PDRA
Musi Will Race Bradenton in Al Anabi Car
PITTSBORO, NC – Pat Musi of Musi Racing Engines recently announced a partnership with Al Anabi Performance 
(AAP) to tune their nitrous-assisted Pro Mod in Qatar and Bahrain events. When it looked like Lizzy Musi would sit out this weekend’s Mel Bush Motorsports Sunshine State Shootout in order to complete necessary repairs on her Frank Brandao-owned car, Al Anabi quickly offered her a ride.
“We were going to scrub Bradenton and get the car ready for Virginia,” told Musi. “Sheik Khalid calls and asks us about Bradenton. He tells me they’re preparing a ‘69 car for Al-Naemi. Turns out him and Lizzy are basically the same size and he offers us that car. He told me, ‘That’s what we’re all about. When we’re together, we’re together. Whatever it takes, get her to Bradenton.’”
There’s Still Time to ‘Ask the Pros’
PITTSBORO, NC – The PDRA Live Feed, produced by Motor Mania TV, has been one of the most well received 
features of the organization since its inception. Live side-by-side racing could be, and regularly has been, viewed around the world. When Quarter-Max began presenting Starting Line and Top End Zones featuring live interviews with racers, those watching on computers, tablets, and phones were given the inside scoop straight from the horse’s mouth.
This year, Musi Racing Engines added the ‘Musi Minute’ with Pro Nitrous driver Lizzy and Andy McCoy Race Cars (AMRC) brought fans the ‘Ask the Pros’ segment. Both have had a great response this year, allowing fans more interaction, both at home and at events. In the ‘Musi Minute’ Lizzy picks a fan at the event to interview and give them their minute of Live Feed fame. For ‘Ask the Pros’ Andy McCoy, along with the Pee Dee Fleet Pro Boost team owned by Russell Miller, answer fan questions submitted online.
Kirks Make History, Double up at Dragstock
PITTSBORO, NC – Racing, especially within the PDRA, is a family affair. Many of the professional drivers have sons 
and daughters that also race in the PDRA ranks. And while any of these drivers are capable of winning, having a parent and child do so on the same day is a difficult task. Almost three full seasons into the PDRA’s existence, the Kirk family is the first to make it happen.
Longtime Extreme Pro Stock powerhouse, Doug Kirk, is no stranger to winning. His son, Justin, entered the Lucas Oil Top Dragster scene last season and quickly began earning a name for himself. This season he put himself in championship contention early, but was still searching for his first national event win.
After battling some issues in the previous dragster, Kirk’s car owners Randy and Kathy Kelley purchased a new-to-them 2014 Spitzer which the team debuted at the Memphis Drags. There, they experienced engine trouble and electrical problems.
D’Aprile Set to Square off with Jet Dragster at PDRA Sunshine State Shootout
BRADENTON, FL – Fresh off of his recent win at PDRA Dragstock XIII earlier this month, Pro Extreme star Tommy 
D’Aprile has announced that he will face off against a jet dragster at the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) Sunshine State Shootout presented by Mel Bush Motorsports, Sept. 29-Oct. 1. The rare doorslammer versus jet dragster match race is just one of the reasons why D’Aprile is looking forward to his home race at Bradenton Motorsports Park, the eighth of nine stops on the PDRA 2016 tour.
“For Mel and Johanne (Bush) this is a big race. This is the only time when PDRA comes to Florida, so we’re going to be racing in front of local friends and family who usually don’t get to see us race. We’re certainly wanting to do well in the race itself, but we’re just excited to have everyone out to enjoy the experience of seeing all of these fast cars in one place at one time.
Defining A Champion
PITTSBORO, NC – For drag racers, fall is arguably the most exciting time of year. After the ‘dog days’ of summer, fall 
brings with it cooler temperatures and more opportunities to improve times, break records, and, most importantly, define what it means to be a champion.
With two races left in the PDRA’s 2016 season, what it means to be a champion is being carefully carved in stone by the best eighth-mile racers in the world. After fighting a hard fight for seven months, the champion will increase his or her intensity. When pressure is at its highest, the champion will rise to meet it. When faced with the toughest problem yet, the champion will innovate and overcome. Champions aren’t created through drag racing; they define themselves through it. They’ve had what it takes all along. They’ve been championing through their long hours, their sweat and toil, their unrelenting spirit, their ingenuity. But the time is drawing close when a select handful will receive the glory they’re due.
Mech-Tech Racing Brings Two Import Cars to PDRA
PITTSBORO, NC – Competition in both GALOT Motorsports Pro Boost and Ronnie Davis Top Sportsman presented 
by MagnaFuel will have a little more flavor at the upcoming Mel Bush Motorsports Sunshine State Shootout in Bradenton, Florida. Mech-Tech Institute trains and retrains individuals in areas of metals, electricity, mechanics, refrigeration, and electronics, and is positioned as the leading U.S. college in the exclusive “Top-10 list” of the National Coalition of Certification Centers (NC3.net).
Since the early 1990s, Mech-Tech has also fielded a very successful import racing team. As the PDRA ventures south toward Mech-Tech’s Orlando campus the team has chosen to throw its hat in the ring with the quickest and fastest eighth-mile doorslammers on the planet.
Musi Racing Engines Continues to Dominate Flatout Gaskets Nitrous Wars
PITTSBORO, NC – Since Steve Jackson and Reher-Morrison Racing Engines broke the Musi Racing Engines #1 
qualifier streak in Pro Nitrous at the PDRA Summer Drags in June, Musi’s regime has resumed its reign, once again dominating the Flatout Gaskets Nitrous Wars.
For the second time this year, Lizzy Musi topped the Pro Nitrous leader board in qualifying. At the North-South Shootout at Maryland International Raceway, the President of Musi Racing Engines took her 2015 Dart to a 3.758 at 204.48 miles per hour to set the tone for the rest of the competition. Fellow Musi Racing Engines driver Tommy Franklin went on to win the event, ensuring Musi engines’ domination throughout the weekend. Franklin continued his trend at the next event, the PDRA Memphis Drags.
Musi, D’Aprile, Rivenbark and Grothus Crowned Winners of PDRA Dragstock XIII
BENSON, NC – The stars of the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) were shining bright on Saturday night as all five professional class winners at PDRA Dragstock XIII were decided on the starting line. All of the exciting racing played out in front of the largest crowd in PDRA history.
Tommy D’Aprile scored his second win of the season when Brandon Snider red lit in the NAS Racing Pro Extreme final round. Lizzy Musi and Brunson Grothus used reaction time advantages to win their event titles in Switzer Dynamics Pro Nitrous presented by MoTeC and Drag 965 Pro Extreme Motorcycle, respectively. The GALOT Motorsports Park Pro Boost winner was also decided on a holeshot, as points leader Kevin Rivenbark beat Tylor Miller in a North Carolina vs. South Carolina final round. PDRA Extreme Pro Stock winner Doug Kirk joined his son, Justin, in the winner’s circle after a massive holeshot victory.
PDRA Junior Dragsters: Not Just Child’s Play
PITTSBORO, NC – Although the PDRA Pro and Top Junior Dragster categories are made up of competitors who 
range in age from 8 to 17, they take their sport no less seriously than many of the seasoned professionals. In both categories a world championship is on the line, and the PDRA’s youngest competitors are giving it their all in vying for the titles.
Texas racer Kendal Little hasn’t made an appearance at every PDRA event this season, but each time he’s at the track he’s ready to do battle in Talbert Pro Junior Dragster. He came out swinging, winning the first two events of the season. At the most recent stop on the tour, the Memphis Drags, Little found his way to the semis. His consistency in going rounds has given him a slight lead over Virginia’s Amber Franklin, who also went to the semis in Memphis.
Snider, Weatherford, Strickland and McKinney Lead Friday Qualifying at PDRA Dragstock XIII
BENSON, NC – A record crowd was on hand at GALOT Motorsports Park Friday night to see the stars of the 
Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) compete at PDRA Dragstock XIII, the seventh of nine races on the PDRA 2016 tour. After three qualifying sessions, Brandon Snider leads the NAS Racing Pro Extreme field with a 3.596-second pass at 215.07 mph. Part-time competitor Randy Weatherford jumped to the top of the qualifying order in Switzer Dynamics Pro Nitrous presented by MoTeC. Hometown hero John Strickland topped the GALOT Motorsports Park Pro Boost field, and Eric McKinney snagged the number one spot in Drag 965 Pro Stock Motorcycle. Richard Penland is the provisional number one qualifier in PDRA Extreme Pro Stock.
In the PDRA’s sportsman classes, Randy Perkinson raced to the top in Ronnie Davis Top Sportsman presented by MagnaFuel, Jody Stroud led in Lucas Oil Top Dragster, and Carson Brown and Coolidge Rivenbark qualified number one in Talbert Pro Junior Dragster and MegaCorp Top Junior Dragster, respectively.
