Cagle was fifth in 2009, third in 2010, ninth in 2012, sixth in 2013, and so forth. Cagle debuted in the category that same year and by 2008, he had finished 10th in the championship points for the season. I really didn't know anything about it, but they said they would help and I've really enjoyed it, Cagle noted of the gaseous power adder. His friends and other racers kept asking him to switch to nitrous, so he figured it was time to make the change. It was in '07 when he set his sights on NMCA's Xtreme Street category and decided to change up his naturally aspirated combination for a nitrous setup instead. We couldn't get it to run like we wanted, so we bounced from engine builder to engine builder over the years until 2007, shared Cagle, who hired Huntsville Engines as well as Tyree Smith at Tytech Performance, among others. Although the car had come with a decent engine in it originally, it never was fast enough for Cagle's liking. It wasn't a real good car when we bought itit had a mild-steel cage that seemed like someone stole a backyard swing set, laughed Cagle, who finished fifth for the season in 2002 he was eighth in '03 and fourth in '04, '05, and ˜06. In '00, however, Cagle purchased his current 1970 Chevy Nova from fellow racer Jimmy Jackson and got busy in the NMCA Pro Stock ranks. We won a championship in '96, and have been working hard to hit every race since then, but the past ten years or so it's been more of a hobby and not really about chasing points. I ran it in Top Stock and Real Street, noted Cagle, who had varying degrees of success over the years in several different naturally aspirated classes. In ˜94, Cagle started racing his 1970 Buick Gran Sport in the NMCA. Then he finally found himself with a little bit of spare time. His sons finished college and started working with him at his busines, Steve Cagle Trucking Company, which specializes in temperature-sensitive hauling for chemicals and food products. Then, I got married and started having kids, and I really didn't have money for racing after that! Eventually, the years flew by and before he knew it, Cagle's kids were getting older. I was interested, but never had the money to do much racing while I was in school, said the man who graduated from Auburn University in '73. Although he wasn't around cars a whole lot early on, Cagle's older brother owned a '64 Ford Fairlane and he would go to the drag strip with him. Growing up there, it was inevitable that Steve Cagle, now 70, would one day wind up behind the wheel with his foot to the floor. Huntsville, Alabama, is certainly one of those towns. Written by Ainsley Jacobs Photography by Kevin DiOssi Certain small towns just seem to breed drag racing enthusiasts.
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