COMING IN CLUTCH
Corey Michalek , who grew up filming and working on Mark Thomas ’ IHRA championship-winning Alcohol Funny Car , services the clutch on his Fund That Flip A / Fuel dragster that he drives and co-owns with brother Kyle .
PHOTOGRAPH BY KRISTA ZIVCIC
WHAT GOES
UP MUST COME DOWN
An NMRA racer tests Newton ’ s law of gravitation as the front end slams back down after a wheelstand , crunching the front bumper in the process .
PHOTOGRAPH BY JIMMY CANTRELL
178 | DRAG ILLUSTRATED 2023 PHOTO ANNUAL