TIRED OUT This Stocker is stopped in its tracks as a rear wheel snaps off while attempting to leave the starting line at Cecil County Dragway’ s NHRA Lucas Oil Series Division 1 race.
PHOTOGRAPH BY TARA BOWKER
CHANGING OF THE GUARD
John Montecalvo( right), who’ s won Mountain Motor Pro Stock world championships in IHRA, ADRL, and PDRA, shakes hands and shares a laugh with fellow Long Islander Johnny Pluchino, who’ s won MMPS titles in PDRA and NHRA and is surely a frontrunner for the resurrected IHRA MMPS title in 2026.
PHOTOGRAPH BY KRISTA ZIVCIC
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