Features
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The Triumph of Garrett Mitchell
Garrett Mitchell is almost everything we should want the sport of drag racing to look like. He loves...
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HOTTEST 2019: Angie Smith’s Hard Work Pays Off
Angie Smith remembers early in her racing career when her only job consisted of simply showing up and...
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HOTTEST 2019: Grudge Racing Is Serious Business For Aria Connolly
Grudge racing is serious business for Aria Connolly. The Long Island-based chef has stepped up her program this...
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HOTTEST 2019: Julie Nataas is Chasing Her Dream
The first step to Julie Nataas getting noticed in the United States drag racing scene was networking, something...
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HOTTEST 2019: Angela Gantkowski’s Unexpected Success
Angela Gantkowski describes her 2018 season as somewhat of a “transition year.” The 20-year-old college student was making...
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CLOSE-UP: Pamala Wade and Her ‘Snafu’ ’37 Chevy Coupe
Pamala Wade is a woman with extremely varying interests. On one hand, she’s cultivated a lifelong passion for...
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Partner Spotlight: Greg Kelley’s Motor Sports Innovations
As a sportsman racer with 30 years of experience in the corporate IT world, it was a natural...
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Pro 275 Drivers Explain Why the Class Is Attracting Radial vs. the World Cars – and Fans – by the Droves
By virtue of a few rule changes, Pro 275 has unearthed a whole new world of possibilities. With...
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LISTEN: The Story of Funny Car-Driving Mafioso ‘Broadway Freddy’ DeName
Some hardcore drag racing fans are familiar with “Broadway Freddy” DeName, an East Coast Funny Car driver who...
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Growing Pains: Florida’s Immokalee Regional Raceway Fending Off Nearby Airport’s Expansion
South Florida’s Immokalee Regional Raceway has always been a favorite place to compete for so many racers who...
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PDRA’s New Pro Street Class Set to Hit Three Races in 2020
Aside from the independent Outlaw 10.5 National Championship Series’ 2-3 appearances per season and the occasional small-tire exhibition,...
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DI CLASSIC: John Force – The Drag Illustrated Interview
It’s been a minute since my last sit-down interview with John Force – almost eight years – and...
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Second-Generation Racer Trevor Larkin Chasing Greatness of His Own
Trevor Larkin’s first memories from the drag strip center around being corralled in a racing slick as a...
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DI CLASSIC: Killin’ Time with Stevie ‘Fast’ Jackson
Has any drag racer in the history of the sport wanted it as bad as Stevie Jackson? Look...
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DI CLASSIC: Chris Rini’s Empire State of Mind
Whenever Chris Rini rolls into the water box, just moments away from doing his burnout, most any track...
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Wittenberg, Bynum and Capps Shake Things Up at 62nd March Meet
The 2020 NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Series season kicked off in style with the 62nd annual Good Vibrations...
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ON THE ROAD: Nahunta Dragway
When it comes to hidden gems tucked away deep inside North Carolina’s racing landscape, Nahunta Dragway may just...
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DI CLASSIC: Jason Scruggs Is a Busy Man
It’s 6:30 in the morning and Jason Scruggs is heading to work. He makes a right turn out...
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Is Justin ‘Lil Country’ Swanstrom ‘No Prep Kings’’ Next Big Star?
Up-and-coming radial and grudge racer Justin “Lil Country” Swanstrom is trading in his small tires this year to...
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DI CLASSIC: School Is In Session for Alexis DeJoria
There are many names that come to mind when you think of the myriad of diversity that is...
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DI CLASSIC: Whit Bazemore and the Story of the 325 MPH Trans Am Body
Where would drag racing be without its stories? Performance is impressive and the cars can be stars, but...
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DI CLASSIC: The Legend of Todd Tutterow
Even though it’s been 27 years, Maurice Hayes vividly recalls the greatest drag racing success story to ever come...
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DI CLASSIC: Pat Musi Reflects on NHRA Pro Mod Win
Where would drag racing be without its stories? Performance is impressive and the cars can be stars, but...
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DI CLASSIC: Jeff ‘Nine Fingers’ Naiser on Losing His Finger
Where would drag racing be without its stories? Performance is impressive and the cars can be stars, but...
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DI CLASSIC: Mick Snyder Is Making the Most of an Extreme Experience
Mick Snyder had just won his first ADRL Pro Extreme event. Or at least so he hoped. There...
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DI CLASSIC: Billy Glidden Looks Back on Racing His Father’s Project 514 Mustang
Where would drag racing be without its stories? Performance is impressive and the cars can be stars, but...
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DI CLASSIC: Mike ‘The Hitman’ Hill on Winning $50,000 in Outlaw 10.5 at Huntsville
Where would drag racing be without its stories? Performance is impressive and the cars can be stars, but...
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DI CLASSIC: ‘Animal’ Jim Feurer on Match Racing with Bill Kuhlmann
Where would drag racing be without its stories? Performance is impressive and the cars can be stars, but...
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DI CLASSIC: Roy Hill on Buying Rockingham Dragway with Steve Earwood
Where would drag racing be without its stories? Performance is impressive and the cars can be stars, but...
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DI CLASSIC: John Montecalvo – The Last Champion
ohn Montecalvo is a world champion, a driver whose prowess behind the wheel and on-track performance has earned...
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DI CLASSIC: ‘Traction Twins’ Cale and Cody Crispe Are Fully Prepped
Let’s get one thing clear right off the bat. They’re not really twins. Though if Cale, 25, and...
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DI CLASSIC: ‘Big Daddy’ Knows Best
Outside Don Garlits’ central Florida home, which sits on 20-acres of ground just off of I-75 in the...
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DI CLASSIC: Change is Good for Lizzy Musi
Born and raised in New Jersey, 23-year-old Lizzy Musi moved south late in 2012, as her father, doorslammer...
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All Hands on Deck: Christopher Holdorf has a PDRA Pro Outlaw 632 Championship in Mind
When Christopher Holdorf and his father, Chris, we’re looking to get into a competitive, traveling class, the PDRA’s...
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Pro Mod Racers, Tuners React to Inaugural World Doorslammer Nationals
When Drag Illustrated founder and editorial director Wes Buck first described the inaugural Drag Illustrated World Doorslammer Nationals...
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Todd ‘King Tut’ Tutterow Reflects on Runner-Up Finish at World Doorslammer Nationals
When Todd Tutterow pulled through the Orlando Speed World Dragway staging lanes for his final-round battle with Alex...
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Stevie ‘Fast’ Jackson Breaks Down Top-End Crash at World Doorslammer Nationals
After winning the 2019 NHRA Pro Mod world championship and a couple major Radial vs. the World races...
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Jim Whiteley Seeing ‘Automatic’ Success with Jackson-Tuned ’63 Corvette
While Jim Whiteley partnered up with Stevie “Fast” Jackson and the Killin’ Time Racing (KTR) brain trust of...
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World Doorslammer Nationals Pit Report: Pro 632
Welcome to the Inaugural World Doorslammer Nationals Pro 632 racers have been testing all week in preparation for...
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World Doorslammer Nationals Pit Report: Pro Stock
Welcome to the Inaugural Drag Illustrated World Doorslammer Nationals Pro Stock racers have finished qualifying at the inaugural...
