Over the winter, former 7.0 Pro Champion Will Martin hooked up with PPG Paint instructor Paul Stoll and came up with a beautiful new paint scheme.  Martin was trying new combinations under crew chief Brett Johansen.

Veteran racer and safety equipment manufacturer Dennis Taylor waits in the staging lanes to make a run in his "Evil Wicked Mean & Nasty" nitro Mustang tuned by Bob Brooks. Nitro veteran Jim Murphy is working on a new fuel system and a big “mailbox” scoop to force air into his Enderle injectors.