Drag Illustrated Issue 109, May 2016 | Page 48

MOVERS & SHAKERS CHECK UP Ron Rhodes, X275 superstar, performs a bit of between round maintenance on his unbelievably slick and ridiculously fast first-generation Camaro at Lights Out 7 in Valdosta, Georgia. Rhodes went on to take the win in X275. RINGLEADER Jordan Grunwald, the 17-year-old organizer of the tiny-tired MX235 circus, was handing out hugs as he walked through the pits at the Outlaw Street Car Reunion in Memphis. ROLLING HARD Brad “Wheels” Keller, one of the founding members of the Wheelchair Mafia, checks things out in the staging lanes during the third-annual running of Tyler Crossnoe’s Outlaw Street Car Reunion in Memphis. MAN OF THE PEOPLE Justin “Big Chief” Shearer spends a little bit of time in the stands at South Georgia Motorsports Park during Lights Out 7 with Wiseco’s George Rumore shaking hands, kissing babies, signing autographs and placing bets. 48 | D r a g I l l u s t r a t e d | DragIllustrated.com Issue 109