A few years ago, the cover of the Drag Illustrated 30 Under 30 Issue highlighted the youth movement in NHRA Pro Stock, with Aaron Stanfield, Dallas Glenn, Troy Coughlin Jr., and Kyle Koretsky serving as the face of that movement. Others like Mason McGaha and the Cuadra brothers were also a part of that movement, and now they’re getting their spot on the 30 Under 30 list this year.
[Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in DI #191, the 30 Under 30 Issue, in November / December of 2024.]
Over the last few seasons, a similar youth movement has been developing in the PDRA’s Pro Street class. A rebirth of Outlaw 10.5 sans drag radials, Pro Street features stock-appearing race cars utilizing Pro Modified-level engines and power adders riding on 10.5-inch-wide slicks. Pro Street has steadily gained traction in the PDRA since its current iteration was introduced as a championship-earning category in 2021. This season, it boasted full 16-car fields at five of the eight races on the schedule. Four of those races had more than 16 cars, with the Brian Olson Memorial World Finals setting a series/class record with 20 entries.
Pro Street includes possibly the largest concentration of young participants outside of the Jr. Dragster classes in the PDRA. To kick off the 2024 DI 30 Under 30 list, we’re highlighting three of the key players in Pro Street that are younger than 30. Ethan Steding, the 2021 Pro Jr. Dragster world champion, made his Pro Street debut at this year’s season-opening East Coast Nationals at GALOT Motorsports Park and went on to win the world championship at just 17 years old. The championship runner-up, Scott Kincaid, made his Pro Street debut last season at 24 years old and won five consecutive races, including this year’s season opener. Ronnie Green Jr., 27, tuned his father, Ron Green, to the No. 1 qualifier position at the inaugural Pro 10.5 Challenge during the World Series of Pro Mod, then repeated the feat at the PDRA season opener. The Greens went on to win the Summit Racing Equipment PDRA ProStars all-star event over the summer.
Steding, Kincaid, and Green aren’t the only young guns in the class. Joel Wensley Jr., 28, enjoyed a career-best season by finishing fourth in the points standings with just one first-round exit. He qualified No. 2 at the World Finals and became one of just a handful of drivers in the class to dip into the 3.80s. Ty Kasper, a 2022 DI 30 Under 30 honoree, is a multi-time winner in the class who scored his first career No. 1 qualifier award this season. “Quick” Nick Schroeder, who made the 30 Under 30 list in 2021, won the inaugural Pro 10.5 Challenge at WSOPM and reached the semis at the World Finals in just his second PDRA appearance of the season.
2023 30 Under 30 honorees Kallee Mills and Blake Denton made their Pro Street debuts this season. Mills stepped away from the No Prep Kings scene to run three races and Denton got out of his 2023 championship-winning Super Street ride to drive the nitrous-fed “Bonnie” ’69 Camaro previously driven by the late Lizzy Musi in NPK competition.
Similarly, young people can be found working in the Pro Street pits. Ty Tutterow, a member of the 2016 DI 30 Under 30 class, worked with his father, Todd “King Tut” Tutterow, to tune Steding’s championship-winning, roots-blown Pro Street Camaro. Tyler Morgano, the 28-year-old son of Outlaw 10.5 stalwart Jerry Morgano, has served as one of his father’s main crew members for years while also helping him run the Atomizer Outlaw 10.5 National Championship Series from 2014 through 2020. Pro Jr. Dragster driver Brooke Riddle, 15, works closely with her father, 2023 Pro Street world champion Bill Riddle, as one of his main crew members.
Like NHRA Pro Stock, Outlaw 10.5 was previously written off as a class on life support. Today, both classes are thriving with full fields and reenergized reputations, thanks in part to a new crop of young drivers, tuners, and crew members.
This story was originally published on February 10, 2025. 
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