2017 | Bandimere Speedway, Morrison, Colorado
Race History
THREE VENUES. FOUR ERAS. ONE IDEA.
The World Series of Pro Mod has been contested seven times since 2017, at two racetracks, under two different formats, for purses ranging from $100,000 to $150,000. In 2027 it moves to a third. What has never changed is the premise: one weekend, sudden death, and nothing at all for second place.
Three runnings on Thunder Mountain, where corrected altitude could push past 9,000 feet and take everybody’s data away from them. Sixteen invited cars, $100,000 winner take all, no runner-up money and no points. The scoreboards stayed dark. Mike Bowman won the first one as a fan-vote entrant. Carl Stevens Jr. won the second and ran 5.856 at 246.26, the quickest Pro Mod pass in the history of the facility. Scott Oksas won the third after drawing the NHRA points leader in round one and watching him red-light it away.
The world shut down and Bandimere’s days ran out. For three years the race existed mostly as an argument at other racetracks. Drag Illustrated kept big-money doorslammer racing alive in Florida in the meantime, but the World Series itself sat idle.
The race came back bigger. The 16-car invitational became a 32-car field, the quarter-mile became the eighth, and the ladder was thrown out completely in favor of a chip draw. Qualifying for it became an achievement by itself. Spencer Hyde won from 32nd. Derek Ward won after his car refused to fire for the final round. Steve King won from 30th by one thousandth of a second. Aaron Stanfield won on his third Pro Mod start ever. The purse climbed to $150,000.
On March 5-7, 2027, the World Series of Pro Mod runs at Texas Motorplex for the first time, standing alone as a single event rather than the finale of a series. The chip draw stays. The sudden death stays. Everything else is new.
Every champion, with the story of how each one won, is on the Champions page. Records and final rounds are in the Statistics & Record Book.
