Drag racing is a sport whose people are defined by resilience, by drive, grit, and sheer determination. This hobby, this way of life, is an addicting one, and most of us will stop at nothing, utilizing every available resource we have to finish, to fix, to better our machines to make the next event. While there are examples of this all across the sport, there is perhaps no finer example in current times than the Street Outlaws No Prep Kings series.
Lucrative payouts, valuable television time, sponsor agreements, and commitments to the fans all converge with an exhausting travel schedule to create a pressure-cooker for the show’s competitors to toe the mound at every race. For many of its top stars, this is their means of making a living, and a missed race means no bread on the table back home. And so, examples are abounds of No Prep Kings racers practically moving heaven and earth to make it to the starting line, whether the case is repairs from an accident, completing a new car to amp up their competitiveness, changing engines and other parts, and more.
Colorful and outspoken figure Justin Swanstrom has had more than his share of adversity in his time in the sport and with the series, from accidents to fires to engine mechanical woes. Overcoming seemingly insurmountable odds is basically engrained in his DNA at this point. Last season, Swanstrom challenged for race victories and even the series title in his Lexus RC 350 known as “Prenup,” with his sights on unseating runaway favorite Ryan Martin for that No. 1 this year. So when he got caught up in one of the most bizarre of accidents at the recent Maple Grove Raceway event with Dave Adkins, missing the next race wasn’t an option.
In footage that’s already made all the rounds, Swanstrom’s Lexus blew out an intake manifold during the “Great Eight” event on the Friday of the Maple Grove event, igniting a fire under the hood. No sooner…
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