WFO Radio Podcast May 20, 2026

Life's A Drag - Route 66 Recap with Elon and Abby

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Car

Pontiac Gets

The Pontiac GTO is a muscle car, meaning it’s designed to be powerful and fun to drive. The podcast mentions it in connection with a project, which usually means someone is restoring or building the car. That kind of project often takes time and specific parts to get the car back to where it should be.

Term

qualifier

Qualifying in drag racing is when drivers run to set their position for the bracket. “Number one qualifier” means they were fastest in qualifying and get the best starting spot.

Term

funny car class

In drag racing, “funny car” is a specific category of race cars. They look a bit like regular cars from the outside, but they’re built very differently underneath to go extremely fast in a straight line.

Term

eliminations

“Eliminations” are the actual tournament-style races. Drivers race one-on-one, and if you lose you’re out of the next round.

Term

balance issues

“Balance issues” means the car isn’t staying settled the way it should when it launches. If the front end rises too much, it can make the car harder to control and reduce traction.

Term

the nose was just coming up

If the front end lifts during launch, the car is shifting weight forward-to-back as it accelerates. Too much lift can make it harder to hook up and stay consistent.

Term

fourth qualifying session

Qualifying is when drivers try to set their best time before the race. The “fourth qualifying session” means they got a chance to qualify in a later group/round to earn a good starting spot.

Term

light on the front end

This means the front tires weren’t getting enough grip. When that happens, the car can feel like it doesn’t want to turn the way the driver expects.

Term

first round

Many racing events have stages. “First round” is the first competitive heat/bracket, and they fixed the car before that first stage.

Term

data

Teams collect information from the car during runs. That helps them figure out what’s going wrong and what to adjust next.

Term

super sideways

“Super sideways” means the car’s rear end slid out a lot. The driver kept control and avoided hitting the wall.

Company

Bob Pex

Bob Pex is mentioned as the crew chief. The crew chief is the person who helps set up the car and directs changes during the event.

Term

broken transmission

The transmission is what sends power from the engine to the wheels. If it breaks, the car can’t drive properly—so in a race, it can ruin your run fast.

Term

burnout

A burnout is when the driver spins the tires on purpose to warm them up. In drag racing, it’s done right before the run, so if something breaks during that moment, you can’t get a good launch.

Term

MSR

MSR here sounds like a racing team or organization. The hosts are saying they’re strong enough that they could seriously affect who wins upcoming races.

Topic

Budds Creek

Budds Creek is where the next race is happening. The hosts mention it because it’s close to a driver’s home track and could be a big event.

Term

pro stock motorcycle

Pro Stock Motorcycle is a specific drag-racing category for high-level bikes. The rules are tight, so teams focus a lot on tuning and getting the bike to run consistently.

Term

factory stock showdown class

Factory Stock Showdown is a drag racing class where the cars have to stay relatively close to what you’d find from the factory. Teams still tune and prepare them, but the rules keep it more “stock-like.”

Car

Ford Mustang

The Ford Mustang is a sporty car made by Ford, and it’s often chosen for fast acceleration. Some versions are built specifically for drag racing, meaning they’re designed to go very quickly in a straight line. The podcast is referencing a Mustang that was set up to perform at a high level.

Term

piston rings

Piston rings are small metal bands on the piston. They help keep engine gases from leaking and help manage oil inside the engine, but they can also create friction as they slide against the cylinder walls.

Term

friction

Friction is the “drag” created when parts rub against each other. In an engine, more friction usually means more heat, faster wear, and less effective power.

Term

cylinder walls

Cylinder walls are the inside surfaces of the engine where the piston moves. The piston rings rub along these walls, so if the surface gets worn or rough, the engine can lose efficiency and wear faster.

Brand

Total Seal

Total Seal makes piston rings. They’re advertising rings designed to reduce rubbing and wear inside the engine.

Brand

Redline oil

Redline oil is a type of engine oil brand. The hosts are repeating an ad claim that it’s made to help engines run better and last longer by reducing friction.

Concept

IHRA triple crown race

IHRA is another major drag-racing organization. A “triple crown” event is a special, bigger deal race weekend with multiple races and bigger stakes than a normal meet.

Concept

track operator

A track operator is the group that runs the race track and makes the call on whether events can safely happen. When weather is uncertain, they have to decide early and deal with the consequences either way.

Concept

NHRA

NHRA is the big organization that runs and regulates drag races in the U.S. They set the rules for what kinds of cars can race and how events are run.

Concept

Drag Race

“Drag Race” refers to a drag-racing competition. It’s basically cars racing side-by-side in a straight line to see who accelerates fastest.

LIVE

This is WFO Radio.

Hello, Life's a Drag is live and rolling.

I'm one of your hosts, Elon Warner.

And I'm happy.

Happy Warner Woodward.

We'll nail this intro eventually.

No, we will not.

It will constantly be chaos,

like everything in the drag racing world,

constant chaos.

I'm not saying we're going to change hosts every,

every two weeks,

nor will a host be fired mid show,

but lots going on in drag racing.

We're not rolling that out.

Abby could fire me at any moment.

So we are excited to have everybody joining the show.

Please like the show, share the show,

do all the things with the show as we get going.

So we're back from Chicago.

Have you recouped, Abby?

Have I recouped?

Chicago is one of our busiest races.

Just we've got more people because some of our part-time guys

are Chicago based with TJ Zizzo and Chris King,

and they've got fun things going on.

And then peak sponsoring drag race bracket bonanza

and flex jet factory stock showdown is heating up.

Richard Gaines had big brothers, big sisters.

So I feel, I like Chicago because I feel like we're firing

on all cylinders.

There's not really a moment to like,

there's not much downtime and that just keeps the weekend

going at a really good pace, which I like.

Yeah.

And, you know, this race just had a lot of cool racing action.

You know, it was little, little shaky.

There are concerns about the weather,

which I'm the worst of looking at the weather in advance.

So I flew sans raincoats.

Which it ended up working out in your favor because it really

only rains, really only rains a little bit in the morning.

Which is perfect.

Exactly.

It only delayed racing a little bit on like what,

Saturday or was that Friday?

I think it rained a little bit Saturday morning.

Yes.

So we got started a little bit later,

but I don't think it was that big of a deal.

I mean, I'm not a sportsman racer,

so I'm sure they probably had a big deal.

It may be for a little bit longer day for flex jet factory

stock showdown on the sportsman guys.

Flex shot thought they were going to be racing at 11

and then I don't think that they raced until like at least

five p.m. or something like that.

And then the round of eliminations at seven.

So, but yeah, I loved,

I loved everything about the Chicago race, you know,

just the vibe you had, you know,

Chris Karen Macinus was the racing legend,

which was really cool.

I mean, the debate on how old Chris Karen Macinus is still

rages on.

We think he's between 96 and possibly 98 years old.

He's still getting around really good for whatever,

wherever he falls in that age range.

And he did really well on the booth with Joe, I thought.

How about Joe's latest interview string,

our great executive producer,

the founder of WFO radio,

goes back to back with sit down interviews with big daddy

done garlets and Darryl Gwyn and then follows it up with

booth time with the Greek.

I have to think that Joe is having like the time of his life

this season so far since getting like, I mean,

just getting to share the booth,

getting all this like one-on-one time basically with all these

really cool people.

And I hope, I hope he's taking the time to pick their brains

like outside of just like I have to think that when project

Pontiac gets back on track,

the level of input he's gotten from big daddy done garlets

and the Greek and guys like Darryl Gwyn.

Oh yeah.

Yeah.

So, yeah.

Yeah, no.

Joe does always have the best seat in the house,

even when he's down on the starting line and you know,

all that stuff.

So I just thought the whole,

so let's dive into the racing real quick.

So, you know, qualifying, cruising along.

We get Saturday and Josh Hart blows doors off track record baby

track record 341 miles per hour that grave that Dave Grubnick

power and the smile on Josh Hart's face, you know, amazing.

So great.

But, you know, the two fast two tasties were dominated by the

usual suspects.

Yes.

Colletas.

I mean, except not really because Alexis DeGiorgio got a

mission too fast.

She did sneak in there and you know, guys really excited for

awesome.

You know, but just rolling into race day with those guys.

Some spectacular first round matchups.

Everyone got the Maddie Gordon versus Krista Baldwin.

First round matchup, which if they wanted to start a podcast,

I would watch that.

I would tune into that in two seconds.

And I mean, it would have been great if they would have been a

little bit later in the day, but to just highlight those two

personalities, you know, they just feed off of each other.

And I think it's hard for me to think of a better backup person

driver combo than Katie and Krista.

I mean, Katie, they had bits.

Oh yeah.

Krista had, I should have grabbed it.

Krista basically had a mustache like her grandfather.

And then Katie had the wig had a whole wig.

So it was a whole, I mean, they, they put some time into it.

It was, it was awesome.

Get a chance to go back to nha.tv and watch that.

Just, just having those bits was so great.

And, you know, Krista's at the top end with that mustache.

And I don't know.

I can't remember.

I think it was Courtney was with her, but Courtney really didn't

know what to do with that.

It was just spectacular.

Well, and Krista maintained a pretty straight face while.

Yeah.

I mean, she was like totally leaning into the whole Greek,

Greek deal.

So it was, you know, that was great.

But then the racing action on Sunday, you know,

shockingly, I mean, there weren't too many upsets.

No, we didn't have that many bracket busters and DRBB this weekend.

But, but I mean, I, I thought it was interesting to have the

Coleta guys on the same side of the ladder facing each other in

the second round, which I can't remember the last time they've

had to face each other that early.

Lately it's been like they, if they meet each other,

it's in the finals.

So Sean Langdon obviously bested Doug Coletta and then went

on to win the race.

And I have to think Coletta was probably his fear.

Like he, he had to have thought like if I could just get past Doug,

I have a real shot at getting another one of those diamond wallies.

Oh yeah.

I mean, you think for sure.

I mean, I think right now those two guys are the teams.

Teams to beat you just, you know, that's the best thing for the

rest of the categories for those guys to meet each other early.

Yes.

Everyone else is seeing that in the like, we have hope.

Yeah.

And I think the resurgence of Antron Brown was kind of good to see.

So good to see.

You know, but also you had, you know, TJ Zizzo came out first

race of the year.

You know, they've been dominant and qualifying in years past,

but they, they just kind of figured some things out this weekend.

And they just lost a close drag race in the first round.

I mean, they could have beat other people with that.

Yeah.

It's, I mean, it was a great drag race for the fans.

Disappointing.

I know mom picked, picked TJ to win.

So she, you know, one of these days she's going to get it right

and she's going to look super smart.

Right.

Because it was, it was wild.

TJ's attitude is so great.

Yes.

You needed nitro cakes on Saturday morning.

He's out there flipping pancakes for the fans on Saturday.

Chris King came over, fellow Chicagoan and they're out there serving up pancakes.

They actually had planned on serving pancakes from eight until 10 and ran

out of pancake batter at like 930.

They'd serve so many pancakes.

That's why you have to get there early.

Get there early.

And it was really cool to just see that that was people's on their mind to

just start the day, you know,

Even with the rain that morning and there were actually like puddles

and everywhere like they were like, we got to get there for those

cakes, get there for the nitro cakes.

So the funny car was probably my favorite result.

Yes.

Because Chad Green basically had a murderer's row

and got through everybody to win his second race of the year.

Yeah.

He's a true championship contender at this point.

And, you know, I asked him in the press room, like,

do you think you're the best kept secret in the funny car class?

And he kind of chuckled at that a little bit,

but I'm guilty of overlooking him.

Yeah.

But I mean, he, he makes for a good interview.

Oh yeah, he's great.

He's got this real like cool guy,

like just atmosphere about his, his vibe.

He comes in with the sunglasses on and the white styrofoam cup.

And he's just really living his best life.

I mean, just racing and kicking people's asses and just, you know.

Well, and it was his birthday weekend this weekend,

as well as his daughters who,

if y'all don't know his daughter is also Lexi is also gauge her as

girlfriend.

So she's all over the place.

I have to feel on race weekends between watching her dad and

brother and watching gauge kick ass too.

So good family weekend for them.

So super excited for that.

And then Alexis get to another final.

Yeah. I mean, she almost took it all.

She was, she was, she was ready to go.

And that Mike Neff and Johnny Lindberg have that car running really,

really, really well.

You know, I thought it could be Jack Beckman's weekend.

You know, he's won this race in the past, but.

Number one qualifier.

Number one qualifier luck just didn't go his way.

And I think the second round.

You know, J. R. Todd's car.

It just that, that funny car class.

Is just so like Jordan van der Griff goes from winning the race.

To I think out in the first round.

Yeah. Yeah. I mean, that's.

Well,

and Austin proc one his,

his first round of eliminations.

Right.

And then actually won two rounds of eliminations this weekend.

So showing that they.

Might be beginning to get their stuff together.

Yeah.

And the, the Beckman race, you know, he drew.

Chris King qualified for the race, which big for him,

his first race had been running really good.

They were battling some balance issues with his car that the nose was

just coming up.

So that's why he had his hands full.

Like he made a run in the fourth qualifying session to basically

saved his race car.

You know, because it just was light on the front end,

but they got it fixed for first round.

He gave Beckman a run for his money,

his money, you know,

and he was super happy about that. I mean,

he's got his program going in the right direction.

The coolest thing I think that Chris did for the race fans is.

He got locked into the show.

And it was on a single.

And they're making announcements like it looks like Chris King is

on the show and he's like, no, he was going to run.

He was going to put on a show for the fans.

They wanted to get data.

And then he has, he goes, he told me it was almost bit me in the

butt because his car got super sideways and he kept it off the wall.

But I mean, that's just Chris is there to entertain.

He's got sponsors.

He wants to be on the track, you know,

and he made the show and he, you know, he got good coverage,

but that's, that's a team that, you know,

so many teams are out there looking for support,

but you know, Chris is out there grinding Bob Pex's crew chief.

They're doing a really good job. So yeah.

So if Beckman would have stumbled,

that would have been Chris King's race to win.

And just to see him, you know,

make a good, solid run, they were super, super happy.

And, you know, yeah, guys are talking about, you know,

the procs are definitely getting, getting closer to success.

Yeah. And that'll be, again,

another good quality car in the category.

Exactly. Can we talk about pro stock now?

Yes, we can talk about pro stock.

I love pro stock. So Aaron Stamfield coming up on top first

race wins since I believe the 2024 Nevada Nationals.

So here's his wife, Jolie weighing in, which now I'm torn because

I love that Jolie plays bracket Bonanza,

but I also know she's invested in Aaron winning races.

So we need to, we need to figure that system out for Jolie.

Cause it is, um,

it is great to see the leap back in the winter circle.

Yes. Um, and you know, you look at, you know,

he beat Greg Anderson in the final Greg Redlett,

but that is a tip of the hat to, you know, Aaron being a good

lever and Greg knowing he needed to get up on the wheel,

but Greg's, Greg's route to the final was no easy task.

He had to beat his son Cody.

He had to beat Matt Latino, another killer on the tree,

and he had to beat his nemesis Erica Enders.

And then Aaron gets revenge for the elite team with the win in

the finals.

So, you know, I love to see Aaron signing a DRBB,

DRBB plaque again. And, uh,

and that was what was that his 15th or 20th,

15th pro stock when he signed on the plaque. So,

so, I mean, that's in that class, you know, getting wins.

They're so hard to come by. Um, man, it was,

it was really, really good to see him, uh,

come out on top there and just kind of reinvigorate that elite

versus KB Titan, um, battle.

And then there were elite three elite cars to one KB Titan car

in the semis. So it's been a while I feel like since that balance

has been there. And so that was just really good to see.

And then we come to pro stock motorcycle, which just brutal.

This sport is gut wrenching on so many levels.

I was rooting for Angie Smith. I was pulling so hard for Angie Smith.

She had an amazing motorcycle from the jump.

Yep. I mean, number one qualifier,

just running away from people like not, like not even close.

And she and Matt are on opposite sides of the ladder, which they love.

Yep. They get to the final, you know, you.

Trailer Gator era, your trailer, the points leader, Richard Gadson.

You're set up for a great heads up final, the previous race winner,

Matt against his wife, Angie, and she's got a great bike and

her bike won't start in the final round.

I just seeing the emotion on her face. Yeah.

Being luckily like Gianna was up there on the starting line.

CD Glenn was up there on the starting line.

I think Erica might have been up there.

He had her friends there to support her.

But yeah, the thing about the bikes is you, I mean, they don't have

the car on them. So you could see in real time,

the heartbreak of the situation.

And then Matt comes into the press room and he basically opens

up his press conference. He knows, he knows what the people want.

He's like, just right off the gate. No, I'm not getting a divorce.

So I, he's, I don't think I've ever seen such a sheepish

winner before, especially since it wasn't even like his first

win of the season. So he didn't even like, so I think he was

probably pulling for Angie a little bit too.

He was going to give her a good, good contest.

But I mean, if that bike had gone, he, she would have won that

because he, that was not his best run.

And so it's unfortunate.

I feel that the social media people are like people on social

media talked because Angie felt the need to have to like defend

Matt Smith, which I hate when drivers feel the need to do that,

but there was no sabotage. No.

And things happen in racing sometimes and it sucks, but they do happen.

Yeah. And he talked, Stephen touched on it that, you know,

everything was in Angie's favor, even the crowd. I mean, they,

Joe gave the shout out of, Hey, who do you want to see win?

Matt or Angie? And the crowd was definitely behind Angie.

And then like W4, you know, Joe, you know, Joe had Matt on his show

yesterday and showed the broken transmission part. And I do agree

like getting your bike or car started and then having something

happen on the burnout is, is the worst.

But moving forward, I think you have to look at that whole MSR

operation as a real threat. And I think they're going to

Buds Creek is our next race, basically in Maryland.

That's Kelly Klontz's home track. She has a ton of runs there.

I think that's a huge, that's probably going to be one of our

biggest pro stock motorcycle interest races of the season.

And I'm here for it.

Yeah. And they're doing a fan fest before the race.

So, you know, get on the NHA social, get on the bike social and,

you know, and check that out. But I just think that, you know,

you look at the, you know, also just, you know, a lot of people

follow the flex that factory stock showdown class, Jonathan Algrucci

goes back to back. Jason Deitch gave them everything he could

handle in a great Mustang, Cobra Jet, final round.

But it was, Jonathan's got a great car.

He's having the season of his life so far.

Yeah. So, you know, points leader back to back, you know, pushes the,

there's now a $2,000 flex jet factory stock bounty.

That was great to see. I thought the Dragon Drive stuff was really cool.

You almost got a Nick Taylor, Alex Taylor, final round.

So close. Which, you know, Nick Taylor won and he like, he was blown away.

I don't think he knew he was getting a diamond wallet.

Yeah. And he got one of those medals too.

Yeah. It was really cool.

So he was like just an embarrassment of riches.

And he was just like totally blown away by the whole, whole scene,

but that whole Dragon Drive universe.

I talked to Brian Bolander at peak.

They're big sponsors of that all the time. I want to, I want to try that.

And I wanted to try it with big blue, my old minivan, but just, you know,

and if you're not familiar with the concept, it's basically, you know,

you have a car that you have to drive to the racetrack and then race it

and then drive it out.

My favorite was the ice cream truck.

Yeah. I mean, there's some really, they got bits and, you know,

it's just a, that's a cool deal.

And I love how NHRA is kind of adding, you know, the Dragon Drive elements,

the street outlaw elements and kind of making the tent a little bit bigger

so you can highlight. So if you don't have a national event in your hometown,

here's, you know, here's some other cool racing opportunities.

Yes. For sure.

I just, you know, just overall, you know, we got in, got the race in

and then leaving on Monday.

Do you want to touch on our travel insanity?

And then we'll circle back on all the non racing stuff that happened over the weekend.

Yes. Yes. Yes.

We were supposed to fly out Monday at roughly 830 in the morning,

woke up, had our alarm set for four, discovered our flight had been pushed to two.

So we were like, all right, we'll sleep a couple hours, get to the airport,

still fairly early for this 2pm flight and just work from the Amurals Club.

And then our flight got pushed to six.

So then we tried to get on a couple different standby flights with no luck.

O'Hare is nuts. I have to think that we like, we were not the only people having issues.

Oh yeah. Because there was weather, but I mean, our issue is our flight apparently had mechanical issues,

which I am not sure what kind of mechanical issues required that many hours worth of work.

Right.

But we eventually, you were dropping me off in my driveway at 1030pm on Monday.

Supposed to land in Dallas at 11.

Yes.

Ultimately got home at 11am, 1030pm.

And I was scheduled to be on the drag list live podcast with Bill Pratt,

that had been scheduled months in advance.

Yes.

And I figure landing at 830 in the morning, no problem.

I can do a seven o'clock podcast.

No problem.

Nope. I'm just furiously trying to do standby and I'm emailing Bill and I'm so,

and I'm so sorry. So we're going to have to reschedule that, but I was just like,

what, what a mess.

Yes.

We're going in and out of the animals club and every time we come back to the animals club,

it's more crowded.

Yes.

We're split up at this point, just sitting a different.

Yeah, I was basically survival of the fist.

Who's who in the animals club?

Yeah.

I saw Alexis Dejuri in there.

I mean, we, we hung out with Greg.

Earlier in the day, I saw Dave Richards and Paul.

Yes.

Leaving.

And then really what made it all worth it at least is at the end,

we were joined by Greg and Kim Anderson.

We spent some time with them.

And their sweet puppies.

And got to catch up on the race from the day before and all that good stuff.

But it was, but it's funny how all this travel stuff is just such a,

everyone that doesn't travel a lot thinks it's just so glamorous.

Going to NHA races and you're flying and it's all this stuff.

And it on days like Monday.

And it always seems to happen in Chicago because didn't last year.

Yes.

We got delayed in Chicago last year too.

And they had to spend the night.

We did.

I'd forgotten about that.

Push back and push back and then they canceled it.

Yes.

And you had checked a bag.

So you were like, cause I think had like my clothes,

like I could change into something.

Cause that was the infamous they canceled.

And then when they automatically rebooked us,

they rebooked us for like Wednesday.

And so we flew back through Manhattan, Kansas.

Yes.

That was the infamous Manhattan, Kansas.

When we were landing and we're like, how many gates do you think this airport has?

And I was like, it's got like at least six.

No.

Two gates.

Their concession situation was one vending machine.

Yes.

We did take advantage of.

Yeah.

So back to back.

Terrible Chicago return experiences.

Be better or Chicago driving.

Exactly.

But yeah, but there's, so we're bouncing back and forth.

And I'm just, I'm just trying to make sure, you know,

we're have access to the animals club, you know, all that stuff.

It was just, yeah, it was definitely.

Nightmare is right.

Monica, you totally nailed it.

It was just, and the Chicago airport is like Abby said,

just so packed full of people also to get way into the weeds.

Worst outlet airport in the country.

If you're not in a club, there's like two outlets.

And the entire every gate area.

That's why we travel with like little power strips.

Yes.

Should we pay some bills?

Yeah, hang on.

Let's see.

Yes.

I believe that is the two dogs.

Yes.

They do travel with their dogs.

Yeah.

They do travel with their dogs.

They're a little, like a little things.

Like I have to think they may be way like three pounds each.

Yeah.

They, they are dogs that would be very dangerous for my household

because I would step on them in two seconds.

And then we would be constantly replacing dogs,

but they love Greg.

It is obvious.

And Greg loves them.

It's very funny to see him with the dogs.

He stepped away at one point and they were like trying to climb

out of their little to go after him.

They were like, where did dad go?

What is happening?

And I just love, I love any like pairing that small dog,

large man, the juxtaposition of it.

It's just always so good to me.

And he brings them into the press room.

Like he'll do his post race or number one qualifier with the dogs,

which I think is very on brand.

My ideal way to do a press room.

I prefer the dogs.

You prefer more dogs.

I'm fine with more dogs in the pressure as long as they're entertainment

dogs.

Yes.

So all right, let's let that, you made a good point.

Let's, let's pay some bills and we come back.

We're going to talk food.

We're going to talk press room snacks was a big player this weekend.

Thanks to peak.

And then also upcoming Memorial Day.

All right.

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So I keep keeping you guys on your toes by shuffling up the commercial order.

Normally we close it out with red line oil.

I know, but mix it up.

So this weekend, since we do love to talk about food, we got some great.

We also, we like local restaurants.

So we are breaking news.

We're going to have Kelly Klontz on next week on Life's a Drag.

And she's from Buds Creek, Maryland, international raceway area.

So we're going to get all her restaurant tips.

Yes.

Since that's a new track for us.

But Chris King, Chicagoan gave us a tip for a restaurant that we went to on Thursday night called Marichka's.

So good.

It has been a race in Juliet.

It's been around since 1933.

And it, they're famous for like their garlic.

Butter rolls on their sandwiches.

But they're also in my book famous for this.

The super combo.

As an appetizer.

What was Abbey onion rings?

It was onion rings, fried mushrooms, chicken tenders and.

And mozzarella sticks.

I was like, all, all the fried.

And we had it with, it was me, Abbey and an Aiden Lampkin from Lampkin software solutions.

He helps with dragon, sprek of ananza and nitro.

So we crushed that before we all got our sandwiches, which was probably a critical error because none of us really finished our sandwiches.

And it wasn't for lack of trying.

And it was also this, this restaurant was really, we got there kind of early, but I had more people coming up to me throughout the weekend.

Like Brian karate was in the restaurant saw us.

Someone else saw, and it was like, who's who apparently in there of NHA people.

That's how you know that spot.

That's how you know you're in a good spot for sure.

We did not get any Chicago style pizza.

I was thinking about that.

Last night that.

We'll just have to go back.

I just go back or order it.

Because that's also because very true.

I'll tell you what that Lou Lamotti's their frozen pizza delivery system truly is like if you follow the directions, it basically tastes as good as the restaurant experience.

So that was our big.

So yeah, so if you know of restaurants around the Maryland area, hit us up.

Also, this is going to make us sound so snooty.

Snacks were back in the press room.

Thanks to DRBB and peak.

Yes.

About this episode

Route 66 and Chicago take center stage as the hosts trade race-weekend recaps, bracket-ladder observations, and standout performances—highlighting Josh Hart’s “track record 341 miles per hour” and Chad Green’s tough-path win. Weather and travel chaos keep interrupting plans, from Chicago flight delays to rain concerns that pushed racing later. The show also dives into funny car handling fixes, pro stock/pro stock motorcycle results, and a few off-track moments—plus NHRA’s Dragon Drive expansion and a Bracket Bonanza recap.

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Original notes

#NHRA #dragracing #nhraresults The Life's A Drag team rehashes an exciting Route 66 Nationals from Chicago. Big wins for Chad Green, Shawn Langdon, Aaron Stanfield and Matt Smith. Plus travel mayhem, great food, Alex and Nick Taylor dive into DRBB and a look ahead to Memorial Day weekend 🚨 Don’t miss out! Subscribe to WFO Radio for weekly NHRA updates, driver interviews, and exclusive motorsport content. Hit the bell 🔔 for notifications! MERCH: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/wfo-radio?ref_id=24678 PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/WFORadio APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wfo-radio-podcast/id449870843?ls=1 SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/0oo5mn0E3VmfhRCTHyLQIS

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