MOVERS & SHAKERS
TUNED IN : Kirk Williams , who won the 2022 Funny Car Chaos championship , listens closely as series founder Chris Graves addresses the crowd in a pre-race drivers meeting . Williams and his Williams Brothers Racing team have a brand-new car on the way for the 2025 season .
WHEELIN ’ & DEALIN ’: Vic Wood , the Business Development and Race Team Relations Manager for wheel manufacturer Sander Engineering , catches up with longtime friend Billy Meyer , owner of the Texas Motorplex , in the tower suites during the Texas NHRA FallNationals .
HIGH ROLLER : Funny Car pilot Paul Lee , who competes in high-stakes poker tournaments on his weekends off from the NHRA Mission Foods Series tour , pops out of the roof hatch of his FTI Performance Dodge Charger as he celebrates winning the $ 80,000 Pep Boys Funny Car All- Star Callout at the U . S . Nationals .
OUTLAW 10.5 VETS : PDRA Pro Street racer Jerry Morgano takes a photo with his son , Tyler , while waiting to make a run at the PDRA Thunder Valley Throwdown . Morgano previously organized the Atomizer Outlaw 10.5 National Championship Series with assistance from his son .
THE TEACHER & THE STUDENT : Ron Capps , who started his illustrious NHRA Funny Car career driving for Don Prudhomme ’ s Snake Racing team , shares a laugh with “ The Snake ” during a Q & A session at the 70th annual U . S . Nationals , where Capps ran a tribute to Prudhomme ’ s Army car .
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