Back in Feburary when the NHRA Powerade Drag Racing season began, Tony Pedregon made like illusionist David Copperfield and turned himself into a spectacular ball of fire.
Burned hands, burned eyebrows, burned up. But the most surprising thing about the defining image of the season-opening Winternationals was that the fireball was Tony and not his older brother, Cruz.
For the sons of Flamin’ Frank Pedregon, maybe such images are hereditary.
A full season later, it’s Cruz who is smokin’.
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