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MATT GIANGRANDE’S WIN PROVES THERE’S STILL ROOM FOR GRIT IN MOUNTAIN MOTOR PRO STOCK

Mountain Motor Pro Stock isn’t supposed to work like this anymore.The class is deeper than it’s been in years. The competition is tougher. The costs continue to rise. Conventional wisdom says the teams with the biggest budgets should eventually separate...

KURT JOHNSON’S CANVAS – THE ART, SCIENCE, AND OBSESSION OF BUILDING A BETTER DRAGSTRIP SURFACE

If a crew chief is the key spoke in a wheel for a race team, a traction specialist would hold the same role for a national event facility. And when it comes to preparing a race track for high-horsepower vehicles, the process is an art.Kurt Johnson, the driving force...

ANGIE SMITH’S HISTORIC MARYLAND TRIUMPH FELT DESTINED FROM THE START

Anything less than a victory would have gone against any law of nature.From the time Angie Smith beat the odds to end up on top of qualifying Friday at the NHRA Potomac Nationals, it seemed like more than a race report. With husband Matt Smith hospitalized with...

AUSTIN PROCK FINALLY RETURNS TO WINNER’S CIRCLE, GETS HIS FIRST WIN WITH TASCA RACING IN MARYLAND

Reports of the demise of reigning two-time NHRA nitro Funny Car champion Austin Prock were greatly exaggerated.Seven races into his first season with his new team, Tasca Racing, Prock found the winners circle.Prock clocked a 3.956-second elapsed time at 324.20 mph to...

SHAWN LANGDON CAPTURES FOURTH TOP FUEL WIN OF SEASON IN MARYLAND, THIRD IN ROW

Make it a hat trick for Shawn Langdon.The Top Fuel driver of the Kalitta Air Careers dragster won his third consecutive race, claiming the title at the NHRA Potomac Nationals Presented by JEGS Sunday at Maryland International Raceway in Mechanicsville.Langdon’s...