KC Motorsports 1993 Chevrolet Lumina Z34

2005
Hi everyone. Another great weekend of racing. The KC Auto team ventured to Lancaster Dragway for the Friday night PMRA shootout. This one wasn't to be. Mother Nature called it an early night before our first qualifier. The night wasn't over. The PMRA held an impromptu party with the racers and track officials. It was a great night. On Saturday, the PMRA ventured to Skyview Dragway in Pennsylvania. This facility is brand new and spectacular. The KC Auto team qualified 5th. The team worked hard to sort a new clutch combination. We got close. The night was a good one, with our victory in the shootout. Our opponent was Jack Grainy. Jack left on us, but the Lumina reeled him in. Not bad. Labour Day will see the PMRA at Cayuga for the Saturday night show. Hope to see you there. Every weekend at the track is a great one. Kasey.

May25/05
Tentative Race Schedule Updated.

Hi everyone. The racing season has started. The KC Auto Parts team venture to Toronto Motorsports Park for the first PMRA event. We arrived on Friday night, after a week long thrash to get the Lumina done.

Saturday was a beautiful day. The weather was great, our luck was not. Electrical gremlins followed us all day long. The KC Auto team did not make the cut for race day.

Sunday was another beautiful day. And our luck had changed. The team had found a shorted wire on the kill solenoid for the motor. Our first pass was a straight and true 6.59 at 212 mph. A few adjustments were made.

The next pass carded a 6.50 at 217 mph. The team is definitely headed in the right direction. The weekend ended on an up note. Our next race will be the July long weekend in Luskville. Hope to see you there. Hope your summer is off to a great start. Any weekend at the track is a great weekend. Kasey.

Sept 13/04
Hi everyone.

The KC Auto team is back to racing. The short break served well for us. All the cars are repaired and we are racing. Two weekends ago, the KC Auto team ventured to Cayuga for their Labour Day Spectacular.

The corvette was back in action. Nothing but shake. We couldn't get a handle on the set up. We'll try the vette again next weekend at Cayuga.

This past weekend, we ventured to Cayuga for the OSCA race. The Lumina was transformed with all the running gear from the vette. With the help of Jim Oddy, the Lumina came out running strong. She qualified 3rd.

On race day, we went to the finals only to lose to Andy Rankin. It was great to be going down the track. A great weekend.

On a sad note, during the break, the KC Auto team lost a team member. My uncle, Dave Facca, passed away while on holidays. He will be greatly missed by all the team and family members. We race for Davey. Hope to see you at the races this weekend. Kasey.

Hi everyone. The KC Auto team ventured to Grand Bend for the CFSC shootout. The weather was perfect. Another great weekend to be at the track. Our troubles followed us to the races again. Our first qualifier put us solidly in the field. Nothing went right after. We experienced an oiling problem on the next 2 qualifiers. After quite a bit of work, we discovered the spring in the external oil pump had broken. A $2 part. This part caused 2 main bearings to blacken. This transferred metal onto one of the crank journals. Our weekend was over. Good thing that all weekends at the track are good ones. We have a break until the next race. Sometime at the end of August. Hope everyone has a great summer. Talk to you then. Kasey.

Cayuga Dragway 50th Anniversary

Hi everyone.

The KC Auto team ventured to US 131 in Martin, Michigan this past weekend. This facility is top notch. The Super Chevy show as always was spectacular.

The weather/air was the worst we've experienced so far this season.
This threw the KC Auto Parts Team for a loop, we chased the tune up and car all weekend.

This year is turning out to be an continual learning experience, thats for sure. But not all lost we are getting faster and more consistant.

First round, the car was lazy. Only carding a 6.64 at 215 mph. The excitement came in the shut down. No Brakes. The brakes had failed. The chutes worked and I coasted around the corner at the end of the track and came to a safe stop. Enough excitement for me.

We'll be working hard on the vette for the next race. Hope to see you at Cayuga on the 26th. Every weekend at the track is a great weekend. Kasey.

Ready with headlights, tail lights and mufflers, the KC Auto Team Lumina made its debut at the recent Ontario Street Car Association meet at Toronto Motorsports Park just outside of Cayuga.
And, as can occur with all new ventures, there were some problems to get sorted out.
“ Our weekend was busy fighting electrical gremlins,” said team driver Kasey Janzen, who pilots the Wix Filters /John Bear GM/Raybestos sponsored 1993 Chevy Lumina.
After getting the car out of the trailer and on the track the first day of the OSCA meet, Janzen could only muster a 7.28-second pass, which placed him in fifth spot for qualifying.

Sunday’s racing was not much better. Losing in the first round, the team decided to get some test runs in after finding the engine problems, and Janzen got the Lumina up and running well, carding a 6.84-second, 207 mph pass, not shabby for a car with mufflers and lights.
“ I let the team down,” said Janzen after loosing in first round action on Sunday. “I lost first round on a hole shot, a terrible letdown for myself and the team.”

But he added the weekend was not without success, as the team got the engine to run over 7500 rpm with the electrical problems corrected. And that’s when the car ran the 6.84 pass, best of anyone for the meet.
“ On a test shot, we recorded the quickest pass by anyone on Sunday. We’ll be ready for the next race.”

The KC Auto Team Lumina is the third car in the team’s stable. The former Pro Modified car has been retrofitted to meet OSCA and Outlaw Street specifications. Replacing the Lumina in the Pro Mod division is Wally Stroupe-built 1963 Corvette powered by a Jim Oddy-built supercharged combination and sponsored by the Alaska Troopers. The final car is the Pro Mod Chevy Beretta of team member Joe Buckley of Pennsylvania, who joined the team this year.
The KC Auto Team is invited to Michigan for the Super Chevy race.

With a crew consisting of family and friends, KC Motorsports is a thriving automotive jobber facility situated in St. Catharines, Ontario. KC Auto Parts, a member of UniSelect, employs 22 fulltime people, supplying traditional aftermarket automotive parts with a strong emphasis in the performance market.
Along with John Bear, Raybestos, and Wix, the KC team is grateful for the sponsorship of AutoFX Graphics and Signs, Valvoline Oil, Eagle One Waxes and Polishes, and Dayco Canada.
For more information of the KC Team, visit www.kcmotorsports.net.

May 17/04
The KC Auto Team ventured to Toronto Motorsports Park this past weekend for the Super Chevy Show. Saturday morning we awoke to rain. We waited for the weather to break, which turned out to be late afternoon. We knew that we were only going to get one time trial, before eliminations tomorrow, so we had to get the combination right the first time.

The Alaskan State Trooper Corvette rolled into the burnout box for the first qualifier. Posed to lay down one heck of a burn-out for the fans that waited out the rain. Things felt great while staging the Alaskan State Trooper Corvette. The car launched straight and true. Then I screwed up. The car shook and went sideways in second gear. I pedaled the car and saved the run. A sub par 6.83 at 204 mph. We were qualified number 4.

Sunday we awoke to a beautiful day, the complete opposite of Saturday.

We were paired up with the number 2 qualifier, Randy Adler, they have a great bunch of guys on their team. The State Trooper Vette rolled into the box with confidence this time. The car again left straight and true. This time I did not mess up. The car powered out through the top end at an astonishing 6.25 at 222 mph. Yet, it was not good enough. The KC auto team had lost first round, because of the rule that Alcohol cars are not allowed to advance against Nitro Coupes :~(

After, we came back out for a test and tune pass, and to show off the Alaskan State Trooper Corvette to the crowds once again. The car launched , but when second gear came around and blew off the tires.

Over all, the weekend was a great success. The vette is one bad Hot-Rod and is going to run strong this summer.

The KC Auto team is getting an early start to the drag season. We ventured to Virginia Motorsports Park this past weekend for testing at the CompetitionPlus Spring Open.

The new ‘Vette looks great, and the new Oddy power promises big things. We unloaded the car Friday for a couple of test shots, but the KC Auto team experienced electrical gremlins on both tries.

The car carded an off-the-throttle 4.24 in the eighth. The team worked through the problems, however, and awoke Saturday with renewed vigor. The first qualifier for the race was eventful. The ‘Vette launched hard and straight, ran through first gear and shifted into second with no problems. The car was pulling hard when the shift light came on for high gear, but I could not find it!

What an idiot. I over-revved the motor and the blower belt come off. When this happened, the car made a funny move to the side. When I pulled the chutes, they didn't open. When we did the maintenance on the car, we found the oil tank had split at one of the seams, so it was a good thing the car didn't go from A to B.

After another thrash, the KC Auto team came out for the second qualifier. The car left hard and straight, and this time we went straight through the gears to the finish line. It ran an unbelievable 6.19 at 227 mph - our best time by a mile. We were the number 2 qualifier and sent Scotty Cannon home!

The final against Steve Salvatore wasn’t as good. I left on him, but experienced tire shake and had to peddle the car. It wasn’t enough and we lost. The weekend was a great success, however. The KC Auto team skipped through the 20's, right into the teens. We also ran right through the 220 mph barrier.

On a bad note, car owner Joe Buckley sent the Beretta on its roof. Joe is fine, however, and the car can be repaired. I've got to thank Joe for the opportunity to pilot the ‘Vette, Jim and Bill from Oddy's for the horsepower, Joe from JSL for the chassis set up, and the guys on the KC Auto team for the great job. The next race isn't till May. Hope to see you there. Kasey.

Canadian Top Sportsman and Pro Mod racer Kasey Janzen announced today that Joe Buckley’s Not Guilty Racing will join the KC Motorsports team for an assault on Outlaw Pro Mod and Outlaw Street competition in 2004. Buckley, who is based in Pennsylvania, purchased Janzen’s Beretta several years ago.

With this new partnership, the combined teams will run three cars this season – Buckley’s Beretta and new Wally Stroupe-built 1963 Corvette, to be driven by Janzen, will run in Outlaw Pro Mod, while Janzen’s Lumina will be retrofitted for Outlaw Street.

“The Corvette will be powered by our trusted Jim Oddy-built supercharged combination and will be sponsored by the Alaskan State Troopers,” said Janzen. “We’ll run it in the Outlaw Pro Mod wars as well as local top sportsman events.

The Beretta will be piloted by Joe Buckley and will also compete in Outlaw Pro Mod and local top sportsman events.

“The third car in our stable is the Lumina we've raced the past several seasons,” Janzen added. “It’ll be fitted with mufflers, head lights, and tail lights and race in the Outlaw Street category in the OSCA and Canadian Fastest Street Car Shootout.

“We are looking forward to great performances with the addition of Joe and his team; this year promises to be our best yet. Our first test session will be in March at the CompetitionPlus.com Spring Open at Virginia Motorsports Park.”