MOVERS & SHAKERS
Sixteen-time NHRA Funny Car
world champion John Force
waits out a break in the action
along the retaining wall at
Gainesville Raceway, getting a
quick update on the situation
from an NHRA official.
Naturally Aspirated
Nostalgia
SHADES ON
Pro Junior Dragster driver
Amber Franklin (right) poses
for a photo with GALOT Mo-
torsports’ Denise Tutterow,
who was in attendance at
the PDRA season opener in
support of her husband Todd
and son Ty in Pro Boost.
SPIDEY SENSE
Likely the only Spider-Man
iteration to shoot photos in-
stead of webs, photographer
Wesley Hubbard jokes with
Free Life Films owner and
videographer Hans Pierre Jr.
on the starting line at South
Georgia Motorsports Park.
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Jeff Rudisill (right) stands with Tyrone and Leslie Graham at Wilkesboro Dragway
during the inaugural Don Carlton Memorial and Nostalgia Pro Stock Shootout. Both
Rudisill and Graham have each produced stunning tribute cars which honor their
friends, Bill Orndorff and Jerry Eckman. The nostalgia Pro Stock movement is gain-
ing steam in the Carolinas with the recent launch of the Southeastern Outlaw Nos-
talgia Pro Stock series, of which this trio of enthusiasts was instrumental in forming.
COMEBACK KID
DI Editor-in-Chief Wes Buck poses for a
quick photo with Lyle Barnett, who made
his triumphant return to Valdosta after
suffering a devastating fire at No Mercy
6 in 2015. Barnett drove Jason Digby’s
1969 Dodge Dart to a decisive win in the
Leaf Spring class at Lights Out 8.
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