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FEATURES
18 Back-to-Back
For the second year in a row, Califor-
nian Bobby Cottrell scored the Nostal-
gia Funny Car victory at the prestigious
61st annual Good Vibrations Motor-
sports March Meet, piloting Bucky
Austin’s Bardahl ’69 Camaro fuel coupe
a meaningful win at “the Patch.”
By Craig Cook
88
“All the Track
Will Hold”
26 Dream Come True
Two years after envisioning a
competitive centrifugal supercharged
Hemi combination for Pro Mod and
Radial vs. the World, Proline Racing
co-founder Eric Dillard reflects on the
rise of the company’s record-breaking
ProCharger combo and the potential
that remains. By Josh Hachat
88 Nitrous-Fed Feuds
Are nitrous-assisted NHRA Pro Mod
cars tapped out? How has the approach
to tuning a nitrous car changed over
the last decade? Will we ever see
bullhorns return to prominence? Drag
Illustrated asked those questions
– and more – to a panel of industry
insiders. By Nate Van Wagnen
100 Internationally
Known
Mexico’s Fernando Cuadra left the
NHRA Pro Stock scene in 2004 after
a tsunami wiped out his boot factory
in Indonesia. Now, he’s back to racing
and he’s bringing his three sons along
for the ride, with Fernando Cuadra Jr.
leading the next generation’s jump up
to Pro Stock. By Kelly Wade
26
100
COV ERAG E
43 PDRA East Coast Nationals
The all-eighth-mile PDRA began its sixth season with
record performances and tight racing at one of the South-
east’s finest drag strips, GALOT Motorsports Park in Ben-
son, North Carolina. Recap the hottest performances in
the pro classes in the DI Top 3 List. By Nate Van Wagnen
DI CO LU MNIST
60 The Enders Elevation
Trackside hype man “Mr. Mello Yello” Jason Logan is tasked
with entertaining crowds across the country whenever there’s a
break in the action at each of the 24 stops on the NHRA Mello
Yello Series. It’s a role he’s learned to embrace after more than
20 years on the job. By Courtney Enders-Lambert
ON THE COVER Lights Out X Radial vs. the World winner Alex Laughlin
as photographed by Bryan Epps at South Georgia Motorsports Park in Valdosta, Georgia.
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