Tag: Pro Mod

Foundation of the Fastest—Top builders deliver insight on creating NMCA’s quickest racing machines—VP Racing Fuels Xtreme Pro Mods

by Steve Baur -

Written by Courtney Enders-Lambert Photography by Manufacturers and FSC Archives Like it, love it, or hate it, Pro Modified is one of the most intriguing classes that modern drag racing has to offer. If you’re nodding in agreement, then you get the reason why the Pro Mod racers and fans are hooked.

Belting It Out—Centrifugal-boosted Pro Mods are here to stay and this is how they compete against other combos

by Steve Baur -

Written by Jason Reiss Photography by FSC Archives/Tara Bowker/Courtesy of the Manufacturers For many years, the Pro Mod eliminator enjoyed three main options for extra-atmospheric vehicle propulsion: superchargers, nitrous oxide injection, and turbochargers—with the latter two choices mostly self-explanatory. Until recently, blown combinations were mostly centered around Hemi engines topped off with

Not Your Daddy’s Caddy—Your father never drove a Cadillac CTS-V like Camp and John Stanley’s Pro Mod

by Ainsley Jacobs -

Written by Ainsley Jacobs Photography by Kevin DiOssi Drag racing is inherently punk rock. There’s something rebellious about strapping oneself to a machine making several thousand horsepower and flying down a strip of concrete with the only concern being how quick the car can go. Nothing matters except beating the guy in the

Xtreme Pro Mod Gallery INSIDE—Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center NMRA/NMCA All-Star Nationals

by Mike Galimi -

The VP Racing Fuels Xtreme Pro Mod thundered into Atlanta Dragway for the 11th annual Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center NMRA/NMCA All-Star Nationals, presented by MAHLE Motorsport over the first weekend of April. Racers were armed with gigantic nitrous engines, whispery quiet turbocharged engines, and big ole’ honkin’ supercharged combinations for their

3.73 on 275s! Grudge Racer Goes Public—Justin Swanstrom’s Shocking Move to Class Racing | Presented by Nitto Tire

by Ainsley Jacobs -

Everyone has their secrets, but in the grudge racing scene, secrets are highly protected as racers know that keeping quiet and keeping opponents guessing can help earn win lights and payouts. Recently, one of the most feared – and respected – names in the game went public in a big

Precision Turbo & Engine Releases Three New GEN2 XPR TurboChargers

by Steve Baur -

PRECISION TURBO & ENGINE has added three new sizes to its line of championship winning and record setting Pro Mod turbochargers with the release of the new GEN2 Pro Mod 91mm, 94mm and 98mm XPR turbochargers. All three new turbochargers utilize the GEN2 CEA® (Competition Engineered Aerodynamics) CNC-machined inducer and 2618-forged aluminum

BEHIND BARS The Development of the World’s Fastest Doorslammers—Part 1: Pro Mod chassis

by Steve Baur -

Written by John F. Katz Photography Courtesy of Chassis Engineering and the FSC Staff The cackling, record-blasting, fin-backed carbon-fiber phenomenon that is Pro Modified racing emerged some 27 years ago from the IHRA Top Sportsman class, and from the nitrous-snorting, mountain-motor outlaws it attracted. Pro Mod has since spawned its own brood