Stories from the Dragstrip
Please enjoy this story you might have missed from February 2020. The first round of Stock Eliminator at the 60th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals featured a D/SA heads-up meeting of two very cool old-school hot rods. Randi Lyn Shipp, a seven-time national event winner in the category, brought her sleek ’67 Pontiac Firebird to... Continue Reading →
When last we spoke, I was confessing my ignorance and terror. Miss that post? It's right here. Okay, now that you're caught up: hello, good day. Get your reading specs on because friends, I have more confessions to, well, confess. So yeah, in a fairly risky move, they hired me. I had won the career... Continue Reading →
The tagline for the Midwest Nostalgia Pro Stock Association is "paying tribute to the legends," and boy howdy, do they ever do a phenomenal job. Earlier this year at the NHRA season opener in Pomona, spectators had the opportunity to cruise the pits and check out an assortment of tributes to Pro Stock legends. Eight... Continue Reading →
Pre-order the soon-to-be-released book, Drag Racing's Warren "The Professor" Johnson: The Cars, People & Wins Behind His Pro Stock Success, as a gift for anyone that appreciates drag racing, Pro Stock, and the history of the sport. This book is slated to be released this coming spring. Order now and let the recipient know they'll... Continue Reading →
One of the friendliest faces at the racetrack for many years belongs to Greg Boutte. He has worked in racing for a long while, and he knows firsthand what he's dealing with when it comes to sponsor and customer relations because he's also a veteran racer. Legend has it that Boutte's experience on the dragstrip... Continue Reading →
True character is revealed when your back is against the wall. Anthony Fetch found himself in such a position this year, and rather than pulling the covers over his head in self-pity over the loss of a job, he got to work. For Fetch, the seasoned drag racer from Colonia, New Jersey, the answer to... Continue Reading →
If you've landed on this website, we suspect you already know this: racers gonna race. Even when they can't get to a proper-sized racetrack, this special breed of humans somehow finds a way to feed that hunger for competition and, relatively speaking, speed. Pandemic-related restrictions aside, one of the more unique methods of satiation is... Continue Reading →
Alright, where were we? Ah, yes. The click. (If you need catching up, go here.) There I was on NHRA.com, hovering over the Careers button at the bottom of the page. It's a weird feeling, standing with your toes over the edge, knees slightly bent, just about to jump into the next frame of your... Continue Reading →
In 2020, esteemed drag racing photographer Richard Shute celebrated his 50th year of professionally pointing the lens at drag cars and archiving the history of the fastest accelerating machines on the planet. Shute, a longtime Southern California resident, first shot drag racing at close range with a simple 126 Instamatic. It only took a small... Continue Reading →
Every single thing about the art produced by Travis "Tuki" Hess is righteously far out. His most viewed pieces, though, wouldn't fit on a wall. Tuki's incredibly detailed custom paint and lettering has brought outrageous color and life to racecars and motorcycles, vintage and BMX bicycles, and yes, sometimes even wall signs. Hess once admitted... Continue Reading →
