MOVERS & SHAKERS
FANGIRL MOMENT: Stephanie “Boss X” Long,
promoter Donald Long’s better half, snaps a
photo with 2018 Super Bowl champion Fletcher
Cox, who was competing at Lights Out with his
new Shawn Ayers-driven ‘67 Mustang.
LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION: With SpeedVideo transitioning to a paid subscription model for the 2020
season, the streaming service realized they needed to increase the value for viewers. They started
that by interviewing drivers, tuners and industry insiders throughout the Lights Out 11 broadcast.
SpeedVideo’s Brian Wagner and Colton Jordan interviewed personalities like FuelTech’s Luis de Leon,
VP Racing Fuel’s Jason Rueckert and Chassis Engineering’s Clayton Murphy.
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BREAKING BARRIERS: Radial vs. the World
rookie Melanie Salemi heads to the tech line in
Eddie Whelan’s Al-Lee Installations “Side Piece”
Camaro to tech in for Lights Out 11. Later in the
weekend, Salemi drove the G-Force-built ride to
a record-matching 3.546-second blast.
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