My pick for Racer of the Week is David Strine, from Westminster, Maryland. I met David on Facebook a while back when he contacted me to recommend one of his racing buddies to be a Racer of the Week. His 1972 Chevy Malibu, which he named “Frankinstrine” is a fantastic classic hot rod. He runs with the No Prep group and has been very successful with it.
“Frankie” was built in 2012 by the late Jim Robinson from Baltimore Md. for David. It's a 3/4 tube chassis. with a 396” small block Chevy, nitrous assisted, with a power glide trans, a fabricated 9" rear housing with a 4.71 gear, and it runs on 32×14×15 Hoosier tires. The gloss black paint was applied by Mark Hobbs of Hobbs Auto.
"Frankie" has been to the winners circle 2 times and has earned several runner up spots, most recently at US 13 at Delmar Delaware. David said they are looking for great things to happen in 2020.
David thanks his wife Sherry for her love and support, and his friend Jeff Doster from South Mountain Raceway for his help and friendship.
David is a very down-to-earth guy. He’s a great drag racer, but what I saw as his true greatness is his selfless attitude about not just racing, but about life. He first made contact with me to recommend one of his racing buddies to be a Racer of the Week. I looked his friend up and sure enough, he’s qualified and he’s on the schedule now…but I also looked up David’s page and the Frankinstrine Racing page, and I was blown away to see this extremely high-quality hot rod and pictures of David’s friends and family all giving him great respect and love. David thinks of other people first, not himself. That is a rare quality, and since we first made contact about featuring Ken, we have become great friends and he has recommended 6 more racers for this, all of whom I contacted and they all accepted the invite. The happiest of all of them is David Strine himself, who is made happy by making other people happy.
God Bless you, David. We wish you good luck, safe racing and the best of times in the future!