“ No wheelie bars in Radial vs. World. Not now, not ever. You can count on a permanent ban on wheelie bars.”- DONALD“ DUCK” LONG

READY TO ROCK Top Dragster contender

“ Downtown” David Brown sits patiently in his

RaceTech-built, ProCharged Pat Musi Racing Enginespowered ride prior to the beginning of elimination rounds of the PDRA national meet in Martin, Michigan.

PDRA Pro Extreme driver and car owner Wesley B. Jones and defending PX world champion Jason Scruggs discuss the tune-up for Jones’ Batman-themed 1941 Willys before heading to the staging lanes for a qualifying session at the PDRA Memphis Drags. Chassis builder Joey Martin was handling the driving duties for Jones, who was still recovering from a racing accident at the Rockingham race.

THIRD GENERATION PDRA Pro Nitrous standout Jason Harris, son of series president Bob, poses for a photo with his young son Jase in the staging lanes of the much-talked-about GALOT Motorsports Park during the doorslammer sanction’ s first trip to the facility.

SO BRIGHT

Free Life Films head honcho and popular roaming videographer Hans Pierre Jr. shields the LCD monitor on his trusty Sony rig in between rounds of racing action at the 21st annual Haltech World Cup Finals – Import vs. Domestic event at Maryland International

Raceway in early November.

HOMETOWN HERO Tommy D’ Aprile couldn’ t have felt more at home as he addressed the assembly of PDRA drivers and teams during the driver’ s meeting at the PDRA Sunshine State Shootout presented by D’ Aprile’ s team owner, Mel Bush. A Florida native, D’ Aprile grew up racing at

Bradenton Motorsports Park.

JUNIOR The circle-track world collided with the straight-line sport when NASCAR great Dale Earnhardt Jr. came out to Charlotte’ s zMAX Dragway for the Carolina Nationals, where he visited with friends like NAPA-sponsored Funny Car driver Ron Capps.

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