Drag Illustrated Issue 148, September 2019 | Page 46

“Racing is fun and we have to remember that. We all get caught up in the thrill of chasing big checks, and there is nothing
wrong with that, but we need to remember the local tracks and the exhilaration they bring as well.” - PETER BIONDO
MOVERS & SHAKERS
STAREDOWN: Amanda Howe is all business as she
guides her husband, Jim, into the pre-stage beam
in his supercharged “Honky Kong” ‘68 Camaro.
Howe went on to win Limited Drag Radial at the
PSCA Street Car Super Nationals St. Louis.
THE POINT: It’s all up to Ron
Capps now as crew chief Rahn
Tobler gives the 2016 NHRA
Funny Car world champion
the signal to stage the
Pennzoil Dodge Charger fuel
flopper at the Summit Racing
Equipment NHRA Nationals.
SUPER CLEAN SUPER CREW: Travis Harvey (left),
winner of the July edition of Piedmont Dragway’s
historic Big Dog Shootout, celebrates his 3-second
pass in the winner’s circle with Super Clean’s Jill
Wohlman and car owner Vaughn Miles.
Nitrous doorslammer
driver Dane Wood
poses for a pre-pass
photo with his wife,
Tiffany Lawrence-
Wood, in “The Hook”
‘63 Corvette during
the July edition of
Piedmont Dragway’s
Big Dog Shootout.
The Woods were
married just a week
before the race.
HERO STATUS: Revered Funny Car crew chief
John Medlen looks on as the Jack Beckman-
driven Infinite Hero entry rolls to the ready line
for a qualifying pass at Pacific Raceways.
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