Drag Illustrated Issue 111, July 2016 | Page 17

POURING THE COALS TO IT Jay Cox holds on for dear life as the front-end of “The Pumpkin – Cox’s orange, Buck Racing Engines 990ci engine-equipped Pro Nitrous ’69 Camaro – climbs further skyward with the activation of one nitrous oxide system after another in the semifinal round of action at the PDRA Summer Drags where he took the win over a game Lizzy Musi with a stout 3.753-second, 199.65mph in the muggy evening conditions in Michigan. Photograph by Mike Sopko US 131 Motorsports Park | Martin, Michigan | Saturday, June 11, 2016 July 2016 DragIllustrated.com | D r a g I l l u s t r a t e d | 17