Drag Illustrated Issue 151, December 2019 | Page 42

MOVERS & SHAKERS
FUTURE WORLD CHAMPION: Past PDRA Extreme
Pro Stock world champion John Pluchino shows
off his new grandson, Joseph, who came out to the
Summer Nationals to cheer on his uncle, two-time
Pro Outlaw 632 world champion Johnny Pluchino.
WHAT’S UP, DOC?: Arlee Williams
III enjoys wheeling his parents’
1980 Plymouth Arrow in various
nostalgia Pro Stock events, such
as the annual Memorial Weekend
Classic at Great Lakes Dragaway
in Wisconsin. The great-looking
Plymouth got its decoration
theme from Tombstone, the elder
Williams favorite movie.
DUST IT OFF: Suspension expert Adam Lambert
mops away some gold dust after the burnout
of Elijah Morton, one of Precision Racing
Suspension’s customers in Extreme Pro Stock.
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LIFERS: Don Schweitzer and his wife, Kathy, have
been coming to Nebraska’s Kearney Raceway Park
since they were teenagers in the late ‘60s. They’ve
now been married 45 years, have raised five children
at the track, and Don eventually became track
manager of this folksy NHRA-sanctioned track.
SHAKEDOWN SHAKE-UP: Dave Hance (left), who
founded the legendary Shakedown at E-Town
in 2003, checks in with announcers Al Tucci and
Brian Lohnes during the Shakedown Nationals at
the event’s new home, Virginia Motorsports Park.
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