BUDDS CREEK, Md. – Maryland native Jim Halsey scored his second win of the season in Switzer Dynamics Pro Nitrous Saturday night at the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) North vs. South Shootout presented by Line-X and Iron Man Quick Connect Push Bar at Maryland International Raceway. The defending world champion defeated another Maryland racer, Fredy Scriba, in a 3.69-second final round to build a solid points lead going into the second half of the eight-race PDRA season.

BUDDS CREEK, Md. (June 24, 2022) – Longtime doorslammer wheelman Buddy Perkinson ended Friday qualifying as the No. 1 qualifier in two different classes at the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) North vs. South Shootout presented by Line-X and Iron Man Quick Connect Push Bar at Maryland International Raceway. Perkinson earned his first No. 1 qualifier award in Switzer Dynamics Pro Nitrous as the fill-in driver for two-time world champion Tommy Franklin, and he’s the provisional low qualifier in MagnaFuel Elite Top Sportsman presented by US Rail.

Maryland International Dragway will host the next race of the PDRA 2022 season on June 23-25 as the PDRA North vs. South Shootout Presented by Line-X event marks the fourth stop on the tour.

The PDRA rips into Norwalk, Ohio, for the third event of its 2022 season with the PDRA DeCerbo Construction American Doorslammer Challenge Presented by Callies on May 26-28 at the famed Summit Motorsports Park.

The 2022 PDRA season continues as the group returns to Bowling Green, Kentucky, with the PDRA Doorslammer Derby Presented by Stroud at scenic Beech Bend Raceway Park on April 28-30.

The chase for 2022 Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) world championships begins this weekend at the East Coast Nationals presented by FuelTech, April 7-9 at GALOT Motorsports Park. With a promising weather forecast and a huge field of racers expected to roll through the gates, it’s going to be a PDRA season opener to remember.

PDRA’s 2022 season gets rolling over the weekend of April 7-9 at GALOT Motorsports Park in Benson, North Carolina, and the PDRA East Coast Nationals Presented by FuelTech is shaping up to start the season off in a big way.

The grand finale of the 2021 PDRA drag racing season is scheduled for October 14-17 as the series kicks off the PDRA Brian Olson Memorial World Finals Presented by ProCharger at the picturesque Virginia Motorsports Park.

GALOT Motorsports Park hosts the PDRA Pro Line Racing DragWars Presented by Modern Racing on September 30-October 2 as the PDRA season points battles come down to the wire.

For the first time ever, the PDRA heads to Pennsylvania with the PDRA Northern Nationals presented by P2 Contracting as the event will be held at Maple Grove Raceway in Mohnton over the weekend of August 12-14.

The best racers on the PDRA circuit in both professional and sportsman classes will square off in an all-new event, the PDRA Summit Racing Equipment ProStars specialty race, on July 31 during Virginia Motorsports Parks’ Night of Fire.

Returning to Virginia Motorsports Park, the PDRA Summer Shootout Presented by Ty-Drive continues the 2021 racing season on July 15-17.

The PDRA storms into southern Maryland to invade Maryland International Raceway over the weekend of June 24-26 with the PDRA North vs. South Shootout Presented by Line-X.

Hitting it hard with the third event of the 2021 drag racing season, the PDRA DeCerbo Construction American Doorslammer Challenge Presented by Callies on May 27-29 will bring the series to famed Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio, for the first time.

The second stop on the 2021 PDRA tour, the Stroud Safety PDRA Doorslammer Derby Presented by Classic Graphix on April 29-May 1 will mark the first time that the eighth-mile drag racing series visits the iconic Beech Bend Raceway Park in Bowling Green, Kentucky.