Pacer's Auto

Pacers Auto, Inc.® was a popular, record-setting drag racing team in the early 1950s and 1960s.

Based in Oceanside, New York on Long Island, The Pacers' "Snizek & Dodge Racing Team" made up of co-owners,George Snizek, as driver, and Charlie Dodge (1931–2002) as tuner, were favored by fans and feared by competitors. They always delighted fans with their quarter mile tire-smoking performances from their stout Tasmanian Devil, a Chrysler Hemi-powered 23T Altered Roadster, which set numerous track, class and speed records across the AA/A, CC/FD, AA/FA & A/FD classes.

Pacers Auto, Inc. was a founding member of the CARS Magazine Racing Team campaigning the Tasmanian Devil both on gas and fuel, as well as, The Pacers Auto "CARS Magazine Special" Top Fuel dragster. They also served as Official Road Test Consultants for Hi-Performance CARS magazine and Speed & Custom magazine and could be seen in many articles in both. They were the east coast distributors of Nitromethane and Methanol (aka Nitro-Alky) racing fuel.

Record, honors, awards, and stats

In 2015, the "Tasmanian Devil II" Tribute AA/FA was acquired by The Pacers and will be making its way around Long Island and the East Coast. It is an active racecar and will be making exhibition runs around the country in 2016.

Reference articles


HOT ROD Magazine, August 1991, Rear Cover.
Rod Action Magazine, September 1975, "The East Remembered", Page 9.
CARS Magazine, July 1966, "Build A C/Stock Record Breaker", Cover, Page 18-22,75.
CARS Magazine, July 1966, "CARS Fueler goes 7.65", Cover, Page 3.
CARS Magazine, June 1966, "CARS Builds a Fueler- Part III Body Construction", Pages 36–40.
CARS Magazine, June 1965, "Setting up a CM/SP Sting Ray".
Rodder and Super Stock Magazine, March 1965, "Bella Rita I". Cover, Pages 29–32.
Rodder & Super Stock Magazine, March 1965, "Comet Cyclone".
HOT ROD MAGAZINE, July 1965, "TAZMANIAN DEVIL", Pages 48–49.
Drag Racing Magazine, January 1965, "Five Big Days", Pages 21,65.
CARS Magazine, October 1964,"CARS Goes Dragging", Cover, Pages 30–33.
HOT ROD Magazine, November 1964, "National Record Chart", Page.79. & Page.80.
HOT ROD Magazine, December 1964, "FAST'N'FANCY" by Dick Wells.
Science & Mechanics Magazine, May 1964,"Ten Hottest Hot Rods", Cover, Pages 44–45.
HOT ROD Magazine, November 1963, "Best Appearing Crew Award, Pacers Auto Car Club", Pages 30–31.
Rodders Manual, July 1962 Cover.
Diggers, Funnies, Gassers & Altereds: Drag Racing's Golden Era by Bob McClurg. "Tasmanian Devil AA/A" Chapter Three, Page 52.

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