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Remodeling,  September, 2005  by Thayer, Leah

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When is a hobby also a backup career option and, quite literally, a marketing vehicle? For remodeler Dale Ressler, the answer is every other weekend during the warm months. That's when he leaves behind D.E.R. Construction, Bainbridge, Pa., to pursue not one but three hobbies: ministering to drag racers, being a medic for drag racers, and driving a Super Comp Dragster as fast as 160 miles per hour in a quarter-mile run.

"It's like being shot out of a cannon," says Ressler. "I'm kind of an adrenaline junkie."

A paramedic before he became a remodeler 15 years ...

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