ROLE REVERSAL
Longtime drag racing photographers Roger Richards and Chris Sears take a breather while covering the PDRA ProStars event at Virginia Motorsports Park .
PHOTOGRAPH BY DARREL JACKSON JR .
TOUGH LOVE
Engine builder Pat Musi puts PDRA Pro Nitrous star Jay Cox in a headlock after Cox pulled a rather unhappy piston out of the nitrous-fed engine in Lizzy Musi ’ s “ Bonnie ” ‘ 69 Camaro at the Street Outlaws : No Prep Kings race at Virginia Motorsports Park .
PHOTOGRAPH BY MELLIE SNEDEKER
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