Drag Illustrated Issue 120, April 2017 | Page 44

MOVERS & SHAKERS GOOD TIMES NHRA Pro Mod pilot Clint Satterfield shares a laugh with crew chief and friend Bob Gardner in the staging lanes at Gainesville Raceway during the NHRA Gatornationals. RAMBLIN’ MAN Mike Anderson enjoys racing his 2001 Rick Jones-built Cavalier at Kinston Drag Strip’s Winterfest, an event held each January at the eastern North Carolina facility. Mike admittedly loves the racing travel, although he rarely gets to do it. “I’m stuck at home most of the time!” he says. Anderson is not only a full-time funeral director, he also owns and operates the popular Sumerduck Dragway in Sumerduck, Virginia. TALKING TUNE UPS NHRA Top Fuel crew chief and noted grudge/radial racing car owner Phil Shuler chats about track conditions at South Georgia Motorsports Park with friend and fellow tuner Todd Tutterow. MAN OF MANY WORDS Bangshift.com co-creator Brian Lohnes took advantage of a weekend off from his gig as one of the NHRA’s primary national-event announcers to call the action at Tyler Crossnoe’s Outlaw Street Car Reunion IV at Memphis. Lohnes’ humor and knowledge of the sport have helped him become one of the most in-demand an- nouncers in drag racing. 44 | D r a g I l l u s t r a t e d | DragIllustrated.com HELPING OUT Radial frontrunner Daniel Pharris lent a hand to Tyler Crossnoe at Lights Out 8 while the rookie heads-up driver made his Ultra Street debut in Valdosta, Georgia. Issue 120