‘Daddy Dave’ Comstock from Street Outlaws finished season four of the popular Discovery Channel program number two on OKC’s Top 10 list, but he kept getting grief from social media mongers calling him out for not owning the now-famous Sonoma he races on the show. That flack has led him to build his own car – this sharp 1963 Chevy II.

“My dad got me my two brothers into cars,” Comstock says. His dad mostly had old Mopars, but was also known to build a few dune buggies. “Whatever he felt like messing with,” he adds. To those that think he has always raced other people’s cars, Comstock has had a ton of race cars, from a Mustang to a Monte Carlo SS and everything in between. He also raced Varley’s car for five years before the show started. “That car was number one when I drove it,” Comstock says.

As for this Chevy II, Comstock found it on Craigslist. It was back-halved, featuring ladder bars,and the like. “It was a six on a scale of 10,” Comstock says, describing the car when he bought it. It was set-up for a small block, but we know Daddy Dave rolls with a big block. Therefore, TRE Racing Engines (Taylor Lastor) is putting together an aluminum 632-inch engine with a Brodix block and heads, a TRE custom cam and sheet metal intake, and a pair of Proline throttle bodies.

That’s right, Comstock is ditching the carburetors for throttle bodies, and says that will be the biggest learning curve. But he’ll have Steve Petty and Chris Patrick to help him get accustomed to the new system. The Chevy II will use a Fueltech fuel system and engine management.

What he won’t have to re-learn is the nitrous system. The Chevy II will use a Nitrous Express three-stage dry system to keep the turbocharged Street Outlaws at bay. Taking the abuse of all three stages will be up to an RPM Transmissions Powerlide with a PTC converter and a Moser M9 housing with 40-spline axles and spool. To get the Chevy II from Point A to Point B, Blake and Terry Murphy from Terry Murphy’s Race Cars are working with Chassis Engineering on the car’s chassis and chromoly cage. The chassis and suspension will need to do its job to get Comstock to the 330-ft mark ahead of the turbo cars to give him a chance of winning. The cage is certified to 6.00 in the 1/4-mile, so it will be plenty safe.

Since he is building and racing the Chevy II, he had to take the truck off the list, meaning he’ll have to start at the bottom of the list and work his way up. As it sits right now, Street Outlaws is filming season five, with half the season already in the can. The other half of the season starts filming next month (April).

When asked what his biggest challenge has been since being on Street Outlaws, it’s finding time for everything and how to balance things with his family, a new business, and the racing aspect of his life. He’s starting his own business in automotive repair called Comstock Auto Service. The shop will do both race car work and general automotive repair. Also, his dad just recently passed away, which would set all of us back.

At the end of the day, though, “I can drive the wheels off anything,” Comstock says. On that note, he will be racing a GTR at TX2K15 this weekend at Royal Purple Raceway in Houston, and an X275 car at the Outlaw Street Car Reunion at Memphis International Raceway, March 26th-29th. From a GTR to an X275 car in consecutive weekends; guess he’s right.