Nationals, drag racing’s biggest event, and gave him career win No. I’ve gotta be at a racetrack, that’s my real home.’’įorce win last fall in Indianapolis broke a 17-year drought in the U.S. ``If I wasn’t doing this and quit racing I’d get me an 18-wheeler, load the grandkids up and go racing somewhere else. ``We love it, it’s what we do,’’ Force said. The winningest driver in NHRA history said he is as excited to be racing again as he was when he began in the 1960s. He’ll do it after being inducted into the National Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame, where he was introduced by longtime friend Rusty Wallace. Wednesday features the pro invitational race before qualifying for Sunday’s big event on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.The 16-time NHRA champion and the patriarch of a family of racers returns for yet another season behind the wheel of his dragster in his 44th NHRA season. This will be the must-see motorsports event of October.
“The interest has been off the charts with the addition of the low-qualifier money, as well as the specialty races leading up to the Fall Nationals. “We will have one of the biggest fields of professional teams in the history of the track,” Carter said. The Tuesday night Pro Mod Shootout will feature some of the fastest race cars in the country and will pit outlaw racers with the stars of the NHRA for a $25,000 payday.Īdditional purse money is creating a frenzy amongst the NHRA teams to enter the event. On Monday, NHRA veteran and showman Scott Palmer will produce his Nitro Side Show featuring Nitro Pro Mods, Dragsters, Funny Cars, Harleys and anything else that breathes NITRO. The Stampede of Speed schedule will include a full day of professional testing on Wednesday, where many of the NHRA teams will be fine-tuning their 11,000-horsepower race cars to make a run at the added money on Friday night. “We will be paying $25,000-to-win Pro Mod on Tuesday night, over $30,000 in low-qualifier bonuses will be on the line on Friday night during the Friday Night Live event, and on Sunday our race purse for the Texas NHRA Fall Nationals will be over $1 million for all the classes combined, including the largest payout for the Camping World Drag Racing Series in over two years.” “No one has ever put together a multi-day schedule as diverse or rich as the Stampede of Speed,” said Andy Carter, Texas Motorplex General Manager. 2-10, as six days of racing plus a full day of professional testing will pump more money into the wallets of race teams from across the country than ever before. This year, the expanded and rebranded event, the Stampede of Speed, is set to be held Oct. ENNIS, Texas – For over three decades, Texas Motorplex has hosted the premier National Hot Rod Association drag racing event, the Texas NHRA Fall Nationals.
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