NHRA: National DRAGSTER (Issue 4, February 20, 2004)

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Issue 4, February 20, 2004

On the cover

Former Top Alcohol Funny Car champion Tony Bartone will be behind the wheel of Jim Dunn's K&N Filters/Lucas Oil Pontiac when the 2004 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series kicks off in Pomona with the 44th annual K&N Filters Winternationals. The team recently tested in Phoenix where 30 fuel cars tuned up for the traditional season opener. (Marc Gewertz photo)

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2004 SEASON PREVIEW
With the season-opening K&N Filters Winternationals just moments away, the ND staff rounds up the news and makes sense of the stats for every category from Top Fuel to Super Gas. Wondering how the defending champ and the challengers will fare? How about tuning trends and performance potential for your favorite class? It's all here. (page 4)

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ND Analysis: Phoenix Test Session – A full count of 30 Fuel cars navigated the fresh asphalt at Firebird Int'l Raceway's National Time Trials. ND reveals who looked good, who didn't, and what the teams had to say about it. Includes bonus reference chart of top speeds, e.t.'s and 60-foot times. By Bruce Dillashaw. (page 18)

Insight: The Beer Wars – Don Prudhomme and Kenny Bernstein have been knocking heads on the racetrack since the late 1970s, but the stakes went dramatically higher when Prudhomme's team picked up a Miller Brewing Company sponsorship and went head to head with Bernstein's Budweiser King. Will the two ever be able to share a brew after the races again? By John Jodauga. (page 35)

Interview: Tony Bartone – Thanks to Jim Dunn, fan favorite Tony Bartone is getting a second chance in a fuel Funny Car. He speaks candidly with ND Senior Editor Steve Waldron about what that means to him. (page 30)

History: Best of the Second-best – Kurt Johnson had unbelievably good 2003 season in Pro Stock, but he finished second to a driver whose season was just that much better. It's not the first time in drag racing history that such a thing has happened. By Duke Ritenhouse. (page 77)

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