Drag Illustrated Issue 129, January / February 2018 | Page 108

THE CHAMPIONS ISSUE pDrA p ro B oost R unning two classes could have made for an extremely chal- lenging year for Jose Gonzalez. But Gonzalez made it look easy. Not only did he finish in the top five in both classes, he waltzed away with the 2017 Andy McCoy Race Cars Pro Boost world championship. Gonzalez, who runs out of the Pro Line Rac- ing Engines and FuelTech camp, won the first two PDRA races this season, quickly establishing, and then never relinquishing, his Pro Boost points lead. He closed out the year with another final, solidifying himself as the king of Pro Boost this season. The PDRA World Finals was a raging success for Gonza- lez and the El General Racing team. The Dominican Republic native reset the national et record at a 3.638 in his