Byron Wilcox, 18, of Wakefield, says, “I’ve never been a speedy worker, I take my time.” An automotive student at New England Institute of Technology, where speed and accuracy are always being sought after, Byron has been into cars since the age of 8. He has owned and tinkered with BMWs and other sports cars over the years. Two years ago, for fun, he got the vanity plate SPDFRK, short for “speed freak,” and put it on a ’98 Saab 9000 CSE. It is not known as a real fast car in the sports car world.

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