{"id":102831,"date":"2026-01-08T20:44:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T20:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/nate-sayler-believes-big-changes-will-lead-to-success-at-u-s-street-nationals\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T20:44:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T20:44:05","slug":"nate-sayler-believes-big-changes-will-lead-to-success-at-u-s-street-nationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/nate-sayler-believes-big-changes-will-lead-to-success-at-u-s-street-nationals\/","title":{"rendered":"Nate Sayler Believes Big Changes Will Lead to Success at U.S. Street Nationals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former No Prep Kings star Nate Sayler arrived in Bradenton, Florida last December for the Snowbird Outlaw Nationals presented by Motion Raceworks with high hopes. Piloting his brand-new screw-blown \u201967 Mustang, built by Quarter-Max Racing and powered by a ProLine MH8 4.9 Hemi, Sayler appeared primed for a breakout performance.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the car backfired on the starting line in Q1, forcing the team to ship in parts overnight and putting them behind the eight ball all weekend. In the final qualifying session, Sayler laid down a respectable 3.660 e.t. at 206.16 mph \u2013 but with 80 top-tier Pro Mods fighting for 32 spots, the run was only good enough for the No. 56 spot.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter not qualifying at the Snowbirds, I decided I needed a big change,\u201d said Sayler. \u201cWe changed the car\u2019s setup completely, from top to bottom. I mean, we left nothing unturned. We knew we had all the right pieces; we just needed to get them all in the right places.\u201d<\/p>\n

Getting those pieces in place required multiple days of testing at Bradenton Motorsports Park in preparation for the upcoming U.S. Street Nationals presented by M&M Transmission, the second race of the Drag Illustrated Winter Series presented by J&A Service.<\/p>\n

It also required the right people \u2013 whether it was advice from ProLine Racing co-owner Eric Dillard, assistance on the keyboard from championship tuners Steve Petty and Brandon Stroud, or chassis adjustments from RK Racecraft\u2019s founder Ryan Rakestraw.<\/p>\n

That wealth of knowledge produced results immediately, with Sayler continuously making the quickest passes of his career \u2013 passes that would\u2019ve put him in the top 10 on the qualifying sheet at the Snowbirds.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hot lapped this car just like we were going rounds,\u201d Sayler said. \u201cI was running new career bests every other pass. Once we started chipping away at the number, we had more and more people helping and joining in. We brought an army testing with us and we were on a mission.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Sayler is no stranger to fast doorslammer racing, having won NPK events and a team championship in the past with his steel roof and quarters \u201967 Chevy Nova. However, the Snowbirds was just his second appearance in his purpose-built Pro Mod. He debuted the Mustang last November at the IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series event in Benson, North Carolina.<\/p>\n

Now, with a car that is finally running the way he wants it to \u2013 and plenty more left in the tank \u2013 Sayler is primed to make some noise at the second race of the Winter Series.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had the best crew, the best tuners in the business, and one of the best chassis guys around working on this car for two days straight,\u201d said Sayler. \u201cWe now have a race car that I\u2019m looking forward to putting in the beams during Q1 of the U.S. Street Nationals in a couple weeks. I say it to my guys all the time: \u2018Don\u2019t bitch about it \u2013 do something about it.\u2019 And we did.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 2025\/2026 DI Winter Series presented by J&A Service will continue Jan. 23-25 with the U.S. Street Nationals presented by M&M Transmission at Bradenton Motorsports Park.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published on January 8, 2026. \"Drag<\/p>\n

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Former No Prep Kings star Nate Sayler arrived in Bradenton, Florida last December for the Snowbird Outlaw Nationals presented by Motion Raceworks with high hopes. Piloting his brand-new screw-blown \u201967 Mustang, built by Quarter-Max Racing and powered by a ProLine MH8 4.9 Hemi, Sayler appeared primed for a breakout performance. Unfortunately, the car backfired on […]<\/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-102831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102831","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=102831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102831\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}