HOT ROD Drag Week, presented by Gear Vendors Under/Overdrive
The award for winning the big prize at HOT ROD Drag Week can sometimes continue well after the accolades, acceptance speeches, and hugs and kisses are over. For Jeff Lutz, after the crowds were gone and the Drag Week award ceremonies were over, there was another award of sorts waiting for him in the shadows of the empty grandstands of National Trails Raceway in Columbus, Ohio. Lurking in the dark was Aussie troublemaker Harry Haig with a bottle of liquid refreshment he wanted to personally present to winner Lutz. A rite of passage for any sports winner we’ve all seen from Indy to the World Series, the bottle of Champagne—that celebratory cork-popping magnum of Moet. We watched Harry patiently wait until just the right moment when he leaped over the fence separating the track from the crowd, racing toward a startled Lutz. Lutz took a quick left once he saw the charging Haig with his bottle of bubbly love, but with the carafe shaken and the cork popped, Lutz was no match for the pressurized pleasure of champagne aimed straight at him. He could only enjoy the body burn of alcohol in his eyes, nose and mouth. Could this be the new tradition for celebrating a Drag Week win? Will all of the winners be wearing goggles to all future Drag Week ceremonies? And what do you do when you’re drenched with half a bottle of champagne? You do what Lutz did—you drink it down!
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