STREET/RACE Issue 1, Winter 2016 | Page 4

AT A GLANCE 20 / TX2K16 The best and worst from the Super Bowl of street racing 30 / GETTING STICKY 72 Learn how to mix up a batch of the sticky stuff 34 / STREET CAR TAKEOVER The traveling street car series nears the end of its monstrous nationwide 2016 tour 90 / NATURALLY ASPIRATED MEET STEVEN Not yet old enough to even apply for his driver’s license, 13-year-old Steven Aghakhani has already experienced the thrill of going 200mph and clearly has a promising future in the racing world. Before jumping behind the wheel of his father’s exotic Lamborghinis and McLarens, Aghakhani made his driving debut in a go kart. By Daniel Schenkelberg 76 FOUR-SECOND FOX There’s no denying Mike Bunton’s silver Ford Mustang performs like a race car, but he’s 100-percent committed to keeping the single-turbocharged LS-powered ride from losing it’s streetworthiness. By Ainsley Jacobs 4 STREETRACE In a time where turbo- and superchargers seem almost commonplace, Eddie Blackwell and his C5 Corvette are dedicated to doing things the hard way 92 / ON THE HUNT Ben Hayes and his infamous “Lambo Hunter” Nissan GT-R expounds on taking the win during TX2K16’s Roll Race Nationals Wesley R. Buck Editor-in-Chief [email protected] Scott Dorman Publisher 615.478.5275 [email protected] Mike Carpenter Design & Production Director 704.737.2299 [email protected] Will Mandell Senior Sales Executive 615.426.0465 [email protected] JT Hudson Account Representative 660.341.0063 [email protected] Kevin Cox Director of Photography [email protected] Andrea Wilson Controller 660.349.0847 CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Ainsley Jacobs, Nate Van Wagnen, Robert King, Ian Tocher, Daniel Schenkelberg PHOTO DEPARTMENT Daniel Schenkelberg, John Fore III, Roger Richards, Van Abernethy, Joe McHugh, Chris Graves, Jason Sharp, JT Hudson, James Sisk ADVERTISING SALES 615.478.5275 95 / FULL-SKETCH SUBSCRIPTIONS & CUSTOMER SERVICE 660.988.2313 [email protected] Jered Muehlhausen’s insanely powerful fourth-generation Trans Am convertible is a little bit out of hand DRAG ILLUSTRATED MEDIA, LLC 902 Kings Road, Kirksville, MO 63501 P: 660.988.2313 F: 660.665.1636 www.dragillustrated.com 98 / DROPPING THE LAUNDRY Andy Nelson does all he can to slow his near-200MPH Dodge Viper ON THE COVER Justin Keith as photographed by Kevin Cox in Kansas City, Missouri. Copyright © 2016 by Drag Illustrated Media, LLC. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited. STREET/RACE Magazine is a registered trademark of Drag Illustrated Media, LLC. Printed and mailed by Publication Printers in Denver, CO. All statements, including product claims, are those of the person or organization making the statement or claim. The publisher does not adopt any such statement or claims as its own, and any such statement or claim does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the publisher. PHOTOS: KEVIN COX, DANIEL SCHENKELBERG 62 STREET CAR OR NO CAR Kansas City’s Justin Keith continues to toe-the-line as one of the automotive industry’s biggest proponents of the street car movement, relentlessly pushing the performance envelope with his 1,000-horsepower C7 Corvette but refusing to quit driving it to the grocery store. By Wes Buck