All posts by Nate Van Wagnen
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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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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...
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Sauro, D’Aprile, Boone, Grothus and Ensslin Last Drivers Standing at PDRA Fall Nationals
Pro Nitrous driver Danny Sauro raced to his first Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) victory Saturday night at...
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Musi, D’Aprile, DeFlorian, Schweigert and Pluchino Qualify No. 1 at Record-Breaking PDRA Fall Nationals
Pro Nitrous star Lizzy Musi recorded the fastest pass in class history Friday night at the Professional Drag...
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DI 30 UNDER 30 2017: Cade Poe
At just 15 years old, Los Alamitos, California’s Cade Poe has etched his name into the drag racing...
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DI 30 UNDER 30 2017: Justin Ashley
After a childhood spent in the NHRA Pro Mod and Funny Car pits, one might assume Justin Ashley,...
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DI 30 UNDER 30 2017: Lyle Barnett
After suffering a devastating fire at Lights Out 6 at South Georgia Motorsports Park in his Radial vs....
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Pro Boost Championship Battle Heats Up as PDRA Rumbles into Darlington
A heat wave is coming to Darlington Dragway this weekend, as the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) Fall...
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DI 30 UNDER 30 2017: Ray Miller III
Spring City, Tennessee’s Ray Miller III has managed to turn a childhood spent in his father’s chassis shop...
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Nothing’s Stopping Jamie Fowler
When widespread polio vaccinations were becoming popular in the 1970s, there was a one in 2.4 million chance...
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D’Aprile, Franklin, Dobbins, Smith and Pluchino Victorious at PDRA Drag Wars
Moroso Pro Boost No. 1 qualifier Tommy D’Aprile charged to his second win of the season Saturday night...
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Franklin, D’Aprile, DeFlorian, Smith and Pluchino Secure No. 1 Spots at PDRA Drag Wars
Two-time and defending world champion Tommy Franklin led the field in Switzer Dynamics Pro Nitrous presented by MoTeC...
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PDRA Returning to GALOT Motorsports Park for Drag Wars
The eighth-mile racers of the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) will converge at GALOT Motorsports Park this weekend...
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DI Q&A: Clay Millican
Former IHRA Top Fuel titan Clay Millican appeared on the cover of DRAG ILLUSTRATEDin May of 2017, just...
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Past PDRA Jr. Dragster World Champion Preston Tanner Graduates to MX235
The feel-good story of the weekend at the Premier Street Car Association’s Heads-Up Hootenanny at Gateway Motorsports Park...
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Drag 965, Nitrous Outlet Presenting $5,000-to-Win Burnout Contest at WSOPM
World Series of Pro Mod officials announced today a $5,000-to-win burnout contest to take place during the Friday...
