Randall Schlafer: The Caddy Wagon

Randall Schlafer: The Caddy Wagon

The Cadillac CTS wagon body on the GM metric car driven by Randall Schlafer (R00) turns heads wherever it goes. That includes Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Arkansas, where Schlafer took the Cadillac to victory lane in the stocks feature.

“I put the body on the car just to be different,” Schlafer, of Munford, Tennessee, said. “It is a stock roof. It even has the original luggage rack on it. I was thinking of riveting some suitcases on top, just for fun.”

Tech inspectors often scrutinize the Caddy Wagon’s body. Some competitors complain that the car’s roof acts as a giant wing, providing Schlafer with more downforce. Occasionally, track officials demand Schlafer take his body apart.

“The body makes no difference on a little ¼-mile like Riverside,” said Schlafer. “I’ve raced the same chassis topless, with a Monte Carlo body, and as a station wagon. I cannot tell the difference in speed or handling.”

Regardless of whether his competitors like the car, Randall Schlafer said his car has become a fan favorite.

“All the cars are Monte Carlos or Camaros,” Schlafer said. “We changed it up. Fans want pictures with our car. They honk and wave when we tow it to the track on our open trailer. We’re the Grave Digger [monster truck] of our division. We’re bringing attention to the division.”

Since the body’s debut three years ago, the Caddy Wagon has won three races — two at Riverside and one at Old No. 1 Speedway in Harrisburg, Arkansas.

“We plan on taking it to the track every week and we wait to see what happens,” said Schlafer. “We’ve had to pull it apart and run topless a few times. Hopefully, that won’t happen this year. The Caddy Wagon’s only advantage is that it keeps fans in the stands when the street stocks or factory stocks are out on the track.”

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