{"id":30695,"date":"2019-11-03T16:29:47","date_gmt":"2019-11-03T21:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/?p=30695"},"modified":"2024-03-25T11:23:55","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T15:23:55","slug":"racing-fanatics-gear-up-for-nitro-eliminations-with-pre-race-ceremonies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/racing\/2019\/11\/racing-fanatics-gear-up-for-nitro-eliminations-with-pre-race-ceremonies.html","title":{"rendered":"RACING FANATICS GEAR UP FOR NITRO ELIMINATIONS WITH PRE-RACE CEREMONIES"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NHRA&#8217;s Alan Reinhart emceed the pre-race ceremonies from the Mello Yello stage. The ceremonies included pre-race interviews, top qualifier introductions and the popular SealMaster\u00ae TrackWalk, which allowed fans to walk the drag strip with 2020 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Widebody Funny Car driver Matt Hagan and Las Vegas Motor Speedway mascot Pit Boss. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0917-600x450.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0917-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"man talking to mascot\" data-id=\"30698\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/racing\/2019\/11\/racing-fanatics-gear-up-for-nitro-eliminations-with-pre-race-ceremonies.html\/attachment\/img_0917\" class=\"wp-image-30698\" 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walking down the drag strip\" data-id=\"30697\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/racing\/2019\/11\/racing-fanatics-gear-up-for-nitro-eliminations-with-pre-race-ceremonies.html\/attachment\/img_0909\" class=\"wp-image-30697\" srcset=\"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0909-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0909-436x327.jpg 436w, https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0909-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0909.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0956-700x395.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"395\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0956-700x395.jpg\" alt=\"leah pritchett being interviewed by man\" data-id=\"30717\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/racing\/2019\/11\/racing-fanatics-gear-up-for-nitro-eliminations-with-pre-race-ceremonies.html\/attachment\/img_0956-2\" class=\"wp-image-30717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0956-700x395.jpg 700w, https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0956-580x327.jpg 580w, https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0956-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0956.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0957-1-700x394.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0957-1-700x394.png\" alt=\"leah pritchett pit crew\" data-id=\"30718\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/racing\/2019\/11\/racing-fanatics-gear-up-for-nitro-eliminations-with-pre-race-ceremonies.html\/attachment\/img_0957-2\" class=\"wp-image-30718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0957-1-700x394.png 700w, https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0957-1-581x327.png 581w, https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0957-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0957-1.png 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0960-700x394.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0960-700x394.jpg\" alt=\"jack beckman pit crew\" data-id=\"30716\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/racing\/2019\/11\/racing-fanatics-gear-up-for-nitro-eliminations-with-pre-race-ceremonies.html\/attachment\/img_0960-2\" class=\"wp-image-30716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0960-700x394.jpg 700w, https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0960-582x327.jpg 582w, https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0960-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0960.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0962-1-700x415.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"415\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0962-1-700x415.png\" alt=\"ron capps being interviewed by man\" data-id=\"30712\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/racing\/2019\/11\/racing-fanatics-gear-up-for-nitro-eliminations-with-pre-race-ceremonies.html\/attachment\/img_0962-1\" class=\"wp-image-30712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0962-1-700x415.png 700w, https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0962-1-551x327.png 551w, https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0962-1-768x456.png 768w, https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0962-1.png 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0961-1-700x416.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"416\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0961-1-700x416.png\" alt=\"ron capps waving at racing fans\" data-id=\"30715\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/racing\/2019\/11\/racing-fanatics-gear-up-for-nitro-eliminations-with-pre-race-ceremonies.html\/attachment\/img_0961-1\" class=\"wp-image-30715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0961-1-700x416.png 700w, https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0961-1-550x327.png 550w, https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0961-1-768x457.png 768w, 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The ceremonies included pre-race interviews, top qualifier introductions and the popular SealMaster\u00ae TrackWalk, which allowed fans to walk the drag strip with 2020 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Widebody Funny Car driver Matt Hagan and Las Vegas Motor Speedway mascot Pit Boss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":30707,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[575],"tags":[528,849,615],"class_list":["post-30695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-racing","tag-drag-racing","tag-dsr","tag-nhra"],"acf":[],"custom_fields":{"post_thumbnail_image":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/vegaspreeventfeature.jpg","icon_selection":"article","external_link":"","featured_article":[],"upload_background_image":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30695"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30695"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30728,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30695\/revisions\/30728"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}