Gaerte engines being liquidated

[Krooser]

One of the most famous of engine shops is being liquidated

Sez Joe Gaerte started the biz in 1696.... that's a long time.


"Gaerte Racing Engines was founded in 1696 by Joe Gaerte out of a two-car garage behind his home. He started by building engines and selling parts to local racers and speed shops. The company later grew to a race-winning entity, creating winning motors for names such as Jeff Gordon, Ken Schrader, Ryan Newman, Tony Stewart, Steve Kinser and Sammy Swindell."

[Mason87]

It was founded in 1969

[Cardirt0]

Sign of the times. on top one day gone the next. Bad thing about being Human is you get OLD and then you die.

[GEAR_HEAD]

When they started in 1696 they were WAY ahead of their time. The automobile wouldn't even be invented for another 2 centuries!

[billetbirdcage]

https://kraftauctions.hibid.com/catalog/166849/2--day--gaerte-engines-business-liquidation-auction

For those interested

[BTExpress]

At one time, in it's heyday, Gaerte Engines built close to 300 new sprint car and dirt late model engines a year

[fastford]

https://kraftauctions.hibid.com/cata...dation-auction

For those interested

man , thats one heck of an auction , thanks for posting it billet , i guess , i will be up all night looking at all that....lol......

[Barbecueboy]

At one time, in it's heyday, Gaerte Engines built close to 300 new sprint car and dirt late model engines a year

Only guy I ever saw run one in a late model was Jeff smith in 70 car......he hauled the mail in that thing.....loved that car.

[lokwaidid]

This is probably not the first and won't be the last company to close. Engine builders, chassis builders and any other part builder in racing are pricing themselfs out of business. It seems like they would notice that car counts have dropped.and tracks are closing.

[Just The Tip]

Only guy I ever saw run one in a late model was Jeff smith in 70 car......he hauled the mail in that thing.....loved that car.

Tyler Redd!ck ran them as well. Gaerte had one of the most distinct logos in the biz.

[Barbecueboy]

OH yeah.....forgot about that with Tyler....thanks.

[Mason87]

I remember smith with those engines, he was tough to beat back then.

[ZERO25]

Only guy I ever saw run one in a late model was Jeff smith in 70 car......he hauled the mail in that thing.....loved that car.

Epj ran a 362 from Gaerte in his first couple years in supers. It ran great and never missed a beat!

[Hoosier_Dirt]

Jim Curry won the 88 and 89 UMP points championships using gaerte engines.

[turnleftandgasit]

Kevin Weaver ran them also.