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The Wes Buck Show | Ep. 440 | Lyle Barnett, Courtney Enders, & Michael Narx!
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For more than a decade, Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio has successfully hosted the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals. The park has staged...
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For many years, it was a forgone conclusion that the possibility of a 64-car Funny Car show died off in the 1970s. Never again...
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The PDRA is racing at Summit Motorsports Park for the first time this weekend, and one of the biggest stories of the weekend is...
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Three races into the 2021 NHRA Camping World Series season, Funny Car standout Bob Tasca III finds himself at the top of the class...
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Legendary engine builder Sonny Leonard passed away Sunday, January 10, 2021, at age 77. News of Leonard’s passing spread quickly on social media Sunday...
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Randy Meyer has guided his drivers to nearly every accomplishment imaginable in the NHRA’s Top Alcohol Dragster class. His drivers collectively have won two...
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Justin Elkes had spent 15 years in Pro Stock, which accounted for thousands upon thousands of runs. He had enjoyed plenty of success at...
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Frank Gugliotta has experienced his fair share of highlights behind the wheel of an 800-plus-cubic-inch Mountain Motor Pro Stock car. He competed in IHRA...
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Randy Meyer has guided his drivers to nearly every accomplishment imaginable in the NHRA’s Top Alcohol Dragster class. His drivers collectively have won two...
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A remarkable thing happened this summer. Without question, the COVID-19 pandemic put a pause and a disruption on nearly everything it has touched. But...
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Jim Howe Jr. is a man on a mission. While his supercharged ’68 Camaro bears the small logos of a handful of partners, it’s...
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As the general manager and national event director for the NMCA and NMRA, Rollie Miller is accustomed to making a fair deal of difficult...
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Jim Halsey’s life is practically consumed by drag racing. He and Cathy Crouse, his girlfriend of over 30 years, own and operate Cecil County...
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When it comes to nitrous oxide-assisted drag racing, Mike Thermos is considered one of the originators. He co-founded Nitrous Oxide Systems with partner Dale...
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If there’s a conventional route to running an electric dragster, Steve Huff surely didn’t take it. With a punk rock attitude, incredible intelligence and...
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When Osage Casino Tulsa Raceway Park announced it would not only host its popular Throwdown in T-Town race, but also allow spectators, it made...
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Stevie “Fast” Jackson has been able to get his Radial vs. the World fix during this ongoing COVID-19 public health crisis, but the reigning...
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Paul Lee’s story is about racing. But it’s also about friends and family, and maybe most importantly, perseverance. Lee had just enjoyed a strong...
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Top Fuel veteran T.J. Zizzo is feeling good and these days, well, that means a lot. In the midst of a global pandemic, his...
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When Jim “J.K.” Kelly retired from his management position at VP Racing Fuels late in May 2015, he could’ve taken up the typical retirement...
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Judy Franklin just wants to go the racetrack. It’s a place that’s increasingly become a second home for her over the last two decades....
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By virtue of a few rule changes, Pro 275 has unearthed a whole new world of possibilities. With Radial vs. the World continuing to...
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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...
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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...
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Longtime nitrous Pro Modified racer Chris Rini enjoyed a career-best season in the PDRA’s Switzer Dynamics Pro Nitrous class in 2019. He not only...
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The life and career of NHRA Pro Stock legend Warren Johnson is being chronicled in a new biography set to hit the shelves towards...
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Alex Laughlin is known in the sport of drag racing for driving almost anything. Whether it’s Pro Stock, Pro Mod, Radial vs. the World,...
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This year marked the 10-year anniversary of the Yellowbullet.com Nationals, held over Labor Day weekend at Cecil County Dragway in Rising Sun, Maryland. Outspoken...
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Over the years, Drag Illustrated has watched many young stars come up in the drag racing world with huge success. One of the brightest...
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The first – and only – race Scott Palmer attended as a spectator was a NHRA national event at Heartland Motorsports Park in Topeka....
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The Comp Cams Shakedown Nationals at Virginia Motorsports Park has come and gone. With it came a revolutionary new format, finally pitting radials against...
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Tony Gillig made a name for himself racing in IHRA and NHRA Pro Stock in the 1990s, driving a family-owned Oldsmobile Cutlass with considerable...
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Bo Butner was standing in line, preparing to board on a plane – a drill he repeats hundreds of times each year, both as...
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Former IHRA Top Fuel titan Clay Millican appeared on the cover of DRAG ILLUSTRATEDin May of 2017, just weeks before he would go on...
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From a nitrous-equipped Comp car to driving in the Outlaw 10.5 class and now his current place piloting his baby-blue turbocharged Mustang in NHRA...
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The feel-good story of the weekend at the Premier Street Car Association’s Heads-Up Hootenanny at Gateway Motorsports Park was the incredible, against-the-odds performance by...
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It’s been more than a decade since veteran drag racer Mark Pawuk has gone after one of NHRA’s coveted Wally trophies, but the years...
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Without question, Cruz Pedregon is his own man. The longtime Funny Car standout does things his own way and is not afraid to let...
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A life in racing has served Paul Pittman well, both on and off the track. Racing in a number of different sportsman classes, as...
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Justin Swanstrom sits in his pit area at Darlington Dragway with his feet kicked up in a fold-up tailgating chair. Condensation drips from the...
