South Central Division News

INDIANAPOLIS (Dec. 11, 2025) – Heading into its 75th anniversary season, NHRA has announced the full category schedule for all racing classes that will compete in the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series at NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series national events during the highly anticipated celebratory 2026 campaign.   Along with the full category schedule, NHRA also announced purse increase payouts of nearly 15 percent at national events for racers in the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series

In advance of NHRA’s 75th Anniversary celebration in 2026, NHRA has created commemorative new logos for each of its seven geographical divisions, the first update to iconic logos in decades and one that represents a unified design without losing the individuality that racers and fans have associated with their home divisions for decades. Each of the logos still continue the division’s familiar mottos – “We Are #1 for Division 1; Second to None” for Division 2; “Land of the Wi

The 2025 South Central Division 4 season in Stock Eliminator delivered one of the most dominant single-family performances in recent NHRA Sportsman racing history. The Emmons name has long been synonymous with excellence in Stock Eliminator, but this year the family raised the bar even higher—sweeping the top three positions  in the final South Central Division 4 standings. Leading the way was Jerry Emmons, who secured the 2025 South Central Division 4 Stock Eliminator Champi