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2017 Drag Week Tuesday Drive – Thinning Out the Herd

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HOT ROD Drag Week 2017, powered by Dodge and presented by Gear Vendors Overdrive

The fantastic times and speeds we’ve seen at both Cordova and Gateway are really only half of the picture that is Drag Week. The other half? Getting to the next venue, of course. And so for the second time of the 2017 edition HOT ROD Drag Week the racers that turned in their best time slips march on to the next strip—usually 200-300 miles away. Today was a bit unusual for the intrepid HOT ROD staff as we witnessed few major breakdowns on our way to Byron, Ohio. But that may be due to the high number of cars that broke at Gateway, including Tom Bailey, Mike Finnegan’s Blasphemi Gasser, and the Finnish group with their 1967 Plymouth VIP Fury. Sadly, all are out for 2017. You can read about this elsewhere on HOT ROD’s website. Still, we captured some great shots of Drag Weekers en route to Byron, and also at the one checkpoint stop that proved to be a welcome retreat for hot, weary, and still eager participants. We’ve got great shots of all of that and more, which you can access HERE.

Matt & Michael Tracy needed a 15×7 Chevy wheel. Thanks to Roadkill’s Facebook fans, they found one!
The Schroeder/Ens team pulled over because a fellow competitor noticed their front wheel was a bit wobbly. A quick check and a snug on the wheel bearing and they were soon back on the road.

Dale Gebhart pumped used his fuel return line to pump some fuel into a tank for Brian Gebhart, whose Duster had run out of gas.

Bryan Hansen had fuel pump troubles. His backup pump was the wrong size, so he couldn’t even scavenge the right bearing.
Richie Crampton was having steering issues in this ’57 wagon. He was still working on the offending U-joint with fellow Top Fuel racers Larry Dixon and Jon Lindberg when we left the first checkpoint.

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