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FEATURES

04 Air Force Won

An inside look at Shayne Ward

06 Redemption 4.0

Biggest No Prep race in TX

10 RTRA

Radial Tire Racing Association

14 Kelly & Jones

Tremor Outlaw Fuel Altered


17 Redline Racing

Bad Boys of grudge racing.

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AIR FORCE WON

“I would not be If you ask anyone in the south what no prep racing is,the first words that come out of their
where i am today mouth will be Birdman and Air Force Won. If it’s not the first thing out of their mouth it
without these damn sure should be. You may be thinking to yourself “what the heck is no prep racing?”
guys” If you are, you’re a about a year and half behind the current race scene at your local 1/8th
mile dragstrip and obviously live under a rock or you’re not plugged into social media
because it’s the next big thing in drag racing.
I’ll step back for a minute and explain what a no prep race is for those who may have been
watching re-runs of the ’82 Winter Nationals the last couple of years and are confused.
At a typical sanctioned drag race event the track is scraped in the weeks before the race.
The track officials or Safety Safari then run a tractor with old tires bolted to the back of it
up and down the track surface about a bazillion times and in between rubber screeching
passes the crew will drive another tractor up and down the track spraying VHT or another

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STORY BY: DOUG JOHNSON
PHOTOS BY: MIKE JONES

“Tuned By: DRE”

traction compound on the surface. Just before a big race and not letting anyone AFW was by no means Shayne’s first rodeo
like shampooing your hair they rinse and test and tune at the track the night before. trying to tame a mustang. I guess living
repeat this process until the surface of One concept that remains the same at in Ft. Worth near world famous Billy Bob’s
the track is stickier than San Andreas tar most no prep races is that the first round night club kind of wore off on Ward as he
pit mud in a tin bucket left in the west of racing is run straight off the trailer with has always raced wild mustangs. See what
Texas sun for about a hundred years. The no time trials or testing allowed the day I did there?
officials at a Drag Radial only event put of the event.“First and Second rounds the
another 100 barrels of VHT or other track track is real sketchy-Shayne Ward.”
prep product down after that. Now that I’ve cleared that up let me
The idea behind a no prep race is to try explain what an Air Force Won is. AFW is
and duplicate the conditions of an unpre- a 1988 mustang coupe owned by Shayne
pared street surface at your local drag Ward of Ft. Worth Texas. The clean small
strip with the benefits of safety equip- tire car was originally built by Mike Jones
ment, EMS personnel and the comforts of Northside Chassis in Conroe Texas.
of a controlled environment. Some race “Dre (Andre Davis) was friends with a guy
promoters like Shannon Morgan of the named Claude, said Ward, and he was get-
Redemption series of no prep races will go ting a divorce and he made me a smoking
as far as scraping the track surface the day deal on the car.”

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Ward grew up in Ft. Worth with his parents them farther apart from each other Ward local small races and was an instant suc-
Ray and Barbara and younger sister Andrea could no longer afford to spend his hard cess with the first AFW mustang. At
Ward Holder. He attended Castleberry High earned cash on race cars and such so he Redemption 2.0 Ward made it to the semi-
School and worked at his grandmothers eventually sold the ’84 and left the street finals where he lost to Texas grudge racing
business as a carpenter. race scene. He and Sitton got busy with life legend Tony Thorn. “In the burn out box
and drifted apart. it shook the tires, says Shayne, it kinked
As he will tell you “school wasn’t my In 2007 Shayne opened up his own metal a water line going to the intercooler and
thing.” Shayne tried his hand at the ball fab shop and named it Ward Custom lifted the head. It backfired so hard it blew
and stick sports up until he reached high Fabrication. About four years later he the exhaust off the turbo.”
school then spent his free time learning decided it was time to get back into this Realizing the mild steel roll cage in AFW
his father Ray’s trade of carpentry. He also racing thing. He quickly purchased a ’99 1.0 Shayne then purchased the beautiful
helped his uncle out at his metal fab shop mustang rolling chassis and again shoved fox body coupe on the cover of this maga-
learning how to weld and fabricate. Ward’s a nitrous motor in it. “The fastest we ever zine and the one I mentioned earlier. In
father passed away tragically right before went on nitrous was a 6.19-Shayne Ward.” just two months, now crew chief Rob Sitton
he turned 16 due to a massive heart attack. After messing with nitrous for a year or so and crew members Sammy Dehyoes and
Ward’s first vehicle was the truck his father Shayne decided to step up his game and Justin Creger helped excavate the drive
left him when he passed but a few years drove to Kentucky and purchased a com- train and suspension out of AFW 1.0 and
later Shayne purchased a 1984 mustang plete engine and turbo set up including the install it in 2.0.
fox body and his partner in crime and cur- electronics and spent the next six months
rent crew chief on AFW Rob Sitton installed or so in his shop rewiring the first Air Force
a nitrous kit on the steed and started ter- Won car for this new bullet and turbo set
rorizing the Dallas and Ft. Worth street up. This is about the time Rob Sitton came
scene. “People look at me like I’m crazy, back into his life like a long lost friend and
says Ward, but there would be 50 to 60 spent many a sleepless night preparing the
cars ready to run every night at a place we ’99 mustang for the life a boosted bucking
call Astro.” bronco. See what I did there?
After blowing up the first motor Shayne Shayne then met the engine tuner extraor-
spent about 10 or 12 months saving up the dinaire Andre Davis otherwise known as
money and built a 12:1 compression 351 Dre, through fellow racer Rick Scott. Dre
Windsor with Dart heads and went back to is one of the brain trusts at HP down in
taming the streets. “We beat 99.9% of the Houston by day and by night he puts on
street driven cars and about 10% of the a mask like the Lone Ranger and secretly
trailer cars-Shayne Ward.” tunes electronic fuel injection systems
When he wasn’t beating on the ’84 mus- especially those of the boosted persuasion.
tang he and Sitton were sneaking out Rob’s Don’t quote me on the mask part I made
fathers 1923 T-bucket with a 427 and dual that part up.
quads on it that Sitton’s grandfather had August 1, 2014 was the first time Ward
built. “That is until Rob decided to wrap it took the original AFW car to the track after
around a light pole-Shayne Ward.” spending a few months getting emailed
According to mutual friends a drunk driver tunes from Dre and messing around with it
pulled out in front of Sitton one night on the streets. “The first time I actually met
and Rob swerved to miss the idiot and in Dre in person was at the track the first time
turn crushed the un-named passengers out, Said Ward, off the trailer the car went
arm and tossing him from the bucket. “A 5.65 at 138mph”
mutual friend was following Rob, laments Ward was now hooked on the intoxicat-
Ward, and when he hit that light pole the ing smell of e85 and the feel of a boosted
T-bucket went end over end about 4 or 5 small block ford. The ’99 was a serious
times and when it came to a stop there was player now and eventually went 5.0’s in
Rob still holding onto the steering wheel the 1/8th at over 150 miles an hour on a
without even a seat belt on.” 28x10.5 slick. Ward then decided to try his
As the dummy duo of Sitton and Ward hand at no prep racing entering a couple of
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“I couldn’t do it without these guys,THAT’S win his third no prep race in a row. declined the call out but they ended up
FOR SURE,” exclaimed Ward. Shayne told Having won the triple crown of no prep drawing each other anyway. “What are you
me over and over again in our interview racing in 2015 the next event was in going to do with a big block and twin tur-
how much all the time and effort his crew Evadale Texas down near Beaumont. It bos that makes as much power as Birdman
put into making this program a real grass was called No Prep Chaos and everyone but does it on small tires, says Ward?
roots success means to him. He also men- expected a four bagger from Ward and Air At the last Doomsday race Shayne was a
tioned that Dre tunes his car and Chris and Force Won. Ward’s good luck ended when shoe in to win and drew Weldon again in
Michael Palmers cars remotely and always, he drew X275 racer Lamar Swindoll Jr. the third round but The Fugitive had too
always, logs in before a race and makes from Beach City, Texas. much for AFW.
sure the guys are ready to go to battle. “It rained up here (Ft. Worth) for three “We were out on The Fugitive, says Shayne,
Chris ended up winning the no prep Chaos weeks straight, said Ward, and the follow- and he flew by me like he had 20 miles an
race at HMP making Dre
one of the most respected ing week we went down to Evadale and hour on me.”
tuners in the great state of Swindoll took us out first round”. Shayne “That car is No No joke says
Texas. Speaking of success is confident that Lamar Swindoll Jr.’s car Ward” [He said no two times
there’s a lot more to talk would have him covered in a radial prep so I guess that means The
about when you mention Air but had he not been having convertor Fugitive is the car that keeps
Force Won. issues he could have taken him on at a no him up at night]
After getting out on Thorn by prep race. Shayne’s grandfather was in
about a car at the 400’ mark Next in his bag of tricks was Doomsday the air force and the first car
at that first big no prep race 2.0 back at Northstar Raceway in Denton, looked kind of like a fighter
Ward went to Doomsday 1 Texas. Shayne was on his way to making jet with the silver paint, black
held at Denton’s Northstar no prep history again winning his fifth no wheels and the sharp edges of
Dragway back in March of prep race in the small tire ranks. the new SN95 mustangs.
2015. “We won the first After Doomsday 2.0 Ward and other Texas After Doomsday 2.0 Shayne
Doomsday race, said Shayne, racers like Cody Jones made the trek to and the crew drove down
the following week we went Chicago for the no prep race up there. “We to Houston but not for the
to Kansas International went up there and tested Thursday and Houston Live Stock Show
Raceway and won that.” Friday, said’s Shayne, and we were the only and Rodeo but for Houston
Are you starting to see a pattern here? Well car to get down the track.” Motorsports Parks for No Prep Chaos 2.0
just three weeks after Kansas, Ward and his Friday night testing led to transmission trying to get back in the win column. “We
crew hauled to Kennedale for Redemption issues so the guys fixed a broken band in went out in the first round to Michael
like they were Lane Frost, Cody Lambert turn losing all their data because the band Palmer, said Ward, but we won the second
and Tuff Hedeman and hooked up with Dre was slipping during testing. They called chance race.”
at the race track. out Lucas Weldon in the first round but he The next race planned for Air Force Won is
I can tell you the energy at that race with Redemption 4.0 at Kennedale Raceway on
a 9k payout for the small tire class was November 28. Get your gambling money
electric because I was there along with 28 ready cause it’s going down the Saturday
other entries in small tire. (I ran in another after Thanksgiving 2015. Can Shayne Ward
class but made the poster, thanks Mike and the Air Force Won crew keep dominat-
Jones.) The mood got even more intense ing the small tire no prep scene? You bet-
when Shayne called out Tony Thorn in a ter be there to see it live but if you miss
first round call out for $2500. I don’t think it you can bet Drag Race Texas Magazine
Shayne expected to run for that much will be there covering it for the next issue.
when he called out Thorn but if you want “We feel real blessed with the attention we
to play with the big dogs you have to pay get, said Shayne, It’s all about the camara-
the tuition. derie at the races and it’s really cool when
Well everyone in the facility gathered someone asks what we do and they have
around as Ward and Thorn lined up for the heard about the car,” said Shayne.
first round of small tire when Ward took
Thorn’s hard earned money and went on to

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Nam ut massa
turpis, ac blandit
justo. Nulla ultri-
ces, odio com-
modo faucibus
commodo, mi nisi
tempor”

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Well autumn is here with This type of racing started as a BIRDMAN
way to get the guys off the street DOC
a chill in the air and the rumble and give them the chance to DEATH TRAP
you hear in the air, isn’t wind. It’s enjoy their passion in a safer at- BOOSTED GT
the baddest cars in the country mosphere. It has grown in popu-
getting ready to gather in one larity in conjunction with the Chuck Seitsinger
location, for one day, with the popular TV series most Street “ I’ll be there!”
biggest payouts and the larg- Outlaws. The show has lifted the
est car count ever in No Prep age boundaries and opened up The group from the 405
History. Over 100 cars have many people’s eyes to racing that are making their way to
committed to come in 5 classes. were never interested before. “It
Big tire, small tire, and street for has affected racing in a positive Texas for this race.
over $55,000.00 in pay outs. light” says Morgan. They are preparing their
Shannon Morgan started Re- The Redemption series creates a cars and getting ready for
demption Texas Original No place where your every day racer one of the biggest races
Prep Series in 2014 when she has a chance to challenge some
saw the rise of this type rac- of the fastest guys in the country. for the year!
ing. With three successful races This is why Redemption has fast
before the 4.0 edition which grown into the go to race of no STORY BY:
promises to be the best so far. prep for racers and fans alike. It’s
She credits her success to a lot of one of the few places where you SHANNON MORGAN
hard work, years of race knowl- stand on the edge of your seat, RANDY CURTIS
edge and help from a lot of because you never know who
friends and racers. Morgan was is going to end up with the win PHOTOS BY:
given some good advice from light. With the track not being
Chris Hamilton and Heyyosteve prepped it equalizes the playing RANDY CURTIS
from KOTS in the beginning field especially the first round or MIKE JONES
stages. Learning to adjust and two. Morgan has created a place
to always try to make each race where everyone can be part of
bigger and better. the big show not just the “rich
and famous”.

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On November 28th, 2015 at Plummer Kevin, Corndog, Scary days. Other names like Keith
Texas Raceway at little old track Jerry and the Fugitive, all from Szabowho has years of small
in Kennedale, TX you will see Chicago KOTS, the first No Prep tire class racing, who gave up
history made with the largest car racing series ever started.These his time slips to go dominate in
count and fastest No Prep race guys race on True 28in small grudge.
ever in history” says Morgan. tires with no wheelie bars! Yes, In summary Ladies and Gentle-
We’ll have the Outlaw big tire these guys are crazy by most men, this race shows the prom-
class hosting the likes of Big people’s standards, but aren’t we ise to be what is equivalent to
Chief, Kye Kelley, The Sonora, lucky to get a chance to watch being at the first Super Bowl!
Doc Love, Justice from Missis- them. A lot of these guys are Just this is the super bowl of No
sippi, and Chuck with the Death street racing legends and they Prep. You do not want to miss
Trap in his new trim and many are definitely Small Tire. being a part of racing history.
more. Morgan said “I gave them Now you have class racers You’ll be one of the lucky ones to
$15,000 FREE reason to show up converting to No Prep Racing say you were there when…
and show out! They will finally because of the large payouts The tickets are being sold online
prove who the baddest man in and the popularity with the fans due to limited seating at Texas
the land is. Hopefully they get these races are producing. These Raceway. You can find the link
some Redemption, because as of legends in the game are hav- at www.texasraceway.com/ or,
now, Big Chief wears that crown ing to start contending with the add us on FaceBook at Redemp-
in the no prep world.” likes of professional class racers tion Texas Orginial NO PREP
If big tire isn’t your game then such as Mike Murillo with 14 SERIES and you’ll always be in
you won’t be disappointed Championships and 108 Na- the know.
because there will be small tire tional wins, Gaylen Smith a local
cars like Boosted GT, Hillbilly, pro-mod champion many times
Shane Ward, Cody Jones, Turbo over, Scott and Brian Herzog,
Chris (Texas fan favorite). Then with their dad, Alan who were
there is Boosted 12, Heyyosteve, among the elite in Outlaw 10.5

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Come see some of the
hottest racers in the
country. James “Doc”
Love from “Street
Outlaws”
“I kinda feel sorry for
whoever draws me.
They better be bring-
ing their “A” game!!!”
Says Doc.

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RTRA STORY BY: CHRIS GRAVES
PHOTOS BY: CHRIS GRAVES

MICHALAK, JOHNSTON & TOBAR CLINCH INAUGURAL

RTRA DRAG RADIAL CHAMPIONSHIP

The inaugural season of the Radial Tire Racing Association ing the headlines of X275 competition, Johnston set the bar at the
RTRA season opener in March with a 4.44 elapsed time,the world’s
(RTRA) concluded on November 5-7th at North Star Dragway quickest X275 pass at the time, a record then broken by Rich
in Denton, Texas. Facility owner and founder of the RTRA, Gene Bruder this fall before Johnston and company stole it back with
Nicodemus, has undeniably put drag radial racing on the map in a 4.37 blast in Alabama. Fast forward to the RTRA season finale
Texas racking up world records and developing the only points and Johnston’s ruthless string of 4.40 range passes in his KBX-
series for drag radial racers to participate in.This three class series purpose built Fox body Mustang which sent him to the winners
was announced in early 2015 and attracted over forty members to circle defeating local hitter Eric Moore. Three series wins helped
the points chase in its freshman season. Johnston build a 118 point lead over second place Clint Downs,
Pro Drag Radial headlined the season finale as the Championship with Tyler Stubbe and Chase Driskell tied for a bronze finish.
fight came down to the elimination rounds of the final points “To have the opportunity to race professionally has always been
race of the season. Entering the final event, Rick Thornton and my dream. I have grown up watching some of the best in the
his Grant McCrary tuned 1965 twin turbo charged Corvette was world race and I want to be one of the best in the world. Getting
atop the standings. Jason Michalak and team “Bad9er Racing”with the opportunity to have John Kolivas tune our car is amazing
tuning expertise from Billy Stocklin and Frankie Taylor showed no to me because he is a multi-class Champion himself. To win the
mercy in their title fight by qualifying number one, then blowing inaugural RTRA Championship means a lot to our team. It’s nice at
up the scoreboards in
Texas with an unbeliev- the end of the road to have a
able 3.87 at 194 mph prize worth all the hard work.
blast which set a new Racing just to race at one off
drag radial world record races is fun, but people and
elapsed time. Thornton sponsors want more out of a
and company posted team’s accomplishments.The
several mid-3.90 passes RTRA is directed straight at
and qualified third, but radial tire racing and is exact-
a second round loss ly what the doctor ordered. I
opened the door for know the RTRA is going to be
Michalak and his blown huge and to be the inaugu-
2008 Corvette to make ral X275 champion is simply
a move. Knocking down amazing and we feel blessed
round wins, Michalak and proud to represent the
sealed the deal with a RTRA as X275 Champions
final round victory over going into 2016. Next year I
Jeff Sitton to end the season with not only the event win, but look for the series to expand
an impressive come from behind Championship title as he was and I hear might have multiple divisions which would be great for
crowned 2015 RTRA Pro Drag Radial Champion. Thornton held the racers. This season has been one taken from a movie, we have
on to finish second and Sitton rounded out the top three points been truly blessed beyond belief from the good Lord above and
earners of the class. we give all the glory to him. Thank you to the friends, family and
The RTRA X275 class was dominated by Jared Johnston and the supporters of team “White Riot” that push us to be the best! We
“White Riot” team of Raymore, Missouri. Wasting no time in steal- have a ton of sponsors who make this hot rod one of the baddest
in the world.

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Thank you to CVM Technology, KBX Performance, as the calendar pages turn to 2016 we can only imagine what will
Pressurized Solutions, Bennett Racing Engines, M&M come in the future of this growing association. Congratulations to
Transmission, Menscer Motorsports, Pro Torque and NLR the 2015 Class Champions and all the participants this season.The
Systems. If it wasn’t for all their help and support we RTRA series would like to thank Evolution Custom Auto, Quality
wouldn’t be able to do what we love. Thank you Gene Air Inc, Nitrous Outlet, KBX Performance, Pipeline Express, Fast
Nicodemus for truly providing a one off racing surface at Forward Innovations, SEI Oilfield Services, BTM Communication
North Star Dragway and great organization that is one to Services and CVM Technology for their support of the inaugural
look out for in the coming years,” said Johnston. RTRA Championship season. For more information log onto www.
Limited 275 action was highly competitive throughout rtraracing.com.
the 2015 season with four winners in five events, but Eric
Tobar of Liberty Hill, Texas held off the fierce competition
to finish the class Champion. Tobar’s 2002 Chevy Camaro
sports a 421 cubic inch small block and consistency helped
him go rounds on raceday as he avoided losing in the
first or second round throughout the season. A fluid leak
on the starting line in the third round ended his day at
the RTRA Championship Finals, but it was all smiles as
Tobar and company accepted their custom designed title trophy.
Brent Gibbs and Stephen Barnett rounded out the podium in the
final standings of Limited with only 24 points separating second
through fifth place.

Looking back less than a year ago, the Radial Tire Racing

Association was unheard of in the drag radial circles,but following
its announcement in February and continuous record breaking
results by the elite racers of the series,the RTRA is here to stay and

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KELLY & JONES

JONES CLINCHES 2015 OUTLAW FUEL ALTERED CHAMPIONSHIP

The 19th season of Painless Performance Products Outlaw Fuel The OFAAseries will celebrate it’s 20th Anniversary in 2016 and is antici-
pating another fun filled season of racing across the southwest. Chatter
Altered competition brought a heated battle to the season finale at in the pits indicate three new teams joining the mix as the nation’s lon-
North Star Dragway in Denton, Texas. Two former Champions, Jimmy gest lasting fuel altered series gears up for a historic season.The Outlaw
Jones “Texas Tremor” and Donnie Massey’s “Showtime” entered the last Fuel Altered Association would like to thank title sponsor Painless
race of the season just ten points apart in the standings. Jones, a three Performance Parts and bonus program sponsors Good Vibrations
time series Champion from 2011 through 2013, kicked off this season Motorsports and Competition Sales of Dallas for their continued sup-
with back to back wins, but through the summer and fall events, lost port of the series. OFAA racers would like to recognize and thank Bobby
the consistency his team is known for in their feared blown alcohol & Nancy Marriott for their twenty years of passion and dedication to the
entry. Massey enjoyed a Championship winning campaign in 2002 and series. For more information visit www.ofaa.net.
was in his first title contention in over a decade in the “Showtime” nitro
burner, earning that position with three final round appearances in a
row and two wins heading into the final event on Halloween night in
North Texas.

Qualifying position is a critical factor in the series points system, but STORY BY: CHRIS GRAVES
both drivers failed to produce impressive numbers as they found PHOTOS BY: CHRIS GRAVES
themselves on the bottom half of the field heading into eliminations. In
the pits, Massey’s team discovered a clutch problem which shockingly
ended their Championship bid as he was unable to make the call for
first round. Jones locked up the title by simply appearing in the first
round, where he blew the tires off at the hit and had the best seat in the
house to watch eventual event winner John Broussard blast to a 3.99 at
181 mph. Despite their first round loss, the Jones & Kelly“Texas Tremor”
team celebrated their fourth Outlaw Fuel Altered Championship in the
past five years and will sleep easy over the off-season knowing the pres-
sure is off, until next spring when the points will re-set and the battle
will start all over again in this highly competitive series.

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REDLINE RACING

STORY BY: ALLYCE BASS
PHOTOS BY: MIKE JONES

“TEAM REDLINE RACING” A NAME TO BE FEARED IN THE GRUDGE WORLD;

Something that started like most things,a group of friends with Within the last year, Stephens has been taken in as part of “The

the same interest has now turned into a family. They all have one Family”.Following suit,he’s getting faster and learning more from

common goal, to win, be the fastest and await their next call-out. these guys every time he hits the track. Aside from racing these

Team Redline has unofficially been drag racing for well over 10 crazy fast bikes, Brown is well known for building drag bikes.

years now. Teammates Paul Bob, Derrick “Snow” Snowden, Sir He owns his own Motorcycle Shop (Redline Powersports) where

Jasque Taylor and Jamalle Brown started their journey to what he does everything from changing the oil on bikes to building

has become an actual race team from riding in the streets. While motors from the ground up.

always “tinkering” with their bikes they managed to build bikes Getting to know these guys has been an honest pleasure as they

that were too fast for the streets so what’s next you ask? The track. have taught me so much about Drag Racing. They are truly a

State to state and only getting faster. group of talented, yet humble men.

Along their way to the top with constant call-outs these guys But remember, when you see them at the track, silent, starting

became a true race team. They’ve traveled and defeated many off…they’re visualizing their next victim and it could be you.

along their journey. Covering the south they have conquered

many tracks in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, The Carolinas, Alabama

and Georgia to name a few.

As a team, family or however you’d like to word it there’s always a

“new addition” which is where little brother Lex Stephens comes

in. Brown, Bob, Snowden and Taylor would go to the track reli-

giously and there was a guy they would see every time.. He would

never miss a track day and was always solo. With no one knowing

who this young guy was he drew a bit of attention from some of

the older guys. These guys sat back and all they saw was passion

in this rookie. This random young guy, taking advice from the

veterans , improving and really taking into consideration their

“pointers” and never once taking it as negativity.

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