Drag Illustrated Issue 118, February 2017 | Page 46
“It’s easy to sit at home behind the keyboard and type all of that negativity. I’m here [at
Lights Out 8]; all of the people who doubted me are not here.” - STREET OUTLAWS’ “DADDY DAVE” COMSTOCK
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Fast &
Furious
NHRA Top Fuel star Leah Pritchett poses
on the set of a Dodge commercial which
depicts the three-time Top Fuel winner
interacting with characters from the new
Fate of the Furious movie. It’s the latest in a
string of nationally aired Dodge commercials
in which Pritchett has appeared.
THE CHEF
Even though she’s
spent most of her
racing career driving a
big-tire car, past IHRA
Pro Modified champion
Dina Parise stopped by
Lights Out 8 at South
Georgia Motorsports
Park to check out the
small-tire action.
HOLD THE PHONE
Funny Car driver
Alexis DeJoria and
Alice Bode, wife
and backup girl for
Funny Car pilot Bob
Bode, converse in
the staging lanes
over Bode’s smart-
phone - undoubt-
edly logged on to
DragIllustrated.com.
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CHECKING IN
Florida’s Hannah Sanders
scopes out the starting line
at South Georgia Motorsports
Park before heading back to
the staging lanes to hop in
one of two cars she brought
to Lights Out 8. She occasion-
ally competes in both Ultra
Street and Open Comp at
events throughout the South.
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