Drag Illustrated Issue 136, September 2018 | Page 107

BIG
CROWD
18 DONALD LONG STILL DOING THINGS HIS WAY
No.
OR NO CROWD
AT ALL, REALLY...
B
e it the wall-to-wall humanity
that is his annual Lights Out event,
the season-ending King of the Hill
shootout that has become No Mercy
or the private, big-money gambler’s
race is the $101,000-to-win Sweet 16,
Donald “The Duck” Long and his world-re-
nowned drag radial races remain amongst the
hottest properties in drag racing headed into
the experiments 10th year of existence. While
many of drag racing’s hot new trends struggle
to maintain enthusiasm and interest, Long’s
radial races have stood the test of time and
seem to have only grown – fueled no doubt by
their promoter’s flamboyant, outspoken and
oft-outrageous nature. With a new, long-term
live-streaming arrangement with Speed Video,
large and still-growing payouts and the support
of hundreds of hardcore racers and sponsors,
it’s safe to say that radial racing has a lot of life
left in it. – WES BUCK
September 2018
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