“ It’ s all about effort and money, there’ s nothing between,” Terry says.“ We work really hard, as does everybody in the class. If you bring something to Donald’ s race, you have busted your ass. You have worked on it, you have spent the money, bought the right components. There’ s no slouches there, no first-round ducks. It doesn’ t matter who you have or what round it is. You’ re going to race somebody with all the components and ability to put you on the trailer.”

Terry was racing David’ s entry as one part of a five-man operation based out of Round Rock, Texas. Terry and David are joined

by tuner extraordinaire Billy Stocklin, Bill Larson, and Ralph Howard, who owns and drives the team’ s’ 92 Mustang.

David purchased the Camaro from Fletcher Cox, who had acquired it for his Shawn Ayers-driven operation after it was previously campaigned by fellow Texas racers Taylor Lastor and Kyle Huettel.“ It’ s a top-notch car,” Terry says.“ Randy is a career drag racer, almost a historian of the sport. The car means a lot to him. He’ s always wanted a first-gen but wanted to wait until he had the correct one. He’ s raced his whole life, from bracket racing as a kid

all the way up to now. Not only was it the car that he had always wanted, but it’ s a car with a lot of history behind it. It was just the perfect piece for Randy to get. It’ s a hell of a hot rod, from the aesthetics to the performance.” While the car was a quality piece when David purchased it, the Camaro was set up for X275, not Limited 275, or TX 275 as it’ s called at tracks like Houston Motorsports Park and North Star Dragway. To bring it down to prime fighting shape for Limited 275, a heavier, more restricted version of its X-branded big brother, Stocklin assessed the car and worked his magic, much to the approval of