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Our final couple we’ll feature for the Valentine’s Day edition of Car of the Week is BTE-sponsored racer, Afton Swanson and her husband Joe. The Swansons let us know the perks of being a racing couple, as well as their hopes of becoming a two-car racing team. What is you and your partner's name? Afton and Joe Swanson How long have you both been racing or interested in racing? Afton - 2000, Joe - 2007 How did you both meet? We both began our racing careers at... Read More

Posted by Amber Ambrose at Wednesday, February 10, 2021

Wednesday, January 3, 2018

Car of the Week: Tim Richard's 2010 Joe Monden Monoshock Top Dragster

Welcome to the BTE Racing Car of the Week series, where we feature our customers and fans, and the cars (and trucks) they love to race. Today, we're featuring Tim Richard and his 2010 Joe Monden Monoshock Top Dragster. Tim hails from from Winnipeg, Manitoba in Canada. How did you get into drag racing? I started racing in 1989. A friend took me to drag race and after that, I was hooked. Where was your first race? I started at my home track, the Gimli... Read More

Posted by Amber Ambrose at Wednesday, January 3, 2018

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Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Car of the Week: Afton Swanson's 2015 Spitzer Top Dragster

Welcome to the BTE Racing Car of the Week series, where we feature our customers and fans, and the cars (and trucks) they love to race. Today, we're featuring Afton Swanson from Denver, Iowa's 2015 Spitzer Top Dragster. How did you get into drag racing? My dad took me to a race track when I was 8 years old and we rented a junior dragster for me to drive. I enjoyed it so much that I got my own juinor dragster for Christmas that year. I raced juniors until I... Read More

Posted by Amber Ambrose at Wednesday, December 27, 2017

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