MORRISON — Cancer and heart-attack survivor Steve Torrence has become a big winner in his bonus days of being alive — perhaps because he triumphantly ignores the inherent risks of driving a top-fuel dragster at 330 mph. Andy Cross, The Denver PostNHRA Top Fuel driver Steve Torrence has a laugh with other drivers during a rain delay for first round of qualifying for the 38th annual Mopar Mile High NHRA Nationals at Bandimere Speedway July 21, 2017. “I don’t want to be mediocre.