“To be able to come out here after not having a sponsor all winter and not knowing what we were going to do this season
and then end up getting a win in the first race is really special.” - NHRA Gatornationals Pro Mod winner Rickie Smith
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Fuel the Fire
A crew member blasts a squirt of fuel into the injector hat of Larry Higginbo-
tham’s Pro Boost ‘15 Corvette formerly campaigned by GALOT Motorsports.
Lights, Camera, Action
Announcer “Big Don” Ellison and cameraman Hans Pierre Jr. bring
Speed Video viewers into the staging lanes and pits with their
roving interviews with personalities like Pro Extreme driver Adam
Flamholc (top) and world-championship Pro Extreme crew chief
Mitchell Scruggs.
WHAT’S SO FUNNY?
Jackie Cannon and
Kyle Dvorak, crewing
on the Caruso Family
R acing entries for the
weekend, share a
laugh on the starting
line at the PDRA
season opener.
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CAROLINA BLUES
Cam Clark catches his breath alongside his Carolina-blue ‘69 Camaro
after losing a close race to Randy Perkinson in the opening round of Elite
Top Sportsman competition at the PDRA East Coast Spring Nationals.
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