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Lagana Family Legacy
The son of a passionate Northeast nitro match racer, Bobby Lagana Jr. was born to play with 11,000-horsepower Top Fuel dragsters. In addition to running the family car with various drivers, Lagana and brother Dom have found a home at Torrence Racing as assistant crew chiefs on the CAPCO entries. By Kelly Wade
Dragstalgia!
The eighth running of Santa Pod Raceway’ s Dragstalgia event attracted nostalgia racers and fans from all over Europe, gathering for a weekend of smoky burnouts, dry hops and periodcorrect drag racing. By David Beitler
Super Tuners
Top tuners from across drag racing’ s quickest and fastest eliminators share their thoughts on the crew chief’ s role and how its changed over time, molded by technological advances, performance gains and expanded budgets. By Josh Hachat
Are These the Glory Days?
Much has been said about the drag racing’ s glorious past – the days of 32-car Funny Car shows and cross-country match racing tours, but is it possible we’ re living the glory days? Members of the DI staff make the case for that argument in our list of the 20 Reasons to Be Excited About Drag Racing in 2018.
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Don Schumacher and his seven Top Fuel and Funny Car drivers recently pledged to donate their brains to concussion research efforts, marking the first time an entire sports team made the commitment. By Allison McCormick
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Tuned Up
Veteran tuner-for-hire Will Hanna uses this month’ s column to list and describe the types of aggressive tire shake, building on the“ weak shake” theme of last month’ s edition of this in-depth technical column.
ON THE COVER NHRA Pro Mod and PDRA Pro Nitrous crew chief and engine builder Pat Musi as photographed by Cole Rokosky at National Trail Raceway in Hebron, Ohio.
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The Real Deal
A rainy weekend at the PDRA Super Strip Nationals near Columbus, Ohio, gave Tommy D’ Aprile time to slow down and find balance in his fast-paced life.
PHOTOS: DAVID BEITLER, SADIE GLENN, NHRA / NATIONAL DRAGSTER
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