MOVERS & SHAKERS
BACK IN ACTION : Multi-time Pro Extreme Motorcycle world champion Eric McKinney stands alongside his bike in the staging lanes at the PDRA Summer Shootout , where he returned to PDRA competition for the first time this season .
VIP GUEST : DI ’ s COO / Design & Production Director , Mike Carpenter ( left ), and Founder and Editorial Director , Wes Buck , snap a photo with Eric Trump , who was a guest of Elite Motorsports and driver Bob Benza at the NHRA U . S . Nationals .
COVER STAR : Scott Oksas was still beaming over his $ 100,000 2019 World Series of Pro Mod victory and resulting DI cover when DI ’ s Van Abernethy snapped this pic of the Californian wheelman in August .
STARTING LINE SCOPE-OUT : Virginia ’ s Buddy Perkinson examines the Virginia Motorsports Park starting line in advance of a Top Sportsman qualifying session . Perkinson leads the PDRA Elite Top Sportsman points with two runner-ups and a win .
HORSEPOWER COUPLE : Michele Wilkins is joined by her husband , Top Sportsman racer and engine builder Sandy Wilkins , as she prepares for a run in her Top Dragster . She went on to record a runner-up finish at the PDRA Summer Shootout .
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