N/SS Profile
Rex Longworth
Doomsday Dodge N/SS
#L527
Summary
The
“Doomsday Dodge” was
born after nearly 3
years of conversion from
street to a dedicated
race car.
OWNERS and SPONSORS
Owned by
Rex and Glenda Longworth
of Butler MO. Sponsored
by Longworth German
Shepherds.com. Our breed
stock is from imported
European champions, all
litters are hand-raised
quality dogs.
DRIVER
Rex Longworth retired
Boilermaker, heli-arc
welder, high rigger and
boiler
mechanic, drives and
maintains the Doomsday
Dodge with the help of
Todd Sperry my crew
chief.
HISTORY
Our car was freshly
restored when purchased
in 2000. A Coronet 500,
383,4-speed
with an 8 ¾ rear. We
showed the car early on
and soon realized that
was not for us, sitting
on the sideline didn't
get it! The car set in
the garage a few years
till in 2003 when I
returned to the drag
strip, as a spectator
and knew what I had to
do! Work started in 2006
and we were on the track
in 2008.
TECHNICAL
The engine is a 1966
440HP block, stock steel
1966 crank, flat tappet
cam, Edelbrock
heads, intake, and carbs.
A special Thanks to
Gerald Griffin, owner of
“Griff's Cam Shop”;
Billings, MO. 727 trans,
built by Todd Sperry
with A and A parts.
Dana 60 rear-end full of
Strange Eng. Parts,
narrowed and built by
owner. This car was
entirely built in our
shop { except the long
block }. A very special
“Thank You” to Thumper
Sparks ( my long time
welding partner and
friend) for his help
installing the roll-
cage, and 4-link
suspension, “we always
get it done”.
Performance
N/SS D
11.50 index. Best time
11.18 @ 120
Achievements
N/SS D
class runner-up at the
2008 Monster Mopar Event
Results
This car
is beyond measure in
what it's done for me,
after having a
traumatic brain injury
from a job related
accident in 1997,
building this car has
been a total therapy
project for myself
helping me regain many
lost skills. At this
point I should tell you
I meet Tom Boehm at (KCIR)
Kansas City
International Raceway in
2003,without his
Friendship and
Motivation I couldn't
have built the car (“ I
tell everyone it's all
his fault!) And then
there is my wife Glenda
who never gave up on me
when life really kicked
the stuffing right out
of me! But in the end
I'm doing something most
people just dream of.
See ya at the track!!!!
