DragIllustrated.com Debuts Power Rankings

March 8th, 2011 by Ian Tocher

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Just like playgrounds, prisons and politics, big-league drag racing is all about the power—who has it and who doesn’t—and DragIllustrated.com is about to let everyone know on an event-by-event basis which professional drag race teams have got their “mojo” working and which are playing catch up.

Similar to the week-to-week team rankings so popular with the stick-and-ball crowds, DragIllustrated.com’s Power Rankings will be released shortly after the completion of each NHRA and ADRL national event throughout the 2011 season. Sometimes serious, sometimes humorous, but always entertaining; the DragIllustrated.com Power Rankings will take into account far more than just win-loss records. Continue Reading »

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All-New DragIllustrated.com Relaunched

February 8th, 2011 by Drag Illustrated

A project nearly six months in the making has finally come to fruition as Drag Illustrated, the highly popular print publication, launched their all-new, state-of-the-art web portal last week.

Seeking to grow and expand the drag racing community, the goal for DragIllustrated.com will be to serve as an extension of the flagship monthly print publication – providing more of the bold interviews, big stories, and insightful commentary that have become DI’s trademark over the course of the last five years – all delivered with high energy, real passion, and from an in-the-trenches point of view.

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DI Teams with Limbs Across America to Get Blake Robinson Back on his Feet

January 27th, 2011 by Drag Illustrated

Blake Robinson Walks

Sometimes things simply fall into place, but for Blake Robinson, that had hardly been the case. As reported initially in Issue 40 of Drag Illustrated that was printed in the winter of 2009, Texas drag racer, Blake Robinson, was the victim of a freak accident on July 24^th, 2009, when a nitrous bottle exploded at his shop. Not only did the explosion cause multiple serious injuries to his body, but also forced an above-knee amputation of Robinson’s left leg. Having endured dozens of surgeries and skin grafts to repair his badly damaged right leg and severe nerve damage to his left wrist, Robinson underwent physical therapy to regain the use of his hand, although likely to be confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life.

In the months following the publication of the issue of Drag Illustrated featuring the story on Robinson’s unfortunate situation, Colleen Byers, girlfriend of DI sales team member, Will Mandell, came across the article while thumbing through the magazine. Mandell and DI National Sales Director, Scott Dohrmann, who are professional musicians, had recently played a benefit show for a mutual friend at a fundraiser for Limbs Across America just days prior. Immediately, a plan was put in place to try and align Denise Destin, Executive Director for Limbs Across America, and Blake Robinson. Continue Reading »

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