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- News
John Force and Rick Hendrick: A Longstanding Friendship Initiated By a Movie and Later a Red Ball Cap
J. Force, Kalitta, Anderson and M. Smith Race to Provisional No. 1 Spots at NHRA 4-Wide Nationals in Charlotte
Chris Bostick Arrives At NHRA Four-Wide Nationals With New Sponsor
Final Rounds of JEGS $50,000 Race to Conclude On Friday at the Spring Fling
Antron Brown Gearing Up for Victory at NHRA 4-Wide Nationals in Pursuit of Seventh zMAX Dragway Win
- Race Coverage
John Force and Rick Hendrick: A Longstanding Friendship Initiated By a Movie and Later a Red Ball Cap
J. Force, Kalitta, Anderson and M. Smith Race to Provisional No. 1 Spots at NHRA 4-Wide Nationals in Charlotte
Chris Bostick Arrives At NHRA Four-Wide Nationals With New Sponsor
Antron Brown Gearing Up for Victory at NHRA 4-Wide Nationals in Pursuit of Seventh zMAX Dragway Win
Alexis DeJoria Aiming for First Four-Wide Win at zMax Drayway
- Tech
Sander Engineering Introduces the Revolutionary EZ-Fit Liner Wheel for Drag Racing
Moser Engineering Purchases GearFX From Holley Performance Brands
Automotive Specialty-Equipment Industry Projects Growth in 2024 and Beyond
Meziere Expands its Offering of Pumps for LS Engines
DI 30 Under 30 Honoree Logan Yelton Announces New Transmission Venture Geared Towards Small-Tire Racers
- The Wes Buck Show
WBS – Alex Laughlin Co-Hosting, Special Guests Jim Howe, Brandon Pesz, & Spencer Hyde
The Wes Buck Show | Ep. 339 | Special Guest Barrett Green, NHRA Vegas, PDRA, Small Tire Gangsta’s & more!!
Tom “Jimmy Dale” Gunner Co-Hosting with Special Guest Clay Millican
PDRA’s own Tyler Crossnoe & NHRA Pro Stock Rookie Sienna Wildgust today on The Wes Buck Show!
Justin “Lil Country” Swanstrom Co-Hosts with the DI Crew this week on The Wes Buck Show!
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“It’s been on my bucket list for a while,” says Travis Pastrana, world-renowned professional motorsports competitor, stunt performer and 17-time X Games medalist, who...
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Okay, okay… I’m being sarcastic. I’m sorry. But just real quick – if you don’t mind – I need to vent. Over the course...
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Okay, okay. Maybe not everything. But I’m telling you…this next generation of drag racers are nowhere near the millennial pansy asses that we like...
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We humans need things like this. It’s happening all around us, all around the world, all the time. People latching onto social issues, injustices...
Opinion
[Founder’s Note: Look for even more opinionated editorials from the team at DI. We’ve seen our willingness and ability to speak openly, honestly and...
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“Like a lot of these guys, I grew up street racing,” admits Marty Robertson, co-owner of Fort Worth, Texas-based new-and-used racing equipment specialist EliteHP,...
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It feels like they’re stacking up. It really does. Six races into the 2022 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series Season, at least one...
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In case you missed it, the NHRA Spring Nationals at Houston Raceway Park absolutely, positively lived up to the hype surrounding what appears to...
News
The Wes Buck Show returns Wednesday, September 29, at 2 p.m CT / 3 p.m. ET. Drag racing’s number-one talk show breaks down and...
News
Known across the automotive landscape as a social media powerhouse delivering content to millions of enthusiasts on a daily basis, while also producing and...
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North Carolina-based racer Barry Mitchell has “been going to Big Dog” since he was a teenager. The famed first-Thursday-night-of-the-month drag race has been contested...
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“Man, it’s where all the action is at,” says Mike Gunter, a little over a week removed from a final round win at the...
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In early 2020, two-time PDRA Pro Nitrous champion Jason Harris shocked the doorslammer community when he announced his plan to debut a new ProCharger-equipped...
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NHRA Top Fuel pilot Scott Palmer is known nation-wide for his dedication to entertaining fans and enjoying himself while competing at the highest levels...
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Almost two months ago the gang at FuelTech USA shocked the late-model Corvette, throwing down a jaw-dropping 1,075-horsepower from their twin-turbocharged C8 on their...
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The highly-competitive and ever-growing E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series will add another fan-favorite driver to its ranks in 2021. Early...
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They say what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas – at least the hotels and casinos try to convince us that’s the case –...
WOOSTOCK
Despite the painful absence of fanfare at WOOSTOCK 2020, it’s impossible to downplay the number of cars on the property here at Darlington Dragway....
WOOSTOCK
We here at DRAG ILLUSTRATED have been fortunate to cover a lot of drag races over the years, but we’d be hard pressed to identify any single...
WOOSTOCK
Welcome race fans! Just when it seemed like life in this world couldn’t get any wackier, a near month-old voicemail’d bomb threat to Darlington Raceway...
Blogs
“Oh, yeah, brother!,” said Bill Bader, Jr., wiping the sweat from his buzz cut head with a Made in America hand towel before ripping...
Blogs
We don’t know about you, but we’re still trying to wrap our heads around the notion of Garrett Mitchell – aka “Cleetus McFarland” –...
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“We waited as long as we could, and we were hopeful,” said Keith Berry, fan-favorite radial-tire racer and promoter of WOOOSTOCK – one of...
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It’s been a minute since my last sit-down interview with John Force – almost eight years – and it’s hard to overstate how much...
Drag Radial
Has any drag racer in the history of the sport wanted it as bad as Stevie Jackson? Look at him now, leaning up against...
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There are many names that come to mind when you think of the myriad of diversity that is the sport of drag racing. As surprising...
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Where would drag racing be without its stories? Performance is impressive and the cars can be stars, but without the stories of the men—and...
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Where would drag racing be without its stories? Performance is impressive and the cars can be stars, but without the stories of the men—and...
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John Montecalvo is a world champion, a driver whose prowess behind the wheel and on-track performance has earned him, after over a decade of...
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Outside Don Garlits’ central Florida home, which sits on 20-acres of ground just off of I-75 in the city of Ocala, stands a 25,000-square...
Blogs
Checking out the NHRA’s new YouTube-series “Nitro Hot Tub Time Machine” with Brian Lohnes and was instantly taken aback by the suave and sophisticated...
The Wes Buck Show
I mean where…the hell…should I…really even start? Sorry, been dying to drop those Drake lyrics here on the podcast and finally felt compelled with...
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If you’re like me and will soon be headed to Las Vegas for what has become a real power-week for the racing community –...
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If you’ve spent any time whatsoever in the world of drag racing – whether as a racer yourself, or as a crew member, family...
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Following a 5.755-second, 256.89 mph quarter-mile pass in the opening round of qualifying for the E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series...
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Following a horrific, high-speed crash during the fifth and final round of E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series qualifying at the...
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In the wake of radial-tire racer Jamie Hancock’s shot-heard-round-the-world 3.599-second blast at the sixth annual running of Tyler Crossnoe’s Holley EFI Outlaw Street Car...
Wes Buck
When both ‘chutes blossomed and I saw a 5.779 pop up on the scoreboard, I admit I felt a sense of relief. I think...
News
It’s been called one of the most improbable Indy wins of all-time, and we’d have a hard time arguing. “Stevie Fast” Jackson’s performance at...
