Drag Illustrated Issue 123, July 2017 | Page 83

RICHARD RICHARD FREEMAN FREEMAN motor side of it. My car guys have an interest in that and Jake Hairston, who works for me, has always had one of those cars. I talked to him, ‘Let’s build a new one,’ and so it’s something we wanted to do. To be honest with you, I can drive that car because I’m big and I can’t drive a Pro Stock car. While I can get it down the track, I’m just too big. There’s a lot of different factors. It’s not something that we’re going to do all-out unless, you know, somebody wanted to help us with that deal and then we would run them all. Along with that we’ve heard that you have a Pro Mod car done and you’re going to be driv- ing. Can you divulge how far along you are in that process? Myself and the Hairstons, we’ve built two new twin-turbo engines and I have a brand-new car that’s together at Rick Jones’ (facility), a ‘17 Ca- maro that just came out of paint. I can’t tell you if I’m going to dri