MOVERS & SHAKERS
RESTRICTED ACCESS PAWS
Maddy, a golden retriever be-
longing to Canadian Pro Mod
driver Al Martorino, is in her
happy place in the pits at an
Ultimate Showdowns series
event. A track dog since she
was a puppy, Maddy even has
her own starting line access
pass clipped to her collar.
PILL PUSHER
Jimmy Crenshaw, lead crew member on PDRA Pro
Extreme world champion Brandon Snider’s AAP Pro Boost
‘69 Camaro, makes a jet change on the Roots-blown Hemi
to compensate for the cooling conditions at Darlington
Dragway.
BURNOUT KING
While Statesville, North Carolina’s James
Bunton is a heavy hitter on the local bracket
racing scene, he’s always remembered by
fans for the time he ripped off a 500-foot
sideways burnout at Farmington, which
easily won the MJ Printing Burnout Contest.
NORTH CAROLINA’S FINEST
Engine builder Charlie Buck is flanked by PDRA Pro Extreme driver
Terry Leggett (right) and crew member Robbie Matthews as the trio
perform some service work on Leggett’s screw-blown Buck motor.
ZOMBIE
Longtime outlaw dragster pilot Jody Stroud hops into his supercharged Spitzer-built
dragster before making a qualifying pass in Valdosta, Georgia. The Mike Kopchick-tuned
“Zombie” dragster was a key player in the now-defunct PDRA Pro Open Outlaw class and
remains a consistent threat in PDRA Top Dragster and outlaw races across the South.
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