Vis Viva Living Force Energy drink sponsors Tuttle Motorsports and Top Fuel driver Alan Bradshaw for the 2008 NHRA POWERade season. Bradshaw was posing for publicity shots on the Pomona top end with the new paint scheme before professional qualifying begins at 2:00 p.m. Thursday. (Darr Hawthorne photo)

Pro Stock driver Greg Anderson and his wife, Kimberly, were strolling the pits. Anderson is a perennial favorite to win the Pro Stock championship. (James Drew photo)	At the east end of the sportsman pits in the Mickey Thompson Tires booth, you’ll find the beautiful Mustang Nitro Funny Car driven by Leah Pruett on display with the racing tires getting mounted for the dragstrip.  We noticed the recent DRO cover shot along side the new flopper. (Darr Hawthorne photo)

No, it’s not the shape of things to come, but heightened security is now a fact of life in the NHRA nitro pits However, these County Sheriffs were just making the rounds saying hello to their gearhead friends at the Fairplex. A mandatory Thursday morning “Nitro Handling” meeting for all race teams is being held at a nearby hotel and will cover increased security requirements for the handling and storage of our precious CH3NO2 nectar.  (Darr Hawthorne photo)

Stephen Percy of the band Ratt fame was on Clay Millican’s Top Fueler last year. This year his new record label, Top Fuel Records, will be backing James Day’s fuel flopper. (James Drew photo)