Drag Illustrated Issue 140, January 2019 | Page 46
MOVERS & SHAKERS
THE BROTHERS TAYLOR
The legendary Texas Pro Modified
duo of Paul and Frankie “Mad Man”
Taylor pose for a photo at the Street
Car Super Nationals, where they
were tuning Jay Diedrich’s Firebaugh
Express Racing ‘69 Camaro.
MEDIA TOUR
Just a few days after winning
the NHRA Auto Club Finals at
Pomona, J.R. Todd was in studio at
Indianapolis’ 107.0 The Fan radio
station to discuss his Funny Car
world championship run.
Eyes on
The Prize
Pro Line Racing co-owner Eric Dillard appears
intense and focused as he suits up to strap into
PLR’s new house car, a ProCharger-boosted
‘69 Camaro Pro Modified entry that Dillard
drove to a runner-up finish at the Elite 16
presented by Elite Motorsports in November.
LAUGHING GAS
Fellow nitrous
Pro Modified
racers Jim
Sackuvich
and “Tricky”
Rickie Smith
share a laugh
prior to race
day at Keith
Haney’s Elite
16 presented
by Elite
Motorsports.
STAR STATUS
PDRA Extreme Pro Stock world
champion Steven Boone snaps a photo
with his airboat tour guides, who were
excited to learn that Boone had his
championship trophy with him while
vacationing in Florida with his family.
STARTING
LINEUP
Street
Car Super
Nationals
promoter Mel
Roth (left)
calls on an all-
star lineup of
personnel to
staff his event,
including
NHRA chief
starter Mike
Gittings.
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