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This site is a tribute to George Snizek & Charlie "Dodge" Hagenmayer of Pacers Auto, Inc.® aka The Snizek & Dodge Racing Team for their accomplishments and contributions to drag racing and automotive history.

In drag racing's early days cars and their racing teams were well known by nicknames. Don Garlits was the "Swamp Rat", Connie Kalitta was "The Bounty Hunter" & Snizek Dodge were "The Pacers" known for their "Tasmanian Devil" AA/A - A/FD - CC/FD Altered Roadster and AA Fuel Dragsters.

The Pacers' were crowd favorites on the East Cost drag strips throughout the 60's. Pacers Auto, Inc. ® co-owners, driver, George Snizek and tuner, Charlie Dodge (1931-2002) set numerous Track, Meet, & National Records across the East Coast Division 1 AA/A, CC/FD, A/FD & AA/FD classes. Crowds loved their tire smokin' performances as they roared down the track leaving behind only hazy tire smoke trails. The Snizek & Dodge team were founding members of the CARS Magazine Racing Team and served as the Official Road Test Consultants for the magazine. They were even the subjects of Walter Ungerer's film, "The Tasmanian Devil" which was shot in 1963 when The Pacers backed up the National Speed Record they set the week before.

As of October 2008, the Pacers Auto, Inc.® Snizek & Dodge Racing Team along with former Pacers Auto's crew members Ken KB Braun and Otto "Big O" Qualliotine were inducted as a Team into the East Coast Drag Times Hall of Fame in Henderson, NC.

This blog is the central site where updates about the original team and the new Tasmanian Devil II Racing Team may be found. Enjoy!

-Scott Snizek

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