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INTERVIEWS

People with the sickness who have come forward with their story.

American Hot Rod Foundation Director David Steele discusses the impact of the 1979 Daytona 500 broadcast and how that race catapulted the down and dirty sport of stock car racing into a Fortune 500 business.

2018 Heritage Series Top Fuel Champ Mendy Fry discusses her #metoo moments while pursuing her dream to drive a dragster.

IndyCar engineer Michael Cannon discusses race-car evolution and breaking the sound barrier in a motor car.

 

Surviving “Surfer” Tom Jobe tells us about the pit-side peculiarities of his old partner, Bob Skinner. Int’l Drag Racing Hall of Fame member Dave Wallace and author Cole Coonce help flesh out some of the details about the psychology behind the Surfers’ use of skateboards in the pits.

2018 NHRA HERITAGE SERIES TOP FUEL CHAMPION MENDY FRY
“THE SURFERS” TOM JOBE
AMERICAN HOT ROD FOUNDATION DIRECTOR DAVID STEELE
DRAG RACING HALL OF FAME JOURNALIST DAVE WALLACE
INDY 500 ENGINEER MICHAEL CANNON