Virginia Motorsports Park's Night of Fire on July 22 will be hosting the third annual Summit Racing Equipment PDRA ProStars race, where racers from the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) will compete in a single-day shootout for over $60,000 in payouts. This event has been highly anticipated by both racers and fans alike.

PDRA series director, Tyler Crossnoe, expressed the excitement surrounding ProStars.

"We created ProStars as a way to reward the PDRA's faithful racers and give them an opportunity to put on a show for the fans at our Night of Fire," Crossnoe said. "It's become an event that the teams really look forward to, and they've been working hard to earn ProStars points for the opportunity to make it into the fields."

The Night of Fire event at Virginia Motorsports Park will not only feature ProStars, but also a four-car Top Fuel match race, an eight-car $10,000-to-win Top Alcohol Dragster Shootout presented by The Empowerment Alliance, two Nostalgia Funny Cars, the Larsen Motorsports Jet Dragsters, and a wheelstander. As a bonus for fans, there will also be live music performances by Alaska Holloway, Walker Montgomery, and Chase Matthew between racing rounds.

Participants in ProStars earned points throughout the season to secure their spot in the event. Points were awarded based on attendance at races as well as achievements such as holeshot wins and running dead-on. The top points earners in each class were invited to compete, with alternates filling in for those unable to attend. In a winner-take-all format, competitors will make a clocks-off shakedown pass before drawing chips to determine first-round pairings. Entry fees are waived for this race.

The headlining Pro Modified classes, Switzer Dynamics Pro Nitrous and WS Construction Pro Boost presented by P2 Contracting and Ty-Drive, will both race for a chance to win $15,000. Pro Nitrous will feature top contenders such as Jim Halsey, Tommy Franklin, Rickie Smith, Jay Cox, Chris Rini, Ed Burnley, Marcus Butner, and defending event champion Dane Wood. The Pro Boost field includes reigning champion Randy Weatherford, Melanie Salemi, Preston Tanner, Rob Cox, Ken Quartuccio, Travis Harvey, Jason Harris, and Derek Ward.

The Liberty's Gears Extreme Pro Stock presented by AED Competition class will see naturally aspirated, clutch-equipped Mountain Motor Pro Stock vehicles battling it out for a $10,000 prize. Notable names participating in this class include past champions Chris Powers, Johnny Pluchino, Steven Boone, Elijah Morton, Jeremy Huffman, Dave Hughes, Dwayne Rice, and Jordan Ensslin.

The fiercely competitive M&M Transmission Pro 632 class will race for a $7,500 payout. The field consists of defending world champion Amber Franklin, defending event champion Lexi Tanner, as well as Jeff Melnick, Jason Ventura, Doug Nicholl, Patrick Patterson, Walter Lannigan Jr., and Gary Hood.

Expanding the ProStars lineup, the Menscer Motorsports Pro Street presented by Afco Racing and Afco Racing Super Street presented by Menscer Motorsports classes will make their debut, with $4,000 up for grabs in both divisions. The Pro Street field features reigning champion Tim Essick, Bill Riddle, Bill Lutz, and Ty Kasper. The Super Street category will see four contenders vying for victory, including points leader Blake Denton, Matt Schalow, Paul Curry, and Wes Ervin.

In the sportsman classes, MagnaFuel Elite Top Sportsman presented by PAR Racing Engines, Laris Motorsports Insurance Elite Top Dragster, MagnaFuel Top Sportsman presented by Corbin's RV, and Laris Motorsports Insurance Top Dragster, each winner will walk away with $4,000.

The ProStars competitors in the sportsman categories include various talented individuals such as Donny Urban, Henry Underwood, Buddy Perkinson, Tim Lawrence, Scott Weis, Thomas Brown, Cheyenne Stanley, Bryan LaFlam, Steve Furr, Larry Roberts, Kyle Harris, Russ Whitlock, Alan O'Brien, Tom Martino, Kellan Farmer, Marty Jones Jr., Al Davidowski, Joe Roubicek, Vince Fourcade, Ronnie Proctor, Mark Payne, Mark Reese, Rodney Pryor, Robbie Crenshaw, Tisha Wilson, Patrick McMath, Dickie Smith, TG Paschal, Shannon Roberts, Nick Meloni, Lucas Salemi, and Nicole Zuccarelli.

Coolshirt Systems Pro Jr. Dragster presented by PRP and Classic Graphix Top Jr. Dragster presented by PRP will see rising stars competing for a $2,000 prize in each class. Participants include Brayden Davis, Ashley Franklin, Ava Meloni, Zach Shirkey, Chris Suppers, Allysa Rabon, Danika Miles, Katelyn Page, Rowan Parlett, Carter Jackson, Ayden Tilghman,