Drag Illustrated Issue 151, December 2019 | Page 40

MOVERS & SHAKERS
MOVING UP: Amber
Franklin, who once
shared the PDRA world
championship stage with
her father, Pro Nitrous
driver Tommy Franklin,
walks her Jr. Dragster
through the staging lanes
for her last race in the
class before moving up to
a bracket dragster.
DO AS I SAY: Chris Moore conducts a quick
driver’s meeting in the staging lanes at 710
Dragway shortly before eliminations. Moore, an
accomplished drag racer and promoter, took over
managing this much-improved eighth-miler in
Rowland, North Carolina, at the beginning of 2019.
KEEPING THE PEACE: Steve Sapp, promoter
Donald Long’s father-in-law and head of security
at his Duck X Productions races, mans the
starting line at No Mercy 10. The former Marine
has become a popular character at “Duck’s”
three races at South Georgia Motorsports Park.
FREQUENT FLYERS: Flying A Motorsports
president Alan Cape and sales/customer
relations Loren Wilson are spotted in the staging
lanes at the PDRA World Finals. The racing
transportation equipment trailer dealer has a
display model at every PDRA race, providing free
ice-cold bottles of water to racers and teams.
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TALKING SHOP: Top Fuel veteran Doug Kalitta listens intently as circle track racing hero and St. Louis
native Kenny Wallace shares a story under the tower at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway.
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