2023 Photo Annual: Checking In

A crew member peeks in the window of Mark Stevens’ “Hocus Pocus” Jet Funny Car as the jet engine gets warmed up and ready for a pass down the Bradenton Motorsports Park quarter mile during the Snowbird Outlaw Nationals. Photograph by Chris Sears [Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in DI #186, the Photo Annual…

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2023 Photo Annual: Full Circle

There are photos of a toddler-aged Johnny Pluchino grabbing gears in the seat of his father John’s Pro Stock car. Now a two-time PDRA Extreme Pro Stock world champion, the younger Pluchino is living his childhood dream. In 2023, Pluchino tuned Alan Drinkwater to the championship while also welcoming a baby boy to the world….

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2023 Photo Annual: No Bars, No Problem

In the midst of an incredible first full season in NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle, which resulted in a world championship, Gaige Herrera continued to compete in the XDA’s no-bar classes that originally put him on the radar of the Vance & Hines team. Photograph by Shawn Kelly [Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in DI #186,…

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What is going on with RB’s F1 downgrades?

RB looked set to be the best of the rest in Formula 1’s 2024 midfield, even overtaking Aston Martin as the fifth-fastest team. But in recent races the Anglo-Italian squad has struggled to sustain that trajectory, with its wide-ranging Barcelona upgrades sending it up the wrong path.From grabbing solid points in Monaco and Canada, RB…

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2023 Photo Annual: Back in Business

Two-time PDRA Pro Nitrous world champion Tommy Franklin displayed a new level of focus and tenacity during the 2023 season as he battled back and forth with four-time world champion Jim Halsey. Franklin ended up stopping Halsey’s unprecedented reign, claiming his first title since 2017 and the third of his career. Photographs by Shawn Kelly…

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2023 Photo Annual: Crack a Cold One

Stevie “Fast” Jackson celebrates adding yet another Duck X Productions title to his résumé, this time as the tuner for Lights Out 14 Radial vs. the World winner Timmy Meissner. Photograph by Robert Richard [Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in DI #186, the Photo Annual Issue, in Jan/Feb of 2024.] This story was originally…

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