Paul Stender AKA "Jet Car Paul" is best known for designing, building, and driving some of the most extreme and fastest Jet/Turbine Engine powered land vehicles in the world. Early life and education Stender was born in Big Bend, Wisconsin, and attended Mukwonago High School. Stender's parents were John (1930-2001) and Patrica (1932-1992). His father served in the US Navy, ran a large Dairy Farm in Big Bend, and when the Milwaukee suburbs moved in closer, became a Realtor. His mother raised Paul on the farm and their new house until he became old enough to take care of himself then went on to a very successful career at Marshall Fields in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. Racing career Beginnings Stender grew up racing ATVs, motorcycles, and snowmobiles in his teens and early twenties. He then made the jump into the big leagues and began racing Badger and USAC Midgets. He continued his racing career as an Outlaw Sprint Car Driver at race tracks across the country. After a series of spectacular crashes that resulted in numerous broken bones and concussions, he retired from Oval Racing in the early 1990s. He continued to build his Polaris Powersports Dealership into one of the top 10 volume dealers in the world gaining him the nickname "Polaris Paul". In 1994 along with help from the staff from his dealership along with the Muskego Icetronauts Snowmobile Club, Stender broke the endurance record for snowmobiles by completing 1740 miles on a Ski-Doo MX-Z 440 Snowmobile in 24 hours on Big Muskego Lake, Muskego, Wisconsin enduring wind chill temperatures in excess of -80 degree F at 100 MPH. Jet Motorsports Exhibition A year later he was drag racing a snowmobile on asphalt at Great Lakes Dragaway in Union Grove, Wisconsin when he watched a jet funny car and a dragster race. He decided that Jet Car Exhibition was going to be the next step in his Motorsports career. After searching for some time, he decided to purchase one of the fastest in the country, the Jazz Jet Funny Car which he renamed "Runnin' with the Devil". It was capable of speeds in excess of 300 mph. In his first full year of racing, he was awarded the Pro-Jet Rookie of the Year Award. The newly built Dodge Ramjet was the next Jet Vehicle in the now named "Speed For Hire" stable of Jets. To prove the 12,000 HP Dodge