Bookends of drag racing on display at US 131

MARTIN -- For 51-year-old alcohol funny car driver Bobby Martin, drag racing as a kid was Hot Rod magazine and Saturday nights in the stands at the track.

For the man pitted four trailers over at the National City ThunderNationals Saturday at Knoll Gas Motorsports Park at US 131, drag racing as a kid was -- well, is -- drag racing.

``I guess my dad just got me started young,'' shrugged Jason Hamstra, who, at age 20, is hitting the top ranks of drag racing's premiere Pro Mod class. ``I started in this class three years ago but I've been racing with my dad since I was 8.''

Hamstra and Martin symbolized the bookends of ...

Read the full article by Doug Vanderlaan in The Kalamazoo Gazette

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