollars a thousand f
For over forty years, the founding member of B.K. Racing, LLC, has been dedicated to living the maxim once attributed to Roger Penske - - “a race car is one of the most efficient means known to man for turning money into noise.” Since he first started modifying and autocrossing VW beetles during his college days in the late 60’s, Butch Kummer has constantly focused on going just a little bit faster than he can afford. Over the years Butch and friends have moved from VW’s to street Corvettes to purpose-built tube frame GT cars where the only pieces with Chevrolet part numbers are the tail light lenses. Although Butch’s formative years were spent watching stock cars on ovals, all his own r
Willie Mullins followed the road less traveled. Or in this case, road course. Willie grew up drag racing, alongside his dad and brother in his younger years. He started in the NHRA Jr, Dragster division, before graduating to the Outlaw 10.5 division. In 2005 he decided to make a chance and went to his first SCCA School at the famed Watkins Glen. His passion for road racing only grew from there. In 2006 he was the V8Stockcar Grand National Champion and in 2008 he joined the pro ranks with his first ARCA start. Over his 10 years of road racing, Willie has racked up dozens of wins, 2 Championships, 2 track records and 4 professional starts. All of his success has lead him to becoming on
