Bubba Stanton put three runs on the board in eliminations at Virginia Motorsports Park that looked like they came off a bracket car: 3.514, 3.515, 3.501. The last one was not only the quickest Outlaw Pro Mod pass of the weekend, but also in IHRA Outlaw Pro Mod history, and delivered the Potts Camp, Mississippi, veteran his first Ironman trophy of the 2026 season at the second stop on the IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series tour.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m very happy with the car,\u201d said Stanton, who defeated Hank Stubbs in the final round. \u201cThe car has been flawless all weekend. This is the second race out with it, and it took me a little bit to get it worked out, but now we\u2019ve got the car worked out, it just wants more.\u201d<\/p>\n
The car is a new Quarter-Max Racing-built fifth-generation Camaro with a screw-blown Hemi, unveiled at PRI late last year and still being dialed in on race weekends. Two races in, it\u2019s already in the winner\u2019s circle.<\/p>\n
Stanton qualified third in the 14-car field with a 3.531 at 217.98, then survived a wild opening round \u2013 he went red but advanced when Chevy Reeves broke \u2013 before settling into the kind of consistency that has defined his career. He drove past Frankie Taylor with a 3.514 in the second round, then edged Randy Weatherford with a 3.515 in the semifinals before uncorking the 3.501 at 219.08 in the final.<\/p>\n
Stubbs, who had been solid all weekend from the No. 5 qualifying spot, went red by nearly a quarter-second in the final, ending his bid to become the first repeat Outlaw Pro Mod winner this season. Stanton instead became the fifth different winner in five races in the category.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re just going to keep getting after it,\u201d Stanton said. \u201cYou just can\u2019t take chances in the finals. You\u2019ve got to do what you think you can do and get down the racetrack. We\u2019re here to win, not to set records.\u201d<\/p>\n
But when you\u2019re running 3.514, 3.515, and 3.501 in consecutive rounds, both tend to happen at the same time.<\/p>\n
For a two-time Pro Extreme world champion \u2013 2006 in the ADRL and 2014 in the PDRA \u2013 Stanton\u2019s weekend was a reminder that the Mississippi native hasn\u2019t lost a step, even as the competition around him continues to grow.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series heads to Capital City Motorsports Park in Montgomery, Alabama, May 7-9 for the third event of the 2026 season.<\/p>\n
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