MOVERS & SHAKERS
TRUSTY STEED Mike Moore prepares for first-round eliminations at Farmington Dragway during the IHRA
Summit Sportsman Spectacular event. The veteran drag racer has campaigned no less than 15 race cars
over the years and declares his current ‘93 Mustang is the car he plans to finish out his career in.
HIGH VOLTAGE
BACK (UP) IN BLACK Heidi Austin-Root, daughter
of Bucky Austin, backs up her father’s Nostalgia
Funny Car driven by two-time March Meet
champion Bobby Cottrell.
Timbo Blevins
and his daughter,
Hannah, make some
between-round
adjustments on their
“High Voltage” ‘77
Trans Am. Hailing
from Jefferson, North
Carolina, the Blevins
have competed in
everything from
Top Eliminator
and Modified to Jr.
Dragster and have
even doubled up and
won their respective
classes on the same
night on three
different occasions.
ON STANDBY Drag radial star Josh Klugger
walks with his new twin-turbocharged ‘67 Ford
Mustang Shelby GT500 as Radial vs. the World
qualifying progresses at Sweet 16 2.0.
BREAK TIME Veteran drag racing photographers Will Lester, Gary
Nastase and Dave Kommel relax in the grove at historic Auto Club
Famoso Raceway during a break in the action at the March Meet.
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