{"id":4648,"date":"2026-10-19T23:12:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T23:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/?p=4648"},"modified":"2026-10-19T23:12:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T23:12:41","slug":"two-racers-one-passion-a-friendship-behind-dragcoverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/?p=4648","title":{"rendered":"Two racers. One passion. A friendship behind DragCoverage."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TJ Pruitt (right) started DC in 2003 to shine a spotlight on grassroots racing. In 2025, he brought Kline Whitley on board to help tell the stories of racers and the sport we all love. Kline has been behind many of the features and interviews you\u2019ve seen on DC since.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/facetune_18-10-2026-09-07-41.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4647\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1662\"><\/p>\n<p>Off the track, Kline holds a doctorate in pharmacy, and TJ has a master\u2019s in electrical engineering. At the track, they\u2019re two racers who love this sport and the people in it. Off the track, they have careers and manage DragCoverage in their spare time.<\/p>\n<p>Both reached the quarterfinals at the Great American $50k Bracket Race at Gulfport Dragway this past weekend, making it a perfect time for their first team photo!<\/p>\n<p>That beautiful 1966 Nova behind them? That\u2019s Kline\u2019s ride!<\/p>\n<p>Congrats to TJ for being selected as DragIllustrated\u2019s 100 Most influential People in Drag Racing &#8211; Inaugural Power 100 and he credits it all to the racers, fans, and followers of DC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TJ Pruitt (right) started DC in 2003 to shine a spotlight on grassroots racing. In 2025, he brought Kline Whitley on board to help tell the stories of racers and the sport we all love. Kline has been behind many of the features and interviews you\u2019ve seen on DC since. Off the track, Kline holds [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4647,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[61],"class_list":["post-4648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/facetune_18-10-2026-09-07-41-600x400.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/facetune_18-10-2026-09-07-41-600x600.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"DC Media","author_link":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/author\/auteejay"},"authors":[{"term_id":61,"user_id":5,"is_guest":0,"slug":"auteejay","display_name":"DC Media","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d51765f05e753046aaf69cf0314e9a0f5c5945d8d9ed498ce027408f7d38abf9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","first_name":"DC","last_name":"Media","user_url":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4648","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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4648"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4649,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4648\/revisions\/4649"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4648"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fppma_author&post=4648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}