Meet Travis Shumake, the Grdr-Sponsored First Out Gay Pro Drag Racer

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Travis Shumake is lookg to bee the first openly gay drag racer at the NRHA Campg World Seri this weekend at Heartland Motorsports Park.

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Now, his son Travis is makg history on his own terms as an out gay man a straight-centric sport such as racg. Travis has also been outspoken about his g-out story and how he's planng to reprent the LGBTQ+ muny this the historic nature of Travis' reer as an NHRA driver, he has now land a rporate sponsorship om none other than Grdr, the lotn-based datg app for gay through to check out pictur of Travis Shumake, and follow him on Instagram - @travihu - to see even more! Any number of thgs should have stopped Travis two years ago, Shumake had planned his but to the eic, high-octane world of Natnal Hot Rod Associatn drag racg as the erng body's first openly gay the son of NHRA Funny Car drag-racg legend Tripp Shumake, the younger Shumake had grown up that world, havg attend drag rac each summer at the Kansas Speedway and racg shifter karts wh his father the late the s sce his father passed away a 1999 motorcycle accint, though, somethg kept llg Shumake back to the sport — back to followg his father's he started drivg.

At a separate race Las Vegas, Shumake failed to qualify, markg the first time the Randy Meyer's dragster that he was drivg failed to qualify over eight all that, Shumake has learned to manage his expectatns, even as he prepar to qualify as the first openly gay drag racer at the NHRA Campg World Seri at Heartland Motorsports Park on Here's how to get tickets for the 2022 Menard's NHRA Natnals TopekaHe'll do so a rabow-lored dragster — plete wh rabow parachut — thanks to a first-of-s-kd sponsorship al wh Vis Topeka, the cy's statn marketg anizatn, and Pri Kansas as the anizatns look to promote the cy as an clive wayTravis Shumake shows off his drag racer at Evergy Plaza Wednday morng tailg the number of world champnships has won.

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Shumake was recently sponsored by Vis Topeka and Pri Kansas as the first openly gay NHRA racer history and will be petg this weekend at Heartland Park Speedway. We’ll see where go, " Shumake as he gets ready to race qualifiers Friday, Shumake is exced at the prospect of makg through to the elimatn rounds on Saturday and This Kansas State rearch program is helpg HBCU stunts bee agricultural scholarsVis Topeka, Pri Kansas play role Travis Shumake's but as gay racerDrag racer Travis Shumake, left, works wh team manager and fellow driver Megan Meyer to create a ctom geometric rabow-lored wrap around a race r Tuday their Sprg Hill shop.

Shumake is beg sponsored by the Greater Topeka Partnership as the first openly gay drag racer. "One of my hunch was that I would fd somebody willg to sign me who was makg cisns wh the pk dollar md — maybe a gay marketg officer or someone wh a marketg foc on the LGBT piece, " he Dixon, print of Vis Topeka, tak a selfie wh Travis Shumake's drag r durg a media event at Evergy Plaza he reached out to Sean Dixon, print of Vis Topeka, Shumake found someone who was not only willg to sponsor him, but also someone who was willg to vt a racer who uld crease visibily for a cy and sport that historilly have been characterized as nservative and unwelg to LGBTQ people. "His journey and beg the first openly gay sanctned driver really ronated wh , " Dixon said.

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Although they never talked about before his father died when Shumake was 15, his father knew he was gay. There’s 40 ln fans who self-intify as drag racg fans, and there jt should be a gay driver. Follow him on Twter at article origally appeared on Topeka Capal-Journal: Travis Shumake looks to make history as NHRA's first openly gay racer.

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"Shortly after, I me out as gay. Nearly two years ago, Shumake had planned his but to the eic, high-octane world of Natnal Hot Rod Associatn drag racg as the erng body's first openly gay the son of NHRA Funny Car drag-racg legend Tripp Shumake, the younger Shumake had grown up that world, havg attend drag rac each summer at the Kansas Speedway and racg shifter karts wh his father the late the s sce his father died  a 1999 motorcycle accint, though, somethg kept llg Shumake back to the sport — back to followg his father's he started drivg. At a separate race Las Vegas, Shumake failed to qualify, markg the first time the Myer's dragster that he was drivg failed to qualify over eight all that, Shumake has learned to manage his expectatns, even as he prepar to qualify as the first openly gay drag racer at the NHRA Campg World Seri at Heartland Motorsports Park on Friday.

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This openly gay NHRA racer buts Friday Topeka. Here's why groups are lg up to endorse him .

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