Dina Parise aka THE  CHEF

Dina Parise
aka THE CHEF

Dina grew up with three older brothers and has been around cars her whole life. She watched them fix cars and paint them as well.

They watched NASCAR and INDY racing on T.V. Dina loved to watch the races , but never had any interest in sitting in a car for that long to actually race.

As a youngster, she was a competitive figure skater and later turned professional.Before meeting Andrew , Dina skated professionally with the "Ice Capades". It is that competitive nature that drew her to drag racing.

Dina and Andrew met in 1997 .Once they met it was a drag racing team in the works! While Dina once was just the chef , t-shirt girl and crew member , she is now behind the wheel.She has been since late 2006. It has become a two car team with two very competitive drivers.

While Dina is now competitive in the world of drag racing, she still takes time out for the teams fund raising efforts. "It is important to remember how fortunate we are. We feel that giving back to the community is our way of saying thank you to the fans of drag racing".

Andrew Parise aka BAM BAM

Andrew Parise
aka Bam Bam

Andrew grew  up with two older brothers, and they were always in to cars. His father always had fast antique cars, and working on them was like a full time job. At the age of 15, Andrew rebuilt his Grandfathers 1959 convertible Thunderbird. He always had a love for cars.

At the age of 17 Andrew first purchased himself a 1968 AMC Javelin. His next car was a 1985 Blown Mustang. It was with the Mustang that Andrew began to hit the local Drag Strip. His next purchase was a 1987 Grand National. Again, he went to the local Drag Strip. So, not only did he have a love for cars, but now he had officially become "addicted" to the sport of Drag Racing.

With a love for cars and a competitive nature , it is a combination for success.In 2000 he began racing his 1967 blown Camaro. He built the Camaro from the ground up, originally to show it. He had raced  Camaro until Dina took it over in late 2006.

Now with a 53 Corvette Pro Mod he has become more competitive and a force to recon with.

Andrew is a director of Enterprise Communications in his full time job at Henry Schein Inc. in New York. His leadership skills and professionalism carry over on to the track.Because running a two car team is difficult, those skills really come into play.

 "From the time we get to an event to the time we leave, we look and act as professionals.We  have so much to do that we need to be organized and work as a team .We also want to represent our sponsors well, and hopefully acquire others . "