TOP FUEL TITANS Past NHRA Top Fuel world champion Shawn Langdon celebrates his win at the Charlotte NHRA Four-Wide Nationals – the 1,000th Top Fuel race in NHRA history – with the legendary“ Big Daddy” Don Garlits, who won the first NHRA Top Fuel race.
PHOTOGRAPH BY KRISTA ZIVCIC
TWO-WHEEL TALK NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle riders and tuners discuss whether to risk running the qualifying round or not with an incoming dust storm at Route 66 Raceway. They decided to skip the session in the end.
PHOTOGRAPH BY DAVID BEITLER
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