WITH THE SOCIAL DISTANCING
PROTOCOLS SET IN PLACE BY
STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, HIGH SCHOOL
GRADUATION CEREMONIES HAVE
BEEN HIT HARD JUST LIKE RACES,
FORCING SCHOOLS TO CANCEL
THEM OR HOLD VIRTUAL
GATHERINGS TO HONOR THE
CLASS OF 2020. THE PDRA HAS A
NUMBER OF HIGH SCHOOL
SENIORS GRADUATING THIS
SPRING, FROM JR. DRAGSTER
DRIVERS AND CREW MEMBERS
TO FAMILY MEMBERS WHO
SUPPORT THE SERIES. TO
RECOGNIZE THEIR
ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE
ABSENCE OF TRADITIONAL
GRADUATION CEREMONIES, THE
SERIES CONGRATULATES ITS
2020 GRADUATES HERE ON THE
PAGES OF DRAG ILLUSTRATED.
[EDITOR’S NOTE: RACERS AND
THEIR FAMILIES WERE ASKED TO
SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING
GRADUATE PROFILES AND
PHOTOS ON THE PDRA RACERS &
TEAMS FACEBOOK GROUP.]
AMBER FRANKLIN ( ON COVER )
Franklin, the 2017 Pro Jr. Dragster world champion,
is graduating from Colonial Forge High
School in Stafford, Virginia, and also finishing
her first year in dual enrollment at Germanna
Community College. Amber will continue at
Germanna in the fall taking online classes to
obtain her associates degree in Business Administration.
She will then transfer to Liberty
University online classes to obtain her masters
in Business Administration. She works full-time
in the family-owned business, Franklin Electric
Co., Inc. Amber is set to debut her Top Dragster
in the PDRA series once racing resumes. She
has been drag racing since she was 10 1/2 years
old. She plans to race in Top Dragster for a year
or two, then run Pro Outlaw 632, and eventually
run Pro Nitrous alongside her dad, two-time
world champion Tommy Franklin.
JARROD KISSINGER
Kissinger, a Top Dragster driver, is graduating
from Tulpehocken High School TVA (Tulpy Virtual
Academy). Jarrod always knew that he was going
to work for the family business, Ken’s Kustom
Chassis Inc., as far back as first grade. He is a
third-generation drag racer and dreams about
racing professionally. He has grown up at the
dragstrip and won the Eastern Conference Finals
back in 2014-2015 race seasons along with many
other accomplishments.
KYLIE GORE
Gore, the daughter of PDRA announcer Scotty
Gore, is graduating from JM Robinson High School
in Concord, North Carolina. She will be attending
the University of South Carolina in the fall, majoring
in Computer Science and Mathematics.
DESTINY LEILANI
Leilani, the daughter of Pro Outlaw 632 and
Extreme Pro Stock driver Dillon Voss, is graduating
from Seminole Ridge High School. She was
accepted to Florida Atlantic University, where
she is studying Business Finance.
44 PDRA660.com