Records, upsets, and huge points implications were the story of the day on Saturday at the PDRA Drag Wars presented by Big Stuff Total Power Management at Darana Motorsports Park in Benson, North Carolina. In Switzer Dynamics Pro Nitrous presented by Jerry Bickel Race Cars, Marcus Butner made a huge push to defend his 2025 points championship, taking home his second consecutive event win. The Tobaccoville, North Carolina native drove his “Heartbreaker” ’69 Camaro to a 3.628 elapsed time at 209.20 mph to defeat Amber Denton, who ran 3.643 at 207.46 in her first final round of the year.

With just two races remaining in the 2026 Red Line Oil PDRA Drag Racing Series season, championship implications will be front and center when the series returns to Darana Motorsports Park – Benson, Aug. 27-29, for DragWars presented by Big Stuff Total Power Management. Tight points battles across several professional and sportsman categories, combined with the strong contingent of regional Pro Modified racers traditionally drawn to Benson, set the stage for a pivotal late-season stop on the seven-race tour.

With uncertainty surrounding the IHRA World Finals for bracket racers around the country, Bill Bader Jr. and his team at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio have stepped up to the plate in a massive way.

With championship battles tightening across the Red Line Oil PDRA Drag Racing Series, racers in the professional, sportsman, and Jr. Dragster ranks will head to historic Bristol Dragway, Aug. 6-8, for the PDRA Thunder Valley Throwdown presented by Larry Jeffers Race Cars. The fifth of seven races on the 2026 tour comes at a pivotal point in the season, with several classes separated by just a handful of rounds and the PDRA Sportsman Spectacular adding increased stakes for the series’ sportsman and Jr. Dragster competitors.

Racers in the Red Line Oil PDRA Drag Racing Series professional, sportsman, and Jr. Dragster classes are eager to get back on track this weekend at the Hoosier Tire North vs. South Shootout presented by Callies Performance, June 25-27, at Maryland International Raceway. The last stop on tour was rained out before competition began, adding to the buildup for the fourth of seven races on the 2026 PDRA schedule.

Now two races into the seven-race 2026 Red Line Oil PDRA Drag Racing Series season, serious contenders are emerging as the series returns to Virginia Motorsports Park this weekend for the Mid-Atlantic Showdown presented by Classic Graphix, May 21-23. It’s still early in the world championship battles, but racers across the PDRA’s professional, sportsman, and Jr. Dragster categories are fighting for all the points they can get to contend for a season title. VMP, located in the history-rich area just outside Richmond, is the next battlefield in that fight.

Red Line Oil PDRA Drag Racing Series officials and FloRacing announced today that Friday qualifying at the upcoming PDRA Mid-Atlantic Showdown presented by Classic Graphix will stream for free on the FloRacing 24/7 channel. The Mid-Atlantic Showdown, May 21-23, at Virginia Motorsports Park, is the third of seven races on the 2026 PDRA schedule and will include the series’ complete lineup of professional, sportsman, and Jr. Dragster classes. Fans can catch Friday qualifying on FloRacing 24/7 through Amazon Prime Video, YouTube, Fubo, and other free video platforms. Saturday eliminations will also be available for FloRacing subscribers.

As the Red Line Oil PDRA Drag Racing Series enters its 13th season, the all-eighth-mile series is once again helmed by Series Director Tyler Crossnoe. After stepping away from his position as the vice president at Virginia Motorsports Park over the winter, Crossnoe is now locked in on the PDRA and its seven-race season.

Racers in the Red Line Oil PDRA Drag Racing Series professional, sportsman, and Jr. Dragster categories will have the opportunity to compete for two race wins in one event this weekend at the Summit Racing Equipment East Coast Nationals presented by FuelTech. Held at Darana Motorsports Park in Benson, N.C., April 16-18, the second of seven races on the 2026 PDRA schedule will see the series complete eliminations from its season-opening KTR Drag Racing Carolina Nationals presented by Pee Dee Fleet on Thursday before rolling into Friday qualifying and Saturday eliminations.

The Red Line Oil PDRA Drag Racing Series offseason comes to an end this week as the 2026 season kicks off at the KTR Drag Racing Carolina Nationals presented by Pee Dee Fleet, March 25-28, at Darlington Dragway. The first of seven races on the 2026 PDRA schedule, the Carolina Nationals marks the series’ return to Hartsville, South Carolina, for the first time since 2023. Two headlining Pro Modified classes and a loaded lineup of supporting professional and sportsman categories will make for a weekend of nonstop action.

Each year in the Red Line Oil PDRA Drag Racing Series, new drivers join the series and experienced drivers step up to new classes. This year, though, an uncommonly large – and talented – group of rookie drivers made things interesting in the PDRA’s six heads-up categories. This is a roundup of the most notable rookies that made an impact throughout the 2025 season.

The Red Line Synthetic Oil Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) announced today its seven-race 2026 schedule, coming off another successful campaign through the 2025 calendar year. The series will return to four familiar racetracks from last season along with a return to Darlington Dragway in South Carolina, which serves as the season opener for the first time.

The PDRA has made a bold statement in a letter to their 'racing family' today as rumors had been flying about the future of the series.

The Red Line Oil PDRA World Finals will kick off with the running of the Pro Stars Event on Thursday, October2, 2025. The Pro Stars event is an extra opportunity for those who have competed regularly in the PDRA all season long to face off for a big paycheck. Points were rewarded all season long to contestants for showing up at National Events, rounds won, holeshot wins, dead-on dial in packages, and more. The top 8 in each class qualified for the extra event and will chip draw their opponents until there is one man, or woman, standing.

This weekend, the Red Line Oil PDRA Drag Racing Series will wrap up its 2025 championship season with an action-packed trio of events all within one weekend, Oct. 2-5, at Virginia Motorsports Park. The Summit Racing Equipment PDRA ProStars all-star race on Thursday will lead into the Pro Line Racing Brian Olson Memorial World Finals presented by ProCharger on Friday through Sunday. On Saturday, VMP’s Night of Fire thrill show will add fire and festivities to the lineup before the series crowns 2025 world champions on Sunday.