Stan Kennedy prepares to put dial-in
on his Desert Desparado at race.

Phil Coad (l.) with crew chief Phil Waltman (c.),
trying to convince Carol Coad to take the Coad
Red Vega wagon for a spin!

Ken Perdue gettin'  ready to do his
"Maybaline" burnout.

Jim Hileman waiting for his competition
to come to the staging lanes.
 

Dana "Pappy" Feather being congratulated
on a Super Chevy win by grandsons Jody
Davis (c) and Steven Davis (l).

Chuck "Chucko" Overmeyer and his portable
"Hemi" powered engine stand,  a front engine
nostalgic dragster.

This is Chucko's original "Weekend Mistress"
Dodge Colt that will "fly" given the chance!

Nina Bill Brooks and her 10 second Mopar
powered Cuda with "Chucko" providing
the tuneup.

Todd and Gina Estal and his 78 purple Camaro.
Hope to see him in his new roadster in 2002.
 

Mike Gonnell with his Silver Shadow Chevelle,
1999 ET Finals Race of Champions winner.
 

Mike and Pam DeCarlos display their early 70's
Super Street Nova, Attitude Adjustment!

Don Graham of Arizona City and his Maverick
at the Big Bucks race at  Las Vegas!
 
 

The "elder" statesman of the Tucson Clan,
Harrell Kidd and his Vega wagon.

The Kidd brothers, Joe (l.) and Bill (r.),
are fierce competitors at SIR.

Brian Lopez is also a tough Tucson compeitor
in his Chevy Nova.

Jeremy Guiteriez (l.), missed this past season
at SIR as he worked on the Tony Shumacker
crew in Top Fuel with the support of his father
and sister looking out for things at home.

Dennis Ison is happy that his Camaro survived
the crash of Priceless One.  He was in the other
lane when Guy hit right wall and came across
the track in front of him.  Good brakes!
 
 

Ron "Hammer" Nickels from California
Calif. and his red 442 Oldsmobile.

Charlie "10.90 Street Car" Boyd and
his Las Vegas based green Camaro.

Jerry Mock, another Las Vegas based
racer, and his shiny red Chevy Nova.

Phil "The Mongrel" Landrum bases his
front engine dragster out of Luke AFB
near Litchfield, AZ.

Greg Stanley "Stanman" with his Calif.
based S10 pickup that runs brackets and
Super Gas.

Pat Cook and his "Money Pit" Ford are
based out of Kingman, AZ.

Dan Reaume, is another Kingman, AZ
based dreaded footbrake racer in his
Ford Ranchero.

Brandon Lundeen, Black Diamond Motorsports,
based out of Salt Lake City, Utah, confers with
Price Racing's Jami Neu about the many
different vehicles he has raced.

Ryan "Wagonboy" Smith races his Ford Falcon
Chevy powered wagon out of Tempe, Ariz.

Californian Charlie Allen posed for this photo
at the 2001 ET Finals with his big block powered
Vega Wagon which he uses for ET and Super Gas
racing in Division 7.

Troy "Sandstreet" Wilson peddles his 1981 small
block powered step side pick-em up down Indiana
1/8 mile tracks and has several track championships
to his credit.  Runs on methanol.

This is the Virginia Vanover racing team's Cuda
that they race in Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee.
"Cuda Racer" is a familiar name on drr pages and
in the drr chat room.
 

Scott Estal's "Pride & Joy" from northeastern Iowa
sees the track when it isn't rainin' or snowin'!

Steve Conyer, also know as "Sleepy" on DRR
does his share of winning in his blue Cavalier from
Evansville, Indiana.
 

Steve Oltman of Sandusky, Ohio will probably
find more horsepower over the winter to power
his 79 El Camino deeper into the 11 second area.
Steve uses the handle of  "Motorvation'" on
DRR pages and the chat line.

This beautiful 56 Chevy looks as good on the
strip as it does on the grass with power from
a small block 327  for "Crisco" Chris Avarrit who
is well known in the Nashville, Tennessee area
for his artistic paint jobs on numerous race vehicles.