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The Ultimate Ticket: A Ride In Larry Dixon’s Top Fuel 2-Seater
By
Todd Silvey September 12, 2019
During the 15th Annual Funny Car Nationals at US 131 Motorsports Park, two individuals took the ride of their lives in the rear seat of
Larry Dixon’s Top Fuel Experience Dragster. Dixon, a three-time NHRA Top Fuel world champion debuted the two-seat nitro ride in 2017.
But, despite his world champion status, the NHRA currently has a ban on Dixon’s two-seater at its sanctioned tracks, and so his business is offering the once-in-a-lifetime encounter exclusively at IHRA facilities. The drawn-out legal dispute between the NHRA and Dixon are
a separate story within itself, but on this select weekend, two customers realized the sensory overload of sitting right in front of 10,000 nitro-fed horsepower.
As we entered Dixon's pit area, James Wachter was easily identifiable just from the pure elation on his face. He was soaking in everything Dixon and the entire team were describing to him. Customers are not just shoved into the passenger cockpit and instructed to hang on; they are fully immersed into the team and receive a great deal of information.