Drag Illustrated Issue 172, November 2021 | Page 48

MOVERS & SHAKERS

HE ’ S BACK !: North Carolina native Jeremy Huffman celebrates at the top end of GALOT Motorsports Park , where he returned to PDRA Extreme Pro Stock competition at DragWars . The XPS rookie had to sit out most of the season after a crash at the season opener .
FAMILY FUN : Arellyn Garner-Jones is all smiles as she gets ready to hop in her Jr . Dragster . The second-generation racer currently competes in PDRA Pro Jr . Dragster , though she could eventually end up racing motorcycles like her brother , newly crowned Pro Nitrous Motorcycle world champion Chris Garner-Jones , or their dad , the late T . T . Jones .
LEAVING TEXAS ON TOP : Top Alcohol Dragster veteran Jackie Fricke is on cloud 9 as she tows back from the top end after winning the NHRA FallNationals in the Finke Racing A / Fuel dragster . Fricke enjoyed a career-best season , winning numerous races , clinching another Northeast Region championship , and coming one round short of the 2021 world championship .
BIKER GANG : The PDRA Pro Nitrous Motorcycle class is a tight-knit group , as displayed here as six of the seven riders that attended DragWars pose for a group photo . Pictured from left to right are Chris Garner-Jones , Spencer Allen , Terry Wynn , Ashley Owens , Meshal Al-Saber , and Travis Davis .
FIST PUMP : Third-generation racer Brayden Davis celebrates as his father , multi-time world champion Travis Davis , scores his third Pro Nitrous Motorcycle victory of the season at PDRA DragWars . Brayden , himself a past world champion in Top Jr . Dragster , is poised to step up to a Pro Mod-style drag bike soon .
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