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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...
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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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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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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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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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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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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...
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Turkey Beach Bash: A Look Back at Gaylon Rolison’s Inaugural Pre-Thanksgiving Bracket Race
When race promoter Gaylon Rolison Jr. wanted to put together a pre-Thanksgiving race at his local Gulfport Dragway...
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King Tut: Todd Tutterow Is Coming for His Crown
The sun is setting at Qatar Racing Club as Ty Tutterow drives through the water box and starts...
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In It to Win It: Is 2020 Chris Rini’s Year to Break Through for a PDRA Pro Nitrous Win?
Longtime nitrous Pro Modified racer Chris Rini enjoyed a career-best season in the PDRA’s Switzer Dynamics Pro Nitrous...
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Outlaw Street Car Reunion VII Cancelled
The 2020 small-tire racing schedule is now without one of its marquee events, the Outlaw Street Car Reunion,...
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The Best, Worst and Wildest Moments From Lights Out 11
From the small-block-that-could to Stevie Fast’s ongoing reign of terror and everything in between, DRAG ILLUSTRATED delves into...
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The Oral History of ‘Lights Out’: How ‘The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia’ Became the Super Bowl of Small-Tire Racing
In the eyes of many in the mid-2000s, drag radial racing had the potential to become a breakout...
