US Street Nationals
Side-By-Side 3.50-Second Races Highlight First Round of Pro Mod Eliminations at U.S. Street Nationals
BRADENTON, FL – Following historic Pro Mod qualifying that resulted in the sport’s first all-3.50-second 32-car field, the first round of 
eliminations at the U.S. Street Nationals presented by M&M Transmission featured several side-by-side 3.50-second races between some of the biggest names in doorslammer racing. The second of three races in the Drag Illustrated Winter Series presented by J&A Service will crown a $75,000 Pro Mod winner on Sunday.
Eliminations also got underway in Pro 10.5, True 10.5, Lil Gangstas, and the FuelTech Radial Outlaws Racing Series drag radial classes. Eliminations in all classes will continue Sunday.
The first round of Pro Mod kicked off in a big way, as 2023 World Series of Pro Mod champion Spencer Hyde paired up with reigning WSOPM winner Steve King. Hyde, in the screw-blown Tidwell Nesloney Racing ’69 Camaro, got around the reaction time advantage of King and won with a 3.575 at 210.14 to King’s 3.599 at 208.55 in Gene Pilot’s screw-blown “Savage” Corvette. Continue reading
Jimmy Taylor Stays No. 1 as U.S. Street Nationals Records First All-3.50-Second 32-Car Pro Mod Field
BRADENTON, FL – Pro Mod racers at the U.S. Street Nationals presented by M&M Transmission made history Friday night at Bradenton 
Motorsports Park as the bump spot fell to a 3.597-second pass, establishing the first-ever all-3.50-second 32-car field. Though numerous drivers improved during the two Friday qualifying sessions, Thursday’s provisional No. 1 qualifier Jimmy Taylor held on to the top spot with his 3.555-second pass at 224.77 mph from Thursday’s opening session. Pro Mod will run one more qualifying session Saturday morning to set the field for Saturday evening’s first round of eliminations at the second of three races in the Drag Illustrated Winter Series presented by J&A Service.
Friday qualifying at the U.S. Street Nationals also featured two qualifying sessions for the FuelTech Radial Outlaws Racing Series drag radial classes – Pro 275, Limited Drag Radial, X275, and Ultra Street – and Pro 10.5. True 10.5 ran one shakedown session as well to prepare for Saturday’s first round.
Taylor, who’s no stranger to setting records, is confident in his ability to hold on to the top spot through Saturday’s final qualifying session. After his leading 3.555 at 224.77 in the opening session on Thursday, he added two more 3.50-second passes on Friday – a 3.583 at 216.83 and a 3.570 at 222.77 in his twin-turbocharged Xtreme Racing Engines ’69 Camaro tuned by 2018 World Series of Pro Mod champion Carl Stevens Jr. Continue reading
Jimmy Taylor Edges Out Jason Harris For Thursday Provisional No. 1 Spot at U.S. Street Nationals
BRADENTON, FL – By one thousandth of a second, doorslammer world record holder Jimmy Taylor charged to the provisional No. 1 
qualifier position Thursday night at the U.S. Street Nationals presented by M&M Transmission at Bradenton Motorsports Park, earning the $5,000 Pro Line Racing “Off The Trailer” Bonus. He edged out Jason Harris, who qualified No. 1 and won the opening race of the three-race Drag Illustrated Winter Series presented by J&A Service. Harris is attempting to complete the Jerry Bickel Race Cars Clean Sweep Challenge, which will award him a brand-new Pro Mod rolling chassis if he can qualify No. 1 at all three Winter Series events. With a 3.555-second pass at 224.77 mph, Taylor asserted that Harris will have to go through him if he wants to go back-to-back.
In addition to the opening Pro Mod qualifying session, Thursday’s action included two qualifying sessions for the FuelTech Radial Outlaws Racing Series drag radial classes – Pro 275, Limited Drag Radial, X275, and Ultra Street – as well as Pro 10.5. The increasingly popular True 10.5 category also ran one shakedown session.
While Harris stole the show at the Snowbird Outlaw Nationals presented by Motion Raceworks in early December, Taylor wasn’t far behind him in qualifying, as he ended up No. 2 on the final Snowbirds qualifying order. Determined to better that at the U.S. Street Nationals, Taylor and tuner and engine builder Carl Stevens Jr. went to work. Their efforts paid off when Taylor rolled to a 3.555 at 224.77 to come out on top of a Pro Mod qualifying session that saw 20 drivers dip into the 3.50-second range. Continue reading
U.S. Street Nationals Set to Ignite Bradenton as Winter Series, Radial Outlaws Seasons Collide
BRADENTON, FL – The 2026 eighth-mile doorslammer season is set to begin this weekend as Bradenton Motorsports Park hosts the U.S. 
Street Nationals presented by M&M Transmission, Jan. 22-25. It’s the second of three races in the 2025/2026 Drag Illustrated Winter Series presented by J&A Service, a Pro Mod championship series paying out more than $300,000 in total purses and bonuses. The U.S. Street Nationals is also the season opener for the FuelTech Radial Outlaws Racing Series, adding drag radial racing’s best to a show that also includes True 10.5, Lil Gangstas, and more.
“Excitement for the U.S. Street Nationals is at an all-time high,” said Victor Alvarez, track owner and promoter, Bradenton Motorsports Park. “For weeks now, we’ve had teams from all over the country coming here to test and get ready for this weekend’s race. We had an incredible, record-setting Pro Mod field to kick off the Winter Series at the Snowbirds. The field should be even quicker this weekend based on the times we’ve been seeing in testing. We have huge payouts across the board in all of our classes, plus it’s the kick-off for the FuelTech Radial Outlaws season. BMP is the place to be this weekend.” Continue reading
Ken Quartuccio Scores $75,000 Outlaw Pro Mod Win at U.S. Street Nationals
BRADENTON, FL – Ken Quartuccio proved once again why he considers Bradenton Motorsports Park to be “home,” taking home a $75,000 
payday and the Drag Illustrated Winter Series points lead driving the screw-blown ’69 Camaro out of the Scott Tidwell Racing camp. Quartuccio used a .001 reaction time and 3.586-second pass at 208.62 mph to defeat 2022 NHRA U.S. Nationals Pro Mod winner Lyle Barnett’s 3.608 at 207.62.
Quartuccio is no stranger to success at BMP. Most recently, he won the 2023 U.S. Street Nationals and was the runner-up in 2024 at both the U.S. Street Nationals and Snowbird Outlaw Nationals. He stated on Friday night during qualifying that whenever he runners-up at the Snowbirds, he goes on to win U.S. Street – a prediction that soon became reality.
“It’s just crazy the level of confidence that I have when I come here,” Quartuccio said. “This is a totally different team than when I runnered-up to Mark Micke last year, or the year before that when we won it. It’s a totally different group of guys, different combination, different car, but just something about this place is magic for me. They can bury me in the back here (at BMP). Let them put a house on me. I don’t care. This is where I’m going to rest my final days.” Continue reading
Mark Micke Tops Quickest 32-Car Field in Pro Mod History at Snowbird Outlaw Nationals
BRADENTON, FL – Mark Micke’s reign of qualifying dominance continued Saturday night, as he snatched the No. 1 spot from Ken 
Quartuccio at the U.S. Street Nationals presented by M&M Transmission. Competing in the second of three races in the inaugural Drag Illustrated Winter Series presented by J&A Service, Micke put everyone on notice with his 3.567-second pass at 219.36 mph in the third and final qualifying session.
Quartuccio predicted his 3.572 from Friday night in M&M Transmission Outlaw Pro Mod presented by FuelTech and PJS Racing wouldn’t hold up through the next morning; but it was good enough until the final few cars of the night, when Micke unleashed his twin-turbo ‘69 Camaro in the cool air at Bradenton Motorsports Park. Matt Deitsch sits on the 32-car bump spot with a 3.655 in his nitrous-fed ‘69 Camaro.
The 32 drivers who qualified in Pro Mod assembled after the field was set to determine first-round pairings through a random chip draw, including marquee matchups between Snowbird Outlaw Nationals winner Kye Kelley and two-time NHRA Pro Mod champion “Stevie Fast” Jackson, as well as a rematch of the 2023 World Series of Pro Mod final round between Spencer Hyde and Kurt Steding. Continue reading
Ken Quartuccio Takes Provisional No. 1 After Only Friday Pro Mod Qualifying Session at U.S. Street Nationals
BRADENTON, FL – Ken Quartuccio followed up his runner-up finish at the Snowbird Outlaw Nationals presented by Motion Raceworks by 
grabbing the provisional No. 1 spot at the U.S. Street Nationals presented by M&M Transmission. Competing in the second of three races in the inaugural Drag Illustrated Winter Series presented by J&A Service, Quartuccio laid down a blistering 3.572-second pass at 211.36 mph in Friday’s first – and only – qualifying session.
Dropping temperatures forced the cancellation of Friday’s second qualifying session, making Quartuccio’s pass in M&M Transmission Pro Mod presented by FuelTech and PJS Racing all that more important, as he leads a field of nearly 70 Pro Mods. Dmitry Samorukov sits on the 32-car bump spot with a 3.739.
In addition to the headlining Pro Mod class, the U.S. Street Nationals is also the second race of the 2024-25 FuelTech Radial Outlaws Racing Series. Provisional No. 1 qualifiers in the radial classes are Grantley Schloss in PST Driveshafts Pro 275 presented by Pro Line Racing, Matt Bell in Energy Manufacturing Limited Drag Radial presented by Callies Performance, Jeff Miller in Motion Raceworks X275 presented by Precision Turbo & Engine, Shawn Pevlor in TRZ Motorsports Ultra Street presented by Innovative Racecraft, and Jimmy Harris in SP Tools Limited 235 presented by ICE Ignition. Continue reading
DI Winter Series Continues with U.S. Street Nationals at Bradenton Motorsports Park
BRADENTON, FL – After a historic showing at the Snowbird Outlaw Nationals presented by Motion Raceworks, the start of the inaugural 
Drag Illustrated Winter Series presented by J&A Service, the quickest field in Pro Modified drag racing history will reconvene at Bradenton Motorsports Park, Jan. 23-26, for the U.S. Street Nationals presented by M&M Transmission. Additionally, the U.S. Street Nationals will host the second 2024-25 season event for the FuelTech Radial Outlaw Series. The weekend will also feature competition in several additional classes like Outlaw 632, the fan-favorite N/T No Time Shootout and more.
“We’re excited for the U.S. Street Nationals because we’ve got the heavy hitters that weren’t able to be at the Snowbird Outlaw Nationals,” said Victor Alvarez, track owner and promoter. “Then, on the flip side, many of these teams were just here a couple of months ago for the first event of the DI Winter Series, but they’ve had time to get things refreshened for this second event. You’ll see new cars, new engine combinations, and new parts getting put through the paces this weekend. Fans of Pro Mod, radial racing, and more are in for a show.”
“I thought we raised the bar at the Snowbird Outlaw Nationals, but the U.S. Street Nationals presented by M&M Transmission is set to absolutely obliterate that standard,” said Wes Buck, Drag Illustrated founder and DI Winter Series promoter. “We’re talking about even better conditions than last month, so if the good Lord is willing, we’ve got a flat-out badass drag race in store.” Continue reading
Mid-West Drag Racing Series Pro Mod Racers attending Drag Illustrated US Street Nationals
Tulsa, OK – It’s Race Week!! The U.S. Street Nationals presented by M&M Transmission, as part of the three race series Drag Illustrated has 
dubbed the Winter Series is THIS WEEKEND!!
With the success of the Snowbirds, and the surprise underdog win by Kye Kelley, the stage is set for a huge event. With 65 Pro Mods on site for the Snowbirds, the competition was at an all time high. The US Street Nationals is expecting more than 80 Pro Mods fighting, clawing, thrashing their way into the 32 car field.
The Mid-West Drag Racing Series racers and crew are about to go to war carrying the MWDRS fans and families on their shoulders! Help show your support for the Mid-West Drag Racing Series Family of Racers at one of the biggest stages of Pro Mod racing so far this year by sharing, liking and commenting below with encouraging words! Continue reading
Mark Micke Wins $32,000 Outlaw Pro Mod Showdown at U.S. Street Nationals
BRADENTON, FL – After qualifying No. 1 on Friday, Mark Micke charged through five rounds of eliminations in PJS Racing Outlaw Pro 
Mod presented by FuelTech to secure the $32,000 win at the U.S. Street Nationals presented by M&M Transmission Sunday night at Bradenton Motorsports Park. Micke fired off a 3.609-second pass at 222.84 MPH in the final round to deny Ken Quartuccio a second consecutive U.S. Street Nationals win. Quartuccio posted a 3.629-second, 208.14 MPH runner-up effort.
The U.S. Street Nationals served as the season opener for the FuelTech Radial Outlaws Racing Series, which crowned winners in five drag radial classes. Victories went to Jason Collins in PST Driveshafts Pro 275 presented by Pro Line Racing, Mark Meiering in Mickey Thompson Tires X275 presented by Precision Turbo & Engine, Rob Goss in Energy Manufacturing Limited Drag Radial presented by Callies Performance, Shawn Pevlor in TRZ Motorsports Ultra Street presented by Motion Raceworks, and Louie Filippides in SP Tools Limited 235 presented by ICE Ignition. Brandon McGee won the Radial Remix over Steven Wardlow.
Chris Holdorf secured the win in Summit Racing Outlaw 632 presented by Rife Sensors. The winners in the index classes were Jerry Norton in 5.50 Index, Pat Nanney in 6.50 Index, and Mickey Pearce in 7.50 Index.
