Lane Automotive
Showroom Sales Staff

Al Gossman
Showroom Manager

With an automotive performance background that includes stints as both a circle track racer and a bracket drag racer, Al can speak with authority on just about any racing or high performance need. Al enjoys attending all forms of motorsports events, an occasional hunting trip and most of all spending time with his family.

Barte Stockman

Barte is an ASE-Certified automotive technician and came to us with over twenty years as a certified mechanic. He possesses a great deal of knowledge of street performance and drag racing and enjoys attending NHRA drag racing events, hunting and working on his 1983 Buick Regal.

Emil Szatkowski

Owned and operated an auto and high performance parts store for 23 years. Emil drag raced a Hemi-Cuda off and on for fifteen years. He enjoys going to the dragstrip with his son and his 95 Mustang with a 302.

Jim Kubash

Jim is a veteran hot rodder with several years of experience around hot rods and race cars including duties as a crew member on Top Fuel Dragster and Sportsman Stock Car teams. He currently drives a '40 Chevrolet street rod and enjoys attending rod runs, drag and circle track races, as well as cooking.

Mike McKenzie

Mike put in 12 years as a GM Technician before leaving the automotive service industry and coming to Lane Automotive to work in our showroom. In his spare time, Mike enjoys attending drag races, circle track races and street rod shows.

Mike Zordan
Showroom Assistant Manager

Equally at home behind the wheel of a super late model or a factory stocker, Mike has raced just about everything...and done very well at it. He has been named "Rookie of the Year" in every class he's raced in and is considered by many to be a natural driver. Mike can be found working behind one of the counters in our showroom. He also enjoys spending time with his family, building race cars and riding motorcycles.

Rich Farnsworth

A high performance automotive enthusiast for over 30 years, Rich joined our sales team with 18 years worth of experience as a high performance counter salesperson. A veteran drag racer, Rich currently campaigns an alcohol injected, small block powered '81 Chevy pickup that runs in the eights. He also owns a very rare 1969 Z-28 "DZ" Camaro with the factory crossram, dual quad intake.

Teddy Panagakos

Teddy's background in automotive machine work, with areas of specialty including cylinder head work, crank welding and block work, makes him a valuable member of our Lane Automotive showroom sales team. An avid sports participant outside of work, Teddy is actively involved in slow pitch softball, golf, hockey and league bowling.

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