“When NHRA gave (Pro Mod) a fourth qualifier (this year) and now we’re racing on Sunday,
it sent the mindset to all the racers that this class is the real McCoy.” - Jim Whiteley
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Flex On ‘Em
Deep Thinker
Darlington Dragway general manager Jimmy Bradshaw poses for a quick photo during a break at
Wooostock, where Bradshaw was in charge of track prep for the small-tire racing weekend.
Mark “Woody” Woodruff appears to be deep in thought as he
waits for the next OSCR V Radial vs. the World qualifying session
with his turbocharged Corvette. The Missouri native went on to
qualify No. 8 in the 18-car qualifying order.
CHICAGO MUSCLE
Recchia Racing crew member Timmy
Norton guides driver Mike Recchia into the
pre-stage beams in the Agrow-Fresh ‘69
Camaro at OSCR V.
PROUD DAD
Richard “Pops”
Bruder pushes son Rich
through the staging
lanes at Beech Bend
Raceway, moments
before the X275 star
reset the class world
records for et (4.297)
and speed (171.51) in
the Bruder brothers’
infamous Roots-blown
Fox Body Mustang.
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RACING BUDDIES
DRAG ILLUSTRATED founder and editorial director Wes Buck (right) snap a
photo with “Wooostock” promoter Keith Berry (center) and Matt Whitmire,
Berry’s longtime friend, in the pits at Darlington Dragway.
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