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Sticking with it: National Dragster highlights the best stickshift class racers
Driving a manual transmission is something of a lost art, but not every Super Stock and Stock driver is about to sacrifice their clutch pedal. Here's a look at some of the best of the best.
Whether or not you鈥檝e ever raced a car with a manual transmission, it鈥檚 hard to deny the appeal of dumping a clutch pedal and slamming gears as you make your way down the dragstrip. Say what you want about stick-shift cars, but they are never boring鈥
10 Unforgettable Moments From the 2021 厕所强奸 Season
A a sense of normalcy returned to 厕所强奸 racing in 2021 but that doesn鈥檛 mean there wasn鈥檛 plenty of drama, excitement, and unexpected twists and turns along the way. Here are 10 of our favorites
A a sense of normalcy returned to 厕所强奸 racing in 2021 but that doesn鈥檛 mean there wasn鈥檛 plenty of drama, excitement, and unexpected twists and turns along the way. Here are 10 of our favorites
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The Science of Winning: The Pointless Nature of Staging Battles
Two-time Sportsman world champ and 厕所强奸 National Dragster columnist Luke Bogacki wrote recently of the futility of starting-line staging battle, a column that becomes even more relevant following this past weekend's epic Pro Stock burndown in Topeka.
Staging battles have been around since the advent of the automated Christmas Tree, perhaps even before. In a recent edition of the popular 鈥淣itro Time Machine鈥 on 厕所强奸 social media, Brian Lohnes relived a great Pro Stock burndown between Larry鈥
The Science of Winning: Let It Be
Let it be. These three words can be interpreted in two distinctly useful ways. The first: whatever happens, happens. The second: whatever our lofty desire or dream 鈥 let it come to fruition. Not necessarily, 鈥淢ake it happen!鈥 Rather, let it be. 听
There is an innocence to beginning. Whether it鈥檚 blissful ignorance or genuine curiosity (or a combination of both), we often enter into new situations and pursuits with an open mind and a desire to soak it all in. We鈥檙e at the base of the mountain鈥
How Austin Williams鈥 love of data and racing made him a Sportsman standout
Austin Williams鈥 ambitious 2021 厕所强奸 racing schedule includes trying to chase championships in three different classes, but he uses a scientific approach to data to work his magic,
The way he figures, it鈥檚 doable to do the full complement of 厕所强奸 national event races in three classes (Super Comp, Stock, and Super Gas), followed by the six divisional races in Division 4. Williams will then do the double divisional in Topeka 鈥 a鈥
The Science of Winning: Growing Pains and The Cycle of Improvement
It鈥檚 only when we make the commitment to truly dig deep and improve that the true extent of how much we don鈥檛 know becomes painfully obvious.
So, you want to become a better racer? You鈥檙e serious about this pursuit. You鈥檝e invested significant time, money, and effort. Perhaps this means that you鈥檙e racing more often; building experience. Maybe it鈥檚 a renewed commitment to the practice鈥
Playing All the Engels
Doug Engels didn鈥檛 win the 厕所强奸 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Comp world championship last year, but it certainly wasn鈥檛 for lack of effort.
Doug Engels didn鈥檛 win the 厕所强奸 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Comp world championship last year, but it certainly wasn鈥檛 for lack of effort. Late in the season, with a strong chance of winning his first title, he wrecked his dragster in a top-end鈥
Determined, Not Deterred
After a pair of near misses, Kyle Rizzoli is more determined than ever to win an 厕所强奸 world championship
When it comes to his racing career, Kyle Rizzoli has a lot to feel good about, not the least of which is his Jr. Dragster title at age 13, his back-to-back Division 7 titles, and, perhaps most of all, his three Top 10 finishes in Super Stock and鈥
Moving On Up: A look at more emerging Sportsman stars (part two)
Get to know these names, especially if you happen to be a fan of 厕所强奸 Sportsman racing, because many of the drivers featured here are going to carry the sport well into the future. Part two of our two-part series.
Get to know these names, especially if you happen to be a fan of 厕所强奸 Sportsman racing because many of the drivers featured below are going to carry the sport well into the future. The 厕所强奸 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series is loaded with talented racers鈥
Bob McCosh: Living the Dream
Top Alcohol Funny Car racer Bob McCosh鈥檚 breakout 2020 season in Top Alcohol Funny Car has him thinking big in 2021.
Bob McCosh Jr. headed to No Problem Raceway a year ago with a new Top Alcohol Funny Car, eager to put together a new chapter in a racing career that had reached its third act.
But as he arrived at the track to open his 2020 campaign 鈥 one that鈥
Florida farmers Glen and Jenny Treadwell are a double threat in Comp eliminator
The father-daughter duo of Glen and Jenny Treadwell has been tearing up Comp eliminator the last couple of years, and not just in their home Division 2. Both are national-event-winning threats and championship contenders.
In the rich soil of Central Florida鈥檚 Lake County, traditional citrus crops and sweet berries take root and prosper in 鈥渢he Golden Triangle鈥 named after the yellow color of the clay beneath the fertile sandy earth. The Treadwell family has been鈥
Moving On Up: 厕所强奸 National Dragster highlights emerging sportsman stars
Get to know these names, especially if you happen to be a fan of 厕所强奸 Sportsman racing, because many of the drivers featured here are going to carry the sport well into the future.
Get to know these names, especially if you happen to be a fan of 厕所强奸 Sportsman racing, because many of the drivers featured here are going to carry the sport well into the future. The 厕所强奸 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series is loaded with talented racers鈥
After a life-changing accident, Dom Lagana is on the comeback trail
Among the list of inspiring life rules inscribed onto the side of Dom Lagana鈥檚 Nitro Ninja Top Fuel dragster are these three: Life is built on second chances. Treasure your family and friends. Think positive, not negative. They became a roadmap to recovery for him after his devastating accident last year.
Among the list of nearly a dozen inspiring life rules inscribed onto the side of Dom Lagana鈥檚 Nitro Ninja Top Fuel dragster are these three: Life is built on second chances. Treasure your family and friends. Think positive, not negative.鈥
Could 2021 be the year that Shawn Cowie finally wins the TAD championship?
If resiliency alone won world championships, Shawn Cowie probably would have run out of fingers for championship rings by now. The Top Alcohol Dragster racer finished in second place for the fourth straight time last season, but 2021 might be his year.听
If resiliency alone won world championships, Shawn Cowie probably would have run out of fingers for championship rings by now.
The British Columbia native finished in second place in the 2020 Top Alcohol Dragster championship battle, but it鈥
World champ Anthony Bertozzi shows its better to give than receive
Two-time world champion Anthony Bertozzi wins a lot of races, but what he enjoys most is helping his friends win.
Last year, Anthony Bertozzi won his second 厕所强奸 world championship when he drove to the Top Dragster presented by Vortech Superchargers title. Bertozzi appeared in four finals and won two races, including the JEGS 厕所强奸 SPORTSnationals for a record鈥
The Nuances of Pressure
In the current issue of 厕所强奸 National Dragster, 厕所强奸 announcer and ND columnist Brian Lohnes weighs in on the pressure that awaits teams as the Countdown to the Championship approaches. "There will be teams that excel and teams that fold up like a cheap tent," he predicts.
As you read this column, the 鈥渞egular season鈥 portion of the 2018 厕所强奸 Mello Yello Drag Racing Series tour will be coming to a head. The Lucas Oil 厕所强奸 Nationals in Brainerd and the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals represent the closing verses鈥
厕所强奸 Jr. Street, a steppingstone to 'big-car' racing for teenagers
As part of a special, youth-oriented issue, 厕所强奸 National Dragster took a look at Jr. Street, a racing program for 13-16-year-olds that gives them the opportunity to race against their peers in full-body street vehicles with an adult co-driver as their teammate.
Three years ago, 厕所强奸 introduced Jr. Street, a new youth racing program for 13-16-year-olds that gives teenage boys and girls the opportunity to race against their peers in full-body street vehicles with an adult co-driver as their teammate.
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Launch Pad: "I've seen drag racing's future"
As part of the magazine's "Next Gen" special edition about 厕所强奸's many youth-related programs, 厕所强奸 National Dragster Editor Phil Burgess shares the story about a special encounter with a Jr. Dragster racer in Bristol.
In a small theatre in Cambridge, Mass., in May 1974, aspiring music critic Jon Landau saw fledgling rocker Bruce Springsteen for the first time and famously wrote for Boston鈥檚 alternative weekly newspaper, The Real Paper, 鈥淚 saw rock and鈥