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print 20,000 copies every other month and distribute the magazine through their subscription lists, tracks, speed shops and stores. Full Throttle News is also sold to subscribers throughout the United States and Canada and in England, Sweden, most of Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Costa Rica.
Heath markets the magazine towards the nostalgia drag racing world. They cover tracks in the United States and Canada and just returned from Bandimere Raceway in Colorado, Boise, Idaho, Seattle, Washington and Indianapolis, Indiana. “We’ll go wherever there is a nostalgia drag race,” he said. They have also created a website, called www.FullThrottleNews.com. Full Throttle News has followed the career of J.R. Todd, an NHRA Top Fuel drag racer since 2006. “He’s a hell of a dragracer and a great spokesman for the young drag racers,” said Heath. Columnist Elliott Smith is assigned to follow Todd and send back reports. Another person that they write about and follow is Rick Rogers, who campaigns the Full Throttle nostalgia Top Fuel dragster (AA/FD). Rick is the President of AA*FD, or All-American Fuel Dragster, Inc, which sanctions nostalgia top fuel dragster races. “We’re the top quality drag racing magazine and our writers and photographers are the best,” said Heath. With him were staff photographer Ellen Fisher, columnist Joel Gruzen and PR/Salesperson Diana Luna. Robert Luna is the Printer. This group is very accessible to the public at events they cover. Their yellow shirts with the black trim is easy to see and if you make eye contact they will tell you their fascinating story.
Full Throttle News is now 68 pages in length and the photographs are exceptional in quality and the text interesting and complete. The editorial page lists the contributing writers and photographers and some of their email addresses. Unlike many magazines, Full Throttle News wants to communicate with you and find out what you want them to report on. Some of the writers and photographers listed were; Darrell Conrad, Steve Justice, Eric Arnett, Steve Bell, Steven Bunker, Stormy Byrd, Thomas Fisher, Chris Graves, Tom Hunnicutt, Vicki Hall, Bob Johnson, Mitch Maciel, Carl Morris, Bill Pitts, Spencer Sharp, Beth Szabo, Bob Szabo, Ron Updike, Randy Walls, Lil’ Newt Warriner, Gary Brown, Ken Williams, Bob Brown, Phil Cox, Bryan Ellis, Jason Ellis, Don Ewald, John Ewald, Lance Fitzsimmons, Dave Hulford, Dave Milcarek, David Moyle, John O’Neill, David Parker, Norm Price, Pam Scharvrien, Debbie Booth, Rob Huckstadt and Steven Wallace. You’ll see a few names that you know and the rest will someday be names in the media world. The newsstand price of the book was listed at $3.95, about midrange for such publications, but well worth it for the quality of the magazine and reporting in it. See their website if you are interested in subscribing
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