The NHRA announced Aeromotive Inc. as presenting sponsor for the NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series event at the NHRA Toyota Nationals, Oct. 30-Nov. 2 at the Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas. It is the final race during the 2014 NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series.
 
“The Pro Mod class in the NHRA has really grown and matured over the past few years,” said Aeromotive Inc. president and owner Steve Matusek. “The diversity in cars and power adders is a manufacturer’s dream. We hope this partnership will only help strengthen what we already have and springboard both Aeromotive and the Pro Mod class to unparalleled levels.”

The NHRA announced Aeromotive Inc. as presenting sponsor for the NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series event at the NHRA Toyota Nationals, Oct. 30-Nov. 2 at the Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas. It is the final race during the 2014 NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series.
 
“The Pro Mod class in the NHRA has really grown and matured over the past few years,” said Aeromotive Inc. president and owner Steve Matusek. “The diversity in cars and power adders is a manufacturer’s dream. We hope this partnership will only help strengthen what we already have and springboard both Aeromotive and the Pro Mod class to unparalleled levels.”
 
Featuring the world’s fastest and most unique doorslammer race cars, the NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series offers something for every kind of hot-rodding enthusiast. The growing class is highlighted by historic muscle cars like,’67 Mustangs and ’68 Firebirds and ’69 Camaros, as well as a variety of newer American muscle cars. With more than 3,000 horsepower, the suspended door pro mod cars travel the quarter-mile in less than six seconds at speeds exceeding 250 mph.

Fans are invited to the Aeromotive/Agave Underground hospitality tent in the Pro Mod pit area on Saturday, Nov. 1 when NHRA legend Tom “The Mongoose” McEwen takes part in a special meet-and-greet. The event will begin at 1 p.m.

The 2014 NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series, whose race and championship purses are powered by Speedtech, competes during a 10-race schedule, with each event televised on the Velocity Channel. The season kicked off at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals with Mike Castellana taking the opening victory over 2013 series champion Rickie Smith. Mike Janis took the second race of the season at the O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA SpringNationals, defeating Castellana in the final. Rickie Smith defeated Von Smith to win the third race of the season at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals.
 
Von Smith raced to victory in the fourth race of the season at the Toyota NHRA Summernationals in Englishtown, N.J., beating Jason Hamstra. In the fifth race of the season at the Ford NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol, Tenn., Pete Farber defeated Steve Matusek. The sixth race of the season saw 2012 series champion Troy Coughlin beat Von Smith to take the Wally at the Summit Racing Equipment Nationals in Norwalk, Ohio.
 
Rickie Smith picked up his second win of the season when he defeated Farber to win the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis. Troy Coughlin followed with his second win of the season over Janis at the Pep Boys NHRA Carolina Nationals, the eighth race of the season. Mike Knowles won his first career Pro Mod race when he defeated Von Smith in the final of the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals in St. Louis.
 
Each race will air in a half-hour show on the Velocity Channel, which launched in October and is owned by the Discovery Network. The shows, produced by Masters Entertainment Group, will air during 10 consecutive weeks in the fourth quarter of 2014.