SCAG Racing
MOBIL 1™ JOINS SCAG RACING AS ASSOCIATE PARTNER ON JUSTIN ASHLEY’S TOP FUEL DRAGSTER
MAYVILLE, WI – SCAG Racing has announced the Mobil 1 brand as a primary associate sponsor on Justin Ashley’s SCAG Power Equipment 
Toyota Top Fuel dragster for the 2025 Mission Foods NHRA Drag Racing Series season.
ExxonMobil, the parent company of Mobil 1, has had a long-standing partnership with TRD USA (Toyota Racing Development). Its support and lubricants have helped Toyota drivers achieve championships and career-defining victories across several racing disciplines. Ashley, whose SCAG Toyota Top Fuel team has been in championship contention each of the last four years, is now hoping to join that list.
“At SCAG Racing, we are incredibly grateful for the opportunity to partner with Mobil 1 and represent its long history of success both on and off the racetrack. Mobil 1 and its commitment to technology and innovation perfectly aligns with the standards of high performance we set for ourselves throughout the season,” said Ashley who enters his sixth full professional NHRA season in 2025. “So many factors play a key role in determining the outcome of a race, especially motor oil when put through the rigors of our 11,000+ horsepower SCAG Power Equipment Toyota Top Fuel dragster. I look forward to shedding more light on the true effectiveness of Mobil 1, its motor oil, and products to the NHRA community.” Continue reading
RCN CAPITAL EXPANDS PARTNERSHIP WITH SCAG RACING’S TOP FUEL DRAGSTER
MAYVILLE, WI – SCAG Racing announced RCN Capital as an associate sponsor on Justin Ashley’s SCAG Power Equipment Toyota Top Fuel 
dragster for the entirety of the 2025 Mission Foods NHRA Drag Racing Series season.
In 2024, RCN served as a major associate sponsor on the SCAG Top Fuel dragster for the NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMAX Dragway in the fall. They have expanded their partnership with SCAG Racing and Ashley to be featured for the full 2025 season.
“We had the pleasure of partnering with SCAG Racing and Justin Ashley last year and we are excited to commit our support again in 2025 for the full racing season,” said Jeffrey Tesch, CEO of RCN Capital. “We are excited to highlight RCN Capital’s brand in such a unique way and reach new audiences with our programs. We cannot wait to see Justin’s success throughout the 2025 NHRA Season.”
“I am so grateful for the opportunity to represent RCN Capital throughout the 2025 NHRA season,” said Ashley. “As a former real estate investor, I can attest to the importance of RCN Capital’s unique ability to provide timely and effective financing for their clients. It’s our goal to share this message with NHRA fans all across the country, while providing the most successful platform in all of motorsports to do business both on and off the racetrack.” Continue reading
SCAG RACING CLOSES OUT 2024 NHRA SEASON AT IN-N-OUT BURGER NHRA FINALS
POMONA, CA – The first season of the SCAG Racing, NHRA’s first factory team, came to a close Sunday at the In-N-Out Burger NHRA 
Finals at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip with Daniel Wilkerson’s quarterfinal exit and No. 7 points finish, Justin Ashley’s third place finish and Dave Richards’ 12th place finish.
Daniel Wilkerson and the SCAG Power Equipment Ford Mustang team wrapped their 2024 NHRA Drag Racing Series season with a quarterfinal exit at the NHRA Finals. Their 3.926 pass at 206.88 would come up short to reigning world champion Matt Hagan’s 3.856 at 333.66.
Wilkerson started the day from the No. 12 position off a 3.903-second pass at 308.92 mph. His first round opponent was fellow Ford Mustang driver Bob Tasca III. Tasca would smoke the tires and pedal his Mustang to a 5.774 pass at 125.85 and watch Wilkerson drive off to a 3.910 at 333.08.
“For some reason I was insanely emotional this morning. I cried like a little baby during the anthem. I think the gravity of this being the last one of the year just kind of hit me all at once,” said Wilkerson who walks away from the 2024 season seventh in points. “I cannot believe the friendships I have made this season with new teammates, our PR team, Metalcraft of Mayville employees, SCAG dealers and distributors. This program is truly amazing for so many reasons beyond drag racing and our on track performance. I’m proud to be a part of it and I can’t wait to keep doing it for a long time to come. Continue reading
DANIEL WILKERSON AND SCAG MUSTANG LOOKING FOR TOP 5 FINISH HEADING INTO NHRA FINALS
POMONA, CA – Daniel Wilkerson and the SCAG Power Equipment Ford Mustang Funny Car team enter this weekend’s In-N-Out Burger 
NHRA Finals at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip sitting seventh in the points standings, just 90 out of the top five.
With points and a half up for grabs at the NHRA Finals, Wilkerson and the SCAG Mustang team have a top five points finish well within their grasp. In the Countdown to the Championship, NHRA’s playoffs, Wilkerson has worked his way up from the No. 10 spot after a first-round loss at the first of the six races in Reading, Pennsylvania. Wilkerson has since had three quarterfinal finishes and a semifinal appearance at the Texas NHRA FallNationals that included a career best elapsed time of 3.871-seconds.
“I can’t believe we are at the last race of the year, what a roller coaster it has been. We started off so strong lost our way in the middle a little and now we have a badass car again so I can’t wait for some dynamite conditions to see what we can do,” Wilkerson said. “I’ve said all year we had a car that could win three or more races and finish fifth. Well, we shot craps on that first one, but we are still in the fight for finishing No. 5. All we can do is win this race and see how we end up. Pomona always has its own vibe; everyone is excited to see how it finishes up and a lot of the team members are ready for some well-deserved family holiday time. I can’t wait for my family to experience it and the banquet for the first time as a driver with me.” Continue reading
DAVE RICHARDS AND BLUEBIRD TEAM LOOKING TO END 2024 STRONG AT NHRA FINALS
POMONA, CA – Dave Richards and the BlueBird / Versatran Funny Car team enter this weekend’s In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals at In-N-
Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip hoping to close out their first full Mission Foods NHRA Drag Racing Series season with win lights on Sunday.
Richards and the BlueBird team found their stride at the Texas NHRA FallNationals when they laid down their first three-second run of the season and followed it up with Richards’ career best elapsed time (3.920 seconds).
Most recently at the Ford Performance NHRA Nationals in Las Vegas, the BlueBird / Versatran hot rod made three of four qualifying runs in the three-second range. Despite a first-round loss to eventual semifinalist Blake Alexander, Richards again crossed the finish line with another sub-four second run.
“Overall, this season, I think our team has done well. We’ve kept our heads down and put in the work. We kept fighting and now the results are showing,” Richards said. “We wish theywould have com e a little sooner in the season, but I’m proud of my team and the future we are building. Continue reading
JUSTIN ASHLEY AND SCAG TOYOTA IN PURSUIT OF FIRST WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP AT NHRA FINALS
POMONA, CA – Justin Ashley and the SCAG Power Equipment Toyota Top Fuel dragster team enter this weekend’s In-N-Out Burger NHRA 
Finals at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip, the final race of the 2024 Mission Foods NHRA Drag Racing Series season, sitting in the Top Fuel points lead.
While Ashley has been in the championship discussion for the last two consecutive seasons, finishing fourth both years, he’s never entered the final race of the season leading the Top Fuel class.
“It’s exciting, coming in with the points lead. We’re grateful and we’re excited for the opportunity,” Ashley said. “This SCAG Toyota team is definitely focused on having a near perfect weekend. We’re going to try to stack those round wins on Sunday and hopefully we come away with this championship.”
Ashley earned the points lead when he picked up his fourth win of the season, a career best for the second-generation racer, at the Texas NHRA FallNationals. Following a quarterfinal finish at the most recent NHRA Nationals in Las Vegas, Ashley was able to maintain a 44-point lead. With points and a half up for grabs at the Finals, Ashley will have to fend off seven other Top Fuel pilots who are mathematically still in the title hunt. Continue reading
SCAG RACING CLOSES OUT FORD PERFORMANCE NHRA NATIONALS AT THE STRIP AT LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
LAS VEGAS – Daniel Wilkerson took the SCAG Power Equipment Ford Mustang team to the quarterfinals at the Ford Performance NHRA 
Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Justin Ashley and the SCAG Toyota Top Fuel team maintained their points lead with a second-round exit and despite bowing out in the first round, Dave Richards and the BlueBird / Versatran team have found some momentum and consistency.
Daniel Wilkerson and the SCAG Ford Mustang team qualified eleventh for the Ford Performance NHRA Nationals with a 3.924-second pass at 326.40 mph for a matchup with four-time reigning world champion Matt Hagan. Wilkerson would have a stout run at 3.869 and 328.62 to better Hagan’s 3.901 at 327.66 for the round win.
In the quarterfinals, Wilkerson lined up against Paul Lee. Lee would get the victory on a holeshot with a .071 second reaction time and 3.897 pass at 328.46 to Wilkerson’s .094 reaction-time with a 3.896 pass at 3328.62. The second-round exit puts Wilkerson seventh in the points standings with one event left in the season. Continue reading
DANIEL WILKERSON LOOKING TO CAPITALIZE AT FORD PERFORMANCE NHRA NATIONALS
LAS VEGAS – Rookie of the Year candidate Daniel Wilkerson and the SCAG Power Equipment Ford Mustang Funny Car team have already 
nearly met their goal of a top 5 finish in the Mission Foods NHRA Drag Racing Series. A win at this weekend’s Ford Performance NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the penultimate event of the 2024 season, would be the cherry on top of an already strong first season.
Wilkerson and the SCAG Mustang team are currently sixth in the Funny Car points standings, just 88 points out of the No. 5 position. In the Countdown to the Championship, NHRA’s playoffs, Wilkerson has worked his way up from the No. 10 spot after a first-round loss at the first of the six races in Reading, Pennsylvania.
Back-to-back quarterfinal finishes at the Carolina Nationals just outside of Charlotte and at his hometown Midwest Nationals at World Wide Technology Raceway just outside of St. Louis put Wilkerson and the SCAG Mustang team eighth. Most recently, Wilkerson raced his way to the third semifinal finish of the season for the SCAG Ford team at the Texas NHRA FallNatioanls that moved them into sixth in the points. Continue reading
DAVE RICHARDS AND BLUEBIRD LOOKING TO STEP UP THEIR GAME AT THE STRIP AT LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
LAS VEGAS – Dave Richards and the BlueBird / Versatran Funny Car team have nothing but confidence as they head into this weekend’s 
Ford Performance NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Richards and the BlueBird team are coming off a weekend at the Texas NHRA FallNationals where they not only had their first three-second run of the year but followed it up with a career best elapsed time of 3.920 seconds. It was the best run for Richards since the 2016 Finals in Pomona, California.
The BlueBird team is currently sitting 12th in the Funny Car standings, just 81 points out of the top 10, a position Richards is able to compete for because he’s participated in the full Mission Foods NHRA Drag Racing Series season schedule for the first time in his career.
“I’m more excited than ever to get back in the BlueBird / Versatran car this weekend. I feel really good about where this team is at. Vegas is one of my favorite racetracks so I’m ready to go,” said Richards. “It’s so rewarding for the guys on the team to see the results we’ve been going for all year. All their hard work is starting to pay off. Jay Ryskey and Glen Huszar are on to something and I’m really excited to go racing again after these past few weeks off.” Continue reading
JUSTIN ASHLEY AND SCAG TOYOTA LOOKING TO PAD POINTS LEAD AT THE STRIP AT LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
LAS VEGAS – Justin Ashley and the SCAG Power Equipment Toyota Top Fuel dragster team enter this weekend’s Ford Performance NHRA 
Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the fifth of six races in the NHRA Countdown to the Championship, holding onto the Mission Foods NHRA Drag Racing Series Top Fuel points lead by 44.
Ashley is coming off a victory at the Texas NHRA FallNationals that took him from a 34-point deficit to the lead. It was his fourth win of the season, a career best for the second-generation racer. Ashley started the Countdown to the Championship, NHRA’s six race playoffs, with a No. 1 qualifier and semifinal finish at the Pep Boys NHRA Nationals in Reading, Pennsylvania that put him in the points lead by just one over Antron Brown but a No. 4 qualifier and second round exit at the Carolina Nationals, coupled with Brown winning the event, shifted Ashley to second. Ashley maintained his No. 2 standing with a semifinal finish at the NHRA Midwest Nationals before taking the lead in Texas.
“I am sure there will be a heightened level of intensity in Las Vegas because of the championship implications. Everyone understands that there are only a handful of opportunities left to gain points,” Ashley said. “But that shouldn’t change our approach. We are in this position for a reason. It’s all about being our best both on and off the racetrack. The rest will take care of itself.” Continue reading
