Early in April, Extreme Pro Stock competitor Brian Gahm was sitting back at his office in Lucasville, OH, talking with his father and brother about the ADRL and what it meant to Gahm’s racing program. It didn’t take long, he said, to decide he wanted to do something that expressed his thoughts about what he now considers the home of mountain-motor Pro Stock racing.

“We got a few decals made just as a thank you to KH (Sheikh Khalid Al-Thani) and to the ADRL for what they’ve done for us. Basically, that’s all it is, just our way of saying thanks,” the past two-time IHRA Pro Stock champion said. “We put the ADRL decal and KH on the car because they promoted this ADRL deal and gave us Pro Stockers a good place to race when we basically didn’t have anywhere else to go and I don’t forget that. I just want to support what we have here, that’s all.”

Early in April, Extreme Pro Stock competitor Brian Gahm was sitting back at his office in Lucasville, OH, talking with his father and brother about the ADRL and what it meant to Gahm’s racing program. It didn’t take long, he said, to decide he wanted to do something that expressed his thoughts about what he now considers the home of mountain-motor Pro Stock racing.

“We got a few decals made just as a thank you to KH (Sheikh Khalid Al-Thani) and to the ADRL for what they’ve done for us. Basically, that’s all it is, just our way of saying thanks,” the past two-time IHRA Pro Stock champion said. “We put the ADRL decal and KH on the car because they promoted this ADRL deal and gave us Pro Stockers a good place to race when we basically didn’t have anywhere else to go and I don’t forget that. I just want to support what we have here, that’s all.”

When ADRL President Kenny Nowling saw the large “ADRL: The Place to Race” decal on the hood of Gahm’s 2013 Mustang, he immediately contacted Sheikh Khalid to share the message.

“Fortunately, Kenny liked it when we got here and KH liked it, so I called my brother and had him make another 12 or 15 sets of stickers and he overnighted them down to us here and now several other cars (Pro Extreme, Pro Nitrous and Extreme Pro Stock) have them on them, too,” Gahm explained.

“There’s a lot that goes into this, into putting on races like this, it’s a big business and I’m just glad I get to participate in the ADRL,” he added. “We spend a lot of money on this. I just bought a new car last year, and where else can we go and be on the race tracks that we have today? I mean, the Traction Twins, they do an awesome job whether it’s hot out or cold or what have you.” 

Gahm also confirmed he’s committed to running the complete eight-event schedule with the ADRL right now, not only because he supports the series but its schedule meshes best with his own.

“I have a hard time getting away from our business just to do eight races,” Gahm said. “This is all funded out of my own pocket and it’s just hard for me to be away so much.

“There’s no conflict here; I’m just supporting who supported us and that’s the way I look at it. No disrespect to any other organization, but I’ve decided that I can only afford to do eight races this year–and if I get real busy, who knows, maybe I won’t even be able to do some of these. But right now I plan to do the entire ADRL series.”

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