NHRA: National DRAGSTER (Issue 22, June 17, 2005)

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Issue 22, June 17, 2005

On the cover

Rookie Top Alcohol Dragster driver Steve Torrence, driving the car that the late Shelly Howard drove to victory at the Houston divisional race earlier this year, scored an emotional victory at the O'Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals presented by Castrol GTX. Joining Torrence in the winner's circle were car owner and tuner Tom Conway, left, and Howard's husband Paul, right. (Teresa Long, Robert Grice photos)

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O'REILLY SUMMER NATIONALS LUCAS OIL SPORTSMAN RESULTS

TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER by Steve Waldron
"It was very emotional for the team," Paul [Howard, Shelly's husband] told me that Shelly and Brian would have been proud. These are such big shoes that I've stepped into that I don't know what to say sometimes." – Steve Torrence after driving the late Shelly Howard's former car to victory (page 44)

COMP by Phil Burgess
David Rampy didn't have long to bask in the glow of his 57th career national event win, a victory that pushed him into a tie with legendary Top Fuel pilot Joe Amato for seventh place on NHRA's all-time winner's list, before he was brought crashing back to Earth by his father-in-law, former longtime Super Stock ace Sonny Ray. (page 48)

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Pro Stock Close-up: Richie Stevens, the Iceman Returneth – Few took Richie Stevens Jr. seriously when, at age 16, he made the jump from NHRA's Jr. Dragster class to Pro Stock. But after three dominant seasons in IHRA's Pro Stock ranks before coming over to NHRA, where he won his first race less than two months after his 20th birthday, Stevens was accepted by even the most doubting of critics. Now, the 26-year-old driver of Don Schumacher's newly formed Pro Stock team is in the midst of a career comeback after an unexpected two-and-a-half-year absence. By John Jodauga. (page 18)

First Person: Bob Tales with Bob Frey – "When I was just a young pup growing up on the mean streets of Collingswood, N.J., you had to be tough just to survive. Okay, so not real tough; after all, how tough can you be when you're wearing saddle shoes to school?" (page 154)

Competition: Xplod Sport Compact Series – Matt Hartford became the first Pro RWD repeat winner of the season and in the process moved atop the NHRA Xplod point standings with his second victory of the year and the seventh of his career at the Nitto NHRA Sport Compact Summer Nationals, held during the 17th annual O'Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals at Heartland Park Topeka. Complete coverage of Pro RWD and every class. By Phil Burgess. (page 70)

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