Drag Illustrated Issue 137, October 2018 | Page 48

“This is the highlight of my year. The fans are tremendous, Wes (Buck) puts on an incredible event and this is great for us to come out, have fun and really enjoy it.” — Clint Satterfield MOVERS & SHAKERS ELITE FOR A REASON Elite Motorsports team owner Richard Freeman performs some between-round maintenance on the turbocharged Elite ‘18 Camaro driven by two-time NHRA Pro Stock world champion Erica Enders. Good Times Abound A good mood existed in the Danny Rowe Racing pits all weekend, as evidenced by the smiles on the faces of Rowe and crew member Daryl McElrath after Friday’s Summit Racing Shakedown Runs. High Performance High Five Members of Harry Hruska’s High Performance Lubricants team Jim Wiens, Denise Hruska and Erik Brock celebrate on the starting line after Hruska’s nail-biter first-round win over Tommy Johanns. 48 | D r a g I l l u s t r a t e d | DragIllustrated.com ‘POPEYE’ ON THE PROPERTY Nitrous Pro Mod guru Pat Musi takes a call from the pit area of Chad Green, who was one of the three drivers to take on the chal- lenge of racing a nitrous-assisted entry on “Thunder Mountain”. Musi tuned Green to the first 5-second pass for a nitrous car at Bandimere Speedway. Issue 137