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Road to Recovery
Until a crushing top-end crash during
Radial Fest testing, Jason Rueckert’s
show-quality ’82 Cutlass was scratchfree
for the 30 years he owned it. Now,
he’s working overtime to get the car
back on track in Limited Drag Radial
competition. By Josh Hachat
Pushing it to
the Xtreme
Between an all-time-high spectator
count and a new fuel altered world
record, Chris Graves couldn’t have asked
for much more out of his eighth annual
Pro Mod vs. Fuel Altered Showdown at
Xtreme Raceway Park. By Craig Cook
The American Dream
While other series focus on full-blown
race cars, Justin Keith and Chase Lautenbach
focused on their passion – and a
major niche – when they launched Street
Car Takeover in 2013. The duo powered
through the challenging startup phase
and now hosts huge gatherings at some
of the country’s biggest tracks.
By Craig Cook
Centrifugal
Blower Battle
With the ProCharger combination set
to make its NHRA Pro Mod debut and
Vortech blowers powering the defending
world champion in NHRA Top Dragster,
centrifugal superchargers are having a
major moment at some of the sport’s
highest levels. By Nate Van Wagnen
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As small-town dragstrips across America reopen, traveling
columnist and subscription slinger Van Abernethy is getting
back to his routine of visiting them. His latest travels took him
to Oklahoma’s Sallisaw Outlaw Drag Strip, an unsanctioned
eighth-mile strip.
ON THE COVER Street Car Takeover promoters Justin Keith and Chase Lautenbach
as photographed by Scott Arnold at Bandimere Speedway in Morrison, Colorado.
DIALED IN
Texas Two-Step
Bracket racing promoter Cody Pollage was one of numerous
promoters who had to postpone events due to the COVID-19
shutdown. He finally got the chance to hold the first of what
was supposed to be five races at the Texas Motorplex in June.
By Van Abernethy
PHOTOS: JOE MCHUGH, SCOTT ARNOLD, CHRIS SIMMONS
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