Pro Mod has become the latest flashpoint in the ongoing sanctioning battle between IHRA and ANDRA for control of Australian drag racing, with both organisations holding competing events on the Australia Day long weekend, January 24-25.
The inaugural ANDRA Pro Mod Masters will be held at Sydney Dragway on January 24, while Willowbank Raceway will be home to the first-ever IHRA Outlaw Pro Mod 660 meeting over January 24-25.
The Sydney event has attracted four entries and will race over the traditional quarter-mile distance, while Willowbank, with a field of eight, will be an eighth-mile.
Both meetings will pay US$6700 to win.
The Sydney meeting will also include a non-championship round of Doorslammer, also paying US$6700 and Sportsman racing. At the same time, Willowbank will also host the opening round of the 2026 NDRC season and the Aeroflow Sportsman series.
Willowbank is a long-standing IHRA-affiliated track and in mid-2025, Sydney Dragway switched from IHRA to become a dual-ANDRA and IHRA-sanctioned venue.
In Australia, Pro Mod emerged from a desire for a more budget-friendly alternative to Doorslammer. It was launched in January 2020 and runs to a 5.85 sec. index.
The Australian Pro Mod record is held by John Ricca, who set a time of 5.40, 270 MPH at Dragway at The Bend in 2025.
