This Weekend's Question: Your First Street Car  

First race car. Charlie Kojsza built a bunch of cars for different guys. Built Ray Evernham his 1977 championship Modern Stock at Wall. He a good reputation as a good fabricator. I met Charlie when I raced go-karts. His son Chuck and I raced together for a few years and became good friends. Charlie was from Hazlet, not far from me.  At the end of 1980, I had won the championship in karts, so Charlie sat down with my Father,  my Father agreed to let us build a stock car for Wall. Charlie laid out a budget of $5,000. Off to Bobby Howards junk yard for parts. Went to MNO and bought a cage and all the tubing. Luckily one of our brand new rental cars, a 1980 Monte Carlo, was totaled and paid for by insurance, so we had a good body. John Wieczoreck had built some winning engines at Wall, so a good straight six cylinder powered it. Got it finished up in June, high school graduation and off to Wall Stadium 1981. Won that year in September than sold the car to buy a Sportsman.