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‘ boarding American Airlines Flight 3180 to Dallas,” beams the gate agent over the loudspeaker. It’ s Sunday morning after Street Car Takeover’ s stop at zMAX Dragway outside Charlotte and the duo that is Tom Gunner – better known by most as Jimmy Dale – and Michael Poland are ready to get home. Ready to get a bit of rest, sure, but more than anything, ready to get back to planning the next steps of their mission to bring their brand of grassroots drag racing, Lil Gangstas, to every dragstrip in America. ¶ For the uninitiated, Lil Gangstas is a small-tire, heads-up class contested over the eighth mile with competitors leaving the line together off a. 400 Pro tree and targeting a 5.30-second index. The scoreboards are off and you don’ t get a timeslip – just a win light in your lane or your competitor’ s lane. Drag radials up to 275 / 60 / 15 are permitted or bias ply tires