

Getting to Know: Vern Smith
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 t


Getting to Know: Butch Kummer
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 t


Getting to Know: Willie Mullins
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