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Burgers & Burnouts
Lynsi Snyder-Ellingson , president and owner of In-N-Out Burger , combines her love for drag racing with her family business . As part of In-N-Out ’ s 75th anniversary celebration , she ’ s organizing a festival at the Pomona Dragstrip , featuring drag racing , a car show , live music , and more . By Kayla Zadel
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No Backing Down
Just days after winning in PDRA Pro 632 for the second time in three races , Jeff Melnick ’ s doctors confirmed he has non-Hodgkin ’ s lymphoma . He ’ s determined to continue racing for his first-ever world championship in spite of the diagnosis . By Nate Van Wagnen
Back in Business
Known by a handful of names over the course of its history , the track now known as North Florida Motorplex is ready to welcome a new generation of racers and fans under the ownership of Kevin and Cody McDaniel and the management of Josh Peake . By Van Abernethy
Going F . A . S . T .
DI photographer David Hilner ventured out to his local Empire Dragway to capture the cars and drivers that make up the increasingly popular Factory Appearing Stock Tire ( F . A . S . T .) group , with its 1955-1979 muscle cars riding on narrow bias-ply tires .
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John Jodauga
Drag racing journalist Kelly Wade pays tribute to colleague John Jodauga , who passed away May 11 at age 77 . A renowned artist and writer , Jodauga created press kit covers for Bill “ Grumpy ” Jenkins and served as the associate editor of NHRA ’ s National Dragster , among other contributions to the sport .
ON THE COVER Husband-wife racing duo Bo and Randi Lyn Butner as photographed by David Hilner at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk , Ohio .
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On the Road
A recent return to Quaker City Motorsports Park reminded Van Abernethy of his earliest visits to the Ohio dragstrip as a traveling photographer and photo salesman . In this column , he looks back on the event photo process and on a few of his standout memories from Quaker City .
PHOTOS : IN-N-OUT BURGER , TARA BOWKER , DAVID HILNER
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