Drag Illustrated Issue 139, December 2018 | Page 117

30 UNDER 30 · 2018
DI 30 UNDER 30
CLASS OF 2015
Vincent Nobile, Leah Pritchett, Justen
Moser, Kirk Wolf, Mark Savage, Mia
Tedesco, Rickie Jones, Megan Fessel
Schumacher, Cameron Ferre, Matt
Sackman, Daniel Pharris, Preston
Tanner, Audrey Worm, Steven
Whiteley, Jonnie Lindberg, Kyle
Dvorak, Tera Wendland-Graves, Jared
Johnston, Donovan Stott, Brittany
Force, Tyler Crossnoe, Drew Skillman,
Ashley Sanford, John Paul Gutierrez,
Jon Schaffer, PJ North, Corey
Michalek, Jimmy Sackuvich, Lizzy
Musi and Troy Coughlin Jr.
DI 30 UNDER 30
CLASS OF 2016
Jonnie Lindberg, Dan Ferguson,
Jason Gardner, Bronson Dunne, Jason
Hamstra, Cory Reed, Sarah Edwards,
Alex Hays, Gage Burch, Amanda
Boicesco, Caleb Cox, Kevin Brannon,
Ryan Rakestraw, Ty Tutterow, Cody
Medeisis, Justin Lamb, Krista Baldwin,
Chuck Grospitch, Jimmy Daniels,
Jeff Pierce, Joe Albrecht, Shane
Westerfield, Christopher Menapace,
Alex Laughlin, Brandon Seraphine,
Doug Foley Jr., Alex Taylor, Justin Kirk,
Megan Meyer and Trevor Larson.
DI 30 UNDER 30
CLASS OF 2017
LE Tonglet, Matt Bynum, Courtney
Force, Ray Miller III, Zach Sackman,
Nathan Vanbeek, Lyle Barnett, Daniel
McKune, Cade Poe, Daniel Wilkerson,
Drew Austin, Austin Williams, Robert
Bauer III, David “Bird” Jones, Jamie
Hancock, Tanner Gray, Bob Mandell
II, Johnny Pluchino, Dillon Voss, Cory
Voss, Johnny Ezell, Blake Housley,
Dennis Klangebo, Michael Recchia Jr.,
Andrew Johnson, Tylor Miller, Justin
Ashley, Jordan Grunwald, Chase
Copeland and Aaron Stanfield.
MARINA
ANDERSON
■ THE COLLECTION OF PARTS, pieces and tubing that make up Marina Anderson’s nitro-injected
A/Fuel dragster mean much more to her than any car she could’ve purchased from a chassis
builder. Working with Competition Fabrications’ Dave Daumheimer and her father, Scott,
Anderson gradually built her car from scratch. The trio started with bare tubing and sheet
metal, building the entire chassis, body and tinwork in-house over the course of four years.
She earned her NHRA Top Alcohol Dragster license in the car last June and has worked up
to running five races this season.
“I had to work for every piece of the car and it took so long because of the way that we
had to do it,” Anderson, 26, says. “The first time pulling onto the track was surreal. It’s still
surreal sometimes when I’m pulling up and getting ready to start the car. I know what has
to be done, but at the same time I have to pinch myself and remember this is real life. I’m
actually doing what I want to be doing. It’s a dream come true.”
Anderson takes great pride in the built-not-bought nature of her car. She’s also proud of
the way her family-based team worked through the adversity of a mid-season departure of
Daumheimer, who had to forfeit his critical role on the team to handle a family emergency.
With Anderson owning, tuning and driving the car, the Anderson Family Dragster team still
managed to compete in two NHRA national events and three regional races. The supply
chain management specialist finished the year with a career-best 5.45-second pass at 245
mph to qualify No. 3 at the St. Louis divisional race. It left Anderson feeling accomplished
and motivated to continue checking off items on her ever-growing list of goals.
“As soon as I run a good number, I want to go faster,” Anderson says. “I know there’s 5.20s
in the car. That’s what I’m searching for. I just want to be better than myself every time I go
down the track.” – N AT E VA N WAG N DI
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