Drag Illustrated Issue 141, February 2019

“I can’t compare (driving a turbo Pro Mod) to anything except something in my imagination, like the space shuttle. I’m telling you, the pucker factor is a level 10.” - ALEX LAUGHLIN MOVERS & SHAKERS TEAM DI AT THE PDRA The DRAG ILLUSTRATED team has made an annual tradition out of attending the PDRA’s lavish awards banquet to close out the PRI Show weekend. Attending the 2018 banquet were DI founder and editorial director Wes Buck, videographer Blake Fontinel, sales executive JT Hudson, publisher Scott Dorman and senior sales executive Will Mandell, as well as DI’s PDRA coverage team, editor-in-chief Nate Van Wagnen and photographer Tara Bowker. TY ROD Ty Tutterow presents the Ty-Drive Most Outstanding Performance Award during the PDRA press conference at the PRI Show. The award was given to tuner Brandon Switzer on behalf of Jim Halsey, who reset the PDRA Pro Nitrous elapsed time record with a 3.646-second blast at the World Finals. FAMILY MATTERS PDRA Top Sportsman wheelman Jamie Fowler stops for a photo with DI’s Van Abernethy as the two hold a copy of the September issue, which features Fowler on the cover of the PDRA special section. 40 | D r a g I l l u s t r a t e d | DragIllustrated.com ABERNETHY STAR STATUS Stacy Hall and his wife, Alison, began racing together when they were teenagers. All these years later their children now have children, as Alison cuddles their youngest grandchild, Lakyn, during a late- season bracket race at Carolina Dragway. Issue 141

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