About Dogwood Racing

Dogwood Racing LLC was formed in January of 2009, but our roots date back to the mid 1990's when the drag racing bug bit me. I started like most of us riding my 600cc sportbike to the local track for test and tune sessions. I began to get a little more serious about bracket racing in 1994 with my new Suzuki RF900. I wound up owning two RF's eventually, one normally aspirated and the other turbo charged. I built the normally aspirated RF from 937cc up to 1147cc with good cams, ported head and Keihin flatslides. I earned my first Orlando Speed World Track Championship on that bike in 1991. The turbo bike changed everything though. The never ending pull of the turbo in the 1/4 mile is something that still drives me today.

While building these bikes it became obvious to me that is was time to learn how to weld, TIG weld! I went to my local community college to learn welding in 2000 and liked the class so much I took it twice. I changed careers after that and became a full time welder at various shops around Orlando. In 2008 I caught a big break and landed a job with one of the best chassis fabricators in the automotive world, Tim Takash at Takash Racecraft. This is where I became a fabricator, not just a welder.

From 2011 to 2015 I had a ton of fun piloting a small tire turbo charged Hayabusa. I worked at MPS Racing at the time and Dan Rudd was instrumental in helping setup the Holley Dominator EFI system on this bike and Kevin Cadby worked his magic on the tuning. I achieved my personal best ET and mph on this bike at the Manufacturers Cup in Pro Open with a 7.57 and 183.5 mph.  I also won my 5th and 6th Orlando Speed World Track Championships during this time, but my best memories are during the 2013 Gatornationals. I was able to participate in the NHRA Summit Race of Champions held during the big event!  I turned the boost up and ran a bunch of sloppy 4.90's @ 148 into the semi final round! This bike started as a bare bones C&W chassis, from there I fabricated a ton of items for it - wheelie bars, fuel cell in the frame, seat rails, body mounts, front clip, etc, etc!

Currently I am staying very busy building a variety of products for the drag racing community. Fuel Systems, subframes, front clips, staging discs, and engine brackets are just a slice of my work. Customers are always coming to me with ideas they are trying to turn into reality.  I like the challenge of the custom job and welcome customers sharing their ideas.