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FEATURES
22 2018 Buyer’s Guide
Our third annual look at the industry’s
latest offerings includes parts and
pieces for race teams competing in
every arena, from local bracket racing
to high-horsepower Pro Modified and
drag radial racing.
“All the Track
Will Hold”
97
43 Gillig is Back
Known for his success in the Mountain
Motor Pro Stock wars of the ‘90s and
2000s, Tony Gillig ended his racing
hiatus earlier this season when he made
his debut in the PDRA’s exciting Pro
Outlaw 632 class.
By Nate Van Wagnen
WSOPM 2018
An all-star cast of characters and cars
from various series and corners of the
country made up this year’s WSOPM
field, with each driver having their
own unique story to tell over the
course of the race week.
By Nate Van Wagnen
& Josh Hachat
43
87 BRANDON PESZ
93 ERICA ENDERS
97 MARC CARUSO
98 AARON GLASER
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DEPARTMENTS
8 Letter from the Founder
WSOPM founder Wes Buck reflects on the exhil-
arating experience that is putting on “the biggest,
richest Pro Mod drag race in the history of the
known universe,” explaining how what should’ve
been a tense, pressure-packed event turned into
a fun gathering of Pro Mod’s finest people.
CAU G H T
56 Derek Menholt
Last year’s Aeromotive Wildcard
Shootout winner sustained a couple
hard impacts with the retaining walls
in the first round of WSOPM, but the
Montana native vows to be back