{"id":3268,"date":"2025-06-21T22:04:48","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T22:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/?p=3268"},"modified":"2025-06-21T22:04:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T22:04:48","slug":"patrick-bowen-brought-joy-to-racers-lives-rest-in-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/?p=3268","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Bowen Brought Joy to Racer\u2019s Lives. Rest in Peace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The drag racing community mourns the loss of Patrick Bowen, a beloved racer who passed away. Known for his unwavering positivity, Patrick never met a stranger and touched countless lives with his encouraging messages. In a world often filled with negativity, he was a beacon of joy, inspiring racers with his enthusiasm.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_6308-1.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3264\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1265\"><\/p>\n<p>His love for drag racing was only surpassed by his deep faith in Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n<p>Patrick, despite being paralyzed and using a wheelchair, lived his dream without fear. A memorable moment was when Maddox Race Cars built a custom dragster for him. His radiant smile that night spoke volumes, reflecting his indomitable spirit. The racing community cherished his inspiration.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_6304-1.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3265\" width=\"1125\" height=\"1500\"><\/p>\n<p>Please keep Patrick\u2019s family in your prayers. Funeral arrangements are set for Sunday, June 22, at Posey Funeral Directors in North Augusta, SC: visitation from 1-2 PM, service from 2-3 PM, followed by a graveside service. Patrick will be forever missed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The drag racing community mourns the loss of Patrick Bowen, a beloved racer who passed away. Known for his unwavering positivity, Patrick never met a stranger and touched countless lives with his encouraging messages. In a world often filled with negativity, he was a beacon of joy, inspiring racers with his enthusiasm. His love for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3267,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[54],"class_list":["post-3268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_6305-1-600x400.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_6305-1-600x600.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"TJ Pruitt","author_link":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/author\/admin"},"authors":[{"term_id":54,"user_id":2,"is_guest":0,"slug":"admin","display_name":"TJ Pruitt","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6fdde352a01ed2be39f8cb735395b54c17edb1d8bcd2cc29ce5510de15709685?s=96&d=mm&r=g","first_name":"TJ","last_name":"Pruitt","user_url":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3268"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fppma_author&post=3268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}