{"id":29300,"date":"2016-08-08T14:59:51","date_gmt":"2016-08-08T21:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=29300"},"modified":"2016-08-08T14:59:51","modified_gmt":"2016-08-08T21:59:51","slug":"ask-a-racer-j-r-todd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/ask-a-racer-j-r-todd\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask a Racer: J.R. Todd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"29301\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/ask-a-racer-j-r-todd\/jt_action-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/jt_action.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,773\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"jt_action\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/jt_action-300x232.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/jt_action.jpg\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-29301 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/jt_action.jpg\" alt=\"jt_action\" width=\"1000\" height=\"773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/jt_action.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/jt_action-300x232.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>RacingJunk.com continues its Ask A Racer series by hosting\u00a0a <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/racingjunk\">Twitter chat<\/a> this Thursday with Top Fuel dragster driver J.R. Todd, who drivers for the elite Kalitta Motorsports team in the SealMaster Top Fuel Dragster.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"29303\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/ask-a-racer-j-r-todd\/drag-racing-7\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/GNP_1606-01486.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"721,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;photo by Auto Imagery, Inc.&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D610&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1454605974&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 2016 autoimagery.com&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;150&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Drag Racing&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Drag Racing\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/GNP_1606-01486-200x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/GNP_1606-01486-684x1024.jpg\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-29303 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/GNP_1606-01486-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"JR Todd\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/GNP_1606-01486-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/GNP_1606-01486-684x1024.jpg 684w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/GNP_1606-01486.jpg 721w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>The 35-year old driver\u00a0most recently had a big win at Sonoma, and won last year in Seattle. He&#8217;s a three-time Countdown to the Championship contender, and has been racing with Kalitta Motorsports for the past three years. He&#8217;s been an NHRA Mello Yello series driver since 2006, worked as a crew member for Bob Gilbertson&#8217;s Funny Car team from 2003-05, and raced in the NHRA Jr. Drag Racing League from 1993-98.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong> \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/2016\/08\/01\/todd-j-force-anderson-and-tonglet-win-at-historic-sonoma-nhra-nationals\/\">Todd, J. Force, Anderson, and Tonglet Win at Historic Sonoma NHRA Nationals<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tune in on <strong>Thursday, August 11 at noon EST\/ 9 a.m. PST<\/strong> to ask him questions. Be sure to follow the <strong>#RJAskJR<\/strong> hashtag.<\/p>\n<p>Find us on Twitter here:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/racingjunk\">twitter.com\/racingjunk<\/a> \u00a0or <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/racingjunk\">@racingjunk<\/a>! \u00a0Don&#8217;t have Twitter? Ask us questions on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RacingJunkFan\">Facebook page<\/a> and we&#8217;ll pass them along!<\/p>\n<p>You can follow the whole chat here!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/twubs.com\/embed\/RJAskJR\/?messagesPerPage=5&amp;headerBgColor=%231c6485&amp;headerTextColor=%23ffffff\" width=\"350\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twubs.com\/RJAskJR\">#RJAskJR<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Join our Twitter chat with NHRA Top Fuel driver J.R. 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