He’s an aspiring shoe designer who has his own clothing brand, Pravatto, that specializes in leather footwear. Savoie has struggled during the shortened season and even skipped the recent St. Louis round, but he’s always run well at the Texas Motorplex, where he’s … And young Drew Skillman hasn’t returned to the class since then, either. You have to be prepared. 2020 NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle Results: White Alligator Suzuki’s Jerry Savoie hasn’t had much to celebrate in 2020 but his fortunes took a dramatic turn for the better this weekend in Dallas when he won the AAA Texas NHRA Fall Nationals. The 2020 NHRA Mello Yello season started off very strong for Elite Motorsports and we can't wait to get back to the track. “Our goal was to just keep progressing and I think we did that. Still, that’s something that I’m really trying to work on.”, Kyle KoretskyHometown: Richboro, Pa.Age: 31Pro Stock starts: 1. It may single-handedly destroy nitro and pro stock classes for the remaining 2020 events. He’s competed in Super Comp and at high-stakes bracket racing events behind the wheel of his Nitro Fish dragster, and he’s also appeared in a national event final in Comp eliminator with a runner-up finish at the 2014 Charlotte event. Growing up, Coughlin watched intently and learned much while his father and his uncle, six-time world champ Jeg Coughlin Jr., competed successfully in Pro Stock. In a Pro Stock car, a burnout that is too aggressive can result in engine damage, particularly to the valve springs, while not enough rpm can destroy the clutch.“I felt good when I ran 6.81 and then we came [to Indy] and made a half-track run on Friday and that felt pretty good,” said McGaha, who ultimately missed the field in his Indy debut. “There is no question that this [Pro Stock car] is the hardest car out of anything I’ve ever raced,” said Stanfield, who also races in the Factory Stock class, and works alongside his father in the family’s successful engine building business in Louisiana. 2020 NHRA MELLO YELLO DRAG RACING SERIES PRO STOCK MOTORCYCLE SCHEDULE. Koretsky’s father, Kenny, raced in Pro Stock for more than two decades and earned a reputation as one of the class’ most colorful characters. Four-time Pro Stock Motorcycle world champion kicks off 2021 season with second straight Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals victory. It is the 66th season of the National Hot Rod Association's top drag racing competition. NHRA Pro Stock Motorcyclist Angie Smith Breaks 200-mph Barrier | Smith is first woman to break the 200-mph barrier in Pro Stock Motorcycle. There will be 11 Top Fuel and Funny Car events, 10 NHRA Pro Stock events (with three Non-Championship Mountain Motor Formula events), and 10 Pro Stock Motorcycle events. © Copyright 1996-2021, NHRA. Antron Brown (Top Fuel) and Angie Smith (Pro Stock Motorcycle) were also winners on Sunday at the final event of the 2020 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season. Just days after earning his NHRA competition license, Mason McGaha made his Pro Stock debut at the E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Nationals in Indianapolis and the 18-year-old recent high school graduate handled his latest assignment like a pro. While a Pro Stock car is substantially slower than some of the other cars he’s driven, it requires a good bit more finesse.“There are some small similarities between the two [Pro Mod and Pro Stock], but really they are very different,” Coughlin said. I’m surrounded by a team that is full of champions like Greg Anderson, Jason Line, and Bo Butner, so I have a lot of places to turn to for advice.”Koretsky made his long-awaited official debut at the E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Nationals in Indianapolis along with fellow newcomers McGaha and Coughlin and qualified solidly with his KB-powered Nitro Fish Camaro. Stanfield won at least one round in the final five races of the season and that success led to a full-time ride in 2020 with the Janac Brothers team. Tabbing two high-caliber drivers like Nobile and Bell only added to Hill’s excitement. NHRA Just KILLED Nitro & Pro Stock for the rest of 2020. NHRA Just KILLED Nitro & Pro Stock for the rest of 2020 September 08, 2020 We at E3xtreme just received word this afternoon that NHRA sent a letter out to competitors laying out their payout plan for the remainder of 2020. In early 2020, Troy Jr. got a chance to substitute for his uncle Jeg during a test session in Florida and the results were so impressive that he was asked to join the Elite Motorsports team. He has three career national event wins – Dallas (2012) and Englishtown, N.J., and Chicago both in 2013 – and finished a career-best second in the points standings in 2013 to world champion Matt Smith, his boss now. It’s likely that he’ll run more races in Pro Stock this season, and he appears to be the heir apparent to Jeg Jr., who has announced this as his last full-time season in the class. The most trusted & valued media source in drag racing. Driver Position DOB Residence Sponsor Social; Erica Enders: 01: October 08, 1983: Houston, … Which races will you be at? NHRA has made some strange, even stupid moves in 2020, and I didn’t think that they were this far out of touch until I received a phone call, along with the letter that was sent out to the drivers. Here’s a closer look at each of them. 2021 Pro Stock Motorcycle Drag Racing Schedule The Pro Stock Motorcycle class will compete at 16 races next season, starting with its traditional opener in Gainesville and including races at Pomona and Las Vegas in April. The burnout is definitely the hardest thing to master. It’s a hard adjustment but I’m getting used to it.”Cristian has struggled to qualify as his family works hard to build its multi-car program. Add these changes to the fact that so many people have been let go, and you really have to ask what kind of financial distress NHRA is really in. Patrick will drive a Jerry Haas-built Mustang with Ford-power from Sonny Leonard. Fernando Cuadra Jr.Hometown: Leon, MexicoAge: 24Pro Stock starts: 16. It […] That's more than the $15,000 NHRA paid Pro Stock event winners in 2020. The announcement ends a two-decade relationship between Harley and Vance & Hines, that saw the duo revolutionize the once four-cylinder-dominated Pro Stock Motorcycle class. The NHRA’s decision to make the Mountain Motor Pro Stock division part of its 2020 competition platform was all the motivation Patrick, a past series champion of the large displacement style of drag racing needed to throw his hat back into the ring. He did, however, leave Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis with top speed of the event for Pro Stock at more than 208 mph, and he gained a lot of valuable seat time. “Sometimes, I have a hard time believing that it’s actually happening. “Oh my, I can’t even tell you how proud I’d be,” he said. Cuadra’s first reaction to the atmosphere surrounding an NHRA national event was a familiar one. We’d go to the starting line and whoever is best would win. NHRA Mello Yello Series Pro Stock Motorcycle Regular Season. He’s qualified just four times in 13 attempts but picked up the first of what promises to be many round wins when he beat Aaron Stanfield at the NHRA Arizona Nationals in Phoenix. Young guns Aaron Stanfield, brothers Cristian and Fernando Cuadra Jr., along with recent debutants, Kyle Koretsky, Troy Coughlin Jr., and Mason McGaha, have brought new life to Pro Stock. Aboard Vance & Hines built Harley … Coughlin got a chance to race in Pro Stock at the World Doorslammer Nationals in Orlando and not only qualified with an impressive 6.51 elapsed time but defeated three-time world champ Erica Enders in his first side-by-side race. “I think you’ll see a lot of 20-car fields (in 2020), especially when I have seven cars there and KB has five or more,” Freeman said. Oddly, Stanfield’s initial Pro Stock experiment was short-lived. “Definitely, learning to shift a Pro Stock car has been the hardest thing to learn,” he said. I started working on this about nine months ago but didn’t make my first full run until three days [before his official debut]. We at E3xtreme just received word this afternoon that NHRA sent a letter out to competitors laying out their payout plan for the remainder of 2020. Tanner Gray, the teenage Pro Stock sensation, left the NHRA immediately following his 2018 championship. I also went over a lot of things with Jeg, as far as the procedure and how the cars work, and all the do’s and don’ts.”Coughlin has been more than 300 mph in a Top Fuel dragster, and he managed to race two seasons in a five-second Pro Mod car without major incident, but he admits that the Pro Stock car is a completely different animal. Pro Stock returns to several venues in 2020 including the Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals in Houston, the NHRA Southern Nationals in Atlanta and the Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals in Topeka, Kan. Additionally, fans in Bristol, Tenn. and Epping, N.H. will see Pro Stock in action at the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals and the NHRA New England Nationals. “Compared to where I was nine months ago, everything is happening much slower. “Isn’t that what every parent wants? Troy Coughlin Jr.Hometown: Delaware, OhioAge: 30Pro Stock starts: 1. March 12-15 – AMALIE Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, Gainesville, Fla. April 3-5 – DENSO Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals, Las Vegas April 17-19 – Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals, Houston May 15-17 – NHRA Southern … “I just really wanted to do this again,” … Aaron Stanfield was just 19 when he made his Pro Stock debut at the 2014 U.S. Nationals, but that didn’t stop him from launching his career with a round win over five-time world champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. Torrence clinched his championship almost immediately on Sunday when veteran Doug Kalitta lost in the opening round. Cristian CuadraHometown: McAllen, TexasAge: 21Pro Stock starts: 13. During his career, Kenny not only drove to a pair of final rounds, but he also helped launch the career of the late Scott Geoffrion, so he knows a thing or two about developing young talent. Share: Facebook 322; It was announced this week that Harley Davidson will no longer field factory teams in American Flat Track and Drag Racing. Success doesn’t come easily in Pro Stock, but apparently no one told that to Fernando Cuadra Jr., because in his NHRA debut at the 2019 Richmond race, he not only qualified but also scored a decisive round-one win over Deric Kramer. NHRA officials released the 2020 schedule for the Pro Stock Motorcycle category of the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series. Mason McGahaHometown: Odessa, TexasAge: 18Pro Stock starts: 1. The son of multi-time Pro Mod champ Troy Coughlin Sr., he has already raced in Top Fuel, Pro Mod, Top Alcohol Dragster, and a host of Sportsman classes, and has been successful in nearly all of them. 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That would mean everything to me.”, Aaron StanfieldHometown: Bossier City, La.Age: 25Pro Stock starts: 14. When it comes to experience, Stanfield got a pretty good head start. “You have to do everything perfectly from the burnout to staging to shifting; it all has to be the same every time. Third-generation racer Troy Coughlin Jr. entered the Pro Stock class with a career resumé that is befitting a driver twice his age. Years later, Stanfield’s father, Greg, claimed four Super Stock world championships and later raced in Comp, Pro Stock Truck, and Pro Stock, earning a total of 13 national event wins along the way. “That might sound odd, but what he means is slow down and enjoy the moment when things are going your way. NHRA is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Pro Stock class in 2020, and this season includes memorable tributes to the pioneers who helped create the foundation for the factory hot rod class. Pro Stock fielded full fields at every race in 2019, seeing regular car counts in the range of 18-21 cars, and Freeman doesn’t see that slowing down anytime soon. An influx of talented newcomers has helped breathe new life into the Pro Stock class. Prior to his debut in Richmond, Cuadra had made a total of eight passes in a Pro Stock car, having previously raced a seven-second Top Sportsman-style door car in Mexico. Here it is... check out the full 2021 NHRA Camping WorldSeries schedule! Here's a look at six second (and-third) generation racers who are already making an impact. Tickets are ON SALE NOW for the 2021 Mopar Express Lane NHRA # SpringNats presented by Pennzoil at Houston Raceway May 21-23! For all his success as a Sportsman racer, Aaron longed to continue his career in Pro Stock, and he got that opportunity again in 2019 with the Elite team. Family patriarch Fernando Sr. is justifiably proud of his kids and is currently grooming a third son, David, for a potential debut in Pro Stock. Built by Ronnie Sox and Bill Jenkins and later passed on to the likes of Bob Glidden, Lee Shepherd, Warren Johnson, and others, the Pro Stock class has produced many of NHRA’s most successful drivers and many of its most memorable moments.