Drag Illustrated Issue 143, April 2019 | Page 50

MOVERS & SHAKERS CLEAR THE WAY IN THE MIX GET MEAN Longtime X275 GOLDEN GORILLA MEETS GOLD DUST Mills Racing Mark Woodruff Racing car chief Brent Sansoucie returns to the staging lanes after helping with the crowd control situation on the starting line with his megaphone and equally loud yellow jacket. star “Mean” Dean Marinis and X275 class founder John Sears converse during a break in the action on the starting line at SGMP. Jennifer Brooke Rice, who finished No. 2 in the 2018 NMCA Nitrous Pro Street points in her “Agent Orange” Mustang, hangs out in the staging lanes at Lights Out X. car chief Tim Davis and drag radial team owner/ Super Bowl-winning NFL player Fletcher Cox catch up in the pits at SGMP. STRATEGY MEETING Cox Racing tuner Nick Bruder discusses track conditions with 2018 NMCA Street Outlaw champion Shawn Ayers prior to a Radial vs. the World qualifying pass at Lights Out. 50 | D r a g I l l u s t r a t e d | DragIllustrated.com GOOD TIMES Stevie “Fast” Jackson shares a laugh with two-time NHRA Top Sportsman world champion Jeffrey Barker as the two swap superchargers on Jackson’s fan-favorite “Shadow 2.0” Radial vs. the World Camaro. Issue 143