Drag Illustrated Issue 142, March 2019 | Page 46

“I just don’t get caught up in all that (Internet trash talk). I do like to sit back and read it on Facebook though. It’s good entertainment.” - MARK MICKE MOVERS & SHAKERS TRACK WHISPERER Longtime track surface guru Lanny Miglizzi examines the starting line at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park for John Force Racing and their quad of nitro entries. ONE FOR THE SCRAPBOOK STOP RIGHT THERE! Kenny Laughlin guides his son, multi-time NHRA Pro Stock event winner Alex Laughlin, into the pre-stage beams at preseason testing in Phoenix. 46 | D r a g I l l u s t r a t e d | DragIllustrated.com MOVING ON Bryan Kennedy is all smiles after winning the second round of a bracket race at Mooresville Dragway. Kennedy contracted an infection as a kid that left him barely able to walk, but he doesn’t let that stop him from being a fierce competitor at his local drag strips in North Carolina. Issue 142 HINSON, Top Fuel driver Mike Salinas gets ready to throw on his head sock before making a test pass in his Scrappers Racing dragster tuned by Brian Husen and Alan Johnson.