All posts by Brandon Mudd
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Brandon Mudd | January 29, 2021
PSCA Announces 2021 Event Schedule
The Premier Street Car Association announced its 2021 schedule today, featuring a Street Car Super National event at a new...
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Brandon Mudd | November 21, 2020
4-Wide Friday Caps Off Stellar Day at SCSN 16
Day Two of the COMP Cams Street Car Super Nationals 16 Presented by FuelTech at The Strip at...
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Brandon Mudd | November 17, 2020
Street Car Super Nationals 16 Roars Into Las Vegas
The annual marathon of grassroots drag racing, the legendary Street Car Super Nationals, returns to The Strip at...
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Brandon Mudd | October 6, 2020
Top Qualifier Hamstra Becomes 3rd ADRL PX Winner in 3rd Event
Jason Hamstra became the third different Pro Extreme winner in three American Drag Racing League events this year...
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Brandon Mudd | October 2, 2020
Tony Zizzo: ‘We’re Going to St. Louis’ Team Owner Adamant to Race After Brain Surgery
There are times in our sport when life gets in the way of racing. This was the case...
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Brandon Mudd | June 19, 2020
ADRL to Return to Texas Motorplex in October
After the overwhelming success of the American Drag Racing League’s Dragpalooza season-opening race, Texas Motorplex and ADRL executives...
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Brandon Mudd | June 8, 2020
Frankie ‘Madman’ Taylor Earns Dragpalooza Win in ADRL’s Return to Texas Motorplex
Frankie “The Madman” Taylor earned one of the strangest Pro Extreme victories in American Drag Racing League history...
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Brandon Mudd | June 5, 2020
ADRL Bringing Pro Extreme Back to Texas Motorplex
After a spring of quarantine and events held at empty facilities due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the American...
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Brandon Mudd | May 19, 2020
Shawn Gann: 1978-2020
I met Shawn Gann in the spring of 2008. I was the PR director at what was then...
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Brandon Mudd | January 16, 2020
Warren Johnson Biography to Hit Shelves in Late 2020
The life and career of NHRA Pro Stock legend Warren Johnson is being chronicled in a new biography...
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Brandon Mudd | January 15, 2020
Justin Jones Taking Talents to NHRA Pro Mod
After stunning the racing world with a monster 5.51-second pass at last November’s Street Car Super Nationals, Justin...
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Brandon Mudd | November 27, 2019
Wells, Hobbs Highlight Winners at SCSN 15 in Las Vegas
Aaron Wells from Oklahoma City, Okla., earned the Precision Turbo Pro Mod victory with his ’67 Shelby Sunday...
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Brandon Mudd | November 24, 2019
Hobbs Dominates SCSN 15 Radial vs. The World Saturday at Las Vegas
Saturday was a day of ET assaults and surprise runs at the COMP Cams Street Car Super Nationals...
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Brandon Mudd | September 27, 2019
Matt Smith: ‘I’d Love to Drive Pro Mod Again’
As the NHRA returns to St. Louis this weekend for the AAA NHRA Midwest Nationals, three-time Pro Stock...
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Brandon Mudd | September 11, 2019
Great Weather Greets Return Of Monster Muscle Car Weekend To STL
Monster Muscle Car Weekend, a celebration of the All-American Classic, returns to World Wide Technology Raceway Sept. 13-14...
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Brandon Mudd | August 6, 2019
Felts Earns Back-To-Back X275 SCSN Wins At WWT Raceway
In a side-by-side final determined by a .0026-second margin of victory, Alan Felts earned his second-straight Mickey Thompson X275...
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Brandon Mudd | August 5, 2019
Angelle Sampey Dishes on Mid-Season Report Card, Matt Smith Comments
Angelle Sampey, a three-time NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle champion and 42-time Nationals winner, doesn’t make excuses. That being...
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Brandon Mudd | July 1, 2019
Burch Earns Six-Figure Payday at Inaugural SFG 500
This time last week, Gage Burch had never set foot in Michigan. He left the Wolverine State Sunday...
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Brandon Mudd | April 26, 2019
NHRA Pro Mod ‘Speed Queen’ Erica Enders Looks Back on WSOPM 2018
Erica Enders decided last year she was going to race Pro Mod at select races in addition to...
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Brandon Mudd | December 2, 2018
Eplings, Pancake Continue Proud Mopar Tradition
You’ve heard it. You may have said it. Mopar or no car. The brand has a presence in...
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Brandon Mudd | November 18, 2018
Medlock Getting It Done With Less in Outlaw 8.5
Standing next to his lime green 2013 Mustang in the staging lanes, Brad Medlock cuts an interesting image....
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Brandon Mudd | November 18, 2018
Gentile Makes SCSN History with 4-Wide Grudge Win
In its 14th year, the Street Car Super Nationals has become a legendary bucket list drag racing event....
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Brandon Mudd | November 18, 2018
Medlock Earns Outlaw 8.5 Top Qualifier in First SCSN Appearance
In his first-ever appearance at the Nitrous Outlet Street Car Super Nationals Presented by FuelTech, Arkansas native Brad...
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Brandon Mudd | November 17, 2018
Hord Quickest, Thornton Fastest In Pro Mod at SCSN 14
With the sun down and the temps growing cooler, Rick Hord continued his march to the Precision Turbo...
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Brandon Mudd | November 3, 2018
Four Lanes, Two Tracks, One Incredible Street Car Super Nationals
It’s the event designed to test the heartiest of racer. Drag racing is a sprint. The Nitrous Outlet...
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Brandon Mudd | October 2, 2018
DI 30 Under 30 2017: Austin Williams
Raised by a mother and father who both raced, Austin Williams began his career behind the wheel at...
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Brandon Mudd | September 17, 2018
Losing Sucks…Especially in Indy
You know that feeling when your favorite NHRA racer is having an incredible weekend and then loses in...
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Brandon Mudd | September 2, 2018
TJ Zizzo: ‘I’m Not the Giant Killer; I’m the Giant’
The Rust-Oleum Rocket is on jack stands. The supercharger is on a table next to the car. Most...
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Brandon Mudd | May 23, 2018
PSCA, Mid-West Pro Mod Series Invade Gateway This Weekend
This weekend, to celebrate what makes America great as we remember those no longer with us, the Premier...
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Brandon Mudd | May 15, 2018
Pro Mod Star Eric Latino Talks Suspense & Tension at WSOPM
Eric Latino discovered last year, when DRAG ILLUSTRATED Founder and Editorial Director Wes Buck puts on an event, he...
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Brandon Mudd | March 4, 2018
Worsham Sees Promise in New Three-Parachute Concept
A couple years ago, a discussion broke out in the media center at an NHRA National event. Doesn’t...
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Brandon Mudd | February 1, 2018
DI 30 UNDER 30 2017: Tanner Gray
The youth movement has arrived in NHRA Pro Stock. As we see beloved veterans such as V. Gaines,...
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Brandon Mudd | January 29, 2018
HOTTEST 2017: Amanda Busick Dishes on Drag Racing Reporting Experience
Like watching a child open gifts on Christmas, there is a similar joy when watching one become a...
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Brandon Mudd | November 18, 2017
HOME SCHOOLED: MX235 Racer Vincent Franks Applies Home-Track Knowledge on National Stage
One of the great things about being a long-time fan of motorsports—or of anything, for that matter—is the...
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Brandon Mudd | November 18, 2017
Pro Mod Star Troy Coughlin Bows out of Street Car Super Nationals 13
The iconic yellow & black Corvette of Troy Coughlin arrived at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway...
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Brandon Mudd | November 15, 2017
POCKET SIZED POWER: Zach Smith Talks Pro Series Drag Racing Game App
If you’re like me, the idea of launching down the drag strip, knuckles white on the steering wheel...
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Brandon Mudd | October 23, 2017
Bruton Smith Foresaw 4-Wide in Las Vegas
Nearly ten years ago when Bruton Smith announced he was building a 4-wide, world-class drag racing facility as...
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Brandon Mudd | September 3, 2017
Past U.S. Nationals Champ Crampton Enjoying New Opportunity with Team Kalitta
Late Saturday night of last week, it was announced Troy Coughlin Jr. was stepping away from the seat...
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Brandon Mudd | August 30, 2017
DI ROUNDTABLE: Grays Discuss Racing Together at Indy
Within the realm of motorsports, names like Petty, Allison, Andretti, Earnhardt, and Wallace shine, placing three or more...
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Brandon Mudd | August 15, 2017
MX235 Racer Vincent Franks Applies Home-Track Knowledge on National Stage
One of the great things about being a long-time fan of motorsports—or of anything, for that matter—is the...