NITRO UP NORTH A small crowd watches as Canadian nitro veteran Todd Paton and team warm up one of the Paton family ’ s two
Top Fuel dragsters while a crew member finishes up maintenance on the second car driven by Spencer Hyde during a match racing event at Lancaster Dragway .
PHOTOGRAPH BY DAVID HILNER
UP , UP , AND AWAY Smokies Garage team owner
Mike Clark gets all four tires off the ground while riding out a wild wheelstand in his Dodge Challenger at the NMRA / NMCA All-Star
Nationals at Rockingham Dragway .
PHOTOGRAPH BY JEFF KLINE
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