PARTNER SPOTLIGHT
The History of PDRA’s Official Hauler,
Flying A Motorsports
up for my family. I needed a renewed focus. That’s
when I started doing the races again. It got me
away eight or ten times in a season. It was a
reprieve from all the well-meaning people telling
you they’re sorry.”
Cape realized he had missed the sport more
than he thought and has been a constant fixture
since then, providing racers, series, manufactur-
ers and more with high-quality haulers. His busi-
ness has grown exponentially, a good reflection of
the personable and trustworthy way he operates
his business.
“I had forgotten what it was like,” Cape told.
“It revived my spirit and my passion. If you had
told me 10 years ago we’d be where we’re at now,
I would have told you you’re nuts.”
Flying A Motorsports will have a representa-
tive at every PDRA race this season, as they have
in years past. Flying A can also be found online
at http://www.flyingamotorsports.com/ or visit
their Facebook page, or call them at 800-222-
4004. -LISA COLLIER
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F
lying A Mo-
torsports has
been involved
with profes-
sional eighth-mile drag
racing for nearly a de-
cade and has been the
“Official Hauler of the
PDRA” since the se-
ries’ inception. Flying
A’s owner, Alan Cape,
originally started in the
sport nearly 30 years
ago, selling toterhomes,
motorhomes, trailers
and more.
“We’ve been in busi-
ness since 1988,” Cape
storied. “Back in that
timeframe not everybody
was doing this. We were
right next door to Jerry
Haas, Tim McAmis, Jef-
fers, Bickel, so we had
good traffic coming by
and got to connect with a
lot of racers. We were the
big players back then.”
But life has a way of
altering your path and
Cape changed his course
from focusing on racers who traveled the country
to local business. “I ended up with five children,
and when you have five children you end up in
all sorts of things focused on them. I quit going
to as many events and settled into a rhythm of
selling locally without chasing the guys that travel
a lot. And I was okay with that.”
About the time that professional eighth-mile
racing gained its legs, tragedy struck the Cape
family. “Then one of my children, my youngest,
got killed in an accident. It just blew everything