Drag Illustrated Issue 136, September 2018 | Page 75

THE CREW CHIEF ISSUE
PAT MUSI’S TRANSFORMATION
FROM EFI TEST SUBJECT
TO NITROUS PRO MOD ICON
BY NATE VAN WAGNEN
PHOTOGRAPH BY COLE ROKOSKY
A
dense canopy of dark clouds cov-
ers National Trail Raceway as I make my
way from the media center to the Pro Ni-
trous pits, a row of motorhomes and race
rigs situated along the staging lanes. It’s
Saturday morning at the PDRA Super
Strip Nationals and the forecast doesn’t look good, but
that doesn’t stop most of the teams from preparing
their entries for the first round of qualifying, already
delayed by a day due to rain. Nearly at the end of Pro
Nitrous row sits the pit area housing “King Kong 7”,
a 2018 Dodge Dart owned by Frank Brandao and
driven by Lizzy Musi. With just a handful of passes on
less-than-ideal track conditions, it’s still an unproven
piece, but it’s destined to become one of the quickest
and fastest nitrous cars in the world. There’s one man
responsible for making that happen, and he’s the one
guy I absolutely must talk to this weekend: Pat Musi.
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