INDIANAPOLIS — The Professional Racers and Owners Organization today announced the run schedule for the second annual SCAG Power Equipment PRO Superstar Shootout Feb. 6-8 at Bradenton Motorsports Park.
The specialty race will feature some of the biggest names in drag racing from the Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock ranks vying for bragging rights and momentum headed into the 2025 NHRA season.
For the second year in a row the three-day event will feature two days of qualifying on Thursday and Friday followed by a jam-packed day of elimination rounds and exhibition runs on Saturday. Every professional team will run the four qualifying rounds and the top eight qualifiers in Top Fuel and Funny Car square off in three rounds of eliminations on Saturday.
The Top Fuel and Funny Cars teams on the outside of the top eight will run head-to-head in exhibition runs between rounds on Saturday while the top 16 Pro Stock competitors will run four rounds of eliminations.
“Our goal with the schedule of runs is to provide fast paced on track action with a positive pit experience for our fans,” said Chad Head, PRO Vice President. “Thursday night qualifying is a great way to lead into three rounds of qualifying on Friday and an exciting day of racing on Saturday. We wanted to maximize the runs the fans can see as well as give them time to meet the drivers and visit our sponsor displays in the pits. We will keep the action moving all three days.”
The event will once again feature the unpredictable and unique chip draw before every round of eliminations in all the classes. Following qualifying the No. 1 qualifier will pick a chip and be randomly assigned a first-round opponent.
The process will then move to the next highest qualified driver to pick his or her opponent. Following the first round of eliminations the process will repeat itself with the quickest winner selecting their opponent first. The selection process for the Top Fuel versus Funny Car exhibition matchups will be announced later.
“I love the SCAG PRO Superstar Shootout because it is unpredictable and gives the fans a different format to see us getting after it on the track,” said Matt Hagan, driver of the TSR Dodge//SRT Hellcat Funny Car. “Everyone wants to be in the quick eight so you can race for the trophy but if you aren’t one of those guys you get to race in a Top Fuel Dragster versus Funny Car exhibition which the fans love to see. I can’t wait to get to Florida and get after it.”
In addition to Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock three sportsman classes will also participate in the SCAG PRO Superstar Shootout. Bo and Randi Lyn Butner along with Royce Freeman will oversee sportsman racing from Stock, Super Stock and Top Sportsman all three days. These classes will also qualify and run their eliminations rounds with the chip draw system.