“I never had this kind of opportunity. I learned on the race tracks and in the boardrooms.
I got an education at truck stops across the country.” - JOHN FORCE
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Bucking the Trend
Washington-based Pro Mod driver Yvonne Lucas embraces the hood scoop atop the nitrous-assisted
Buck 848 ci motor that powers her ‘68 Camaro to 6-second, 230-mph passes across the West, battling
a sea of turbocharged and supercharged entries.
SUIT UP
Fan-favorite Pro Stock
Motorcycle rider Angie
Smith throws on her
Denso-branded Vanson
leather jacket in prepa-
ration for a 6.8-second
ride down the zMAX
Dragway quarter mile.
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ICON STATUS
Billy Meyer (left) used to call John Force a competitor as the two
young guns were cutting their teeth in Funny Car in the ‘70s and ‘80s.
Decades later, Meyer is the founder and owner of Texas Motorplex and
Force is a 20-time championship team owner and Funny Car driver.
WITH BELLS ON
The always-smiling Jim Bell accompanies
his Carl Stevens Jr.-driven ‘69 Camaro in
the staging lanes prior to a qualifying pass
in Precision Turbo Pro Mod at SCSN XIII.
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