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FEATURES
30 Miller Time
Three wins and a runner-up finish
in just six races have Ray Miller III
chasing the NHRA Super Comp world
championship in his self-built dragster.
The 29-year-old describes how his past
experiences are fueling his consistent
success rate. By Kelly Wade
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“All the Track
Will Hold”
38 Tough Decisions
Race promoter Tyler Crossnoe opens
up about the hard choices he had to
make during – and in the wake of – his
Outlaw Street Car Reunion VI at Beech
Bend Raceway Park, and explains why
his race will be back and better than
ever in 2020. By Craig Cook
41 Altering Perceptions
86 Top Dogs
Top Sportsman and Top Dragster fields
fill up at races across the country, from
NHRA divisionals on the West Coast
to PDRA races in the Southeast. Why
are the classes so popular? How have
recent rule changes affected the class?
What’s next? Several racers in the
classes share their opinions in this DI
Roundtable feature. By Josh Hachat
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DEPARTMENTS
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30 Spring Fling Million
Accomplished big-money bracket racer Preston “Peeps” Penning-
ton picked up the biggest win of his young career when he turned
on the final win light of the night at the K&N Spring Fling
Million in Las Vegas, taking home a giant chunk of the record
$375,000 advertised winner’s purse. By John DiBartolomeo
T H E DE TAILS
100 FuelTech’s Bracket Car
FuelTech’s André Núñez explains how the innovative tech
company is starting to move into the bracket racing market af-
ter establishing a foothold in the world of heads-up doorslam-
mer racing with their state-of-the-art performance engine
management systems.
ON THE COVER Race promoter, track manager and sportsman racer Kyle Seipel
as photographed by Bryan Epps at GALOT Motorsports Park in Benson, North Carolina.
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BOWKER
Canada’s Kyle Harris has turned his
beastly alcohol Funny Car-turned-
Altered into a consistent late-round
player in the PDRA’s Lucas Oil Elite
Top Dragster class in just over one full
season, making the trek from Ontario
to race against some of the baddest
dragsters on the East Coast.
By Nate Van Wagnen