MOVERS & SHAKERS
Keeping Up with the Joneses
Pro Extreme Motorcycle stars Chris Garner-Jones and T.T. Jones gather in the staging lanes prior to their
first-round pairing. Garner-Jones used a strong 4.06-second lap to move on.
DECOMPRESSING
Past PDRA Top Dragster world champion Justin Kirk un-
zips his fire jacket and unwinds after a 3.9-second pass in
his Autism Awareness-branded supercharged entry.
PERK UP
Last year’s PDRA Top Sportsman
championship runner-up, Randy
Perkinson, is calm, cool and collected
as he awaits a qualifying session in his
Buck-powered ‘16 Camaro.
A YANKEE AND A SOUTHERNER
SPRAY IT DOWN
Chassis Engineering’s Clayton Murphy refreshes the water box in
preparation for a big, smokey burnout by the Matthew Buck-driven
‘17 Camaro he built for car owner Ken Kershaw.
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Chris Rini (left), who recently
relocated from New York to North
Carolina, catches up with longtime
Carolina chassis builder and racer
Tommy Mauney in the staging lanes
before a Pro Nitrous qualifying hit.
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