With his $50,000 victory at the Snowbird Outlaw Nationals presented by Motion Raceworks, two-time PDRA Pro Boost world champion Jason Harris is the points leader going into the second race of the 2025/2026 Drag Illustrated Winter Series presented by J&A Service, the U.S. Street Nationals presented by M&M Transmission. Harris and several other Pro Modified stars are now in contention for the second annual DI Winter Series championship.
Harris is also in the running for the inaugural Elite Motorsports Million – a million-dollar bonus for winning all three Winter Series races – and the Jerry Bickel Clean Sweep Challenge, which awards a brand-new Pro Mod rolling chassis for qualifying No. 1 at all three races.
With a special “Party Time” Harold Denton tribute wrap on his Harts Charger-boosted ’69 Camaro, Harris qualified No. 1 and went to the final round to line up against Brazil’s Sidnei Frigo. Harris left the line first and won with a 3.561-second ET at 211.06 mph to Frigo’s 3.570 at 211.33.
“We all felt like [the Million] was unobtainable, but maybe it is obtainable. Who knows?” Harris said. “I’ve done crazier things, and just to be able to get a chance to even have the chance to do it just puts kudos to what we accomplished in racing. I thank Richard Freeman and Elite Motorsports for putting up the million dollars and Wes and the DI guys for setting that up. Thanks also to Jerry Bickel Race Cars for the opportunity to compete for a new car.”
Working with tuners Jeff Pierce and Stevie “Fast” Jackson out of the Killin’ Time Racing camp, Frigo made a major statement with his performance in the screw-blown Artivinco Racing ’23 Camaro. He ran in the low 3.60s in the first four rounds to knock down the three winners from the inaugural Winter Series – Drag Illustrated World Series of Pro Mod winner Steve King in round two, defending Snowbirds winner Kye Kelley in round three, and U.S. Street Nationals winner and Winter Series champion Ken Quartuccio in the semifinals. Frigo is second in points.
Quartuccio ranks third with his semifinal exit and No. 8 qualifying position. The defending Winter Series champion was certainly one to watch at the Snowbirds behind the wheel of the Steve Petty-tuned, screw-blown Tidwell Nesloney Racing ’69 Camaro. He charged hard throughout eliminations, ultimately losing to Frigo’s 3.594 with a 3.601. It’s looking like Quartuccio will not defend his title, though, as he announced last week that he’s taking a step back from driving to focus on business opportunities. Spencer Hyde, the 2023 WSOPM champion turned 2025 NHRA Rookie of the Year, will replace Quartuccio in the Tidwell/Nesloney Camaro. Quartuccio’s points will remain with him, though.
Three-time PDRA Pro Boost world champion Kevin Rivenbark is fourth in points with his semifinal finish driving Stan Shelton’s screw-blown Culp Lumber ’21 Mustang. Rivenbark was outside the 32-car field in the No. 34 spot after the final qualifying session, but he was inserted into the field as an alternate due to a few crashes and breakage. His 3.658 fell to Harris’ 3.576 in the semis.
Kelley, who shocked the Pro Mod world when he won the 2024 Snowbirds in his steel-roof-and-quarters ’85 Camaro, rounds out the top five after qualifying No. 5 and reaching the quarterfinals. He rolled into the Winter Series with an actual Pro Mod, a screw-blown ’25 Camaro nicknamed “Uncle Larry” from Larry Jeffers Race Cars. He got a close first-round win over fellow Mississippi-based No Prep Kings star Scott Taylor and a slight holeshot win over NHRA Pro Mod’s Justin Bond before losing to Frigo by nine thousandths in the third round.
The other quarterfinalists – Eric Gustafson, Randy Weatherford, and Billy Banaka – sit sixth, seventh, and eighth in the points standings.
Doorslammer world record holder Jimmy Taylor is ninth on the strength of his No. 2 qualifying effort and his second-round exit. Pro Mod newcomer John Doc qualified No. 7 and went to the second round, putting him No. 10.
The 2025/2026 DI Winter Series presented by J&A Service will continue Jan. 22-25 with the U.S. Street Nationals presented by M&M Transmission at Bradenton Motorsports Park.
This story was originally published on January 6, 2026. 
