Joseph "Joe Dirt" Patelunas

• Born   March 11, 1971
• Hometown   Elmira Heights, N.Y.
• Dream Car   1986 Monte Carlo SS Aerocoupe (own it!)
• Favorite Movie   Color of Money

What's your career highlights?

Joe started racing in 1997 at Tioga Speedway’s Friday Night Drags, where they’d race 300′ on the front straight. In 2001, the 1st year of Plumb Crazy Racing the team started bracket racing at New York International Raceway Park (Now Empire Dragway) and Joe and co-founder of the race team Ken Bacon finished 3rd and 4th for the year. Joe started racing at Skyview Drags in 2004 and had raced there and Empire since. Joe won the 2015 Skyview Drags Street Money class and has finished 2nd in the Summit Superseries 3 times. He’s also known to race anything without a second thought nor prior seat time! Plans to race a 1986 Pontiac Grand Prix 2+2 we’re scrapped due to unforeseen problems. The 383 sbc with 200cc FLOTEK Performance Cylinder Heads will reside between the frame rails of his 1985 Pontiac Grand Prix…and will definitely be a force to be reckoned with!!!

19 Event wins, 34 runner up, 17 semi finals. 2015 Skyview Drags Street Money Campion, 2004 Skyview Drags Winner No Box Class 1/8th Mile Shootout

What's your biggest moment?

2015 Skyview Drags Street Money Champion