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BY ELIZABETH LIBERATORE / PHOTOS BY CLAUDIA JOHNSTONE
SWITCHING LANES
Drag racer Travis Shumake is following in his father’s funny car footsteps
Travis Shumake, son of legendary drag racer Tripp Shumake, grew up in Central Phoenix doing what he considered to be average kid things – walking around the pits, talking to famous drivers, standing on the starting line, and getting interviewed on live TV.
“I do remember when [my dad] was inducted to the Arizona Racing Hall of Fame hearing the crowd at Manzanita Speedway go wild and thinking that was pretty exciting for him and an awakening for me,” Shumake says. It was these childhood experiences that illuminated his path So Scottsdale! January ‘22
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