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Congratulations To PDRA
Drivers Included in Drag Illustrated’s 30 Under 30 List
Drag Illustrated
Releases Inaugural 30 Under 30 List
KIRKSVILLE, MO (December 8, 2015) – Drag Illustrated magazine announced today
the inaugural members of its highly anticipated ’30 Under 30’ list. Celebrating
some of the brightest young people in drag racing, the list and its members are
the subject of Drag Illustrated’s Tomorrow Issue, which will be released at the
upcoming Performance Racing Industry (PRI) trade show in Indianapolis.
“This has been one of the most exciting projects we’ve ever tackled,” Drag
Illustrated Editor-in-Chief Wes Buck said. “We set out to reward and celebrate
the most talented and promising young people the sport of drag racing has to
offer, and I could not possibly be more proud of this first-ever Drag
Illustrated 30 Under 30 class. We know the hard work and dedication required to
be successful in and around the highly-competitive world of drag racing and we
want to make sure all these young guys and gals get the credit they deserve.”
The inaugural DI 30 Under 30 list is made up of some of the most impressive
young drivers, mechanical minds and businesspeople across several sanctioning
bodies in drag racing. NHRA Pro Stock phenom Vincent Nobile appears on the cover
of the Tomorrow Issue and is joined by fellow NHRA professionals Brittany Force,
Leah Pritchett, Rickie Jones Jr., Drew Skillman, Megan Fessel-Schumacher, Jon
Schaeffer, Troy Coughlin Jr., and Steven Whiteley. The Sportsman racing ranks
are represented by Jonnie Lindberg, JP Gutierrez, Corey Michalek, Ashley
Sanford, Mia Tedesco, Cameron Ferre, Justen Moser, Kirk Wolf, and PJ North. The
PDRA, nostalgia and small-tire racing representatives are Lizzy Musi, Kyle
Dvorak, Preston Tanner, Matt Sackman, Mark Savage, Jimmy Sackuvich, Tyler
Crossnoe, Daniel Pharris, Jared Johnston, Audrey Worm, Tera Wendland-Graves and
Donovan Stott.
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“Compiling this list—without
question—was one of the most
challenging things I’ve ever been a
part of,” continued Buck. “In addition
to our panel’s short list of nominees,
we received over 5,000 nominations via
DragIllustrated.com and it was
extremely difficult to narrow that
list down for our inaugural DI 30
Under 30 class. I’m very proud of this
group and hope the DI 30 Under 30
program serves as validation of their
efforts over the years, as well as
inspires other young people to get
involved in drag racing or remain
involved.”
Drag Illustrated will hold a press
conference to honor the 30 members on
Thursday, December 10, at 1:30 PM EST
in the PRI Media Center. Copies of the
Tomorrow Issue will be available at
the Drag Illustrated booth at PRI
(booth #3449) while supplies last.
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