“To me, it’s the highlight of my career to be able to bring our [Mountain Motor Pro Stock] cars
over to NHRA and put them on the big stage where they belong.” - JOHN MONTECALVO
MOVERS & SHAKERS
ANGRY BEE, HAPPY LEAH:
Defending SAM Tech
Factory Stock Showdown
world champion Leah
Pritchett stands alongside
her Mopar Dodge
Challenger Drag Pak in
the staging lanes before
making a lap in the 354ci
HEMI-powered ride.
HOOKED UP: GALOT Motorsports car chief Craig
Pettis helps with the safety equipment for driver
John Strickland, who splits his racing schedule
between PDRA Pro Boost races and NTPA
tractor pulling events.
GNATTY NATIONALS: Pro Nitrous Motorcycle
tuner William Garner chuckles as he’s caught
swatting away the pesky gnats that plagued the
hot, humid PDRA Summer Nationals.
NHRA Funny Car world
champion J.R. Todd
takes in a few pairs of
Top Fuel qualifying
action at Norwalk
before heading back to
his DHL Toyota Camry
in the staging lanes.
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PUPPY LOVE: Cory and Amelia Voss’ daughter,
Angela, shows some love for “Diesel,” Pro
Outlaw 632 racer Vinny LaRosa’s English
bulldog, in the Pro Outlaw 632 pits at the PDRA
Summer Nationals.
Issue 147
PASSION: Defending