GAME FACES Intensity isn ’ t an issue for Pro Extreme Motorcycle standouts Ashley Owens ( left ) and Jeff House , pictured here before throwing a leg over their respective bikes for a qualifying pass down Memphis International Raceway at the PDRA Memphis Drags .

HOT ROD Drag Week star Tom Bailey posed for a photo with former Tonight Show host Jay Leno during a visit to the comedian ’ s legendary garage , which houses his vast car collection . Leno might have an impressive stable , but he ’ d be hard-pressed to find anything that would compete with Bailey ’ s street legal , 3,500-horsepower “ Sick Seconds ” ‘ 69 Camaro .

ADDRESSING

THE MASSES Osage Casino Tulsa Raceway Park ’ s Todd

Martin , along with longtime track and event sponsor RacingJunk . com ’ s Tony Lund , welcome a crowd in excess of 10,000 to the facility ’ s annual doorslammer extravaganza – the “ Throwdown at T-Town ”

– earlier this fall .

TICKET TAKER

Internet famous racer and all-round good dude Billy Driscoll gives DI photographer Chris Sears the “ all is well ” signal along the starting line of South Georgia Motorsports

Park in the days leading up to Donald Long ’ s “ No Mercy 7 ”.

TURTLE POWER “ Disco ” Dan Schoneck of Minnesota-based Schoneck Composites , and former true 10.5 heavy hitter , was on hand for the big money drag radial blowout in Valdosta , Georgia , in early October , lending a hand to his many friends in the outlaw street car ranks .

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