MOVERS & SHAKERS
BUCK POWER: Eddie Buck holds the
door open for his driver, Justin Kirk,
as the 2016 PDRA Top Dragster
world champion gets ready to stage
the Buck Bros. “Big Daddy Warlock”
Extreme Pro Stock entry at the PDRA
Mid-Atlantic Showdown.
MAN AND MACHINE: Jeff Jones appears calm,
cool and collected as he leans against his rootsblown
Imperial Construction Corvette in the
staging lanes at ADRL’s St. Louis race.
PIT SCOOTER PALS: PDRA Top Dragster driver
Angela Gantkowski and Pro Jr. Dragster
driver Ashley Franklin ride around the Virginia
Motorsports Park pits between rounds.
ROAD WARRIORS: CompetitionPlus.com
photographer Roger Richards sneaks up on DI’s
own Van Abernethy in Van’s midway display.
The two veteran drag racing media members
travel to dozens of races per season, often
driving to all of them.
RAISE THE ROOF: Twotime
PDRA Pro Nitrous
world champion Jason
Harris tries his best to
hold back the rain that
ultimately hit Virginia
Motorsports Park, but not
before Harris qualified
No. 4 in his “Party Time”
Pro Boost Camaro.
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