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- News
Ron Capps to be Inducted Into Motorsports Hall of Fame of America Class of 2027
RPM Group Partners with NHRA in Effort to Bring NHRA Drag Racing Back to South Florida Area
Summit Motorsports Park Partners With FloSports to Globally Stream 49th Annual Cornwell Tools Night Under Fire
FuelTech World Street Nationals Returns to Orlando Speed World Dragway; Racers to Compete for Coveted NHRA Wally in 2026
‘The DOORSLAMMERS Powered by FuelTech’ – Santa Pod Celebrates New Partnership for its Unique Outlaw Race
- Race Coverage
Ron Capps to be Inducted Into Motorsports Hall of Fame of America Class of 2027
Clay Millican Perseveres Through Punishing Pomona Winternationals Weekend
Tony Stewart Is Drag Racing’s Most Powerful Recruiter, and He Doesn’t Even Realize It
Four Reasons You Can’t Miss the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway
RPM Group Partners with NHRA in Effort to Bring NHRA Drag Racing Back to South Florida Area
- Tech
UPR Products Unleashes Pro Street Anti Roll Bar for Maximum Traction and Street-Ready Durability
BMR Suspension Double Adjustable Front Rear Lower Control Arms For 2016-2024 Chevy Camaros
Racetech USA Offers New RT4200HR Seat Variant With Long-Term Safety, Added Value For Drag Racers In Mind
Deecell Power Systems Announces Official Launch of Revolutionary Solar-Powered Solutions
‘Reduced Wrenching’ Bolts Available From ARP
- The Wes Buck Show
The Wes Buck Show | Ep.421 | Tony Stewart, Matt Hagan, & Richard Freeman
The Wes Buck Show | Ep. 420 | Buddy Hull, Maddi Gordon, & Tyler Bohannon!!!
The Wes Buck Show | Ep. 419 | BRETT LASALA!!!!
The Wes Buck Show | Ep. 418 | Spencer Hyde, Brett LaSala, & John Sears
The Wes Buck Show | Ep. 417 | Brian Lohnes. Chase Lautenbach, & Michael Poland!
Opinion
Drag racing has always been powered by emotion. Passion built this sport, sustained it, and in many ways protected it when no one else...
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John Force’s office inhabits the northwestern corner of the second floor of a sprawling, 60,000 square foot Infiniti car dealership turned race shop in...
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“Are you kidding me?” Del Worsham asks himself, as the reality begins to set in. “Is this really happening?” He’s all of two races...
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At 3:00 PM eastern standard time on Monday, February 15th, roughly 72 hours before the first round of qualifying was set to begin for...
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By the time you’re reading this, Jimmy Taylor and his team will already be on their third day of record-chasing at Royce Miller’s Maryland...
Features
“We’re not just putting up a prize – we’re planting a flag.” I’ve spent the last 18 months working on this – planning, building,...
Opinion
For as long as I can remember, drag racing has been chasing mainstream relevance. We’ve had our moments – big movies, big races, big...
News
This past weekend in Bristol, Tennessee, we were reminded once again that drag racing isn’t just a technical sport – it’s an emotional one....
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The NHRA nitro landscape is changing. Where it was once seen as advantageous to field several teams across the Top Fuel and Funny Car...
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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...
News
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...
News
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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[dropcap]J[/dropcap]ohn 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...
