MOVERS & SHAKERS
BACK FOR MORE: Canadian Pro Mod icon Kenny Lang, who reached the semifinals at the 2023 WSOPM, zips up his Summit Racing-branded fire jacket before hopping in his Al Billes-tuned, screw-blown‘ 69 Camaro.
WELCOME BACK: Florida’ s own Rick Hord, who previously competed in the WSOPM when it was held in Denver, makes his return to the event in his first WSOPM Bradenton appearance.
STRATEGY SESSION: Kye Kelley, Pro Mod winner at the Snowbird Outlaw Nationals, goes over the game plan for the next run with Billy Stocklin, who joined Jeff Pierce as the tuners of Kelley’ s“ Can’ t Get Right”‘ 85 Camaro at the WSOPM.
GOING NITRO: Spencer Hyde, who took his racing career to new heights when he won the 2023 WSOPM, prepares to make a lap in his screwblown“ Jack & The Green Stock”‘ 69 Camaro. WSOPM marked Hyde’ s last race in the family Pro Mod for a while before shifting his focus to his NHRA Funny Car rookie season with Head Racing.
NEW ADDITION TO THE TEAM: Drag IllustrateD Editor-in-Chief Nate Van Wagnen and his wife, Allyson, welcomed their new baby boy, Callum Ronald Van Wagnen, on January 17th. He arrived home from the hospital just in time to watch the U. S. Street Nationals.
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