With the escalating costs of being competitive in the Drag Radial ranks it’s no surprise these two decided to team up for the new season. They have already tested into the 4.40′s at over 180 MPH this week at Bradenton after shaking it down closer to home at SGMP and are ready for this weekends US Street Nationals
Interviews
Interview: Kevin Fiscus And Josh Klugger On Their 2012 Partnership
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Rob Cossack
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January 27, 2012
Holley long ago established itself as a maker of popular carburetors, but they’ve also developed a number of great LS engine products. We interviewed the President of Holley, Tom Tomlinson, regarding their vast product offerings for the LS-series of engines and what future LS products Holley has up its sleeves.
Known as the “silent Hawaiian” for his quiet demeanor, Danny Ongais let his driving talents on the race track do the talking for him, earning a reputation as one of the most talented and versatile drivers in all of auto racing.
Former Garlits Crew Chief Tom “T.C.” Lemons Passes Away At Age 74
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Andrew Wolf
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January 12, 2012
Few in the sport have attained legend status for their contributions outside of a race car, but Tom “T.C.” Lemons was one of those rare individuals.
Lemons, 74, was found dead on Wednesday at his home on the grounds of the Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing in Ocala, Fla. that he helped create.
Courtney Force, the youngest of 15-time champion John Force’s four daughters and who has spent the last four seasons learning both the on and off-track aspects of professional drag racing, will make her professional driving debut next month in Pomona in a Ford Mustang Funny Car sponsored by Traxxas.
When Jon Bowles pulls up to the starting line, it may appear as though he and his black ’92 Mustang are the definition of sneaky and stealthy, but when the 347 cubic-inch, 88 mm-turbocharged engine is spooled and the hammer is dropped, all eyes are on them. We talk with Jon about his Mustang campaign.
Don Walsh Jr. Will Return in 2012 With ’11 Mustang in NHRA Pro Mod
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Jason Reiss
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December 15, 2011
Dragzine was able to scoop an interview with Walsh just hours after he made the decision to partner up with some of the top names in doorslammer drag racing today with a deal to drive a state-of-the-art Pro Mod in NHRA competition. Inside is a brief interview with Walsh about his return.
Mickey Thompson has been leading that tire category for longer than we can remember, especially when it comes to the street/strip or heads-up drag racing, so we went to them (specifically, M/T’s Carl Robinson) to answer our Top Ten questions concerning drag slicks and radials. Here’s what they had to say.
powerTV recently sat down with JPC Racing founder and Mustang aficionado Justin Burcham to learn more about his introduction to racing, his current and future racing endeavors, the foundation and evolution of his business, and a host of other topics.
Many were shocked to hear the iconic Orlando World Street Nationals has been postponed for this year, so we had a talk with track promoter Carl Weisinger to get the inside scoop on the decision, his thoughts on the economic situation and a little bit of his background in the sport.
In a new partnership seeded by Forth Worth-area engine builder Hans Feustel, Wolfe has teamed up with Houston native and car owner Charlie Osborne on a project aimed initially at the ADRL Extreme 10.5 category, utilizing what was originally a Rick Jones-built Pro Stock Chevrolet Cavalier.
DRAGZINE recently sat down with reigning NMCA Pro Street champion and perennial national record holder Chris Rini, driver of the ATI Performance-backed 1968 Camaro to learn more about his introduction to the sport, his rise to the NMCA throne, and where his racing adventures may turn next.
At the recent PRI Show in Orlando, we sat down with Jeff Stange, the second generation leader of the racing driveline and suspension empire known as Strange Engineering to learn more about the man behind the namesake that racers the world over have relied on for decades.
DRAGZINE sits down with veteran engine builder and racer Mike Moran to discuss his long journey to the five-second zone, his new Mustang and turbocharged engine program, and the future of his business and racing endeavors.
Aeromotive Inc. President and founder Steve Matusek made the long-awaited debut of the new twin turbocharged Rough/Yates engine combination in Pro Modified at last weekends NHRA O’Reilly Auto Parts Spring Nationals in Houston, and despite missing the show, he and his team view the maiden outing as a clear success.
Paul “Scooter” Brothers is the President and co-founder of COMP Cams and chairman-elect of the SEMA board of directors. It turns out that the head honcho of COMP has quite a few racing stories that you’d never think a CEO of a major corporation would share, but we think you’ll find that Scooter is no ordinary CEO!
Mustang aficionados J.R. Granatelli and Steve Matusek are joining forces on the race track in 2011, as Granatelli has announced his intentions to pursue building what would be the quickest and fastest Ford Modular-powered Mustang to date for competition in the PSCA and NHRA Competition Eliminator.
DRAGZINE sat down with the IHRA’s Manager of Media and Publicity, Larry Crum, to learn how the series and Feld Entertaiment grade their first season and what’s in store for the future of the fledgling new Nitro Jam program.
“Some segments of the market are in huge, just unbelievable trouble. I’ve been in business since the early 70’s, and this is my fifth recession. It’s probably going to be the worst one, and I think that if you’re under 30 and you’ve never lived in a down economy, or worked in one, you need to understand that it will get better. Some parts will come back, and some won’t. That’s just the way it is.” – Chris Alston, Sr.
Since the beginning of his racing career, Charlie Booze, Jr. has taken a methodical approach to drag racing and is known for making oddball combinations go fast, winning races, and ultimately earning multiple championships. “Familiarity and knowledge of the car has paid huge dividends for us,” said Booze. “These cars have gotten progressively faster and faster since the first time we raced in NMRA Hot Street in 2003. We started out running 9.20 ET’s and now we are almost running 8.20’s. So it’s really the same car, and a second faster.”
Yellowbullet is about more than just tech, news, and bench racing – everyone’s free to have their own opinion, as long as they’re ready to be told exactly how wrong they are. We check in with the man of the hour – Monty Mikho – to see what’s up.
Pat Musi is a name known all over the dragstrip. Before he made a name for himself as a Pro Street Champion with the NMCA and NSCA circuits back in the 1990s, Musi raced against the likes of Warren Johnson, Bob Glidden, Lee Shepard, and the rest of the NHRA Pro Stock legends of the late ‘70s and ‘80s. Let’s talk to Pat and see what’s shaking.
Not only is Dan Millen winning races over here in the United States, but now he is winning them in different countries. The ADRL (Arabian Drag Racing League) is another series Millen is starting to compete in. We talk to Dan about his trip to Qatar and he released some interesting information – including the sale of his Outlaw 10.5 Mustang.
“This just did not just happen. No way.” It wasn’t a reaction to running the first pass in the sixes. Instead, that was David Hance’s first reaction after spinning out and hitting the wall at the Shakedown at E-Town late last year. A great racer is not someone who can go out there a few times and run some good runs. It’s a racer who can make a few runs then fall really hard, get back up and make a record pass. That is what David Hance did and we spoke with him about the road to the six second barrier.
Paul Major started out like any other high school kid with a love for cars and street racing. His first car was a ’72 Monte Carlo that was packed with nitrous, running in the high 12’s with a small block nitrous combination, it fed his fever early. Eventually, Major found his way to the drag strip for some legal racing, and his obsession just went from there. He’s not just a racer, but a Corvette guy through and through. We got to talk to Major and get the background on his past and what he is doing today.
Jim Blair has worked his way up from nothing into the stardom of 10.5 Tire Heads Up racing. Along the way he picked up two championships: the first in 2004 winning the NMRA Super Street Outlaw Championship and the second with the NMCA in the very competitive Super Street 10.5W 2007 season. His clean silver Mustang is one of the few small block Procharger combinations that can hang with the big boys, thanks to the help he gets from ATF, Scorpion Performance, and his crew. We sat down with Jim and got talked about his different experiences and thoughts.
It’s a rough way to earn a nickname – A nitrous-fueled explosion on the starting line in Phoenix back in 2000 added “Fireball” to the list of names people have called legendary NMRA Super Street Outlaw racer John Urist. Surprisingly, though, for a man who has won an unprecedented four championships in the class, and has successfully run practically every combination allowed by the rules, most of that list is complimentary. We sat down with Urist to get his take on the class and his future.
