Drag Illustrated Issue 156, May 2020 | Page 45

Special Section EVAN SALEMI Salemi, a Pro Jr. Dragster driver and Pro Boost crew member, is graduating as an honor student from Saint Joseph’s Collegiate Institute. Evan will be attending Buffalo State College for a Mechanical Engineering Degree while continuing to work within the family businesses, G-Force Race Cars and Resolution Racing Services. Evan will also be stepping out of his Jr. Dragster to pilot an asphalt sled for the 2020 season at his local track, Lancaster Dragway. MAKALA STEVENS Stevens, the 2019 Pro Jr. Dragster championship runner-up, is graduating from South Carolina Virtual Charter School with a 3.8 GPA. She is also currently enrolled in her first semester of college at Piedmont Technical College and plans to graduate with her Veterinarian Technician certification in 2023. She currently works full time at the family-owned plumbing company and continues to drag race. After technical college she plans to attend UGA in Athens, Georgia, to become a veterinarian. DESTINY TAYLOR Taylor, a Pro Jr. Dragster racer, is graduating from River View High School in Warsaw, Ohio. Destiny is currently getting her associates degree in Accounting at Zane State College in Zanesville, Ohio. She’s very proud to be a PDRA racer. EMMA SILANCE Silance, the daughter of 2017 Top Sportsman world champion Dewayne Silance, is graduating from Dixon High School, and going to college at Wake Tech in Raleigh, North Carolina. OWEN ROTH Roth, son of Eric and Jaime Roth of PDRA series sponsor Half Scale Dragsters, is graduating from Northampton Area High School, and attending Pennsylvania College of Technology in the fall. BAILIE ZEPP Zepp, a Pro Jr. Dragster racer, is graduating from Southwestern High School. Going to Arcadia University on a full academic scholarship for biochemistry and physics. She wants to become a virologist. Bailie plans on racing a door car on the weekends. PDRA660.com 45