SCAG Racing will expand its involvement in the NHRA by launching a Pro Mod program featuring former MMA fighter Randy Couture as the driver. Couture, a six-time UFC Champion, is set to complete his NHRA Pro Mod licensing process later this year in preparation for a 2025 competition debut.
“I met Randy [Gloede] from SCAG in Pomona and started to develop a rapport… I expressed some interest in becoming a driver and stepping my toe in the water here as a drag racer,” Couture said. “I’m excited because we share a lot of the same values and I think this is going to be a very, very good relationship.”
Couture sees this opportunity as a way to channel his competitive spirit into a new arena. “I’ll bring all the things I developed as a wrestler and martial artist into this realm and see what we can do,” he said.
“This is a new way to tickle that competitive spirit that I’ve had most of my life; a new place for me to get competitive and make a mark in racing,” Couture continued. “To be a SCAG guy and involved with SCAG is huge to me… I think we’re going to make a mark in the sport, reach new eyes from the MMA world and the rest of the world.”
SCAG Racing will unveil Couture’s Pro Mod vehicle at their home event, the Route 66 NHRA Nationals in Joliet, Illinois. Following the reveal, Couture will make his competitive debut at the Virginia NHRA Nationals at Virginia Motorsports Park in Dinwiddie, Virginia.
