PRI 2025: Strange Provides for Data Lovers, Plus Updated Evolution 2 Brakes

If you’ve spent any time walking the aisles at the 2025 PRI Show, you know the buzz this year is all about data—who can collect it faster, cleaner, and more reliably. Strange Engineering showed up ready to play. We caught up with JC Cascio from Strange Engineering, and he walked us through two big product releases aimed straight at serious drag racers and the growing drag-and-drive crowd.

First up: a brand-new lineup of driveshaft speed sensor kits. These aren’t just repackaged versions of what’s already on the market—they’re purpose-built systems designed for the most common rearend platforms in racing: Ford 9-inch, GM 12-bolt, Ford 8.8, and Dana 60. Strange developed a 40-tooth trigger wheel paired with a Hall-effect sensor to give racers extremely accurate driveshaft speed data. That accuracy matters. Whether you’re chasing consistency, tuning traction control, or just trying to understand what the car is actually doing downtrack, clean data is everything.

JC told us this wasn’t a quick development project, either. Strange has been dialing in these kits for a couple of years, refining the signal quality and the durability to handle real drag-strip abuse. The end result is a sensor package that’s easy to mount, rock-solid in its readings, and a huge value-add for racers who depend on good intel.

The second release—and arguably the one catching the most eyeballs at the booth—is the updated Evolution 2 brake system. Strange kept the lightweight DNA of the original kit but reworked almost everything that matters: a new 2-piston caliper with redesigned pistons to improve retraction, an ultra-light 11-inch scalloped rotor, and ball bearings in the hub to be smooth as butter. The whole system is built for low drag, which means more efficiency and less rolling resistance.

Even better, the Evolution 2 kit can be optioned with a built-in speed sensor, giving racers another data point to tie into traction control systems or standalone ECUs. JC noted they’re already seeing these brakes pop up on drag-and-drive builds and high-end drag cars looking for every last advantage.

Strange didn’t just bring new parts to PRI—it brought solutions. And for racers chasing consistency, control, and clean data, these new kits might be some of the most important upgrades of the show.