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Race 1 of 3 Snowbird Outlaw Nationals presented by Motion Raceworks Bradenton Motorsports Park Bradenton, Florida December 4-7, 2025
BRADENTON, Fla. – Four-time PDRA world champion Jason Harris rocketed to the top of the Pro Mod qualifying order Thursday night at the Snowbird Outlaw Nationals presented by Motion Raceworks. Competing in the first race of the three-race 2025/2026 Drag Illustrated Winter Series presented by J&A Service at Bradenton Motorsports Park, Harris recorded a 3.560-second pass at 211.20 mph in his Harts Charger-boosted “Party Time” ’69 Camaro to lead what is already a record-setting 32-car field with two qualifying sessions still on the Friday schedule. Thursday was originally scheduled to be a testing day leading up to Friday qualifying, but rain in the Sunday forecast led race officials to accelerate the event timeline. Pro Mod, Pro 10.5, Limited Drag Radial, and Ultra Street completed two qualifying sessions and True 10.5 N/T and Lil Gangstas ran two shakedown sessions.
“We struggled in testing and got all our gremlins out of the way,” Harris said. “We went down the track on the first run, no big deal, and I kind of expected a .57-.58, but I think we made a good enough adjustment to where it picked up that extra hundredth. We're still messing with this Harts Charger right now, and we're trying to learn the fuel, but we're getting there. It's a badass run. What can I say? My team, Pro Line, TKM – all these guys stand behind me. It was a team effort. We've worked really hard in the last couple of days, and it all came together tonight.” Over two qualifying sessions, 79 Pro Mod drivers attempted to qualify for the 32-car field. Defending event champion Kye Kelley qualified No. 2 in his screw-blown Larry Jeffers Race Cars ’25 Camaro known as “Uncle Larry” with a 3.575 at 209.62. Eric Gustafson in the ProCharged Coast Packing Co. ’69 Camaro is third with his 3.576 at 210.01 from the first qualifying session, which netted him the $5,000 Pro Line Racing “Off The Trailer” Bonus for making the quickest pass of the opening session. Randy Weatherford posted a 3.581 at 210.93 in his new Harts Charger-boosted WS Construction ’69 Camaro to sit No. 4. Ken Quartuccio, the reigning DI Winter Series champion, rounds out the top five with a 3.583 at 209.95 in his screw-blown Tidwell Nesloney Racing ’69 Camaro. Jason Lee sits on the bump spot with a 3.629 at 207.56. The list of drivers on the outside looking in is just as impressive, with past NHRA Pro Mod world champion Kris Thorne, 2017 World Series of Pro Mod champion Mike Bowman, three-time Winter Series No. 1 qualifier Mark Micke, six-time NHRA Pro Stock world champion Erica Enders, two-time PDRA Pro Boost world champion Todd Tutterow, and 2023 Snowbirds winner Lyle Barnett among the drivers not yet qualified. Harris knows the target is on his back, and he knows who’s aiming at it. Plus, on top of bragging rights, the final No. 1 qualifier will walk away with a $5,000 bonus from Jerry Bickel Race Cars. If the Snowbirds No. 1 qualifier tops the charts at the other two Winter Series events, the U.S. Street Nationals and the World Series of Pro Mod, JBRC will build them a Pro Mod rolling chassis valued at more than $200,000. "I think a 3.56 is a stout run, but there's a lot of badass people here and anybody's capable,” Harris said. “Everybody here has the best equipment there is. I'm hoping it will stand up, but we'll just see how everything plays out." The JBRC Clean Sweep Challenge isn’t the only sweep on Harris’s mind. He’s also hoping to be in the conversation for the first-ever Elite Motorsports Million, which will award an unprecedented $1,000,000 prize if one Pro Mod driver wins all three Winter Series events. As a past Snowbirds winner and two-time semifinalist at the World Series of Pro Mod, Harris believes he has a chance. “I've been close. I've been real close,” Harris said. “I've won this race years and years ago with a nitrous car. It'd be nice to do it again and try to go after that million. I’ve won a bunch of races in a row before. But each round win feels like a winner's circle to me against the heavy hitters that we’ve got here.” In Pro 10.5, which is also competing at all three Winter Series races, John Carinci went to the provisional No. 1 spot with a 3.879 at 209.69 in his twin-turbocharged ’04 Corvette tuned by 2018 WSOPM champion Carl Stevens Jr. Jerry Morgano qualified second with a 3.900 at 203.03 in his small-block, turbocharged “Copperhead” ’02 Mustang Cobra. Super Bowl champion Fletcher Cox drove his nitrous-fed “Training Day” ’69 Camaro to a 3.920 at 194.49 to sit third. Bradenton’s own Brett LaSala wheeled his turbocharged “Snot Rocket” ’13 Mustang to a 3.900 at 196.85 to take the provisional No. 1 spot in Limited Drag Radial. Terry Wilson is the provisional No. 1 qualifier in Ultra Street with a 4.425 at 157.80 in his ’95 Mustang. Friday’s third qualifying session will kick off with Pro Mod starting at 9:30 a.m. followed by Pro 10.5, True 10.5 N/T, Lil Gangstas, Ultra Street, and Limited Drag Radial. The index classes will then get a time trial before Pro 10.5 returns to kick off the fourth qualifying session. Pro Mod final qualifying will round out the night at 6 p.m. General admission tickets are available for $35 on Friday and $40 for Saturday’s Night of Fire. Active military and children ages 12 and under get in free. VIP packages are also available. Fans can watch the race through the official event livestream on www.FloRacing.com.
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