NHRA Pro Stock star and multi-time Factory Stock Showdown world champion Aaron Stanfield added another significant accomplishment to his résumé Saturday night when he won the $150,000-to-win Drag Illustrated World Series of Pro Mod (WSOPM) presented by Red Line Oil at Bradenton Motorsports Park. The final round was decided by just .003 seconds as Stanfield drove around newly crowned 2025/2026 Drag Illustrated Winter Series presented by J&A Service champion Peter Norton in a side-by-side race.

The final weekend of the 2025/2026 Drag Illustrated Winter Series presented by J&A Service shifts into high gear Friday, Feb. 26 at the World Series of Pro Mod presented by Red Line Oil at Bradenton Motorsports Park.

On Saturday night, the seventh winner of the Drag Illustrated World Series of Pro Mod presented by Red Line Oil will be crowned as the 2025/2026 Drag Illustrated Winter Series presented by J&A Service wraps up at Bradenton Motorsports Park. The Pro Mod winner will walk away with $150,000 and a spot on the cover of the Drag Illustrated WSOPM Issue. The WSOPM weekend will also feature side-by-side action in True 10.5, Pro 10.5, Lil Gangstas, and a handful of supporting categories.

When the 2026 Drag Illustrated World Series of Pro Mod presented by Red Line Oil rolls into eliminations Saturday at Bradenton Motorsports Park, the spotlight won’t shine on just 32 cars.

As the daughter of a mechanic during the week and a bracket racer on the weekends, Kasey Buie spent many Saturdays and Sundays of her childhood at the dragstrip. The numbers involved in bracket racing successfully – especially in the Carolinas – intrigued Buie. Years later, she realized she could put her understanding of drag racing’s intricacies to work, leveraging a weekend hobby into a career in the sport she grew up loving.

Steve King, winner of the Drag Illustrated World Series of Pro Mod, is the cover star of Drag Illustrated’s May/June Issue, which offers an extensive look back at the $150,000-to-win event at Bradenton Motorsports Park. The World Series of Pro Mod Issue is a commemorative edition looking back at the final race of the inaugural Drag Illustrated Winter Series presented by J&A Service, a three-race Pro Modified series that featured championship drivers from across drag racing’s many corners. The digital edition is out now, while print copies will hit mailboxes in mid-June.

Drag Illustrated is shaking up drag racing with the debut of the Drag Illustrated Pound-for-Pound Pro Mod Rankings, a Top 20 showdown that crowns the fiercest drivers across NHRA, PDRA, DI Winter Series, MWDRS, and beyond. Powered by advanced artificial intelligence from xAI and blended with the grit of Pro Mod’s sharpest insiders, this bigger, bolder list is built to spark debates, celebrate stars, and keep the sport roaring 365 days a year.

The World Series of Pro Mod 2025 at Bradenton Motorsports Park is back on FloRacing this week with more than 80 cars entered in the headlining Pro Mod class as drivers fight for the $150,000 top prize.

Spencer Hyde entered the 2023 Drag Illustrated World Series of Pro Mod as a relative unknown on the national Pro Modified scene. He had success in his native Canada, but his 2023 victory over Kurt Steding in the $100,000 final round put him on an international pedestal. He’s since continued to prove his driving prowess by picking up a PDRA Pro Boost win in one of the class’s toughest fields, and he’s climbed the ranks by competing in NHRA Top Fuel with the license he earned just days before his WSOPM win.

For the second and third years, respectively, the Pro 10.5 Challenge and the Mountain Motor Pro Stock Invitational will join Pro Modified in the World Series of Pro Mod lineup at Bradenton Motorsports Park. Like Pro Mod, both supporting classes are expecting their largest fields yet, with both competing for $25,000 winner-take-all paydays. Here’s a look at the drivers who will be taking part in these two highly anticipated shootouts. Note: These entry lists reflect the list of drivers who’ve completed the online registration form. Additional racers are expected to join before qualifying begins on Thursday.

The final race of the Drag Illustrated Winter Series is just around the corner, and as anticipated the entry list for the 2025 World Series of Pro Mod at Bradenton Motorsports Park is flat out historic.

The Drag Illustrated Winter Series will wrap up with the World Series of Pro Mod at Bradenton Motorsports Park February 27 - March 1, 2025. It's been an exciting winter of Pro Modified Drag Racing in Bradenton with the running of the Snowbird Outlaw Nationals and the US Street Nationals, but the stakes are as high as they've ever been leading into the last race of the series.

Drag Illustrated and Bradenton Motorsports Park announced today the creation of a three-race Pro Modified series known as the Drag Illustrated Winter Series. Featuring the Snowbird Outlaw Nationals, the U.S. Street Nationals, and culminating with the World Series of Pro Mod, the Drag Illustrated Winter Series will bring the biggest names, best drivers and most competitive race teams in the world to Florida’s Gulf Coast for three of the biggest weekends in eighth-mile drag racing. Collectively, the Drag Illustrated Winter Series will pay out more than $300,000 in the Pro Mod division alone.

The biggest names in Outlaw Drag Racing are at Bradenton Motorsports Park for the Drag Illustrated World Series Of Pro Mod getting ready to compete for $100,000 . There will be testing at the track everyday beginning Monday, February 26 with the event officially starting Friday, March 1 when you can watch all three days of racing live on FloRacing.

The 2024 World Series of Pro Mod will be held at Bradenton Motorsports Park March 1-3 and bring out the biggest names and fastest cars in outlaw drag racing for a $100,000 Pro Modified purse. Along with the headlining Pro Mod class, other classes include the second annual Mountain Motor Pro Stock Invitational, the inaugural Pro 10.5 Challenge, the inaugural FTI Performance Intercontinental Top Sportsman Championship, the inaugural FTI Performance Intercontinental Top Dragster Championship and Super Pro.