David "Dave" Lape (January 13, 1947 – September 7, 2022) was an American dirt modified racing driver, fabricator, and promoter.
His cars always carried the number 22 adorned with 13-point flames as a tribute to his childhood mentor, car owner Bob Whitbeck and his driver Pete Corey.
[1] Dave Lape began his stock car career campaigning a Modified Sportsman at age 16 in 1964 at the Victoria Speedway near Schenectady, New York.
From 1988 to 2000, he and attorney Andy Fusco teamed up to promote races around the Northeast.
[3][4] Dave Lape was inducted into the Eastern Motorsports Press Association, the Northeast Dirt Modified and the New York State Stock Car Association Halls of Fame.