See below for Kenny’s story

 

Ken’s hobby has been owning and driving a late model stock car at Saugus Speedway and other tracks near and far for over 32 years. He was initiated into the West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame for his outstanding achievement and dedication to stock car racing.

After selling his last race car in 2008, he became the owner of his 1932 Highboy. Fortunately, most hot rod builds aren’t marked by tragedy and true crime before finally reaching a glorious ending. Although Ken and Joan Sapper are now basking in the glory of their ’32 Ford roadster, it took one heck of a journey to reach that point. After finishing the highboy of his dreams many years ago, the car was stolen, then recovered, but tragically destroyed in the process. Instead of licking his wounds and giving up, Ken decided to build the roadster a second time, this time using a Brookville steel body to replace the badly damaged fiberglass shell. Dominator Street Rods stepped up to the challenge, Enhancing the roadster with a custom cowl, hood, grille, shell, and roll pan. Power comes from a small-block Chevy mated to a 700R4 overdrive and a Speedway quick-change rearend.

(Reprinted from 2023 Grand National Roadster Show with permission of Ken Sapper)