Special Section for the WHS men’ s basketball team. She’ ll attend West Virginia University to major in sports and adventure media, with hopes of building a photography and media career in professional sports.
3 RYAN HARRIS
Ryan Harris, who races out of the Team KHR camp, graduated from Assumption College School in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. Harris built his résumé across both Jr. Dragster and Top Dragster competition, earning a No. 1 qualifier award in Pro Jr. Dragster and a three-peat of Jr. Dragster wins in 2024 en route to a third-place points finish. After earning his Top Dragster license at 16, he scored his first Top Dragster win in the Quick 16 series at Empire Dragway and finished runner-up in his rookie season. At the 2025 PDRA World Finals, he qualified No. 4 in Elite Top Dragster with a 3.738 alongside his father, 2024 Elite Top Dragster world champion Kyle Harris, who qualified No. 3. Harris now competes in Top Alcohol Dragster with the IHRA and plans to pursue welding and fabrication with the goal of building race car chassis.
4 CARSON HOYLE
Carson Hoyle, a Pro 632 racer who also helps his dad, Chris Rini, with the family’ s Pro Nitrous program, graduated from Fred T. Foard High School in North Carolina. Hoyle won several races during his Pro Jr. Dragster days and, in his first season of Pro 632 competition, picked up a win at the 2025 PDRA World Finals. Having completed the business program at his local community college, Hoyle is now taking the lead managing the family car lot, Hoyle Auto Sales.
5 CJ JENKINS
CJ Jenkins, a Pro Jr. Dragster driver, graduated from Beaufort County Early College High School. A four-time track champion, Jenkins also captured the 2021 NHRA Division 2 championship and won the 2023 Christmas on the Coast Invitational. He plans to attend East Carolina University to pursue a degree in construction management.
6 MALLORY MATTOX
Mallory Mattox, a Pro Jr. Dragster driver, graduated from Brookville High School in Lynchburg, Virginia. Mattox raced two years in Top Jr. Dragster before moving up to the Pro Jr. ranks, where she’ s competed for the past four seasons, and she also enjoys helping her sister, Michaela, run her Bracket Bash dragster. On track, she’ s earned a low qualifier award and reached the final round on several occasions. Off track, she earned her CNA certification during her junior year and was dual-enrolled in health sciences at CVCC. Mattox will attend the University of Lynchburg in the fall to pursue nursing.
7 AVA MELONI
Ava Meloni, who races Top Dragster alongside her father, Nick Meloni, graduated from Virtual Learning Academy Charter School( VLACS). Meloni grew up in Jr. Dragsters, starting at age 8, and progressed through the Top Jr. and Pro Jr. ranks before moving up to Top Dragster, where she now races side by side with her dad. She’ s been part of his PDRA Top Sportsman and Top Dragster world championship efforts and has built her own list of accomplishments, including an NHRA Jr. divisional win, several top-10 finishes in PDRA Jr. classes, a Top Dragster win at her home track, and a Drag Illustrated“ PDRA Young Guns” feature. Most recently, Meloni won the NHRA New England Nationals in Top Dragster. After high school, Meloni plans to attend the Institute of Skin Science to become a licensed esthetician before pursuing additional certifications in the field.
8 CHARLEE O’ MEARA
Charlee O’ Meara, a Pro Jr. Dragster driver, graduated from Cleveland High School in Clayton, North Carolina. She races alongside her brother, Donald O’ Meara III, who also competes in Pro Jr. Dragster, and her father, Donald O’ Meara, who runs in Bracket Bash. O’ Meara won the PDRA Drag Wars event in 2023 and has collected multiple No. 1 qualifier awards, while also finishing runner-up in the 2023 GALOT points track championship and third in Rockingham’ s 2024 track championship points. A member of the National Honor Society and several clubs, she graduated in the top 10 percent of her class and will attend the University of North Carolina at Wilmington to major in business administration.
9 MADISON PEAKE
Madison Peake, a third-generation drag racer who works as a starting line official, graduated from West Johnston High School in Benson, North Carolina. Peake spent two years working at North Florida Motorplex before relocating to North Carolina, where she joined the team at GALOT Motorsports Park, gaining experience across both PDRA and IHRA events and traveling to tracks around the country alongside her father, track specialist Josh Peake. At school, she served as varsity cheer captain, earned a spot on the homecoming court, received a leadership award, and was named a Wildcat Ambassador. Peake is committed to the University of South Carolina, where she’ ll study sports management.
10 ALYSSA RABON
Alyssa Rabon, who began her career in Top Jr. Dragster at age 7 and now competes in Pro Jr. Dragster in her final season of eligibility, graduated from South Florence High School in Florence, South Carolina. Rabon is the 2020 PDRA Top Jr. Dragster champion, the 2021 Top Jr. runner-up and PDRA Driver of the Year, the 2025 Pro Jr. Dragster runnerup, and she added a 2024 NHRA National Open championship to her trophy case. Academically, she’ s a Palmetto Fellows and Cooper Scholarship recipient and a member of the National Honor Society who earned a full-ride scholarship to Clemson University, where she’ ll major in architecture in the fall.
11 MAXWELL REEDER
Maxwell Reeder, the son of Drag Illustrated founder Wes Buck – a longtime media partner of the PDRA – graduated from Aledo High School in Aledo, Texas. A talented saxophone player, Reeder performed with the Aledo High School Bearcat Regiment marching band, jazz band, and wind ensemble while maintaining a 4.0 GPA. He’ ll attend Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas, to pursue a degree in music and business.
12 ALYSSA TILGHMAN
Alyssa Tilghman, who races in Pro Jr. Dragster alongside her brother, Ayden, graduated from Hermitage High School in Henrico, Virginia. Her father, Richard, competes in Bracket Bash. Tilghman’ s on-track accomplishments include four Iron Man wins, a Wally, and a 660 Man title, along with a $ 10K win at Rockingham Dragway and a $ 5K win at Roxboro Dragway. She’ s finished in the top five in Pro Jr. Dragster and qualified for ProStars every year since she started running PDRA. Tilghman graduated ninth in her class of more than 400 students with a 4.0-plus GPA and completed an EMT course, with plans to take her national registry test in July. She’ ll attend Randolph-Macon College to pursue a biology degree, with the ultimate goal of attending PA school to become a physician assistant.
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