ONCE IN CELINA,THE DEMAND FOR RACING ENGINE DEVELOPMENT & CONSTRUCTION BECAME SO GREAT AS TO REQUIRE THE CHASSIS PROGRAM TO BE CLOSED.
IN 1998 PERFORMANCE ENGINES INCORPERATED,TO BECOME PERFORMANCE ENGINES INC. WITH DENNIS AS PRESIDENT. CURRENTLY P.E. INC. WORKS EXCLUSIVELY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF RACING ENGINE DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION.
IN 1999 P.E. INC. PURCHASED THE SHOP OF BOBBY BOOHER AND OPENED A SUBSIDIARY, PIRANIOS ANTIQUE AUTOMOTIVE,SPECIALIZING IN THE RESTORATION OF ANTIQUE ENGINES.
OVER THE YEARS,DENNIS RACED VARIOUS DRAG RACE AUTOMOBILES,ALWAYS AT THE FRONT OF THE CLASS.
SOME OF THE EARLIER AUTOMOBILES WERE ANGLIAS,COMPETING IN AHRA & NHRA A/G CLASS,THEN MOVING UP TO THE AA/GS CLASS. THESE CARS HELD THE NATIONAL RECORDS DURING THEIR TENURE.
WHEN NHRA CREATED THE ALCOHOL FUNNY CAR CATAGORY, DENNIS MOVED INTO THIS CLASS,CAMPAIGNING SEVERAL CARS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS; 1974 VEGA, 1978 MUSTANG II AND A 1983 DODGE OMNI.
BRITTISH STERLING MEN'S COLOGNES SPONSORED DENNIS & HIS AUTOMOBILES FOR MANY YEARS. THIS LED TO THE CARS BEING USED IN NATIONAL ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS AS WELL AS PERSONAL APPARANCES AT TRADE SHOWS.
TODAY YOU WILL FIND HIM AT THE SHOP BUILDING DRAG RACE, DRAG BOAT, PULLING, SPRINT CAR & MUD RACING ENGINES OR AT THE RACE TRACK WITH ONE OF HIS CUSTOMERS,HELPING THEM TO WIN!