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WILD AT HEART

DRAG racing can be a brutal and unforgiving sport, and sometimes you can become a victim for reasons beyond your control. Case in point: it looks like Richie Crampton has lost his drive with Kalitta Racing, meaning that for the first time since 1996, Australia probably won’t have a driver in NHRA Top Fuel. For the 2020 season, the Kalitta team is looking at downsizing from four cars to a single dragster driven by Doug Kalitta and two Funny Cars for JR Todd and Shawn Langdon. The reason? Well, no one is saying much, but when you downsize, it’s often due to money – in most cases,

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