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Fort Lee Gets Taste
of Drag Racing
Tommy Franklin
displayed his
record-setting
Camaro for military
PITTSBORO, N.C.
(October 16, 2015):
The Professional
Drag Racers
Association (PDRA)
is expressing its
appreciation for the
military by
extending free
tickets to any
military personnel
(retired or active
duty) who present
their military ID at
the upcoming World
Finals at Virginia
Motorsports Park in
Petersburg,
Virginia, October
22-24. To personally
express this
gratitude to the
military, one of the
series standouts
took time out of his
competition schedule
to visit the service
men and women
stationed at Fort
Lee.
Virginia native
Tommy Franklin is in
the thick of the
championship hunt
for one of the
PDRA’s toughest
classes for the
second year in a
row. His
eye-catching ‘69
Camaro has twice
reset the Pro
Nitrous elapsed time
record. Though the
Camaro wasn’t
topping its usual
speeds of over 200
MPH, it turned heads
sitting perfectly
still at the recent
display event at the
Fort Lee military
base in Fort Lee,
Virginia. For
Franklin and the
PDRA, this was the
perfect opportunity
to give back.
“It was nice to be
able to be there and
give back to our
troops,” told
Franklin. “Being
able to shake hands
and thank them
personally,
face-to-face meant
the world to me.
Knowing they will be
in the stands makes
us want to put on a
good show that much
more."
For Franklin and his
team, visiting the
base hit close to
home. “My main crew
guy, Chris, went on
three deployments,”
Franklin added. “He
suffered injuries
from it that
required shoulder
and wrist surgeries.
It
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was
cool for him to be able to go down
there. He was very interested in being
able to go and share with these guys.
He knows what it’s like to be away
from home and not always get contact
with the outer world.”
Franklin personally handed out tickets
to attend the upcoming World Finals,
although anyone presenting their
military ID will get in for free. As a
further thanks from the PDRA, Franklin
and his team gifted the military with
PDRA apparel during the display.
The Brian Olson Memorial World Finals
presented by Mel Bush Motorsports
beings with a day of testing on
Thursday, October 22 at Virginia
Motorsports Park. General admission
tickets for Thursday are just $10. A
full day of qualifying for all
professional and sportsman competitors
begins on Friday, ending with the
Tulsa County Heat Wave Jet Car. A
final round of qualifying and
eliminations will be held on Saturday.
General admission tickets are $30. A
full event schedule and discounted
tickets are available at
www.pdra660.com.
ABOUT THE PDRA
Based in Pittsboro, North Carolina,
the Professional Drag Racers
Association is the top sanctioning
body in the United States for the
sport of eighth-mile drag racing. The
PDRA’s professional categories include
Pro Extreme, Pro Nitrous, Pro Boost,
and Pro Extreme Motorcycle along with
Top Sportsman, Top Dragster, Pro Jr.
Dragster, and Top Jr. Dragster. The
2015 PDRA schedule consists of ten
national events. For more on the
world’s premier eighth mile drag
racing organization visit
www.pdra660.com.
Follow the PDRA:
Facebook,
Twitter,
Instagram,
YouTube.
PRESS CONTACT: Lisa Collier
Professional Drag Racers Association
lisa@pdra660.com |
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