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preventing long distance travel and   only lived for seven years. Because   Pacers built show quality enclosed
            therefore they were under the radar  nitro was not always available, the   trailer. By the end of that year the
            of most national magazines. But      pacers made it available. In the     Pacers were running 7.93 at 199
            when they did close up shop and      summer of 1964, Pacers Auto, Inc.    mph with the Tazmanian Devil. On
            run with the best, the Pacers did it   became the east coast distributor   July 17th. 1966 at York Dragway in
            in grand fashion. The first national   for nitromethane and also sold     York, Penn, the Pacers did a very
            record came June 16, 1963 with       alcohol. George and Charlie did      rare double up – winning top fuel
            the AA/A MPH record of 154.90        this because at that time they had   with the Beast from the East and
            along with best appearing car and    limited racing opportunities in the   Super eliminator with the retiring
            crew at the NHRA Nationals in        northeast. Track owners weren’t      Tasmanian Devil. And so as did
            Indianapolis. In 1964 they got the   paying the Altereds, but the rise    many others, the Pacers went Fuel
            AA/Altered class ET and MPH          of AA/fuel dragsters was quite a     dragster match racing and followed
            record of 9.56 @ 161.87 mph.         different story. For a short time    the Division #1 fuel circuit.
            Later that season at Cecil County    running on fuel the Devil did quite    By the end of 1969 racing was
            Dragway in Maryland they ran 8.81    well keeping up with the long        halted for George Snizek and
            at a speed of 166.35 on 50% fuel.    cars, but the writing was on the
                                                 wall. In 1965, sitting in the pits   Charlie Dodge. With a busy
              The Pacers won 150 races and       alongside the Tasmanian devil        performance shop, gas station,
            set track records at nine different   altered, appeared their “Beast      wholesale parts division and a dune
            drag strips. The Tasmanian devil     from the East” AA/FD as well as a                     Continued on page 11






















































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