Steve Nickolai

Email: nascar97@speakeasy.net
Town & State: Simi Valley, CA. 93063

Type of car: 2001 DIABLO 6.0
Body: I.F.G.
Chassis: Fiero 86 SE stretched with tube “A” frames
Engine: 2.8 V-6 (poss to 3.1 with a turbo)???
Transmission: 5 speed Fiero
Starting Date: aprox. Jan. 15, 2003
Projected Finished Date: Summer 2004 ? (maybe dreaming!)

Influences: I really didn’t have any real influences for my project but I sure spent a lot of time looking at all the builds in the lambo lounge. Thanks Ron!!! What a great place to see what you are about to get yourself into!!! After I walked away from racing, I wanted a toy to play with. Not only that, my garage was lonely without a fiberglass body car in it!!!!!

Occupation: Motion picture film industry, (transportation) my main job is keeping the set filled with fuel, sometimes as much as 1500 gal. A day. And keeping all the pix. Cars for the movie, ready to go at a moments notice. Some of my recent films (last few years) “fast and the furious” (built all the cars for the show, aprox. 60) set mechanic and keep all cars up and running and repairing all the stunt mans (ooops) and setting up the stunt cars. “The majestic”, “xxx” built pix. Cars and bikes and set mechanic “biker boys” built all the bikes. (aprox. 45) set mechanic and did lots of repairs from the stunt yahooo’s. With a few minor film projects in between to recent (spring 2003) this is why I don’t get a lot of time for the lambo!

Hobbies: Stock car racing, flying, putting around on the lakes with our jet skis, now our lambo.

Education: The only technical education is from “the school of figure it out” and “guess again” I do have an A&P license (air frame and power plant) from Colo. Aero tech. That came in real handy when I started racing and building race cars.

A final note: I’m very lucky to have a wife, whose name is Lyndy, and supports and stands beside me in the pursuit of my dreams. And puts up with her Monte Carlo parked in the drive way while the play toys are in the garage.

Since I have been strapped in a race car, racing ovals and road courses from San Diego to Sonoma at speeds of 150+ and after racing stock cars for 15 years, winning championships, and setting track records… the hair is getting grey, and I’m not a kid anymore, even though the race team was called “kids r us racing”

I’m going to play in the lambo world and cruse up pacific coast highway.

See ya latter,
Steve