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Rick Jones couldn't help it; He had to see how everything worked.Jones, one of drag racing's premiere chassis builders and the driving force behind the RJ Race Cars/Quartermax brands, admits his tendencies began as a kid growing up in Illinois. At any given time he'd have his bicycle and any other toy his parents bought him torn apart in the family's garage. Even the soapbox derby car he built with his dad was in pieces again shortly after it was completed."They would take a look at it, and say …

Rick Jones is well-known as the builder of some of drag racing’s quickest, fastest, and most successful doorslammers, from Pro Stock and Top Sportsman to Radial vs The World and Pro Modified. Jones has built a chassis-building and performance parts empire that’s virtually synonymous with the sport over the last 30-plus years, and it all began with a comparably simple 1969 Chevrolet Camaro.In an improbable tale with a storybook ending, Rick was recently reunited with his first love, his 1969 SS-3 …