NHRA Insider Podcast: The Gator Hunters! Coughlin, Matusek, and Alky Funny Car Champ Talk Shop!


NHRA Insider Podcast: The Gator Hunters! Coughlin, Matusek, and Alky Funny Car Champ Talk Shop!

This week’s edition of the NHRA Insider was fun to make! Having a chat with the likes of Jeg Coughlin, Steve Matusek, and alky funny car dominator Sean Bellemeur is always a good time, especially when the talk is about one of the biggest races on the NHRA tour and the fact that all of these guys know how to get the job done in a race car.

Jeg Coughin might have the best race car he has ever had in his career to this point and that is saying something. One of the class’s greatest competitors, he out qualified the field at Arizona by three hundredths of a second, a virtual impossibility in the modern pro stock world. He won the Winternationals and while he came up short in Arizona, the dude is an odds-on-favorite destroyer in Gainesville. He talks life, racing, big money, big pressure, and the season he dreams of having in pro stock. This guy is great.

NHRA pro mod racer and Aeromotive company founder Steve Matusek is another great guy to chew the fat with. His perspective on the new era of NHRA pro mod in 2020 is awesome as he helped to shape the current “wide open” situation with regard to entries and competitors entering the series. It’s the wild west again in door slammer racing and that means that the fans win. He talks about driving a ProCharger car he has never sat in, last minute testing, and how the world of the aftermarket is reshaping itself these days.

Sean Bellemeur is a back to back alky funny car world champion with designs on doing it again in 2020. Super teams have formed to try and end his reign over the class. Bellemeur is a wildly experienced dude for someone who is not 40 yet. He has driven loads of stuff including front engine top fuel dragsters. He talks about the genius of Steve Boggs, the pressures of defending multiple championships, and the expectations of competition this season.

Finally there’s a bonus! Yes, an audio feature that takes you on a day at the races with Pat Dakin at the 1977 NHRA Gatornationals. Narrated by Dave McClelland we know you’ll love it!

Hit the image to listen to the latest NHRA Insider podcast – The Gator Hunters!


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