Super Stock racer Brian Oakes puts on a wheelstanding show in his ‘ 69 Camaro , leaving a trail of blue wheelie bar chalk in his path . The Taylorsville , North Carolina-based driver kept the Camaro ’ s nose pointed skyward every time he left the starting line during

Sunday eliminations - five times to be exact . Oakes , a lifetime Drag Illustrated subscriber , ended up winning the Strange Engineering

Stock / Super Stock combo , collecting $ 10,000 in the process .

Photograph by Wayne Stewart Orlando Speed World Dragway | Bithlo , Florida | Sunday , March 7 , 2021

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