Background

I don't know how many of you know just how we became "Barry's Speed Shop". From the emails we get, most people think we only do a tv show, but we are so much more than that. Barry grew up in a drag racing family and always loved working on cars. Talk about a kid having a passion for something...it was always all about the cars. I'll have to find some of the pictures of him with his dad and brother and put them up here...my favorite shows them stuffing a big block Chevy in a Nash Metro. By the time we started dating, he'd already had 3 or 4 cars - and those were just cars he drove, not counting the race cars. Our Friday night dates consisted of us working on the race car of the moment so we could go race on Saturday. After we were married, we continued racing until all the local tracks were shut down. That's when we took a look at it and decided to get into the hot rods.

Our business started out in a 400 square foot garage in our backyard, and we worked nights, weekends and holidays to make it all happen. What started out as just doing work for friends grew, through word of mouth, to what we are today. I'm not saying it was easy...it was a long, rocky road that strained our nerves, our finances, and at times, our marriage, but we hung in there and today we've feel we've built a damn fine business. We were lucky enough to have the opportunity to do the tv show, and we don't regret doing it for a single minute. Would we do it again? Possibly, as long as it's all about the cars and not about drama...I don't know about you, but I hate all the yelling and arguing that some of the other shows are all about. And it's weird and cool at the same time to have people recognize us. It's one thing to be at a car show and have them do it, because you expect it there, but it happens wherever we are...whether we're in San Diego for the weekend or in Arizona for Angels spring training, or even just out for dinner in a local restaurant - it's "Hey Barry, I love your show!"

We appreciate every one of our fans and customers - without you guys, we wouldn't be here! Thanks to all of you!!