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The Red Line Synthetic Oil
Professional Drag Racers Association
(PDRA) announced today its
eight-race 2025 schedule, coming
after a successful campaign through
the 2024 calendar year. The series
will return to the six familiar
racetracks throughout the East Coast
and Midwest that they ventured to in
2024 yet again, starting at GALOT
Motorsports Park and finishing at
Virginia Motorsports Park, as in
years past.
“The goal each year is continue to
grow in numerous ways and being
consistent with the locations, dates
and programs so teams and fans alike
can plan accordingly,” said Tyler
Crossnoe, series director.
“Following the 2024 season, there
was not much to not like. Each event
brought a detail to the season-long
story that would not be complete
without those details. We saw first
time winners, first time champions,
heartbreaking moments and storybook
endings.”
“As we look back on 2024 and look
forward to 2025, we will continue to
further our motorsports platform
with our racer-centric programs and
events all while staying consistent
with the schedule to continue
pushing PDRA’s roots into these six
markets to grow our fan base,”
Crossnoe continued. “While we will
return to the same six facilities in
2025, we have put an emphasis on
even spacing on event dates while
working with other series to avoid
schedule conflicts for crew chiefs,
drivers, vendors and fans can
overlap across their favorite
professional avenues for drag
racing.”
The 2025 Red Line Oil PDRA season
will kick off at the traditional
host of the season opener, GALOT
Motorsports Park in Benson, North
Carolina on April 2-5. Virginia
Motorsports Park continues as the
second stop on tour, now held on May
1-3. For the fifth season in a row,
the stars of the PDRA will spend
Memorial Day weekend at America’s
Racetrack, Summit Motorsports Park
in Norwalk, Ohio. The PDRA will wrap
up the first half of the season on
Father’s Day weekend once again at
Maryland International Raceway in
Budds Creek, Maryland on June 12-14.
After a six-week summer break, of
sorts, the series will return to US
131 Motorsports Park in Martin,
Michigan for the Northern Nationals
that also features nitro and other
specialty elements across the event
that has been a Michigan tradition
for years. Following the trip up
north, the PDRA will return to the
mountains in northeast Tennessee
making a return to Bristol Dragway
on August 22-24 after the inaugural
event in 2024. “Bristol was an
exciting addition to the tour, it
provided a lot of unknowns and
questions but in the end was one of
the most exciting events of the year
at a facility that so many had never
experienced,” said Crossnoe.
The PDRA will return to GALOT
Motorsports Park on September 11-13
for the second time on the calendar
and will complete the twelfth season
of eighth-mile championship drag
racing at Virginia Motorsports Park
on October 2-5 with the Brian Olson
Memorial World Finals.
PDRA officials will have additional
announcements and news in regard to
the 2025 season during the
Performance Racing Industry (PRI)
Show, December 11-13, in
Indianapolis, Indiana along with
crowning the series champions during
the Red Line Oil PDRA Awards Banquet
on Friday, December 12 at the
Indianapolis Downtown Marriott, also
in Indianapolis, Indiana.
2025 PDRA Schedule:
April 2-5 – East Coast Nationals –
GALOT Motorsports Park – Benson, NC
May 1-3 – Mid-Atlantic Showdown –
Virginia Motorsports Park – N.
Dinwiddie, VA
May 22-24 – American Doorslammer
Challenge – Summit Motorsports Park
– Norwalk, OH
June 12-14 – North vs. South
Shootout – Maryland International
Raceway – Budds Creek, MD
Jul. 31-Aug. 2 – Northern Nationals
– US 131 Motorsports Park – Martin,
MI
August 21-23 – Thunder Valley
Throwdown – Bristol Dragway –
Bristol, TN
September 11-13 – DragWars – GALOT
Motorsports Park – Benson, NC
October 2-5 – Brian Olson Memorial
World Finals – Virginia Motorsports
Park – N. Dinwiddie, VA
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