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Line & Anderson to the Front

Virtually unbeatable in NHRA Pro Stock’ s fuel injection era, Jason Line and Greg Anderson open up all on all things winning. By Nate Van Wagnen

Bottle Fed

PDRA Pro Nitrous heavy-hitter Tommy Franklin has set the pace in one of drag racing’ s most exciting eliminators, and isn’ t afraid to talk about it. By Lisa Collier

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Wolfe Returns

Amongst small tire racing’ s most feared competitors, David Wolfe made his long awaited return to drag radial racing at the recently-completed Lights Out 7 event in Valdosta, Georgia, but wasn’ t satifised with the results. By Ainsley Jacobs

Doubling Down

It’ s not at all uncommon to see racers double-enter a drag race, especially at Lights Out 7, but it’ s almost always to treat one as a test bed in hopes of being more competitive in the other. Not the case for one Barry Mitchell. The North Carolina native entered his nitrous-assisted, fourth-generation Camaro in both Pro 275 and Outlaw Drag Radial fully expecting to win them both, and he did just that. By Ainsley Jacobs

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Considering the tumultuous happenings of the 2016 racing season, DI’ s Editor-in-Chief has a lot on his mind. By Wes Buck

DIRT

Leah Forges Forward

Leah Pritchett has had a breakout year in 2016, but only time will tell how one of drag racing’ s fastest females will rebound from an unexpected setback. By Nate Van Wagnen

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ON THE COVER Lights Out 7’ s Radial vs. World champion Keith Berry as photographed by Ian Tocher at Pro Line Racing Engines in Ball Ground, Georgia.

CLOSE-UP

Stevie Jackson

The one-and-only“ Stevie Fast” talks about his shot-heard-round-the-world 3.75-second blast on drag radials at North Star Dragway in Texas. By Wes Buck

PHOTOS: NHRA / NATIONAL DRAGSTER, JT HUDSON, CHRIS SEARS

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