B & B Race Cars Customer News

B & B End of June Update

Kinzer's New SS Cobalt

Wilard Kinzer from Kentucky is the proud new owner of this shine black SS Cobalt. He recently bought Hugh Meeks SS Cobalt and had B & B Race Cars do a HUGE makeover to the car! It's now fitted with a Procharged TRE All Aluminum Small Block and a "bad to the bone" Black paint job.

The Pressurized Solutions Team from Alabama and Herb Gebler from Maryland were brought in to help finish the car in record breaking time.

We're sure that Mr. Kinzer, who is 81 years young, is going to have a blast racing this awesome machine!

Our Clients at the track

Last weekend Bill Gibbs won the NHRA Best Engineering award at the IHRA Mardi Gras make-up race in Lufkin, Tx. Also at the Division 4 race, Bryon Latino won Super Stock by defeating Slate Cummings after going 5 rounds of competition. Bryon also runnered up at the previous race! Over in Division 5, Justin Jenkins runnered up in Super Stock!

Congratulations Guys!!!

1998 Camaro - Built to Your Specs

This clean white 1998 Camaro can be built as a award winning NHRA class car, or if Shootout Racing is your game, then name your class and we'll come up with a aggressive, but legal, winning game plan!

Tell us your dreams for this Camaro and we'll turn them into reality for you!

What do you want built today?

B & B RACING NEWS

B & B Clients have had a great month in June so far...

In Chicago at the NHRA Route 66 Division 3 Race, Chuck Haubiel won the Best Engineering Award and Justin Lamb runnered up in Comp Eliminator!

In Englishtown, Peter Biondo won his 36th NHRA National Event in Super Stock!

At Tulsa's IHRA Sooner Nationals Justin Jenkins runnered up in Super Stock. Justin was very strong going into the final round but was a bit too fast on the tree handing the win over to his very competent opponent Alan Patterson.

Congratulations Guys!!!

END OF MAY SHOP NEWS

In a stroke of bad luck, someone smacked right into Dave and Darren Smith's SS/GA 68 Dart in the pits - boy, talk about ruining your race day... They are hauling the car from Palmdale, California to B & B Race Cars for repairs soon. We're looking forward to bringing the Dart back to 100% perfect condition.

In other news, Justin Jenkins won at Brainerd International Raceway May 25th in his B & B Cobalt! Justin defeated veteran Gary Stinnett in the final round of Super Stock. Way to go Justin!!

SERRANO RACING TAKES DELIVERY OF NEW 68 CAMARO COMP ELIMINATOR

Henrik Serrano and the Serrano Racing Team from Norway visited B & B Race Cars this week to pick up their new 68 Camaro Comp Eliminator. They've officially got the B & B Long Haul Award since the traveled over 4200 miles from home! The Serrano Team was a big help finishing up last minute items and installation of the engine from TRE prior to shipping the Camaro overseas.

The Team is having their new car shipped back to Norway in their new 2009 Haulmark Trailer that Anne from B & B won on ORSCA's web site. The trailer was a fund raising effort to help racer Josh McClelland that was injured in a wreck at Bradenton. It was sponsored by Cooper Trailer Sales out of Vidalia, Ga. What a great way to return to Europe!

It was really a pleasure working with the team at the shop and Darren is looking forward to traveling to Sweden in July to help with setup and chassis adjustments.

Follow the Team at Serrano Racing

B & B CUSTOMERS HALL & LATINO RECORD SUPER STOCK WINS

Norm Hall took home a big win at the NHRA race in Bristol, Tenn in Super Stock after 5 rounds of eliminations! Norm defeated Dan Fletcher after cutting a robotic .000 light - boy talk about mowing down the tree! That light combined with a killer package got him the win by .0194 seconds. Congrat's Norm!!!

Half way across the country, Bryon Latino was also racing in Super Stock at Houston Raceway Park. He beat Gary Hagen in the final. Congratulations Bryon!!!

Pretty darn good weekend for the guys running Super Stock!

Here in the shop at B & B the phone is ringing off the hook so we've got to cut this short and get to work... There's a bunch of things happening that we'll be writing about soon! Stay tuned for more developments!

CHUCK HAUBIEL TAKES DELIVERY OF HIS NEW 2009 COBALT

Chuck and Michele Haubiel from Gahanna, Ohio picked up their new 2009 Cobalt over the weekend. This is the first B & B car to be powered by a Jeff Taylor built engine! Chuck will be campaigning the bright orange Cobalt in C/SMA this season.

The Haubiel's took the car to Bowling Green for it's maiden race, but unfortunately got rained out and had to turn around and go back home. We're sure they are excited to get to the track and try it out!

Hopefully the weather will start cooperating here soon and they can get to the track. We're looking forward to a great season with Chuck and B & B's 1st Jeff Taylor powered car!

JENKINS WINS SUPER STOCK AT TULSA!

Justin Jenkins took home the Super Stock Ironman after winning the IHRA Division 4 race at Tulsa Raceway Park on April 19th.

Jenkins running in GT/DA defeated Al Tibbs SS/CA by smacking down a 0.000 light on Tibbs, then running a 9.689@131.41 on a 9.64 Dial. I guess we'll have to start calling Jenkins "Tree Killer" after that one!

Way to go Justin!!!

MID APRIL NEWS FROM B & B RACE CARS

Last weekend in Las Vegas Justin Lamb won a NHRA Divisional in Comp Eliminator! Justin drove his B & B 09 Cobalt into the winners circle after beating Dean Carter in the final round! Way to go Justin!!

The good news is that weather is starting to warm up across the country, we're hoping any spring rains will only occur on weekdays so we can all get a full season of racing in!

Back at the shop, John McDonald & Kenny Christian from Waynesboro, TN picked up their beautiful new bright orange Top Sportsman 68 Camaro this week. The guys hope to be out testing very soon. This car just plain looks evil sitting out in the driveway, we can't wait to hear how it performs!

Thanks for your business John & Kenny!!!

In other news we are currently finishing up a Stocker, Super Stocker, Comp. Eliminator, and an Outlaw Car! Whew - yes it's been busy around here. These four cars will all be completed for their owners by the end of May.

We also have the new Cuda for Lloyd Wofford back from the dipper and e-coater and are beginning with the chassis fabrication work on his car.

In another corner of the shop, we're starting a brand new Cobalt that can be built to YOUR specs with YOUR paint scheme by late summer... Super Stock, Comp Eliminator or Outlaw, you name it we can build it! Just give us a call today to reserve this car before someone else does.

NEW ORSCA LIMITED STREET CARS READY TO TEST

Watch out ORSCA Limited Street, this Bad GTO and Nasty Camaro will be coming to visit ya in the staging lanes very soon at I-22 Motorsports Park!

The brand new Camaro is owned by Chris Daniels from White, Georgia. It's powered by a Nitrous Feed 762 Fulton. On the left is B & B Owner Darren Breaud's new GTO powered by a TRE Nitrous Small Block. Now those of you who follow ORSCA shootouts are probably scratching your head... "Nitrous Small Block???" That's right.. can a little small block compete with the big turbo and blower cars? Guess everyone is fixing to find out real soon!

In other news, Henrik Serrano and his crew chief, Len are flying in from Oslo, Norway for the 1st ORSCA race at I-22 Motorsports Park on March 27th. They are also coming to visit the B & B Shop and check on their new Competition Eliminator 1968 Camaro being built. Henrik will return in May with his entire crew to test and race the car.

Records broken at Belle Rose

In other racing news, James Caro/Sonny Stancil set a National record at Belle Rose, LA this past weekend in SS/BM. They have now qualified #1 for the 3rd time in a row using Patterson Power and B & B Chassis!

B & B Customers won four classes at Belle Rose...

• Allen Myrick SS/JA
• Byron Latino SS/BS
• James Caro SS/BM
• Gary Richard GT/AA

Congratulations to all the teams!!!

MARCH ROLLING IN LIKE A LION!!!

Wow - what a month March has been here at B & B Race Cars...

First off we would like to congratulate James Caro, Allen Myrick, Sonny Stancil and Bryon Latino for qualifying 1,2,3 at the IHRA Mardi Gras Nationals March 8th. James Caro qualiied #1 in SS/BM with a 8.322 which was -1.378 under, Allen Myrich driving Sonny Stancil's Aspen qualified #2 in SS/JA with a 9.967, -1.333 under and Bryon Lation qualified #3 in SS/BS at 8.75 -1.300 under.

In Gainesville this past weekend, James Caro/Sonny Stancil quailified #1 and runnered up out of 93 Cars. Lloyd Wofford/Sonny Stancil quailfied #3 - not to shabby for having sat out for the last 28 years!!! Way to go guys!

And for some really BIG news, B & B Race Cars and Mid Tennessee Fabrication are proud to announce the purchase of the 60,000 sq. ft. building that we now occupy.

Along with the building comes 6 acres of concrete and land. Yes, there is room for a launch pad out back just in case you're wondering!

Company Owners Darren and Anne Breaud are very excited about having the extra room to expand both businesses, as you can see, the shop is getting full real often lately and the extra room will be more than welcome.

Darren and Anne would like to thank those of you that are our customers for the continued business and support. Its a GREAT DAY!

And last but not least, we don't know how he finds the time, but Darren is making lots of progress during the weekends on his new GTO. The new TRE monster is bolted between the frame rails and all the last minute details are getting finished up. Once it's on the ground we'll post some more pictures.

Other L/S racers might want to read Bruce Deveau's column on the back page of this weeks National Dragster, just so you all will be ready for your upcoming racing season!

We just completed some finish work on this Pretty Black Chevy II Nova for Kelvin Brown out of Savannah, Tennessee.

Look for him to be out bracket racing soon!

Steve McLemore and his son picked up their Mod Street Mustang that B & B did some work on. The Team will be competing in ORSCA Modified Street Class this summer.

Last weekend at the Southeast Division NHRA race in Bradenton, Florida B & B Customers were out flexing their muscles...

Lloyd Wofford made his come back in Sonny Stancil's B & B Aspen. Lloyd and Sonny have teamed up for 5 races while his Cuda is being built. He had a great weekend and qualified near the top of the ladder along with Bryon Latino, Gary Richard and Arnie Martel.

Arnie went on to runner up in SS driving his B & B Cobalt and won Comp in his roadster. Congrat's Arnie!!

Thanks to Mrs. Wofford for sending us pictures!

Chris Daniel from White, GA picked up his recently finished Limited Street Camaro Sunday, February 8th - right on time!

Chris is going to paint, wire, and plumb the car and says he'll be ready for the 1st ORSCA Race at I-22 Dragway.

B & B has a handful of ORSCA Shootout Cars in the shop right now nearing completion. Look for these bad boys to be ready to rip up the track at the first race in March!

Chris Daniels new Limited Street "Outlaw 10.5" Camaro is almost ready to go to the paint booth!

Martin McLemore's got his 2008 ORSCA Modified Street Championship winning Mustang (Driven by Stacy Parker) in the shop getting some upgrades.

Look for Martin in the drivers seat this year!

B & B Owner Darren Breaud has been busy during the weekends on his Limited Street "Outlaw 10.5" GTO. TRE is also busy working on the engine - anyone want to take a guess on the power adder weapon of choice?

Lloyd Wofford & Sons dropped off their Barracuda this week to begin it's transformation. His new Hemi Cuda project will have Westcott Power!

Scroll down the page to see the new paint scheme this car will have when its done.

In other news Chuck Haubiel out of Ohio bought a new semi-finished Cobalt from us, he will be running in Comp C/SMA and maybe SS/BM. The new car will be Jeff Taylor powered Chuck says.

Lloyd Wofford's New Hemi Barracuda Project

Lloyd Wofford's coming back in a big way with a brand new Hemi Barracuda that we will be starting on soon. Lloyd has been sitting out on the sidelines for the last 27 years and he's getting ready for a come back next season in SS/AH. He used to campaign a 1965 Plymouth Belevedere in SS/BA from 1977 to 1980 and set two national records back in 1979 with the car.

Lloyd says "I am excited about working with B&B on the Barracuda project. I know with a B&B race car I will enjoy much success and be a top contender in SS/AH. We hope to test the car in late summer and make the last two "Shoot Out" races of 2009." Mr. Wofford's looking forward to seeing old friends, making new ones and being with the best Race fans in the world, "HEMI FANS".

Scott Brown recently finished up the design work for the car, here's a rendering of what it's going to look like when it rolls out of the paint booth.

Lloyd's Hemi Cuda isn't the only project B & B is currently working on, the shop is pretty darn busy right now! One of the latest arrivals is this late model Camaro for a customer that is going to be running it in ORSCA Limited Street. That'll make two Limited Street Cars coming o ut in 2009, the second one will be B & B Owner Darren Breaud's new GTO!

In addition to the L/S cars, Lee Sharp also has us starting a new project for the 2009 season - stay tuned for info on this one!

In recent Racing News, Justin Lamb runnered up in SS and Arnie Martel runnered up in Comp at Vegas... Congratulations guys!!!

The entire crew at B & B would like to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!

Henrik Serrano from Norway has purchased a new Competition Eliminator 68 Camaro from B & B Race Cars and construction has begun. The Cynergy Composite Body just arrived last week so we can now move forward on the project. Taylor Lastor of TRE Engines will be building a nasty Small Block Nitrous Motor to power the new car.

All of us at B & B are looking forward to having Henrik and his team come to the states to pick up their car and test in April 2009. Later in August Darren will be traveling to Norway to help to the Serrano Team with chassis tuning at a race.

You can read about the Serrano Racing at www.serranoracing.no