MOVERS & SHAKERS
NITRO NICK
Veteran nitro
driver Nick
Poloson
gives a
thumb up for
photographer
Joe McHugh
before suiting
up for a pass
in his “Bucket
List” nitro
Funny Car.
MOB TIES Longtime track prep
guru Jimmy Bradshaw, who
started his own consulting
business, Sticky Mafia, last
year, hops on the drag tractor
at the Outlaw Street Car
VI, where he was a part of
promoter Tyler Crossnoe’s
“dream team” event staff.
DANGER RANGER
Reese Phillips
enjoys driving her
grandpa’s Ford
Ranger in the Farm
Teen Racer class at
her local Farmington
Dragway. The
14-year-old from
Yadkinville, North
Carolina, won the
first race she ever
entered at just 13
years of age. “Drag
racing is pretty cool
because you can
make money just
by mashing the gas
pedal!” she declares.
THE CAPTAIN X275
heavy hitter Rich
Bruder poses with
his record-breaking,
ProCharger-boosted
‘88 Fox-body
Mustang after making
a test lap at Bowling
Green. Bruder was
pulling double duty at
OSCR VI, also driving
Marty Robertson’s
twin-turbo “Bad Fish”
‘68 Barracuda in
Radial vs. the World.
ON DUTY Ken Hall mans the starting line at Maple
Grove Raceway, where he works on weekends
whenever he’s not traveling around eastern U.S.
putting on thrill shows as one of the jet Funny
Car drivers for Hanna Motorsports.
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