MOVERS & SHAKERS
FAST FATHER-SON DUO : Chris McGaha and son Mason are all smiles as they get ready for the final race day of the 2022 season . The Harlow Sammons of Odessa drivers have been working over the offseason to make sure their pair of Pro Stock Camaros are championship contenders this season .
CHAMPIONSHIP CHATTER : Newly crowned 2022 NHRA Top Fuel world champion Brittany Force and outgoing world champion Steve Torrence have a laugh at the top end on race day Sunday at the NHRA Finals . With Torrence ’ s four and Force ’ s two , these drivers have owned the last six world championships .
BALLIN ’ OUT : Former NBA star basketball player and longtime racer Tom Hammonds gets focused as he straps into his Vortech-supercharged ‘ 69 Camaro at a preseason test session at Orlando Speed World Dragway . Hammonds will run his show-quality car in NMCA ’ s Xtreme Street class this season .
LAUGHING IT UP : Lizzy Musi jokes with Street Outlaws : No Prep Kings racemaster and host Chris “ Boosted GT ” Hamilton on the starting line during the series ’ stop at Alabama International Dragway .
SOAKING IT IN : Karen Stoffer walks out to applause and camera shutter clicks during driver introductions at the NHRA Finals in Pomona , California . In what was likely Stoffer ’ s last full-time season as an NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle rider , she won the season-opening Gatornationals and raced to two other final rounds .
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