Hot Rod magazine named it the Hot Rod of the Year by Sebastian Summer Cars played a pivotal role in Coby “Church” Gewertz’s life when he was growing up in Cupertino. “My dad was a drag racer in the early ‘70, so I was raised at Fremont Drag Strip. I also went to Pomona a lot, and Sears Point in Sonoma,” Gewertz said. “We’d go to car shows, and we’d stop by, and see the celebrity car builders, and…