{"id":59418,"date":"2022-02-07T18:00:23","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T23:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/?p=59418"},"modified":"2024-03-25T11:20:44","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T15:20:44","slug":"sick-week-drag-race-profile-daniel-grubaugh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/racing\/2022\/02\/sick-week-drag-race-profile-daniel-grubaugh.html","title":{"rendered":"Sick Week Drag Race Profile: Daniel Grubaugh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sick Stats<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Hometown: <\/strong>Crestline, California<\/br>\nVehicle: <\/strong>2006 Dodge Charger RT Ute (Converted from 4-door to 2-door pickup using a Smith body kit)
Color: <\/strong>Custom 2-tone paint job – silver and dark metallic gray; front clip is Dodge red
Engine: <\/strong>5.7 HEMI\u00ae<\/sup>
Tires:<\/strong> 275\/40\/R20
Chassis: <\/strong>7.5
Personal Best: <\/strong>14.43 at 97 MPH <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How did you choose the\nvehicle you are racing with?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have six vehicles, but this is the only reliable one that\ncan make it all the way to Florida. I\u2019m not trailering it, so I\u2019ll be driving\nit around 6,000 miles between the round-trip distance and race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What makes this vehicle \u201csick\u201d?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is so different. You just don\u2019t see anything like this on the road. Wherever I\u2019m at, people walk up to see what this is. I even get pulled over by local law enforcement, not because of speeding, but they run the plates which come up as a 2006 Charger, but it looks nothing like that, so they pull me over to see what it is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What excites you about\nSick Week?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It will be my first drag event I\u2019ve participated in. I\u2019m so\nfortunate to have been able to get one of the spots to compete. I\u2019ve been\nwatching events for three or four years now as a spectator, but now I get to be\nin it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What will your journey to\nFlorida be like?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m leaving for Sick Week on Friday, driving 2,500 miles from Southern California in two days. I\u2019m breaking up the driving with a trip to Texas to pick up a fender for a buddy of mine, then stopping in Georgia to connect with my friends, Jacob and Tim, so we can all road trip down together. On the way home, I\u2019m stopping in Tennessee at my best friend\u2019s house for the Super Bowl, seeing my brother in Texas, and then heading back home. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What makes you a good drag\nracer?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m not one … yet anyway. My car needs to be faster, and I have plans to make it so in the long term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who is your drag race\ninspiration?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan, who both taught me if you break down, you fix it and move on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are you passionate\nabout outside of racing? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taking road trips. I love being in vehicles on the open road\nwhile seeing the countryside. I drive a lot for work and covered 32 states in\nmy 2016 Ram 1500 during a six-month trip last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Social Channels:<\/strong> Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sick Stats Hometown: Crestline, California Vehicle: 2006 Dodge Charger RT Ute (Converted from 4-door to 2-door pickup using a Smith body kit)Color: Custom 2-tone paint job – silver and dark metallic gray; front clip is Dodge redEngine: 5.7 HEMI\u00ae Tires: 275\/40\/R20 Chassis: 7.5Personal Best: 14.43 at 97 MPH How did you choose the vehicle you are racing with? I have six vehicles, but this is the only reliable one that can make it all the way to Florida. I\u2019m not trailering it, so I\u2019ll be driving it around 6,000 miles […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":59432,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[575],"tags":[528,1910],"class_list":["post-59418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-racing","tag-drag-racing","tag-grassroots-racing"],"acf":[],"custom_fields":{"post_thumbnail_image":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Daniel_feature.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\/59418"}],"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=59418"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59443,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59418\/revisions\/59443"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}