Drag Illustrated Issue 140, January 2019 | Page 44
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Power Posse
SHIFTING GEARS
Indiana native Dave Hill is all smiles
after recording a career-best 5.79
at over 250 mph in Keith Engling’s
Hurst Oldsmobile Pro Mod, which was
equipped with an all-new 7-speed
Liberty transmission.
An all-star group: Rick Hord, Clint
Satterfield, Carl Stevens Jr. and Sr., Frankie
Taylor and Dick Hord gathers on the return
road at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor
Speedway after a long day of racing.
SERIOUS
BUSINESS
Mid-West Pro
Mod Series
drivers
Jeff Cummins
and Ron
Muenks
listen intently
at the drivers
meeting during
the Elite 16
weekend at
the Texas
Motorplex.
HISTORY MAKERS
PAPARAZZI
Mel Roth’s Street Car Super Nationals has become a destination event for talent
not just on track, but also along the other side of the wall and in the media center,
as evidenced by the presence of veteran DI photographer John Fore III, PSCA
photographer Steve Carlton and Free Life Films’ Hans Pierre Jr.
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Jay Boddie and Giuseppe Gentile were two of the four competitors in the first
known four-wide grudge race, held during the Street Car Super Nationals in
Las Vegas. Gentile came out ahead in the $10,000- to-win match, which also
included Mark Woodruff and Eric Kvilhaug.
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