Drag racing’s top touring gasser series, the Southeast Gassers Association, will roll into Tennessee for the Ram Clutches Nationals at Knoxville Dragway June 26-27. Race four of the SEGA Championship season will be the only race held in the Volunteer State at the familiar and fitting Knoxville Dragway. The SEGA competitors will volunteer their machines and time to chase gasser glory in the modern day, with the added touch of it being under the lights in the little vale that Knoxville Dragway sits in.
After the oppressive heat SEGA endured at race three at Brainerd Motorsports Park in Ringgold, Georgia, officials decided to shift the competition hours for the organization. The drag racing of SEGA will be on display from evening to nighttime hours at Knoxville Dragway. Test and tune, along with qualifying and eliminations, will have the overhead lights shining, the Christmas tree lit up, and the win lights ready to celebrate every victory. Not often seen, reserved for last-minute calls due to heat or the singular night planned in 2025 at Gulfport Dragway. This is a proactive call by SEGA that will be great for the racers and even better for the fans – Southeast Gassers Association Drag Racing under the lights is special!
SEGA and Knoxville Dragway go way back, and throughout that history, this track has earned a reputation for revealing who’s truly at the top of their game. Rolling into this fourth race of the season, SEGA already has clear frontrunners in each category. Ben Christopher in the Happy Daze A/Gas machine; Jerren Perdue in his white Chevy wagon along with Todd Oden in his boat of a car being a 1958 Chevy Del Ray racing in C/Gas; Jerry Dean in the Last Rebel II Chevy II that edges all of the Super Stock competitors with Rod Walden in his Impala clinging on, and the hometown hero with the rightly themed gasser of The Rocky Top Missile, Ted McKee in B/Gas. Can anyone else in any category dump those Ram Clutches on time and with the right performance to upset the current SEGA frontrunners?
The Ram Clutches Nationals for 2026 will ignite its action on Friday at 5 p.m. eastern with a SEGA-only test and tune that will include a live band to follow on track testing ($20 admission). Saturday has qualifying scheduled for 5 p.m. with championship eliminations to follow, which will put SEGA action under the lights of Knoxville Dragway ($25 admission – $35 weekend pass). Southeast Gassers Association competition will contest heads-up, first to the finish line eliminations to the point of competition, representing an authentic 1960s racing experience.
For more information, visit www.southeastgassers.comor www.knoxvilledragway.com – also check out the social media outlets for both the Southeast Gassers Association and Knoxville Dragway on the major platforms such as Facebook.
This story was originally published on June 26, 2026. 
