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Nate Van Wagnen | April 1, 2020
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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Josh Hachat | April 1, 2020
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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Nate Van Wagnen | March 30, 2020
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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Van Abernethy | March 27, 2020
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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Nate Van Wagnen | March 27, 2020
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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Wes Buck | March 27, 2020
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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Kelly Wade | March 26, 2020
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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Wes Buck | March 26, 2020
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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Van Abernethy | March 24, 2020
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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David Beitler | March 24, 2020
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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Van Abernethy | March 24, 2020
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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Ian Tocher | March 24, 2020
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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Craig Cook | March 23, 2020
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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Wes Buck | March 23, 2020
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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Wes Buck | March 21, 2020
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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Van Abernethy | March 20, 2020
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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Ian Tocher | March 20, 2020
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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Ian Tocher | March 20, 2020
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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Ian Tocher | March 19, 2020
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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Ian Tocher | March 19, 2020
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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Wes Buck | March 19, 2020
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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Ian Tocher | March 18, 2020
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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Ian Tocher | March 18, 2020
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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Wes Buck | March 18, 2020
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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Ian Tocher | March 17, 2020
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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Wes Buck | March 17, 2020
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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Ian Tocher | March 17, 2020
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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Nate Van Wagnen | March 17, 2020
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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Nate Van Wagnen | March 17, 2020
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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Nate Van Wagnen | March 13, 2020
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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Nate Van Wagnen | March 9, 2020
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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Drag Illustrated | March 7, 2020
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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Allyson Johnson | March 6, 2020
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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Josh Hachat | March 6, 2020
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...
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Nate Van Wagnen | March 6, 2020
World Doorslammer Nationals Pit Report: Pro Mod
It’s day two at the inaugural Drag Illustrated World Doorslammer Nationals presented by CTech Manufacturing, where Pro Stock...
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Nate Van Wagnen | March 6, 2020
WATCH: World Doorslammer Nationals Thursday Testing Highlights
Just one day of World Doorslammer Nationals testing remains! Videographer and DI contributor Kyle Christ is on the...
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Nate Van Wagnen | March 3, 2020
WATCH: Monday Testing Highlights at DI World Doorslammer Nationals
It’s officially World Doorslammer Nationals race week! Videographer and DI contributor Kyle Christ is on the grounds at...
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Josh Hachat | March 1, 2020
Todd Tutterow Puts ATI Performance Products’ New Damper Technology to the Test
The latest and greatest in technology can often come with plenty of hype but little in the actual...
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Nate Van Wagnen | February 29, 2020
Going [Half] The Distance: John Mazzorana Previews the 2020 NEOPMA Season
In response to feedback – direct and indirect – from Northeast Outlaw Pro Mod Association members, club founder...
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Allyson Johnson | February 27, 2020
Team Mom: One of Jr. Drag Racing’s Biggest Cheerleaders Retires
Kim Hall spends many weekends traveling more than two hours from her home in Nokesville, Virginia, to her...