Gaspar Ronda was also a dance instructor, restaurateur, and car salesman at George Newtell's Downtown Ford car dealership in Los Angeles, then moved to Covina at worked at Russ Davis Ford
he got a 427 Fairlane, they were eligible for Super Stock, rather than F/X (Factory Experimental), and he beat Butch Leal's Thunderbolt in the final of the 1964 Winternationals, with a 11.78 seconds / 123.40 mph. He also took NHRA's national Top Stock crown that year, at the wheel of a 427 Fairlane
He then was also a member of the Ford factory drag racing team, running one of their 427-powered Fairlane Thunderbolts.
Ronda took a radically different tack after retiring from drag racing, he opened the Funny Car Tavern, in Azusa, the he moved to West Covina, establishing a nightclub called Ronda's Gas House, with three bars and two dance floors, right on Interstate 10 east of Azusa Ave
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