{"id":101922,"date":"2025-08-08T21:18:42","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T21:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/randy-weatherford-talks-resurgence-rivalries-and-the-road-ahead\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T21:18:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T21:18:42","slug":"randy-weatherford-talks-resurgence-rivalries-and-the-road-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/randy-weatherford-talks-resurgence-rivalries-and-the-road-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"Randy Weatherford Talks Resurgence, Rivalries, and The Road Ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cI went to Piedmont probably about 30 years ago and I saw Rick Moore, the Mailman, and all of them racing up there. I had just started my company, and I told my wife, \u2018I\u2019m gonna get me one of them.\u2019\u201d Nearly three decades later, Randy Weatherford is still chasing \u2013 and collecting \u2013 wins in Pro Modified. Fresh off a statement-making victory at U.S. 131 Motorsports Park, he\u2019s got his swagger back and the results to match. \u201cI\u2019ve been racing about 28 years now\u2026 Quick 8, Extreme Pro Mod \u2013 all that helped me progress to where I\u2019m at today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Weatherford\u2019s 2025 season has already delivered big moments, including wins at Rockingham Dragway\u2019s Pro Mods at The Rock and the recent PDRA Northern Nationals in Martin, Michigan. Weatherford and his Steve Petty-led WS Construction team made waves at Martin when they made the PDRA Pro Boost debut for Hart\u2019s Turbo\u2019s new Hart\u2019s Charger centrifugal supercharger. Weatherford qualified No. 1 and went on to win the race.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For Weatherford, part of the appeal of the Hart\u2019s Charger is fairness. \u201cThe problem I have with blowers is you\u2019ve got to have a certain blower to run fast. I want something I can reach in that box when it comes from Amazon, pull it out, and it\u2019s the same damn thing every time. Every man racing with us should be able to get the same thing. I don\u2019t want to be limited because somebody says, \u2018I don\u2019t like you, Randy, so I\u2019m not selling you this.\u2019 It puts us all on the same field. Right now, some screws are better than other screws. How is that right to the racers? A screw right now is two years out on production and $50,000. But I can get a Hart\u2019s blower pretty damn quick.\u201d<\/p>\n

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He\u2019s equally quick to credit the people around him. \u201cI think Dustin [Hart] has put a lot of effort into this blower. He fixed the problems we were having. He deserves a chance in this industry \u2013 we need people like that. And I\u2019ve got to throw it out to Steve Petty, Jamie [Miller] and, again, Dustin and the team at Hart\u2019s. I wouldn\u2019t be talking to you today if it wasn\u2019t for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Weatherford\u2019s mechanical edge also comes from car chief Justin Carmack. \u201cThat rear end on my car is probably 12- or 14-pounds lighter than a steel rear end, so I can put that weight somewhere else. That thing really made the car drive better, and it gave it more hook \u2013 I can tell you that.\u201d<\/p>\n

For all the technology, Weatherford says the sport comes down to numbers. \u201cThis drag racing is just math. I run an erection company, so we use numbers all the time \u2013 weights, distances, loads. Once you start tracking that number and keep good records, you just keep going back to them. That\u2019s what\u2019s made us faster. The computers are faster. The fuel injection is faster. It\u2019s a numbers game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even with the best prep, every win still takes a little luck. \u201cQualifying No. 1 [and getting the bye run] was lucky for me, because if I\u2019d had somebody in the other lane first round, I wouldn\u2019t be talking to you right now. I had an electrical problem \u2013 it went out at the 330\u2019 and just cut off. That was my hall pass. We found it, fixed it, and after that I had to be right, because the next guy was Steve King, then Jason Harris \u2013 and he\u2019s got more horseshoes than the damn horse farm does.\u201d<\/p>\n

The final against Ty Tutterow was the kind of matchup Weatherford relishes. \u201cYou damn right I knew he was going to pull that out. I knew it was there because if you watch Kurt [Steding], he went 1.17 in the back half. Do the math. That told us they could run faster. If I couldn\u2019t run that 3.57 and 1.17 back half, would we have seen that from them? I don\u2019t think so. You can\u2019t save it when you run me. You better bring it. That\u2019s what makes this sport good \u2013 we\u2019re dead nuts even right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Beneath the competitive fire is a racer with a reputation for helping others. \u201cI think it comes from my mom \u2013 she always taught me to reach down and help people if I can. I like helping people. I don\u2019t want to be pat on the back for it. It comes from the heart. And in this business, if somebody supports me, I want to support them.\u201d<\/p>\n

With three races left in the PDRA season, Weatherford sits just two rounds out of the points lead. \u201cThis is going to be a nail-biting season. I\u2019ve got something I can run with, and they\u2019re going to show me what they\u2019ve got. We\u2019ll all see what it comes down to.\u201d<\/p>\n

For now, Randy Weatherford is smiling, swinging, and ready for whatever\u2019s next. \u201cWe\u2019re dead nuts even \u2013 and I\u2019m ready to run hard.\u201d<\/p>\n

This story was originally published on August 8, 2025. \"Drag<\/p>\n

The post Randy Weatherford Talks Resurgence, Rivalries, and The Road Ahead<\/a> first appeared on Drag Illustrated<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cI went to Piedmont probably about 30 years ago and I saw Rick Moore, the Mailman, and all of them racing up there. I had just started my company, and I told my wife, \u2018I\u2019m gonna get me one of them.\u2019\u201d Nearly three decades later, Randy Weatherford is still chasing \u2013 and collecting \u2013 wins […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101922\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}