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Carrying on the Legacy
Second-generation drag racer Trevor Larkin is chasing greatness of his own
T
revor Larkin’s first memories
from the drag strip center around being
corralled in a racing slick as a make-
shift playpen while his dad worked on
race cars. Today, Larkin is carrying on the legacy
of his father, “Little Tommy” Larkin, as he works
toward a racing career of his own.
“I have two brothers, Travis and Troy,” says
Larkin. “But racing just wasn’t their thing. It
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was something my dad and I did. He drove Top
Gas, and after that he worked with Tom McEwen
and Don Prudhomme, so my first memories are
going to the races with my dad, being three years
old, and hanging out with those guys. Back then,
they were still grudge racers. They weren’t yet
the giant names that they would later become.”
Larkin licensed in a Top Alcohol Dragster
after the NHRA national event in Las Vegas last
fall. He crews for A/Fuel dragster driver Ron
Anderson, and in lieu of pay for the 2019 season,
the two cut a deal. Larkin would commit to the
year as a crew member in exchange for using
Anderson’s car to get his Top Alcohol Dragster
license after the Las Vegas race in November.
Sitting in a dragster wasn’t foreign to Larkin.
When his father was diagnosed with cancer in
2005, they recreated one of his old Top Gas
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BY K ELLY WA D E