All posts by Brandon Mudd
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Flamholc Completes Mad Rush to Debut New Car at SCSN St. Louis
Swedish Pro Mod pilot Adam Flamholc is racing at Gateway Motorsports Park this weekend as part of the...
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Latino Fought His Way Into World Series of Pro Mod Main Event
In this life, there are people who wait for things to happen and there are people who make...
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Rowe Plans to be ‘On’ at World Series of Pro Mod
Currently a single point behind three-time and defending NHRA Pro Mod champion Rickie Smith in 11th place, Danny...
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Pete Farber: ‘I’d Literally Have to Be on Fire to Miss the WSOPM’
Seeing the summer days dissolve into one another toward their inevitable journey to fall, it’s not difficult to...
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Stevie Fast: ‘Pro Mod is the Hardest Thing I’ve Ever Done in Racing’
If there’s any thought to how one Steve Jackson is viewing the upcoming Drag Illustrated World Series of...
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Hamstra Takes Upset Win over Haney at Gateway
Jason Hamstra earned the Mid-West Pro Mod Series victory Saturday at Gateway Motorsports Park when top qualifier Keith...
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Von Smith Tapped to Drive for Jim Bell at Charlotte
Drag racing’s kinda weird, man. Case in point: Von Smith. A former NHRA Pro Mod champ. Winner of...
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PSCA Returns to St. Louis for Heads-Up Hootenanny
Continuing a relationship entering its fourth year, the Premier Street Car Association is kicking off its St. Louis...
