All posts by Nate Van Wagnen
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PDRA Season Heating up Going Into South Georgia’s Summer Nationals Ignited by Lithium Pros
The all-eighth-mile racers of the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) will be put to the test when the...
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Johnny Pluchino Prepared for NHRA Mountain Motor Pro Stock Debut at Bristol
After Johnny Pluchino unexpectedly made his PDRA Extreme Pro Stock debut at the recent PDRA North-South Shootout in...
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Cox, Thorne, Hoerner, Pluchino and Smith Score PDRA North-South Shootout Victories
An eventful weekend of racing at the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) North-South Shootout presented by Line-X at...
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Thorne, Halsey, Dobbins, Pluchino and Gast Race to Provisional No. 1 Spots at PDRA North-South Shootout
Racing at the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) North-South Shootout presented by Line-X at Maryland International Raceway, Moroso...
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Tony Gillig Returns to Extreme Pro Stock in Buck Bros. Cavalier
Before Thursday morning, Tony Gillig’s last time sitting in a Mountain Motor Pro Stock car was when he...
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Tim Essick’s Doing Things His Own Way in Outlaw 10.5
With its sleek body lines and sparkling brown paint job, Tim Essick’s “Brown Sugar” 2018 Ford Mustang immediately...
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Pat Musi Reflects on Victorious First ‘No Prep Kings’ Experience
Pat Musi is the first to admit he wasn’t exactly fond of the idea of no-prep racing as...
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Two ‘660 Man’ Trophies on the Line at PDRA North-South Shootout Presented by Line-X
Racers in several classes will face off for two different event titles at this weekend’s Professional Drag Racers...
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Mark Micke VS. The World
In just over seven days, Mark Micke will be strapped into Jason Carter’s 1978 Chevy Malibu, bumping the...
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Thunderstorms Push PDRA Mid-Atlantic Showdown Final Rounds to Next Race
Rapidly approaching thunderstorms prevented Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) race officials from completing the final round of eliminations...
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Dobbins, Pluchino Drag Out Extreme Pro Stock Burndown Over Four Minutes
PDRA Extreme Pro Stock stars Jeff Dobbins and John Pluchino rolled to the starting line at Virginia Motorsports...
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Musi, Thorne, Hoerner, Pluchino and Garner-Jones Qualify No. 1 at PDRA Mid-Atlantic Showdown
Lizzy Musi rocketed to the No. 1 spot in Switzer Dynamics Pro Nitrous Friday night at the Professional...
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PDRA Returns Home to Virginia Motorsports Park for Mid-Atlantic Showdown Presented by Modern Racing
The Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) is returning home to Virginia Motorsports Park for the first of two...
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Johnny Pluchino Inks Strutmasters.com Sponsorship for NHRA Mountain Motor Pro Stock Debut
Second-generation drag racer Johnny Pluchino announced today he’ll make his NHRA Mountain Motor Pro Stock debut later this...
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Rising Star Matt Sackman Earns NHRA Top Fuel License
NHRA Top Fuel crew member and sportsman driver Matt Sackman recently took one big step toward his lifelong...
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Rivenbark, Halsey, Pluchino Father-Son Duo Win Season-Opening PDRA East Coast Nationals
Father-son racing duo John and Johnny Pluchino earned a long-awaited double-up at the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA)...
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Cox, Rivenbark, Dobbins and Distefano Highlight First-Round Winners at PDRA East Coast Nationals
Local favorite Jay Cox reset the Switzer Dynamics Pro Nitrous elapsed time world record Saturday night on his...
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PDRA Cancels Friday Qualifying at Season-Opening East Coast Nationals
Relentless rain showers forced Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) race officials to cancel Friday qualifying at the PDRA...
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CHASING PERFECTION: Jeff Dobbins Leads Extreme Pro Stock’s Race to the Threes
When Jeff Dobbins lit up the scoreboard with a 4.007-second blast in Thursday testing at the 2018 PDRA...
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PDRA Kicking Off ‘Road to the Finals’ at East Coast Nationals
The Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) Road to the Finals begins this weekend at the first of eight...
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Proline Racing Partners with PDRA as Presenting Sponsor of Drag Wars VI
Proline Racing, builders and tuners of record-setting turbocharged and ProCharger-boosted engines, has signed on as the presenting sponsor...
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Modern Racing Named Presenting Sponsor of PDRA Mid-Atlantic Showdown
Modern Racing, a one-stop-shop for motorsports electronics, wiring and fabrication services, has been named the presenting sponsor of...
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Sackman Brothers Reach Final Round at NHRA Winternationals
Hangsterfer’s Metalworking Lubricants drivers Matt and Zach Sackman both raced to the final round in their respective classes...
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Eight-Time NHRA Top Fuel Champion Tony Schumacher to Miss Winternationals
After an offseason of rumors regarding the sponsorship status of Tony Schumacher and the former U.S. Army Top...
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Kevin Rivenbark Resets ProCharger Records at U.S. Street Nationals
If Kevin Rivenbark’s performance at the U.S. Street Nationals in Bradenton, Fla., was an indication of what’s to...
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Justin ‘Lil’ Country’ Swanstrom Turns Heads in Radial vs. the World Debut
Justin “Lil’ Country” Swanstrom had a lot of eyes on his tangerine orange Speed & Truck World ‘14...
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Callies Performance Products Joins PDRA as Presenting Sponsor of Northern Nationals
The Northern Nationals, the fifth race on the eight-race 2019 Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) Tour, will be...
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Blake Alexander Returning to Funny Car; Will Begin 12-Race Campaign at Phoenix
Pronto Auto Service Center driver Blake Alexander will return to Funny Car for the 2019 NHRA Mello Yello...
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FuelTech Signs as Presenting Sponsor of Season-Opening PDRA East Coast Nationals
Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) officials announced today that FuelTech will be the presenting sponsor of the first...
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Bob Harris Stepping Down as PDRA Race Director
Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) race director Bob Harris will step down from his position with the all-eighth-mile...
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Steven Boone Rises to the Top in PDRA Extreme Pro Stock
Steven Boone is feeling pretty good. Entering the PDRA World Finals at Virginia Motorsports Park in mid-October, the...
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Pat Musi Gives An Education
A dense canopy of dark clouds covers National Trail Raceway as I make my way from the media...
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Tony Gillig Returns to Racing With Throwback Olds Cutlass in PDRA Pro Outlaw 632
Tony Gillig made a name for himself racing in IHRA and NHRA Pro Stock in the 1990s, driving...
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A/FUEL TO TOP FUEL: A Weekend in the Pits With Corey Michalek
Corey Michalek is rolling his nitromethane-injected A/Fuel dragster out of its long white gooseneck trailer when a young...
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Salemi, Harris, Powers, Gast and Quartuccio End PDRA Season with World Finals Victories
The 2018 Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) season came to a dramatic close Monday afternoon as world champions...
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Harris, D’Aprile, Boone and Pluchino Clinch World Championships as PDRA World Finals Stretches to Monday
The Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) crowned world champions in four of its five professional categories Sunday evening...
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PDRA World Finals Postponed to Sunday
Dew set in on the cold Virginia Motorsports Park eighth-mile Saturday night, leading Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA)...
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Sauro, D’Aprile, Dobbins, Smith and Pluchino Lead Friday Qualifying at PDRA World Finals
Recent first-time Pro Nitrous winner Danny Sauro continued to impress when he topped Friday qualifying at the Professional...
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Tyler Crossnoe Joins Virginia Motorsports Park as Track Manager
In-demand track prep specialist Tyler Crossnoe has been named the track manager at Virginia Motorsports Park, it was...
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World Records, Championships at Stake at PDRA World Finals
The eight-race Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) season culminates this weekend at the all-eighth-mile series’ biggest race of...
