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Flynn Returns to Kalitta Motorsports as Co-Crew Chief for J.R. Todd
Coming off the team’s highly lucrative 2015 season, Team Kalitta takes a step to ensure that success continues. Effective immediately, Rob Flynn has returned to the Ypsilanti, Michigan shop and will...
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Rieff, Massel, Howe and T. Pedregon to Present NHRA on FOX Sports
Officials from NHRA and FOX Sports announced Dec. 2, the members of the broadcast team that will cover the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series for FOX Sports. The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing...
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275 Terror: David Pearson Makes Setting Records Look Easy
There has been a target on David Pearson’s back almost since the day he started running on 275 drag radial tires. He makes setting records look easy. Each time someone gets close to him, Pearson ups...
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DI CLASSIC: Frank Manzo’s High Expectations and Harsh Realities
On November 14th, 2011, Frank Manzo took the stage of the Grand Ballroom of the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles. Drivers, crewmen, team owners and their families were gathered to celebrate,...
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Megan Meyer Announces 2016 NHRA TAD Schedule
DragIllustrated.com driver blogger Megan Meyer grew up watching her father, Randy, drive and tune some of the quickest and most successful A/Fuel dragsters in the NHRA’s Top Alcohol Dragster class....
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Patterson Racing Enjoying Success Following Elite Merger
The phone calls continue to pour in from around the world following the October announcement that highly respected Patterson Racing Inc. has merged with the back-to-back and reigning Pro Stock...
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Drag Illustrated Reveals 30 Under 30 Who Make a Difference
Drag Illustrated magazine announced today the inaugural members of its highly anticipated ’30 Under 30’ list. Celebrating some of the brightest young people in drag racing, the list and its members are...
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DI Q&A: Jimmy Prock
From offering a helping hand as an 11 year old in 1977 to his gasser legend father, Tom Prock, to currently serving as crew chief on Jack Beckman’s Infinite Hero Dodge Funny Car for Don Schumacher...
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Erica Enders Named to espnW’s Prestigious IMPACT25 List
After a spectacular season that was capped by her second consecutive NHRA Pro Stock world championship, Erica Enders was named to espnW’s IMPACT25 list. The list features “athletes and influencers who...
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ON THE ROAD: Mo-Kan Dragway
Late one night a number of years ago I was visiting Pro Mod pioneer Charles Carpenter in his Charlotte race shop. I was sitting in an old wooden chair, sipping hot coffee while Charles told me some of...
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Enders-Stevens and Coughlin Jr. to Fly Mopar Banner in 2016
A pair of champions will team up and carry the Mopar banner in 2016, as back-to-back NHRA Pro Stock champ Erica Enders and five-time overall Pro Stock title winner Jeg Coughlin Jr. will lead the charge...
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Langdon Named Driver for DSR Top Fuel Team
Shawn Langdon has been hired to drive full time in 2016 for Don Schumacher Racing in the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing season and that gives DSR a world champion in the cockpit of each of its three...
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Leah Pritchett and Quaker State Joining Bob Vandergriff Racing in 2016
Bob Vandergriff Racing will once again field a two-car Top Fuel Dragster team in 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series. Dave Connolly will be driving the C&J Energy Services dragster with new...
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DI Q&A: Tom Bogner
As director of motorsports for Lucas Oil, Tom Bogner has a huge, wide-encompassing job overseeing the company’s vast involvement in racing properties from tractor pullers to off-road vehicles to stock...
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DI CLASSIC: Don Schumacher – The DI Interview
Don Schumacher isn’t happy. Not quite scream-and-go-crazy unhappy or even pack-my-stuff-and-leave unhappy. He’s more waited-in-line-for-an-hour-only-to-get-the-wrong-order unhappy. One of those deals...
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Van Greer Keeps Father’s Racing Memory Alive with ‘Tension’ Tribute
Some of Van Greer’s fondest memories while growing up in Kingsport, Tennessee, involve going racing with his famous father, the late Shirl Greer, a pioneer of the Funny Car class in the 1960s as it...
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Matt Smith Racing, Victory Team Ready for Another Big Step in 2016
The year-old partnership between Victory Motorcycles and Matt Smith Racing is ready to reap some big benefits in 2016. Matt Smith and wife Angie Smith introduced Victory Motorcycles to the NHRA Mello...
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Tony Wilson is Gettin’ it Done in PDRA Top Sportsman
Ever since door cars were able to run in the three-second zone on the eighth mile, Tony Wilson has fiercely wanted to experience the adrenaline rush of the accomplishment first hand. In fact, it has...
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Jonathan Gray to Drive PTE Pro Mod Camaro in 2016
Precision Turbo and Engine has announced that Jonathan Gray will take the wheel of the PTE flagship 2014 Pro Mod Chevrolet Camaro for the 2016 NHRA race season. The Camaro was previously driven by Don...
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