A NEW MISSION
Angelle Sampey , who became one of the winningest women in motorsports as an NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle rider , gets in the right headspace to make a pass in a nitro-injected A / Fuel dragster as the first driver in Antron Brown ’ s new driver development program . Sampey intends to move up to Top Fuel in the near future .
PHOTOGRAPH BY KRISTA ZIVCIC
BLUE BY YOU
Sparks fly as the screw supercharger on Derek Ward ’ s ‘ 69 Camaro backfires on a pass at the PDRA American
Doorslammer Challenge .
Ward went on to win multiple races en route to the 2023 Northeast Outlaw Pro Mod Association championship .
PHOTOGRAPH BY DARREL JACKSON JR .
172 | DRAG ILLUSTRATED 2023 PHOTO ANNUAL