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Red Line Oil PDRA Drag Racing Series Announces Schedule for 2026
The Red Line Synthetic Oil Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) announced
today its seven-race 2026 schedule, coming off another successful campaign
through the 2025 calendar year. The series will return to four familiar
racetracks from last season along with a return to Darlington Dragway in South
Carolina, which serves as the season opener for the first time.
Coming out of the World Finals, we knew some changes were imminent, said Tyler
Crossnoe, series director. Change is inevitable in life whether it is in
personal, business or your hobbies in time, change occurs. We have decided to
make a few shifts in our schedule for 2026 to adapt to the ever-changing
motorsports scope in hopes to see more teams be able to compete for a full
season championship.
In 2026, our goal is to put racers in a better position to chase a full season
championship with the PDRA. We understand the costs of the sport are not cheap
and after weeks of back-and-forth discussions internally, we settled on only
doing seven races this season to allow for better spacing in between events and
for the hopes of an extremely competitive season.
The 2026 Red Line Oil PDRA season will kick off at Darlington Dragway in
Hartsville, South Carolina on March 25-28, a return to a facility that has seen
numerous PDRA races throughout the years will now serve as the kickoff event on
tour next season. Darana Motorsports Park Benson, NC will serve as the second
stop on schedule on April 16-18, a popular and familiar stop for the PDRA
faithful will see their first of two stops in mid-April. Virginia Motorsports
Park will play host to the third race on tour on Memorial Day weekend, May
21-23. Maryland International Raceway will serve as the fourth race on tour as
in years past on June 25-27.
After taking the month of July off for a summer break of sorts, the series will
return to action at Bristol Dragway on August 6-8, returning to Thunder Valley
with more exciting news to come later about this event. Darana Motorsports Park
Benson, NC will see their second event of the season on August 27-29 which
will set the stage for the Brian Olsen Memorial World Finals.
The PDRA will yet again start the World Finals with the Summit Racing ProStars
all-star race on Thursday afternoon to highlight the top eight points earners in
the free entry shootout that pays over $65,000 out to the classes in contention
and starts the World Finals weekend off with a bang. September 17-20 will mark
the final race on the 2026 calendar, and this race will be held at Virginia
Motorsports Park in Dinwiddie, Virginia, that has become a customary finishing
point for the Red Line Oil PDRA Drag Racing Series.
I am excited to get going again in 2026! The racers support is by far the
inspiration for this series to continue growing, said Tommy Franklin, series
owner. We continue to have the best-in-class racers, and the on-track
performance shows that to be true race after race. I can not wait for the BEST
racing in the world to continue to prove itself over and over!
PDRA officials will be on hand during the Performance Racing Industry (PRI)
Show, December 11-13 in Indianapolis, Indiana, along with the crowning of the
series champions during the Red Line Oil PDRA Night of Champions on Friday,
December 12 at the Indianapolis Downtown Marriott.
2026 PDRA Schedule:
March 25-28 Darlington Dragway Hartsville, SC
April 16-18 Darana Motorsports Park (NC) Benson, NC
May 21-23 Virginia Motorsports Park Dinwiddie, VA
June 25-27 Maryland International Raceway Mechanicsville, MD
August 6-8 Bristol Dragway Bristol, TN
August 27-29 Darana Motorsports Park (NC) Benson, NC
September 17-20 Virginia Motorsports Park Dinwiddie, VA |
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