This is our 1973 Chevrolet Vega Kammback station wagon. The motor has been swapped out and currently runs a 350 cid small block Chevrolet “roller” motor with Edlebrock Performer aluminum center bolt heads that have recently been decked and “knifed”, Iskderian triple springs, Edlebrock Torker II aluminum intake manifold, Comp Cam, Sanderson custom 2½-inch coated headers. Power is transmitted to the ground through a race-modified GM TH 350 transmission beefed up with a Quick Start 3100 stall converter and strengthened clutches built by Jim Dandy Transmissions in Vacaville. Rear drive is a Chrysler 8-3/4-inch rear end with a 3.73 Sierra Racing gear set and a Richmond PowerTrax locking system. As seen above in 2007, the car turned low 14 second ET's @ 95+ mph at Infineon and Sacramento Raceways. In March of 2009, “Bad Vega” turned in the mid 12.59 @ 111+ mph and has won several races at Infineon Raceway. In 2009, “Bad Vega” won the March Madness CMI Rear Wheel Drive class at Sacramento Raceway and taken the runner up spot at an NHRA Allston Chassiworks ET Points Race at Sacramento Raceway and a 3rd place finish at an NHRA Summit ET Series Race at Infineon Raceway.

The Bad Vega was shown on Virginia Street during the 2007 and 2008 Hot August Nights show at various venues in Reno and Sparks, Nevada.

The Bad Vega Racing Team: Driver, Bob "JTD" Choisser; Crew Chief, Bob "Spanky" Edmonds; Videographer Stuart Kanagaki; Crew members Guy Boardman and Brady Caldwell. Photo taken at Infineon Raceway, Sonoma California.

The Bad Vega, driven by Bob Choisser, was Top Eliminator in the Street Trophy Division at the NHRA Summit Racing ET Series Bracket Race at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma on Saturday, March 22, 2008. Bob “Spanky” Edmonds, Crew Chief.

Bad Vega scored a 3rd Runner Up in the Street Trophy Division at the NHRA Summit Racing ET Series Bracket Race in May 26, 2008 at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma. Bad Vega also was Runner Up in the Wednesday Night Drags Jackpot Division at Infineon Raceway on October 22, 2008. Bob Choisser, Driver and Bob “Spanky” Edmonds, Crew Chief.

Bad Vega scored a win in the Rear Wheel Drive Division at the 14th Annual CMI March Mayhem Bracket Race in Sacramento Raceway, March 8, 2009. Results.

The Bad Vega is still running great and winning with a new transmission by Roger at Jim Dandy Transmissions, Inc. in Vacaville. At the last Summit ET Bracket Race of the the 2010 season, The Bad Vega driven by Bob Choisser, scored a Semi-Final 3rd place finish in the Sportsman division at Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, CA. on Sunday, November 28th, 2010. In all Bad Vega ran 8 elimination runs, loosing just one race to the ill-fated red light; the only one of the day for Choisser and the Vega Kammback wagon.

The Bad Vega finally put a big win together at the Infineon Raceway drag strip at the Thanksgiving NHRA Summit ET Bracket race on Sunday, November 27, 2011. As depicted in the photos above, we finish in third place a year ago (2011). We struggled a lot in 2011 with inconsistencies which got fixed on the Friday before this race. The fastest Bad Vega has ever run was 110.649 @ 12.579 at Sacramento Raceway in 2009. On Sunday, November 27, 2011, in the final (photo above) we ran 111.08 @ 12.493 for the Sportsman class win. Bad Vega never ran slower than 12.617 in ten passes all day long. (http://www.infineonraceway.com/media/news/599965.html).