Drag Illustrated Issue 152, January 2020 | Page 98
[ OUTLAW FUEL ALTERED ASSOCIATION ]
Mary Reep
I
t was a historic effort for the
Austin, Texas-based “Grim Reeper”
team as Mary Reep clinched the Good
Vibrations Motorsports Outlaw Fuel
Altered Championship during the elimination
rounds of the final event of the 2019 season at
Xtreme Raceway Park in Ferris, Texas. In doing
so, Reep became the first female to claim a Fuel
Altered championship of any kind.
Additionally, Reep joined her husband and
2001 OFAA series champion Larry Reep as a
series champ, becoming the first husband and
wife duo to share titles in any series of drag racing,
ever, according to our resources.
Consistency paid off for Reep as she lived in the
3.90-second zone all season and tallied a pivotal
holeshot win at Alamo City Motorplex in San An-
tonio to aid her late-season championship push.
The fan-favorite, methanol-burning 525ci Hemi
held off runner-up finisher Jody Austin by just six
points. Bobby Marriott, Jimmy Jones and Mark
Billington all earned respectable top-five points
positions and were separated by only 31 points
from the top through No. 5 in the final standings.
“As a driver, it’s humbling and exciting to realize
we actually achieved this lifelong goal,” Reep says.
“A special thanks to Bobby and Nancy Marriot for
their vision of creating a series in which we can
compete. Thank you to Good Vibrations and Lone
Star Forklift for their continued support of our
series. Additionally, a huge shoutout to Dennis
Murray, Jack Hodgson, Charlie Machado, Joe
Monden and so many more who continued to
help our team in this endeavor.”
“A special thank you to friends and racing family
who have supported me on this journey,” Reep
continues. “To name just a few: Shelly Howard,
The Greek, Gene Snow, Frank Cook, Dale Emery
and so many more. Finally, I would not be here
without the best team on Earth including Nate
Murphy, Rick Enloe, Vernon Phillips, Bobi Jo
Duncan, Rick Reep, Darren Benton and of course
my husband, the legend, Larry Reep. I shall nev-
er forget this moment to be crowned the OFAA
2019 champion!”
Reep will be back in the seat tuned by her hus-
band and ready for title defense in 2020 as the
Outlaw Fuel Altered Association charges into its
24th consecutive season of championship Fuel Al-
tered racing. The series has stood the test of time
as one of the longest running independently run
drag racing series in the country. – CHRIS GRAVES
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Issue 152
The Champions of 2019