Ed StaffelFor Ed, it all began as a teenager in the 1960s at Atco Dragway in New Jersey. Musclears, AA/Gassers, Fuel Altereds, the first Factory Experimentals, wheel standers, Bill Jenkins small-block Chevy II and the occasional planetary visitations by "Miss urst Shifter" Linda Vaughn, it was heady stuff and hooked him big time. The first car he drove and raced was a friend's 1966 Chevelle Super Sport with a 396, which was later bored to 427, then a 427 big block 1966 Vette, next came a 1965 327/375 injected Corvette. The first motor he build was a small-block Chevy 302 for a 1955 Chevy. Then, like many people, came college, marriage, a son and a 20 year career as a detective. In 1992, he opened Ed's Engines, a small one-man engine building shop in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and started racing again with a 454 powered Vega bracket racer. Read More Read Less