“When you accomplish something like 400 races, that’s representing a brand
and that brand is a never-give-up attitude.” - PRO STOCK MOTORCYCLE’S STEVE JOHNSON
MOVERS & SHAKERS
BADER BOYS Summit Motorsports Park track president Bill Bader Jr.
poses for a photo with his 23-year-old son, Evan, who’s being groomed
to one day take over the reigns at the storied Norwalk, Ohio, facility.
BO KNOWS JONNIE
Two-time NHRA Top Alcohol Funny Car world champion and cur-
rent Funny Car standout Jonnie Lindberg stopped by the Summit
Nationals winner’s circle to congratulate his friend, Pro Stock
winner Bo Butner, decked out in his “Bo Knows Pro Stock” t-shirt.
Get Low
PDRA Pro Extreme star and long-
time DI columnist Tommy D’Aprile
smiles for the camera as he and
his Mel Bush Motorsports team
wait in the staging lanes to make a
qualifying run at Budds Creek.
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