Dickie Venables and Tony Pedregon talk winning, Epping, and epic conditions
On this episode of the NHRA Insider podcast powered by Speedmaster, host Brian Lohnes is joined by Dickie Venables, the crew chief for back-to-back 2024 winner Matt Hagan.
Venables and Hagan also have four wins at New England Dragway and are the winningest Funny Car tandem in the history of the NHRA New England Nationals. Venables talks about the trickiness of Chicago, the approach change for Epping, why his team is clicking so well, and what the performance potential is for cool New Hampshire air in qualifying.
Tony Pedregon is the second guest on the show, and there's a spicy conversation about the simmering Pro Stock frustrations pervading the pits, who the favorites are on what could be an all-time performance weekend, and the potential of seeing 340 mph not just out of one car, but maybe others as well.
It's a supercharged look at what's to come this weekend on the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series tour!