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DAVE HANDY

Dave Handy assumed leadership of SascoSports after the untimely death of his partner and long time friend , Charlie Gibson, in the spring of 2004. As Sasco's President, Dave oversees all the work done on race cars in the shop along with his constant attention to Sasco's ever growing tire business.

Dave was born in 1959 and raised in Redding, Connecticut. He was your typical high school athlete playing baseball, basketball and many other sports. In 1974, his dad took him to Lime Rock and he was hooked. Dave's first project was a non-running 3.8 Jag sedan. He was able to get the car back on the road and turned it over to his dad after a couple of years driving it himself.

After high school, Dave continued to work in a couple of shops doing mechanical work and some restoration. In 1977, Charlie invited him to work with him at his house, working on Charlies cars, which at that time were a Mk 1 Lola and also doing aground up restoration on his 1959 Lister Chevy which was eventually purchased by John Evans of Canada.

In 1988 when Sasco moved into its first commercial location, Dave married and had two children, Jillian and Ryan, who were often seen at the track with Dave. Jillian still loves to travel with her dad and enjoys seeing the many friends she has made at the track.

In the summer of 2009, Dave re-connected with long time friend Robyn Pass, fell madly in love, proposed on Oct 30th, and the couple plan to marry in the summer of 2010. Robyn is loving seeing old friends at the track and will be with Dave at all the races.

As the business has grown, Dave, of course, has grown with it. Today, Dave and his award winning crew of 10, oversee the maintenance of Stevie Hynes' March 78B, Fred Kaimer's Lola T296, Jim Hamlin's Lotus 11 and Brian Johnsons Pilbeam LMP2 car among others.

Dave gets on the track regularly. in either his M6B McLaren, Brabham BT29 or Charlie's L23, that missed winning the SVRA endurance championship in '09 by 8 points! Driving his Brabham, he has won the Monoposto Formula B Championship 2 years running competing against names like Rahal, Brown, King and Blacker.