Drag Illustrated Issue 131, April 2018 | Page 90

LIGHTS OUT 9 STAYING POWER Jamie Hancock shocked the drag radial world in 2014 when he brought out a lightweight Pro Modified Corvette to play on 315-series drag radials and subsequently recorded the first 4.0-second pass for a radial car. The past ADRL Pro Nitrous world champion continues to impress in Radial vs. the World today, as he drove the family-owned ‘68 Firebird to a 3.848 at 194.27 mph to qualify No. 4. EARLY ADOPTER David Wolfe, one of radial racing’s pioneers, returned to Valdosta with his yellow, turbocharged 2005 Chevy Cavalier. The Ft. Worth, Texas-based owner of Wolfe Race Craft qualified No. 31 in the 32-car Radial vs. the World field before running a weekend-best 4.03 at 196 mph in the first round, though it wasn’t enough to defeat Daniel Pharris in Andrew Alepa’s Corvette. 90 | D r a g I l l u s t r a t e d | DragIllustrated.com Issue 131