All posts by Nate Van Wagnen
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Doug Winters, Bandit Big Rig Series Chevelle Make the Haul to Denver for WSOPM
Longtime doorslammer racer Doug Winters last raced at Bandimere Speedway over 20 years ago in Super Chevy Show...
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Against All Odds, Terry Haddock Makes World Series of Pro Mod Debut
Terry Haddock was preparing his nitro Funny Car and Cameron Ferré-driven Top Fuel dragster for Friday qualifying at...
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PDRA Plans Wigs for Kids Donation Event During Drag Wars
The Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) will build on its reputation as a family-oriented, charitable organization next month...
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Second-Chance One Cure Shootout Added for Top Dragster, Top Sportsman Racers at WSOPM
The third annual Drag Illustrated World Series of Pro Mod, Aug. 9-10 at Bandimere Speedway will also feature...
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Low Qualifiers Thorne, Franklin and Montecalvo Add Victories at PDRA Northern Nationals
The No. 1 qualifiers in all three professional classes parlayed their qualifying success into event victories Saturday evening...
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Franklin, Thorne and Montecalvo Earn No. 1 Spots at PDRA Northern Nationals Presented by Callies
Two-time world champion Tommy Franklin topped the Switzer Dynamics Pro Nitrous field by just two ten-thousandths of a...
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Matt Sackman, Randy Meyer Racing Repeat Route 66 Raceway Regional Event Sweep
For the second year in a row, Chicagoland native Matt Sackman swept the NHRA North Central Region event...
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PDRA Adds Pro Outlaw 632 Shootout Presented by $hameless Racing to Northern Nationals Lineup
Racers in the Professional Drag Racers Association’s Schwing America Pro Outlaw 632 class will have the chance to...
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Top Dragster, Top Sportsman Drivers to Race for $10,000 at World Series of Pro Mod
Racers in the increasingly popular Top Dragster and Top Sportsman classes will have an added incentive to race...
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Strickland, Harris, Boone, Pluchino and McKinney Win Rain-Delayed PDRA Summer Nationals
Despite not qualifying for the eight-car field, Moroso Pro Boost driver John Strickland picked up the event win...
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PDRA Summer Nationals Ignited by Lithium Pros Eliminations Pushed to Sunday
A second evening of heavy pop-up rain storms forced Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) officials to push Saturday...
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Rain Shortens Friday Qualifying at PDRA Summer Nationals Ignited by Lithium Pros
Frequent pop-up rain showers prevented Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) officials from completing Friday qualifying at the PDRA...
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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...
