Drag Illustrated Issue 201, July / August 2026 | Page 105

Mr. Dirt

WHETHER HE’ S BEHIND THE WHEEL BRACKET RACING OR IN FRONT OF A TV CAMERA, BRET KEPNER HAS CARVED HIS NICHE IN THE SPORT THROUGH 50 YEARS OF IN-DEPTH AND ENTHUSIASTIC PARTICIPATION.

Friends and colleagues celebrate Bret Kepner’ s contributions to drag racing

PHOTOGRAPHS BY Richard Shute / Auto Imagery and the Bret Kepner archives
By Denise Schmidt
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