2026 PDRA World Finals Results And World Champions

The 2026 PDRA season has featured some of the best racing around, with tight side-by-side competition, upset wins, and championships that were decided in the final rounds of the year. For those racers who were in championship contention, they knew this was do-or-die and had to pull out all the stops and make their best runs to win rounds.

Switzer Dynamics Pro Nitrous presented by Jerry Bickel Race Cars

2026 World Champion: Marcus Butner
Winner: Billy Albert

Coming into Virginia Motorsports Park for the World Finals, Marcus Butner carried the points lead. Butner was in a close battle for the championship with Tommy Franklin and wanted to leave Virginia Motorsports Park with back-to-back season championships.

Butner and Franklin both made it past the first round, meaning the championship would have to be settled later in the day. As the second round of eliminations started, Butner was eliminated at the hands of Billy Albert, opening the door for Franklin to close the points gap and take his shot at the championship.

Unfortunately for Franklin, he lost on a holeshot to Dale Brinsfield, ending his championship hopes for 2026 and sealing the deal to crown Marcus Butner as the 2026 Pro Nitrous champion.

Billy Albert would go on to face class newcomer John Vergotz Jr., making his Pro Nitrous debut, in round three. As the pair made it past the Christmas tree, Albert had his worst reaction time of eliminations, but Vergotz had issues downtrack. Albert was able to drive around Vergotz for the win and head to the final round.

Tim Paap and his team have not had the year they set out to have, but late in the year they started turning the corner and showing the performance that we all know they have displayed in the past. Paap would take the No. 1 qualifying spot with his 3.621-second run at 207.46 mph.

Paap’s momentum continued as he took the win in the opening round of eliminations against Tony Wilson. Paap ran low elapsed time of the second round for a win light against Tim Molnar and had a bye run in the semifinals as Dale Brinsfield was not able to make the call.

The final round between Billy Albert and Tim Paap was a close one. The drivers left the starting line with almost identical reaction times, with Albert having the slight advantage. At the top end of the track, it would be Billy Albert’s win light that came on in a close door-to-door race. Albert ran 3.679 at 207.08 mph to Paap’s 3.687 at 206.16 mph, earning his first trip to the winner’s circle this year.

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2026 World Champion: Jason Harris – 5X Champion
Winner: Jason Harris

The largest professional category on the property, with 31 cars, Pro Boost put on a show as they all fought their way to make it into the 16-car field. Leading the sheet at the end of qualifying? None other than Ty Tutterow, who has been no stranger to claiming the top spot this year.

Tutterow ran a 3.560 at 206.69 mph for the No. 1 spot. Tutterow would get a first-round win but would go red against Mike Decker III in the second round.

After the previous race in Benson, No. 1 and No. 2 in points were separated by only 10 points. Points leader and the last winner on tour, Johnny Camp, was looking to take home the championship over No. 2 in points, Jason Harris.

Camp would face Carson Perry in the opening round of eliminations. Camp left the starting line first, but shortly after 60 feet, Camp had to pedal the car. That was all it took for Perry to drive straight to the finish line for the win and eliminate Camp.

Jason Harris came to Virginia Motorsports Park No. 2 in points for the championship. Harris would win the opening round against Ethan Steding, moving him one step closer to another championship. As Harris watched from the top end, he saw Camp’s weekend come to an end in the first round, and that was all Harris needed to become the Pro Boost champion.

This made Harris a historic five-time PDRA Pro Mod champion, with three championships in Pro Boost and two in Pro Nitrous.

Harris didn’t stop once he was officially named champion. He went on to get a win in the second round against Carson Perry and another against Mike Decker III in the semifinals, setting himself up for another event win.

Joel Wensley Jr. did not have the year that his team had hoped for, but at the World Finals, they would finally turn things around. Wensley would make it all the way to his first PDRA final-round appearance of the year.

As the two best cars of the weekend left the starting line, Harris had a huge holeshot advantage. Harris would be the first to leave and the first to the finish line for a stop in the winner’s circle. Harris ran 3.601 at 211.16 mph to Wensley’s 3.619 at 209.26 mph.

Liberty’s Gears Pro Street presented by KTR

2026 World Champion: Blake Denton
Winner: Andy Mac

Blake Denton carried the points lead into the final race of the season. Looking to win his first Pro Street championship, Denton had to make sure that he stayed one round win ahead of No. 2 Richard Reagan.

Both racers made it past the first round, but in round two, Reagan would come up short against Andy Mac, and that secured the championship for Denton. Denton’s weekend would be cut short in the semifinals, where he, too, would lose against Mac.

Another racer who made a late-season run was Tim Essick. Essick had runner-up finishes at the last two events leading to the World Finals. Essick faced some of the toughest competitors in the class and would get win lights against Scott Kincaid, Joel Wensley Jr., and Jerry Morgano, putting himself in his third straight final round.

Pro Street newcomer Andy Mac would also have a tough list of racers on race day. Mac would move past Tim Lyons in round one, Richard Reagan in round two, and Blake Denton in the semifinals to put himself in his second final round of the season.

It would be a Ford-versus-Chevy, supercharger-versus-nitrous final round. The Mustang of Essick had a lot of momentum coming into the round. The Camaro driven by Mac was a proven winner. Both cars had run in the 3.90s in each round of eliminations.

As teams and fans watched, the cars launched past the tree, and it would be Andy Mac who had the advantage. As the cars raced down the track, Mac would get there first against Essick and earn his first PDRA Pro Street win. Mac ran 3.943 at 192.77 mph to Essick’s slowing 4.013 at 195.05 mph effort.

Pro 632 presented by Mark Williams

2026 World Champion: JC Beattie Jr.
Winner: JC Beattie Jr.

Pro 632 was dominated by JC Beattie Jr. in 2026. Leading up to the World Finals, Beattie Jr. had three No. 1 qualifiers, four final-round appearances, and three event wins. Beattie Jr. added his fourth No. 1 qualifier with his 4.108-second run.

Eliminations were no different. Beattie Jr. would take the win light against Corey Terry in round one, had a bye run in the second round, and would win against the No. 3 qualifier, Carson Hoyle, in the semifinals, setting up Beattie Jr.’s fifth final round of the season.

Another racer who had a great 2026 season was Jeff Pittman. Pittman had two final-round showings and a win on the season. Sitting No. 2 in points, Pittman knew he had a tough task to take the championship away from Beattie Jr., but his team was going to try.

Unfortunately, the performance from Beattie Jr. at the World Finals would be too much to overcome. Pittman would go on to make another final-round showing, getting wins against Ryan Altman and Jason Ventura in the first two elimination rounds. He had a bye in the semifinals, where he would move on to another final round against JC Beattie Jr.

The final round would feature No. 1 and No. 2 in points and the No. 1 and No. 2 event qualifiers battling it out. As the pair left the starting line, Pittman had a big advantage, but it wasn’t enough to overcome the power of the Camaro driven by JC Beattie Jr. Beattie Jr. ran 4.104 at 176.01 mph to Pittman’s 4.170 at 170.99 mph effort.

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2026 World Champion: Austin Vincent
Winner: Connor McGee

For the past two seasons, the pair of Mustangs driven by Connor McGee and Austin Vincent has terrorized the Super Street class. The nitrous-injected, 450-plus-cubic-inch “small”-block-powered cars that were once raced by their dads account for five No. 1 qualifiers, six final rounds, and five class wins between the two drivers.

Austin Vincent took over the championship points lead with his win at Bristol earlier in the season and never looked back. Vincent extended his points lead at the next race at Benson with back-to-back wins for his third win of the year.

In typical fashion, Connor McGee and Austin Vincent would once again take the No. 1 and No. 2 spots on the qualifying sheet. McGee’s 4.504 at 161.00 mph took the top spot.

McGee and Vincent worked their way through the field of 14 cars, running low 4.50s elapsed times during eliminations. In the semifinals, Connor McGee would take out Brooks McMath and Austin Vincent would move past Troy Hill, setting up another McGee-versus-Vincent final round.

This would make the third time this year that the pair had faced each other in the finals, with each having a win against the other. As they went past the Christmas tree, Vincent had a huge holeshot advantage, but unfortunately for Vincent, he would run his slowest elapsed time of eliminations, a 4.559 at 159.85 mph, while McGee laid down a 4.506 at 164.17 mph to take the win.

Sportsman Categories

MagnaFuel Elite Top Sportsman presented by PAR Racing Engines

2026 World Champion: Scott Duggins
No. 1 Qualifier: Randy Perkinson, 3.764 at 196.13 mph
Winner: Scott Duggins
Runner-Up: Jamie Fowler

MagnaFuel Top Sportsman

2026 World Champion: Joe Roubicek
No. 1 Qualifier: Nick Meloni, 4.015 at 189.44 mph
Winner: TJ Luther
Runner-Up: Seth Garrison

Greenbrier Excavating and Paving Elite Top Dragster

2026 World Champion: Josh Duggins
No. 1 Qualifier: Tony Careccia, 3.663 at 204.35 mph
Winner: Tony Careccia
Runner-Up: Chaz Silance

ATI Performance Top Dragster presented by TBM Brakes

2026 World Champion: Joe Gary
No. 1 Qualifier: Linzie Coleman, 3.803 at 195.70 mph
Winner: JB Donati
Runner-Up: Lee Dixon

Paragon Pro Jr. Dragster (7.90 Index)

2026 World Champion: JC Beattie III
No. 1 Qualifier: Hunter Roberts, 7.900
Winner: Camden Robison
Runner-Up: James Beattie III

Classic Graphix Top Jr. Dragster

2026 World Champion: Wyatt Piercey
No. 1 Qualifier: Korbin Helms, 0.000 (qualify by reaction time)
Winner: Jayden Hogan
Runner-Up: Acelynn Christian

Edelbrock Bracket Bash presented by PRP

Winner: Donald Webb
Runner-Up: Mike Buie