Drag Illustrated Issue 122, June 2017 | Page 24

Got Dirt? [email protected] Jack of All Trades Bruno Massel found a winning combination in television and drag racing runo Massel Jr. has become one of the most ver- satile figures in the industry. He got his start in drag racing thanks to his father, owner and founder of Bruno’s Racing Products, best known for its “Bruno” (BRT) converter drive unit, patented in 1992. Junior soon got behind the wheel and, thanks 24 | D r a g I l l u s t r a t e d | DragIllustrated.com in part to the consistency of the Bruno converter, was a successful racer, coming within two rounds of winning the IHRA Top Dragster world championship in his first season of competition. After he moved to NHRA, Massel scored two national championships (‘09,’12) and five West Central Division championships (‘08, ‘09, ‘10, ‘12, ‘13), along Issue 122 B BY LISA COLLIER