{"id":102199,"date":"2025-09-16T13:14:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T13:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/women-of-power-2025-tina-pierce-is-switching-it-up\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T13:14:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T13:14:13","slug":"women-of-power-2025-tina-pierce-is-switching-it-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/women-of-power-2025-tina-pierce-is-switching-it-up\/","title":{"rendered":"WOMEN OF POWER 2025: Tina Pierce Is Switching It Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Drag racing fans have been following Tina Pierce since 2009 across a variety of formats: from\u00a0Street Outlaws<\/em>and no-prep racing to radial and drag-and-drive events. Most recently, she has focused on piloting her \u201908 Chevy Colorado in Top Sportsman in the Mid-West Drag Racing Series.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Editor\u2019s Note: This story originally appeared in DI #195, the Women of Power Issue, in July\/August of 2025.<\/em><\/p>\n

While fans may be familiar with the red truck, Pierce\u2019s new combination this year may not be quite as familiar. In an effort to help boost performance, Pierce and her husband, David, teamed up with Compressed Air Supercharging and owner Mark Griffin for a unique source of horsepower to pair with Pierce\u2019s 509ci big-block Chevy. The truck currently runs 4.40s at 160 mph in the eighth mile, running just 15 pounds of boost on the dual system.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we first saw this system, I actually raced Mark, and we were looking at his time slips,\u201d says Pierce. \u201cHe had run four 4.50s in a row, just one right after another. David was very interested in it. We talked to Mark for probably nine months before we decided to switch everything over, because it was so new and we had lots of questions.\u201d<\/p>\n

The biggest factor in their decision was consistency. Pierce previously ran a stock block LS motor with twin turbos, running low 5-second passes. However, the allure of not being concerned about the effects of changing weather conditions or climates with the CAS system was too good to pass up.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe consistency makes sense because you\u2019re putting your own atmosphere in the engine,\u201d Pierce says. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter where you\u2019re at, you\u2019re going to be running the same number. The track is really all you\u2019re fighting. There\u2019s no additional forces we have to worry about \u2013 we don\u2019t have to spin turbos, blowers, or anything. It\u2019s all naturally aspirated until you make that pass. It\u2019s so easy on the transmission, engine, everything.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

While Pierce is focused on running Top Sportsman, she also competed in Motion Raceworks Mega Week presented by Sick the Mag during the first week of June, alongside her 16-year-old daughter, Kenzie \u2013 with David as their co-pilot. Pierce drove her LS-powered, twin-turbo \u201866 Nova, running 7.30s to start the week in Ultimate Radial. Unfortunately, over the course of the 1,320-mile route with tracks in Oklahoma, Missouri, and Texas, issues derailed her chances of winning.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Nova did not go so well for me,\u201d admits Pierce. \u201cThe first two days I ran 7.35, then we came down to Noble [Oklahoma] and I only ran an 8.04. We messed up my injector drivers and didn\u2019t know it. When we got down to Texas, we couldn\u2019t spool up or even get it started. We put a tube into the intake so we could spray brake clean in it so it would run, just so I could break the beams. I had a 20-second run, so I went from first or second fastest there, all the way to the very bottom.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite the struggles, Pierce was still all smiles at the end of the week after racing with her daughter, who competed in the Tailgate class in the family\u2019s blue \u201804 Colorado. Also sporting a new single-system Compressed Air Supercharging combination, Kenzie ran 8.75 during the week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s so neat to see because her and I don\u2019t always get along when it comes to this kind of stuff,\u201d Pierce says. \u201cI coached her in softball since she was four, and we kind of got into it when she was 12. Now, it\u2019s kind of the same thing, but she\u2019s actually taking some of the stuff that I tell her.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not only did Kenzie complete Mega Week, she closed out the event by winning one of the special heads-up shootouts on the final day in Tulsa. For Tina, it was an unforgettable experience witnessing her daughter\u2019s accomplishment in person.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cOh my gosh, I\u2019m so proud because it\u2019s doing this as a family,\u201d says Pierce. \u201cShe\u2019s really good on the tree and she knows how to race. It\u2019s nice to see younger generations \u2013 plus an extension of me \u2013 coming out here and doing the things that we like doing. She didn\u2019t even flinch. She did everything she\u2019s supposed to do \u2013 and won. I was like, \u2018Oh my God, this is so awesome!\u201d<\/p>\n

As for Tina, her sights are set on continuing to chase the points battle in the MWDRS Top Sportsman class in 2025. Fans can see her at upcoming Mid-West events at Flying H Dragstrip, U.S. 131 Motorsports Park, and Tulsa Raceway Park.<\/p>\n

The post WOMEN OF POWER 2025: Tina Pierce Is Switching It Up<\/a> first appeared on Drag Illustrated<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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