Top Fuel’s Shawn Langdon won for a second straight year at Firebird Motorsports Park on Sunday, powering past Kalitta Motorsports teammate Doug Kalitta in the final round in front of a sellout crowd at the 40th annual NHRA Arizona Nationals.

Spencer Hyde entered the 2023 Drag Illustrated World Series of Pro Mod as a relative unknown on the national Pro Modified scene. He had success in his native Canada, but his 2023 victory over Kurt Steding in the $100,000 final round put him on an international pedestal. He’s since continued to prove his driving prowess by picking up a PDRA Pro Boost win in one of the class’s toughest fields, and he’s climbed the ranks by competing in NHRA Top Fuel with the license he earned just days before his WSOPM win.

Canadian Drag Racer, Spencer Hyde, completed his licensing process and becomes the most recent licensed NHRA Funny Car Driver. Head Racing and Spencer were one of a handful of teams that were at Gainesville Raceway for a pre-season test session this weekend. Head and Hyde attended this session with hopes of making enough successful passes to obtain a cross-over license. Hyde is already licensed and has competed in Top Fuel and Pro Mod, but had never driven a Funny Car before the test session began on Friday.

The 2nd annual SCAG Power Equipment PRO Superstar Shootout concluded tonight with Shawn Reed capturing his first professional Top Fuel career win, Ron Capps defeating Austin Prock in an epic Funny Car final and Troy Coughlin Jr., winning Pro Stock over No. 1 qualifier Cory Reed. A near-capacity crowd at Bradenton Motorsports Park was treated to a full day of elimination rounds and a free concert from Andy Ross, the American Rebel, at the conclusion of the three-day mega-racing event.

FloRacing will showcase two of the week’s biggest motorsports events in Drag and Dirt Late Model racing featuring the world’s top drivers for free in their entirety live on the FloRacing YouTube channel on Thursday, Feb. 6.

With a massive purse and star-studded field of drivers, the 2025 PRO Superstar Shootout at Bradenton Motorsports Park is shaping up to once again be a can't-miss event for drag racing enthusiasts—this time with NASCAR Hall of Famer Tony Stewart.

Drivers, teams and fans from various forms of motorsports are gearing up for one of the busiest stretches of the racing season over the next month. The traditional Georgia-Florida Speedweeks packs a big punch with oodles of racing events on both dirt and pavement taking place over a two-week period.

Alexis DeJoria is taking her talents to Joe Maynard’s JCM Racing team for the 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season, it was announced by both parties today. DeJoria will join Maynard’s multi-car operation where she will pilot the Bandero Premium Tequila Funny Car. DeJoria previously drove for Del Worsham and the DC Motorsports team where she advanced to the final round seven times including powering to victory at the 2021 Bristol, Tenn. event during the team’s run from 2020 through the 2024 season. Prior, she competed under the Kalitta Motorsports banner from 2011 through 2017.

How’s this for a halftime show? The massive news keeps coming for the International Hot Rod Association (IHRA).

Continuing to provide an enhanced entertainment experience for the 2nd annual SCAG Power Equipment PRO Superstar Shootout, February 6-8, 2025, the Professional Racers and Owners Organization (PRO) announced the on-air talent line up for the highly anticipated event. Two of the most knowledgeable and personable motorsport personalities, Jamie Howe and Mike Dunn, will be calling all the action from the FloRacing.tv broadcasting center. In the pits and at the top end FloRacing’s Courtney Enders will be joined by nitro Funny Car veteran Tommy Johnson Jr. The quartet of drag racing experts have over a century of combined motorsports announcing and driving experience and will deliver top-tier coverage to the FloRacing viewers.

INDIANAPOLIS (December 13, 2024) --- Pro Mod standout Spencer Hyde will fill the open seat at Jim Head Racing for the entire NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series in 2025. The 33-year-old from Ontario, Canada, will immediately begin acclimating himself to the Ford Mustang Funny Car it was announced today from the NHRA on FOX stage at the PRI Show in Indianapolis. Hyde will make the requisite cross over passes to convert his Top Fuel license to Funny Car during the off-season. Last season Jim Head tuned his Funny Car to a win at Brainerd as well as seven additional semifinal finishes and seven top four qualifier spots.

Continuing to develop unique marketing and promotional relationships Professional Racers Owners Organization (PRO), the driving force behind the 2nd annual SCAG Power Equipment Superstar Shootout, February 6-8, 2025, today announced a wide-ranging cross-promotional program focusing on media exposure and racing exhibitions with Sick the Mag. The PRO Superstar Shootout will highlight select drag-and-drive competitors in exhibition races during the star-studded three-day event. Sick the Mag will promote the Superstar Shootout during Sick Week from January 27 - February 1, 2025, encouraging fans and participants to attend the event. The two organizations hope to highlight the unique aspects of each of their events to new audiences highlighting the future of hot rodding and drag racing entertainment. Plans are also in the works for additional driver engagements between the two organizations around the upcoming PRI Show in December.

Austin Prock made official Saturday what had seemed destined since first he climbed into the cockpit of the AAA/Cornwell Tools Chevrolet Camaro SS Funny Car last February in relief of John Force Racing president Robert Hight, the three-time Funny Car World Champion.

Today during a media event from their booth at the SEMA Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center Red Line Oil announced they would be returning to the SCAG Power Equipment PRO Superstar Shootout as a premier sponsor. During a press conference featuring a star-studded field of Red Line Oil NHRA drivers the company outlined how they plan to utilize the PRO Super Star Shootout to kick off the 2025 racing season.

The 2nd annual SCAG Power Equipment PRO Superstar Shootout, February 6-8, 2025, continues to show its merits as a premier event for national brands with the addition of PPG as a premium sponsor. PPG will utilize the hospitality benefits of the three-day event as well as social media content opportunities and FloRacing’s livestream platform.