Drag Illustrated Issue 136, September 2018 | Page 44

“All this stuff looks easy on TV, but it’s not that easy.
     There’s a lot of pressure involved at this level, but we can take it.” — Scott Palmer
MOVERS & SHAKERS
GOOD TIMES AHEAD
Kansas City-based Radial vs. the World driver Jason Hoard is all
smiles as he awaits a qualifying pass in his twin-turbocharged ‘69
Camaro in the staging lanes at Gateway Motorsports Park.
Transformer
Former IHRA and ADRL mountain motor Pro Stock star Tony Gillig carries the front clip out of
his trailer before placing it on his ‘96 Oldsmobile Cutlass, a new PDRA Pro Outlaw 632 entry
designed as a throwback to his early Pro Stock ride.
2-FACE
Kentucky-based Top Sports-
man driver Aaron Glaser throws
up the deuce after a test pass
in the “2-Face” ‘69 Camaro,
which was repainted with a
brilliant graffiti paint scheme
on the driver’s side after an
impact with a retaining wall
earlier in the season.
Family Time
Third-generation drag racer Justin Kirk seems to have passed on the drag racing gene to his
two children, Daegan and Braylee, as the three pose for a photo with Kirk’s 2016 championship-
winning Top Dragster.
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