At every IHRA Drag Racing Series event this year, Frank Capone, half of the two-motorcycle team at Bad Apple Racing, has been out there working toward his first win, getting more experience with each run, and learning from his teammate, Tracy Kile.At the Northern Nationals season finale at U.S. 131...

That Tii Tharpe is involved in racing should come as no surprise. He grew up in the family business, Special Vehicle Company, or SPEVCO, a North Carolina builder of specialty vehicles for emergency response situations and for marketing and exhibitions.But that Tii (pronounced TIE) ended up on two wheels might...