Drag Illustrated Issue 132, May 2018 | Page 50

MOVERS & SHAKERS INSTIGATOR HOME-TEAM COACH Pro Extreme Motorcycle veteran Terry Schweigert appears ready to make a pass on a John Deere Gator pit vehicle. Lloyd Cox checks out the starting line while his son, Pro Nitrous frontrunner Jay Cox, waits for his turn at the track in the father- son duo’s Smithfield, North Carolina-based “Pumpkin” ‘69 Camaro. STUDY SESSION Pro Nitrous veteran Lee Adkins watches closely as nitrous engine guru Pat Musi pores over the data from a run on Adkins’ Tennessee- based ‘69 Camaro. MOVING ON Jason Harris, who earned the first-ever PDRA Pro Nitrous world championship in 2014, celebrates a second-round win over Matt Guenther at the East Coast Spring Nationals. He went on to defeat two- time world champ Tommy Franklin before falling to Jay Cox in the final round. You Mean You’re Not Batman? Noted blown alcohol tuner Jon Salemi (right) chats with Jerico Balduf, driver of the Batman- themed ‘69 Chevelle in Pro Boost. 50 | D r a g I l l u s t r a t e d | DragIllustrated.com