Tony DiPompo was a familiar face around Oxford Plains Speedway for over thirty years. He never drove race car – all he did was build and maintain winning race cars and championship winning race cars.

Tony first got involved with stock car racing in 1957 when Oxford Plains was still a half-mile dirt track. He and brother Bobby, who was the driver, put together a Ford coupe and a lifetime association with racing began.

When the speedway introduced full-bodied late model cars to racing in 1964, Tony and Bobby fielded a Plymouth, painted "electric" blue and sporting the number "43" in honor of Tony’s favorite driver Richard Petty. In 1969, Tony, Bobby and the "Plymouth by DiPompo" were co-champions of the Triple Crown Series at Oxford Plains.

Over a six-year span beginning in the early 1970’s, Tony and driver Al Hammond, along with a Tom Huston-built black and gold #1 Chevelle, dominated the Sportsman division. Together they won two track championships (1973, 1974), a Triple Crown championship (1975) and 46 feature wins including a then record 13 victories in 1973.

Tony served for nearly 20 years as Chairman of the Board of Directors and as Technical Director for 10 years at Oxford Plains.