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'IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE FUTURE': OPENLY GAY NHRA DRIVER PREPAR TO MAKE HISTORY

The gays are drag racg – but we’re not talkg about Ru! * gay drag racer *

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.

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 Topeka, Pri Kansas play role Travis Shumake's but as gay racerAs Shumake set out to make his but, one of his early challeng was fdg a sponsor. "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 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.

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"His journey and beg the first openly gay sanctned driver really ronated wh , " Dixon said.

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Gay drag racer Travis Shumake broke new ground the racg world when he peted the Natnal Hot Rod Associatn Natnals. * gay drag racer *

"But the race r don’t know if I'm a boy or girl, or gay or straight, or Christian or Jewish.

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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. 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 '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 way"Nothg has ever gone exactly my way, so that’s why I’m simply exced to have a great time — to have a great r, and to have my fay at the track. 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 Kansas State rearch program is helpg HBCU stunts bee agricultural scholarsVis Topeka, Pri Kansas play role Travis Shumake's but as gay racerAs Shumake set out to make his but, one of his early challeng was fdg a sponsor.

The gays are drag racg – but not jt for Ru! This month, Travis Shumake ma history as the first out gay driver to pete a natnal event on the Natnal Hot Rod Associatn (NHRA) racg circu. Now, his son Travis is makg history on his own terms as an out gay man a straight-centric sport such as racg.

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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! As the sport's first openly gay driver, he also ma history a sport not typilly known for diversy.

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A sponsorship om a big name the gay muny like Grdr is sure to brg a wir dience to the fold. “As a gay man Ameri’s olst nservative Motorsport, thentic reprentatn matters, " Shumake said a statement om Grdr.

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