PRO MOD PRINCESS Longtime DI Design & Production Director Mike Carpenter and his wife, Lisa, welcomed their second child on May 1. Caroline Elizabeth joins her big brother, three-year-old Christian, in cheering on grandpa: Pro Mod pioneer Charles Carpenter.

The look of intensity on Danny Rowe’ s face is a reflection of the serious competition found within the E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Series presented by J & A Service, where runs in the low 5.8-second range are required just to qualify for the 16-car show.

THE ICEMAN Iconic Pro Mod driver and tuner Shannon“ The Iceman” Jenkins awaits a run under the tower at Houston Raceway Park, where he was tuning the AAP Camaro of Richie Stevens.

THE SWEDE LIFE After winning back-to-back NHRA Top Alcohol Funny Car world championships, Sweden’ s Jonnie Lindberg seems to be enjoying his new gig as the driver of Jim Head’ s nitro Funny Car, a position he’ s held since early 2017.

BLUE CREW PDRA Maryland winner Randy Weatherford( second from right) sits in the U. S. 131 Motorsports Park staging lanes with the crew members who help the Virginia construction company owner bring his Musi-powered Pro Nitrous‘ 69 Camaro to the starting line.

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