{"id":4660,"date":"2026-10-25T21:35:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T21:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/?p=4660"},"modified":"2026-10-25T21:35:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T21:35:41","slug":"a-son-wins-his-dads-memorial-race-again-i-know-he-was-here-with-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/?p=4660","title":{"rendered":"A Son Wins His Dad\u2019s Memorial Race Again: \u201cI Know He Was Here With Me\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Roanoke, Alabama\u2019s Timmy Smith collected $20,000 Sunday at Montgomery International Dragway, but winning a race honoring his dad carried a meaning money couldn\u2019t match.<\/p>\n<p>Smith defeated Robby Callahan to win the 2026 Mike Smith Memorial Race, adding another special victory to his 2023 win while wearing his father\u2019s helmet.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/img_8726.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4658\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\"><\/p>\n<p>Mike Smith earned the respect of many throughout the racing community. His memory continues to bring racers and families together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wish my dad was here, but I know he was here with me,\u201d Timmy said.<\/p>\n<p>He thanked Brad Wheeler and Montgomery International Dragway for giving his family a place to honor Mike.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1000193827.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4659\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\"><\/p>\n<p>Ryan Roberts finished in the semifinals. Brinson Thrasher, Brandon Taylor and Jeremy Hancock reached the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roanoke, Alabama\u2019s Timmy Smith collected $20,000 Sunday at Montgomery International Dragway, but winning a race honoring his dad carried a meaning money couldn\u2019t match. Smith defeated Robby Callahan to win the 2026 Mike Smith Memorial Race, adding another special victory to his 2023 win while wearing his father\u2019s helmet. Mike Smith earned the respect of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4658,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[61],"class_list":["post-4660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/img_8726-600x400.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/img_8726-600x600.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\/4660","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=4660"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4661,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4660\/revisions\/4661"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4660"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fppma_author&post=4660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}