MOVERS & SHAKERS
BROGDON IS BACK Texas drag racing veteran Rodger Brogdon tows to the
scales in his new RBR Machine Camaro at the NHRA Winternationals. Brogdon
returned to Pro Stock after a short hiatus, jumping back into the class with Elite
Performance equipment.
CHEERS Defending NHRA Top Fuel world champion Steve Torrence
congratulates Matt Hagan after the two-time Funny Car world champion picked
up his first win of 2019 at the Arizona Nationals.
THE AXEMAN
Marcus “The
Axeman” Birt
collects his
thoughts before
strapping into
his ‘16 Corvette
Pro Nitrous
car, which was
running on
radials in Radial
vs. the World for
the first time at
Lights Out.
TUNED UP Radial vs. the World racer Craig Sullivan reviews his tuneup with Luis
Fernando Backes de Leon, FuelTech’s chief technology officer, in the lanes at
South Georgia Motorsports Park.
DOUBLE DUTY Lauren
Jones is all smiles as she
suits up to make a pass
in her dragster at PDRA
Drag Wars, one of five
2018 PDRA races where
she raced in Top Dragster
in addition to working on
boyfriend Chuck Ulsch’s
Pro Boost ‘68 Camaro.
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SPECIAL DELIVERY
Barrett Green, who
joined Brian Lohnes
and Lee Sebring
in the announcer’s
booth all weekend at
Lights Out X, hands
off a box of Girl
Scout Cookies to a
photographer along
the guard wall.
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