The drag-oriented, street-legal 2019 Dodge Challenger R/T Scat Pack 1320 is now National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) approved. The Dodge Challenger R/T Scat Pack 1320 was recently given the green light to be modified for competition in NHRA Stock and Super Stock Sportsman class competition for the 2019 season.

Named for the quarter-mile distance (1,320 feet), the Dodge Challenger R/T Scat Pack 1320 is powered by the 392 HEMI® V-8 engine that delivers 485 horsepower and 475 lb.-ft. of torque. With a quarter-mile elapsed time (E.T.) of 11.70 seconds at 115 miles per hour (mph), the showroom-stock Challenger R/T Scat Pack 1320 is the fastest naturally aspirated, street-legal muscle car available.

The Drag Radial world has been abuzz with controversy regarding the legality of the 3.59 elapsed time recorded by nitrous front-runner Jamie Hancock during the Holley EFI Outlaw Street Car Reunion at Beech Bend Raceway in Bowling Green, Ky.

Promoter Tyler Crossnoe negated all runs including the historic 3.59 on Monday evening.

Drag racing timing system expert Bob Brockmeyer, the founder of the Compulink Timing System, said Crossnoe without a doubt, made the right decision.

It never happened.

That's what Holley EFI Outlaw Street Car Reunion promoter Tyler Crossnoe declared Monday evening in a Facebook post responding to a barrage of criticism related mainly to Jamie Hancock's 3.59 pass, the quickest run ever for a nitrous-injected doorslammer on drag radials.

3.59 pass, the quickest run ever for a nitrous-injected doorslammer on drag radials.

The latest sign that things are headed in the right direction in the Pro Mod world for standout driver Erica Enders came on Sunday on the bottom number of the scoreboard at Houston Raceway Park powered by Pennzoil.

On it displayed an incredible speed of 260.11 mph during her second-round pass at last weekend’s NHRA SpringNationals, making the run in the turbocharged Elite Motorsports Camaro the fastest in NHRA Pro Mod history.

Steve Jackson got some redemption over Todd Tutterow on Sunday at the 32nd annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals presented by Pennzoil when he drove to a victory at Houston Raceway powered by Pennzoil during the E3 Spark Plugs Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by J&A Service final round.

Jackson and Tutterow met in the final at the Pro Mod season opener in Gainesville, resulting in Tutterow with a holeshot win over Jackson. This week in Houston, it was Jackson who claimed the win with his 5.675-second pass at 255.00 mph.

It’s back-to-back for Brittany Force.

Force, who won the 2017 NHRA Mello Yello Series Top Fuel world championship, won at Houston for the second year in a row.

Make it a sweep for John Force Racing in Top Fuel and nitro Funny Car.

Robert Hight did his part by winning the 32nd annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals presented by Pennzoil Sunday at Houston.

By the time the parachutes trailing behind his '68 Firebird collapsed on the shutdown lanes at Beech Bend Raceway Park, doubters and naysayers were already taking to the Interwebs to question and downplay Jamie Hancock's heroics.

In rounds three and four of Radials vs. the World qualifying for promoter Tyler Crossnoe's 6th annual Outlaw Street Car Reunion, the popular Alabama racer ran consecutive passes of 3.60 and 3.59 seconds, both representing the world's quickest elapsed times ever achieved by a nitrous-assisted doorslammer on the eighth-mile--regardless of tire choice--though for the record, Hancock was riding on radials.

"The plug has been pulled on this event." 

With these words, Tyler Crossnoe confirmed early Saturday afternoon (Apr. 13) in front of hundreds of drivers, crew members and race fans gathered near the starting line of Beech Bend Raceway Park in Bowling Green, KY, that the 2019 version of his Holley EFI Outlaw Street Car Reunion had come to a premature end.

After qualifying rounds for all OSCR heads-up classes were completed on Friday, time trials for Super Pro bracket racing began as planned at 9:30 a.m. However, mid-morning rain showers and severe thunderstorms forecast for southern Kentucky after nightfall ultimately forced Crossnoe's hand.

John Force Racing made a statement this weekend at the 32nd annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals presented by Pennzoil when it claimed both nitro category victories with Brittany Force winning in Top Fuel and Robert Hight winning in Funny Car on Sunday at Houston Raceway powered by Pennzoil.  

That statement? The crews at JFR are ready to play ball this year during the 2019 Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season.