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Stevie Faster
Outlaw eighth-mile drag racing star Steve “ Stevie Fast ” Jackson is moving up to the high-profile NHRA J & A Service Pro Mod Series this season , and he ’ s taking his aggressive driving style and no-punches-pulled smack talk with him . By Nate Van Wagnen
Together Again
DI ’ s Van Abernethy caught up with the former NHRA Pro Stock duo of car owner Bill Orndorff and driver Jerry Eckman when the two reunited to witness an exact replica of the Camaro driven by Eckman in the late 1980s .
SPECIAL SECTION
Crowning the Champions
Each year we seek to highlight the winning efforts of champions across numerous series and sanctioning bodies , from Ohio ’ s small Asphalt Wars series to the national NHRA Mello Yello Series and PDRA organization .
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Racing Out Front
Three of NHRA fast doorslammer racing ’ s most recent champions – defending Pro Stock champion Jason Line and multi-time Pro Mod champions Rickie Smith and Troy Coughlin – discuss the highs and lows of racing with a bullseye on their backs . By Josh Hachat
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A recently released iPhone and Android app puts realistic drag racing in the pockets of gamers who can ’ t get enough straight-line action . By Brandon W . Mudd
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A routine single run during testing went horribly wrong for East Coast Pro Modified driver Leroy Dewdney . Photographer AJ Pinder captured the whole sequence of images .
COLUMN
On the Road
For Van Abernethy , a year of traveling to America ’ s dragstrips wouldn ’ t be complete without a stop at the seasonending Snowbird Nationals in Bradenton , Florida .
ON THE COVER NMCA Radial Wars champion and No Mercy 7 Radial vs . the World event winner DeWayne “ Big Daddy ” Mills as photographed by Wes Buck in the staging lanes at South Georgia Motorsports Park in Valdosta , Georgia .
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PHOTOS : CHRIS GRAVES , VAN ABERNETHY , NHRA / NATIONAL DRAGSTER
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