McGee grew up going to the track with his father, Brian, who raced in drag radial events throughout the Southeast. Connor and his younger brother, Spencer, got into Jr. Dragster racing, where Connor finished third in PDRA’ s Pro Jr. Dragster program in 2019 on the strength of a win at Maryland. A couple years later, McGee made the move up to Super Street with a Mustang that his dad drove early in his racing career. A few races into 2023, the McGees swapped their nitrous-fed, Fulton-built, 440-cubic-inch engine into the’ 90 Mustang that Connor currently drives. It was originally built in |
2014 for Brian to run in Outlaw Drag Radial.
Racing has always been a family sport for the McGees, but especially now that Brian, Connor, and Spencer all race. It’ s rare for all three to compete on the same weekend, with Brian racing in Pro 275 at drag radial events and Connor and Spencer competing on the Red Line Oil PDRA Drag Racing Series tour. Whether it’ s a local test session or a PDRA national event, it’ s always a family outing, though.
“ I think it’ s a good thing that all three of us – and my mom [ Melissa ]
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gets down there and helps too – it’ s a good thing that we can all bond over,” McGee says.“ I think that’ s probably the biggest thing me and my dad do together as a father-son relationship is working on the cars. I’ m spending days and hours on end with him just working on the race car, learning how the tuning works and how certain parts work in the motor.
“ My brother too, both of us together, learning from Dad, it’ s cool,” McGee continues.“ It’ s nice to have someone that I can trust and have a good relationship with that’ s right there by my side, always supporting
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me. You can see in all the videos how excited he gets whenever we win. It’ s definitely a big family affair that we all enjoy doing together.”
When Connor started racing Jr. Dragsters, it wasn’ t just something fun to do on the weekends. It was a training ground for his eventual move up to a big car, allowing for a smooth transition to the smalltire Mustang.
“ Racing Jr. Dragsters prepared me for just being familiar with how racing works,” McGee says.“ I’ ve seen people go from not racing at all, just straight to a big car, and I
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