“ I was on the cover and literally the following week, we won our first NHRA national event. Drag Illustrated has been good to me. Sports Illustrated has the‘ Sports Illustrated Curse,’ but I think it’ s the opposite with Drag Illustrated. If you’ re on the cover of Drag Illustrated, good things are fixing to happen.”
— Clay Millican
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CLAY MILLICAN may 2017
Photograph by Rick Belden
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LUKE BOGACKI June 2017
Photograph by Gary Nastase
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RICHARD FREEMAN July 2017
Photograph by Rick Belden
“ It’ s the crème de crème of racing magazines. It has that new, young, hip vibe to it, and when you get up there and get noticed in that setting, it actually makes you feel good. It’ s always cool to see because somebody is recognizing you for what you’ re doing, and you’ re doing something that is still relevant.”
— Antron Brown
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LEAH PRITCHETT August 2017
Photograph by Rick Belden
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