STREET/RACE Issue 1, Winter 2016 | Page 49

7/ 6/ 8/ 9/ 6 / STAR STUDDED EVENT 7 / POSTED UP STREET/RACE Magazine’s Editorial Director, Kevin Cox, poses for a photo with 16time NHRA Funny Car champion John Force at the WELD Racing open house in May. Ja Rule said it best in The Fast and the Furious, “It’s not how you stand by your car; it’s how you race your car.” Josh Wiesemann and friend Sebastian Chanthavong have half the equation handled, but Wiesemann has racing under control, too – as he regularly proves behind the wheel of his 1,000-all-wheel-horsepower Mitsubishi Evo. 10 / 8 / KROOKID PHOTOS Virtually everyone involved in racing has a story to tell, but photographer Will McDougle of Arizona has a whopper. Although partially blind, McDougle travels the country on his own dime, doing whatever it takes to take part and capture the biggest and most talked about street car events in the country. 9 / START ‘EM YOUNG: 10 / HAPPY PLACE Brad Abele prepares to climb into his crazy, back halved, 76mm turbocharged 4G63 four-cylinder-powered Eagle Talon at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis, while wife, Michelle, and their son, Alex, help push the car up the staging lanes. Why are all these photographers smiling all the time? Because they’re doing what they love, as demonstrated by Eugenio Mejia, caught here along the guardwall at Thunder Valley Raceway Park. WINTER2016 49