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Issue 46, November 28, 2003

Dragster Cover


On the cover
Comp racer Vinnie Deceglie, runner-up in Englishtown earlier this year, scored his first national event win at the season-ending Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals. Bucky Austin, who finished a career-best second this year behind Frank Manzo, won his third national event of the season in Top Alcohol Funny Car. (Marc Gewertz photos)  

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AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NHRA FINALS LUCAS OIL SPORTSMAN RESULTS

TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER by Steve Waldron
"I think we had as good a year as anybody, but the timing was all wrong." – Morgan Lucas, who ended the season with a win but fell just short of the championship (page 18)

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SUPER COMP by Todd Veney
"The story is that I tightened it up just right and took the stripe by two-thousandths. The truth is that I lifted, hunted for the win light, and it was on." – veteran Al Kenny, who took the final-round win on a holeshot (page 52)

PLUS:

  • Meet the 2003 Sportsman champions – ND's award-winning writers talk with the Lucas Oil season champions in Top Alcohol Dragster, Top Alcohol Funny Car, and Comp. (page 20)
  • Lucas Oil Sportsman Top 50 – Your comprehensive guide to how the best stacked up in every category from TAD to SG. (page 26)
  • NHRA Summit Racing Series National Championship results – If you weren't from the Northeast or West Central, you weren't coming home with a Wally. Complete coverage, photos, and stats from every category. By the ND staff. (page 69)
  • Straight Talk with David Baca – Top Fuel's beloved rookie weighs in on racing blunders, racing Larry Dixon, and the Raider Nation. (page 118)

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