Prior to the 2025-26 Drag Illustrated Winter Series presented by J&A Service, Jerry Bickel Race Cars owner Rick Hord announced one of the biggest incentives in Pro Modified history with the Jerry Bickel Clean Sweep Challenge. If any driver earns the No. 1 qualifying position at all three Winter Series events, that racer will receive a brand-new Jerry Bickel Race Cars Pro Mod rolling chassis, estimated at more than $200,000.
After the Snowbird Outlaw Nationals presented by Motion Raceworks, the first event of the DI Winter Series, one driver stands alone who can earn the prize: Jason Harris and his “Party Time” ‘69 Camaro. While there’s still a ton of work to be done to achieve the end goal, Hord says he’d love nothing more than to present Harris with a brand-new chassis.
“We would love for it to happen,” said Hord. “I didn’t go into this looking at it purely from a statistical side of, ‘Will I ever have to make good on it?’ We went into this wanting to make Jerry Bickel great again, to coin a phrase. I’d be happy to build a guy car because it’ll always be remembered as the car he won and we built it. It’s exciting for us and we’d very much like to see somebody with it.”
In addition, JBRC awarded Harris $5,000 as the No. 1 qualifier at the Snowbirds, and will hand out $7,500 to the No. 1 qualifier at the U.S. Street Nationals presented by M&M Transmission and $10,000 at the World Series of Pro Mod – a total of $22,500 in qualifying bonuses across the three events.
While qualifying No. 1 against 80 top-tier Pro Mods three races in a row might seem unattainable – drag racing announcer and historian Brian Lohnes deemed it “unprecedented in this sport” – Harris is no stranger to finding success against seemingly insurmountable odds. In 2014, Harris won an incredible six events in a row, and won four races in a row again just last season.
But now, the eyes of everyone – both fans and opposing drivers – will be on Harris. The soft-spoken man from North Carolina will enter the U.S. Street Nationals with a massive target on his back. Hord – a veteran Pro Mod driver in his own right – believes that the key to blocking out the noise and pressure is for Harris to simply stay true to what he does.
“I don’t know the Harris family all that well, but I believe they are very grounded,” Hord said. “Talking with them personally at Snowbirds, both (Jason’s father) Bob and Jason are very grateful for everything they do and everything they get. I think if Jason can approach it from the right mindset of going out and having fun, stay composed, and not start overthinking it, he absolutely can do it again – or at least be right in the mix.”
As an added bonus, the car Harris is attempting to win the Clean Sweep Challenge in is a Jerry Bickel chassis as well. For Hord, having a Bickel chassis be the lone car eligible to win is a proud moment, and having Harris represent his company on this stage is even better.
“I mean, it’s a little spine tingling,” said Hord. “They’re humble people and he told me it would mean everything to him. He talked about how they’ve never adjusted the chassis one time. His dad won’t even let anybody under the back of the car. That says something about the car. And we would be proud to see him in a new one. I heard him say on The Wes Buck Show that if he won the car, he wanted a black and gold 1976 Smoky and the Bandit Trans Am. We’ll have to see about that, but one way or another, we’ll have fun with it.”
This story was originally published on January 15, 2026. 
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