Scotty Cannon, Sr. will join his son
Scott, Jr. in the pursuit of the 2008 IHRA Torco Race Fuels Pro Modified world
championship. The elder Cannon, a six-time IHRA Pro Modified world champion,
will cease driving in the Top Fuel ranks in order to drive an identical
Vanishing Point Race Cars 1968 Firebird to the one Scott, Jr. won the 2007
championship with.
Scotty said driving Evan Knoll’s
personal Top Fuel dragster was an incredible opportunity but his heart was in
racing the doorslammers.
“What can you say when a man like Evan
Knoll gives you the opportunity of a lifetime,” Scotty said. “We all have to be
honest with ourselves and my heart is in racing Pro Modified. I poured my life
into the class and while I had to pursue the nitro racing to fulfill a dream,
Pro Modified still had my heart. I don’t think I ever really
left.