With several sons interested in racing, the notion of building rather than buying prompted the construction of Tom Fitz's first Bullrider race car. Twenty years later, the race car construction business has broadened to include several members of the Fitz family, who market and sell the quarter midget cars on a national level.

It's a family tradition to race. Oldest son Jim raced first in 1982. It was in 1987 that Tom built second-oldest son Chuck his first car. He couldn't afford to buy a car, so that's why he built one. Times were tough, and if he didn't build a car, no one would have gotten to race. 

The family faced a series of decisions in the early 1990s that included either selling their Big Bool, Md., dairy operation and continue onward with building race cars or expanding their existing herd.

As a result, the family went commercial with their race car business in 1994. In the fall of 1998, the group relocated to 3160 South Valley Road, Crystal Spring, where they continue to manufacture approximately 130 quarter midget cars on a yearly basis.

 While efforts have been primarily focused upon the construction of quarter midgets race cars, in 2002 we decided to construct the first Bullrider 600cc micro sprint car. Previous models have had some success, but the new 2007 600cc model is a design producing more consistency with multiple wins at various tracks.

Our goal is to keep producing the same quality original Bullrider Race Car Quarter Midget and looking to a future of the same success in the 600cc mini sprints.