All posts by Brandon Mudd
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BT3 is Back: Bob Tasca III on Leading Funny Car Points, John Force, State of NHRA
Three races into the 2021 NHRA Camping World Series season, Funny Car standout Bob Tasca III finds himself...
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‘No Good Losses, No Bad Wins’: The Story of WJ’s Final Wally
I was the PR director at Gateway International Raceway (now World Wide Technology Raceway) across the Big Muddy from...
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Racing Community Rallies Behind PSCA’s ‘Krusty’ Ramsey Amid Colon Cancer Battle
The first time I was at the drag strip and heard an announcement for a racer needing parts,...
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OPINION: Enders Isn’t ‘Just a Girl,’ She’s the Best in the Business
Sunday, April 18th, at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Erica Enders won the NHRA Camping World...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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...
