[NOT] THE END
If you’ll read Funny Car driver Tim Wilkerson’s story beginning on Page 52 of this issue, you’ll read where Grandma Wilkerson speaks of life in general when she says, “The beginning is scary and the… read more
Columns
REMEMBER WHEN - MY LAST EVENT
When December 31st of this past year rolls around it will be significant for me. After dealing with two major surgeries back in 2014 and ‘15, I asked if I could have five more years before I’d quit… read more
DEEP STAGING - WHERE WE CAME FROM
When I graduated from high school (and no sly remarks about that being when diplomas were carved on stones) and after a brief college career (yes, I finished college in four months… couldn’t take it… read more
REMEMBER WHEN - GONE TODAY
Since I have been shooting drag racing an awful long time there have been a number of facilities which have been shuttered for one reason or another. Tracks which I always enjoyed going to. Tracks… read more
DEEP STAGING - WHERE WERE YOU?
Friday, November 22, 1963, the day President Kennedy was assassinated. Tuesday, January 26, 1986, the day the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded. And naturally in our present day, Tuesday, September… read more
REMEMBER WHEN- BEYOND OUR CONTROL
Hopefully by the time you’re reading this, we will have gotten past the problems of the Coronavirus and the grip it has placed on every single one of us. However, I’d like to deviate writing about my… read more
REMEMBER WHEN - 50 YEARS LATER
This all started back in 1969 but while thumbing through some shots, this one photo from my days at Byron Dragway always seemed to show up. I never got any info on the car or the team but I always… read more
DEEP STAGING - COMPETITIVE-ITIS
Here’s my problem and I have a sneaky suspicion other racers are the same way. I’m sure you’ve all seen those Peloton or LifeCycle commercials on television for their line-up of exercise bikes, the… read more
REMEMBER WHEN - THE LAST PHOTO TOUR
This might be “old” news by now but in case you haven’t heard – yeah I know, I’ve said this before, something a lot of people remind me of – but I’m formally announcing my retirement from the NHRA… read more
DEEP STAGING - SUPERSTITIONS
I am not superstitious. Okay, so maybe I am… a little. Case in point. I have always preached that at the track, you do the same thing time and time again. If I were to pull away from my trailer and… read more
REMEMBER WHEN - POINTS MEETS AND PROS
Back in time. the divisional schedule of events held in NHRA’s seven divisions was simply called the World Championship Series (WCS). There was no sponsor until Winston came into the fold in the… read more
DEEP STAGING - Rules Are Rules
As the story goes, a couple of months ago a 14-year “person” won a $50-grand bracket race, a pretty impressive feat but one which blew up on the Internet when people found out his age. That started a… read more
REMEMBER WHEN - Daily Dragsters
With the completion several months ago of NHRA’s premier week long running of what has to be termed the “World’s Most Famous Event,” specifically devoted to the Sport of Drag Racing, I began thinking… read more
DEEP STAGING - DRAG RACING IS DEAD?
It’s been nine months and no… I’m not pregnant. But nine months ago, I began penning a weekly blog on our website – www.dragracingedge.com/the-blog. It’s merely a conglomeration of things which rush… read more
REMEMBER WHEN - THE OLD FALLNATIONALS
In the last couple days I have been going through an awful lot of my old race stuff and I ran across this really nice B/W shot of the "King", Jerry Ruth doing this really nice burnout in his Top Fuel… read more
DEEP STAGING - LOSING SUCKS
We’re all losers… Okay, so that’s being a little harsh, but at one thing or another, we do lose. So much so that losing might even be engrained in the American lifestyle. Nobody likes to talk about… read more
REMEMBER WHEN - CAR FEATURE FAVS
For a guy that has been knocking around in the world of NHRA Drag Racing for way more years than I care to recall, once I started doing work for magazines, things changed a little in my life. Gone… read more
GATORNATIONALS
I realize this is probably one issue late, as the Gatornationals was held two months ago but that event meant so much to me. I always looked forward to attending, as I “think” my very first time was… read more
RETIREMENT
There’s a saying, “Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.” I guess that means I haven’t worked in a very long time. If that’s the case though, what in the h--- do I do from… read more
Deep Staging - A Simple Thank You
Words John DiBartolomeo … I recently read an older issue of ArrowTrade magazine; no, I’m not a bow hunter, nor even a hunter at all. With all due respect to those who hunt, I prefer to obtain my meat… read more
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