Drag racing Legend Harold “Bo” Laws passed away on November 21, 2020.
Laws began business in 1965 as an automotive repair shop named Bo Laws Automotive. By 1970, the small firm grew to five employees successfully tuning and race prepping Corvettes and muscle cars, quickly advancing his expertise to building drag race engines.
In 1973, Laws purchased an old building at 1015 W. Church Street in Orlando, Fla., which had been condemned and was part of an estate sale. The building was later expanded to 15,000 square feet and still serves as company headquarters, manufacturing racing products for customers around the world.
Laws was an accomplished drag racer, having won NHRA National Events in the Street Eliminator and Pro Stock divisions. His combined success helped to propel the business and solidify his induction into the NHRA Drag Racing Hall of Fame.
In 1990, Laws sold the race engine building and speed shop portion of the business and retained the carburetor division, product development, and machine shop portion that became BLP Products, Inc.
BLP continued to manufacture high-quality race engine components at the Church street location for many of the professional race carburetor builders and race teams around the world.
Laws is survived by wife Barbara, and four children Carol, Kelly, Mike, and Vicki.
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