Mark Rebilas

With the NHRA’s Mello Yello drag racing tour making a stop this weekend in Houston for the 27th annual O’Reilly Spring Nationals, Texas native Steve Torrence made the most of the event’s close proximity to his Kilgore home by providing members of the Kilgore Rangerettes drill team with an up close-and-personal look at the 330 mile per hour Capco Contractors dragster in which he has reached the semifinal round in four of five races this season.

A Kilgore College graduate himself, Torrence hosted 60 members of the Rangerettes for a photo session which ended with a mini-cacklefest on the front lawn of his parents’ home.  The 31-year-old former Top Alcohol Dragster World Champion (2005) is third in Top Fuel points entering the Houston event.   His father, Billy, is an accomplished Super Comp driver who last year made six starts in a second Capco Top Fuel dragster.

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