{"id":59469,"date":"2022-02-09T09:00:42","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T14:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/?p=59469"},"modified":"2024-03-25T11:20:43","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T15:20:43","slug":"sick-week-drag-race-profile-frank-wanicka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/racing\/2022\/02\/sick-week-drag-race-profile-frank-wanicka.html","title":{"rendered":"Sick Week Drag Race Profile: Frank Wanicka"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

Hometown: <\/strong>Mill Sprint, North Carolina
Vehicle: <\/strong>2019 Dodge Challenger SRT\u00ae<\/sup> Hellcat Redeye
Color: <\/strong>Octane Red
Engine: <\/strong>6.2L HEMI\u00ae<\/sup>
Tires:<\/strong> 305\/45\/R17 MT ET Street R
Personal Best: <\/strong>10.29 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

It is the most fun one I own. It is dead reliable with hundreds of quarter- and eighth-mile passes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

I just had new mods done, which has allowed me to improve\nall my bests quite a bit. That Stage 3 Redeye package has made a big\ndifference. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

I\u2019m going to experience the fastest drag and drive cars ever; all the quickest guys will go. There will also be a huge variety. Additionally, my daughter, Faith, will be singing the national anthem at each track. She has previously done this at the Rocky Mountain Race Week in 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Faith is my co-pilot for the\nweek. We plan to drive straight through. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have you participated in\nany other racing events like this?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rocky Mountain Race Week in 2020 and 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Lots of years of experience. I have been drag racing since I\nwas 18. I\u2019ve had so many vehicles since then, and I\u2019ve raced every car I\u2019ve\never owned. Before my Challenger, I had a 2016 Dodge Charger Hellcat. But once\nmy daughter got her own car, I didn\u2019t need a four-door vehicle anymore. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

My uncle, Chip Rollins, who recently passed away. I worked at\nhis shop as a teenager, which is where the drag bug bit me. My cousins, his\nsons, still own the business and they drag race competitively. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

I\u2019m a software developer, so I\u2019m into technology. Everything\nrelated to tech. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sick Stats Hometown: Mill Sprint, North CarolinaVehicle: 2019 Dodge Challenger SRT\u00ae Hellcat RedeyeColor: Octane Red Engine: 6.2L HEMI\u00ae Tires: 305\/45\/R17 MT ET Street RPersonal Best: 10.29 How did you choose the vehicle you are racing with? It is the most fun one I own. It is dead reliable with hundreds of quarter- and eighth-mile passes. What makes this vehicle \u201csick\u201d? I just had new mods done, which has allowed me to improve all my bests quite a bit. That Stage 3 Redeye package has made a big difference. What excites […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":59424,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[575],"tags":[528,1910],"class_list":["post-59469","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\/Frank_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\/59469"}],"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=59469"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59505,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59469\/revisions\/59505"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}