“ I’ m a competitive guy and I definitely race to win, but there’ s a bigger picture for me and my team. I love drag racing, and I love being a part of this industry. That’ s why we race – more so than anything else – to be a part of this great sport and to help it grow.”- KEITH HANEY
MOVERS & SHAKERS
SEMA Stars
NHRA AT SEMA The NHRA on FOX stage at the SEMA
Show was a popular stop for show attendees as a constant stream of guests were interviewed by FOX’ s John Kernan,
Lewis Bloom, and Amanda Busick for a live stream on NHRA. com. Richie Crampton’ s Lucas Oil Top Fuel dragster and Jason Line’ s Summit Racing Equipment Pro
Stock Camaro were also on display.
JOINED AT THE HIP It’ s easy to get lost in the sea of people and machines at the SEMA Show, but Street Outlaws stars Sean“ Farmtruck” Whitley( left) and Jeff“ Azn” Bonnett managed to stay together through a series of autograph sessions and photo opps.
FORCED CONVERSATION If there’ s one place John Force is more comfortable than in the seat of a 330 mph Funny Car, it’ s behind a microphone with a captive audience. The 16-time world champion stopped by NHRA’ s booth at the SEMA Show to chat with NHRA on FOX reporter John Kernan.
PUNCHING KEYS Turbo wizard Steve Petty and the Pro Line Racing camp had their hands in several efforts at No Mercy 7, including the RVW entry of Daniel Pharris and car owner Andrew
Alepa.
WORLDS COLLIDE Despite the various differences between the supercharged Pro Extreme entry of Jason Scruggs( left) and the sprayed Pro Nitrous car tuned by Jeff Pierce( right), the two bright mechanical minds found something to discuss between runs at the PDRA’ s Memphis race earlier this year.
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