Dear Customers,

          September was a busy month for us. We spent time with our consultant and did lots of new designs. We spent several days in the Carolinas prospecting for new customers, visited my mother in Sarasota for a few days, and spent a glorious day and night at the Grove Park Inn while visiting our daughter Betty and then had a brief visit with daughter Victoria at Elon College. This all took 10 days and boy were we ready to get back home.

          Clarence did an admirable job while we were gone. Things got pretty hectic for him at times but he took it all in stride despite training a new employee at the same time.

          We want to welcome aboard Johnny Person. He has been with us a few weeks on a trial basis and has worked out pretty well. He will now become a full time employee.

New lobe designs

          The exciting news is we will have a new series of .904 lobes for Chryslers. They are designated XTLC. They feature 27 degrees major intensity and reduced peak positive acceleration on the closing side. We have covered durations from 234 to 256 @.050 every 2 degrees. These profiles have moderate lift with generous nose radius to permit high ratio rockers without excessive cam loading. They were also designed to maintain an acceptable nose radius even on small block Chevy size lobes.

          Other additions include 3 new lobes in our .390 lift roller series. They are 246, 252, and 256 @.050. These lobes have been especially popular in Hooters Pro Cup racing.

          We also have added some shorter duration lobes to our .842 designs. We now have a 234 duration / .333 lift SXTL lobe and a 230 duration / .323 lift XTLS lobe.

Winners & Champions

          Remember many of our customers do dot want us to publicize their accomplishments as they are very secretive about what cams they use.

A Kevin Blanks engine powered Frank Deiny Jr in the Bailey’s Cigarettes #4 car to a win at the Taco Bell 300 Late Model Stock Car race at Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA. It is the biggest LMS race in the country with over 100 cars competing for 44 starting spots.

          Dan Pogorzala of Pogo’s Machine & Salvage powered Randy Chrysler in the #21K Sportsman Modified to 2 track championships in the Sportsman Modified class at Canandaigua Speedway and Ransomville Speedway in New York. . He also powered Roger Chrysler in the T21 Sportsman Modified to a Championship at Gasport Speedway and Don Barnes in the 28B Street Stock to a championship at Ransomville in the Street Stock class.

RP Racing Engines in Lenoir, NC powered 3 LMS track Champions again this year. 1^st was Pete Silva in the 01 car at Hickory Speedway. 2^nd was Doug Colby in the #25 at Tri-county Speedway and Jay White in the #73 car won top honors at Greenville-Pickens Speedway. RP also powered Marty Cox  #21 to a championship in the Super Stock Class at tri County Speedway..

          Pettit Racing Engines in Sandy Hook, CT powered Jim Peterman to a track championship in the #17 Late Model class at Stafford Speedway. Other recent winners at Stafford with Pettit engines include Doug Colby in the #2 SK Modified and George (Mad Dog) Bisset in the #39 Pro Stock.

          On the Drag Race scene, Mike Sparacino picked up a win in Heavy Eliminator at US-13 Dragway in Delmar, De.

          Our new tappet grinder should be appearing almost any day now. We are looking forward to its arrival. Our old grinder will go up to Northstar Machine in MA. for a complete rebuild so we can have 2 machines.

          The 2002 racing season is drawing to a close and we want to thank you all for your support.

Yours Truly,

Charles, Harriett, Clarence, Chuck, & Johnny