In 2009, Paul was hanging out at the racetrack when he was given an opportunity that set off a chain of events that continues to this day. He joined driver Ronnie Gardner and car owner JD Goad as a crew member on the team\u2019s nitrous-fed Camaro, which competed in Piedmont Dragway\u2019s Big Dog Shootout series and Quick 8 events throughout the Carolinas.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI was literally just standing there one day,\u201d Paul says, \u201cand they handed me a wrench and told me to hop in. Ever since then, it became a lifestyle, I would say.\u201d<\/p>\n In 2010, Paul took another step forward when he started working with Stuart Williams, the head of the Extreme Outlaw Pro Mod (EOPM) organization. At just 13 or 14, Paul was entrusted with running social media for the organization, connecting with racers, tracking statistics, and building a presence that helped EOPM engage fans and drivers alike. Though Williams tragically passed after an 11-month cancer battle in 2014, Paul\u2019s drive to learn and contribute only deepened, as he continued to work with Rick Moore and Charlie Buck until the organization dissolved.<\/p>\n When the Gardner and Goad duo paused their racing program, Paul continued crewing with Pro Mod teams, first Danny Blankenship and later Edward Wilson and Jr. Ward until he was 17 or 18. In recent years, he\u2019s been a part of the Nasty Racing team led by 2019 DI 30 Under 30 honoree John \u201cJohn Doc\u201d Dougherty and Chris Howell.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWe took it from where it was just like street cars to now a full-on race team,\u201d Paul says of the team\u2019s evolution. \u201cWe\u2019ve got radial cars. We\u2019ve got no-time cars. We\u2019ve got Pro Mods.<\/p>\n It\u2019s my addiction, you know what I mean? That\u2019s the best way for me to describe it. I\u2019ve just been around it so long that I\u2019ve created a name. If there\u2019s anything anybody needs, they know they can call me and I will figure out a solution.\u201d<\/p>\n Paul, now 27, is in the process of building a street-strip 2002 F-body Camaro. Sporting an LS-based engine with twin turbos and a Powerglide, Paul plans to drive the car to the track, run 4.50s, then drive it home. He\u2019s located just minutes from GALOT Motorsports Park in Benson, North Carolina, though he also plans to take the car to tracks within five hours or so, including Darlington, Piedmont, Orangeburg, and others.\u00a0<\/p>\n Outside of racing, Paul stays plenty busy with two jobs. He and a partner own SP Tools NC, a two-truck distributor of SP Tools. During emergency situations, he also works to restore power to 911 communications. This past hurricane season kept him on the road for weeks, traveling from Asheville and Chimney Rock in North Carolina to the Tampa, Florida, area.\u00a0<\/p>\n Hard work and a strong penchant for learning have served Paul well. He\u2019s helped the Nasty Racing team set records for the LS and 5.2 bore space platforms, as well as win Quick 8 races, no-time shootouts, and other events throughout the Southeast.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI want to continue to race and continue to move forward and grow,\u201d Paul says, thanking parents TJ and Nora Paul, as well as mentors like Gardner, Goad, Blankenship, Wilson, Ward, Dougherty, and Howell. \u201cEvery time we go to the racetrack, I learn something new. If I can continue to pick up knowledge, I\u2019ll find it successful.\u201d<\/p>\n Paul also feels strongly about paying forward the opportunity Goad and Gardner gave him 15 years ago by getting the next generation involved in drag racing.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019d seen a young kid there, they threw me a wrench, and said, \u2018Here, get involved.\u2019 It just turned a whole new leaf for me,\u201d Paul says. \u201cThat\u2019s why any time a young kid\u2019s around, I try to involve them in what I\u2019m doing.\u201d<\/p>\n This story was originally published on February 7, 2025. The post DI 30 Under 30 2024: Logan Paul<\/a> first appeared on Drag Illustrated<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When Logan Paul first set foot at an American Drag Racing League (ADRL) event in the late 2000s, he had no idea that this initial taste of outlaw eighth-mile drag racing would spark a lifelong passion. 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