Drag racing engine builder7/27/2023 Hot Rod provided me entertainment as well as a certain amount of technical knowledge.Į: When you earned a degree what did you do after graduating?įreddie Turza: I went into the United States Marine Corps and spent six years in the Marines, based mainly Stateside, working on aircraft structures and was honourably discharged. In those times we didn't have anything like the internet but we did have newspapers, magazines and libraries I remember reading National Dragster and Eastern Drag Times when I was young. I recall when I was about 10 years old my mother got me a subscription to Hot Rod Magazine. As I got bigger, so did the engines I worked on. So I began working on small engines including go-kart and lawn mower motors. I didn't get involved with tuning his engine, I was too young, but it struck a nerve and found it interesting. He was a sportsman drag racer and raced C/MP in Modified Eliminator which is similar to Super Stock. My uncle was a drag racer and I attended my first event with him at 9 years old. Mark Donohue and Roger Penske started Penske Racing close by.Į: What did your parents do for a living and how did you get into motorsports?įreddie Turza: My father's side of the family are immigrants from Poland and were shoe makers they came from Krakow a long time ago. Bill “Grumpy” Jenkins’s shop was very close but the area wasn’t just known for drag racing. I studied basic engines in high school, after that I attended the Universal Technical Institute, a technical institute in Exton, Pennsylvania, and after two and a half years of study, I earned a degree as an engine rebuilding major. Maple Grove, Englishtown, Atco, Cecil County were a few of the tracks that were just a short ride from home. His role at VP Racing has included developing and refining the range of racing fuels, lubricants and additives manufactured and sold by VP, working with race teams and engine builders to ascertain their requirements for these products so as to produce outstanding performance.Į: Describe your early life and motor engineering studies.įreddie Turza: I grew up in Pennsylvania, as part of the Great North East, it was highly populated area and you could travel to five or six major cities in a day. Interview with VP Racing Fuels' Freddie Turzaįreddie Turza is Technical Manager at VP Racing Fuels, which he joined in 2008 following a 12 year period where he was employed by two prominent NASCAR teams as head engine builder and general manager.
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