{"id":103414,"date":"2026-04-21T00:44:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T00:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/worth-the-weight-jason-harris-party-time-team-win-pro-boost-at-pdra-east-coast-nationals\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T00:44:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T00:44:07","slug":"worth-the-weight-jason-harris-party-time-team-win-pro-boost-at-pdra-east-coast-nationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/worth-the-weight-jason-harris-party-time-team-win-pro-boost-at-pdra-east-coast-nationals\/","title":{"rendered":"Worth The Weight: Jason Harris, \u2018Party Time\u2019 Team Win Pro Boost at PDRA East Coast Nationals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two-time PDRA Pro Boost world champion Jason Harris overcame a 50-pound weight penalty on the centrifugal supercharger combination after the season-opening Carolina Nationals to win in front of his home crowd Saturday night at the Summit Racing Equipment East Coast Nationals presented by FuelTech at Darana Motorsports Park, formerly known as GALOT Motorsports Park.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Driving the Harts Charger-boosted Southern Diamond Company \u201cParty Time\u201d \u201969 Camaro, Harris moved first in the final round ahead of No. 1 qualifier Melanie Salemi and held the lead despite a dropped cylinder, winning with a 3.643 at 200.47. Salemi also ran into issues and slowed to a 3.723 at 168.53.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve raced here a lot. I really haven\u2019t won a lot here, but it\u2019s special when you can win at home and you\u2019ve got all your fans \u2013 I mean I have tons of fans here \u2013 and we\u2019re selling t-shirts and everything we can,\u201d said Harris, who thanked Southern Diamond Company, Harts Charger, Pro Line Racing, TKM Performance, Hoosier Tire, and LAT Oil. \u201cIt\u2019s amazing to win when you have the support that we have in the sport. It\u2019s just amazing to do what we\u2019ve done. I think this is my 19th PDRA victory. I\u2019ve won some championships over here. My heart\u2019s over here, but right now, I\u2019m just so happy to be in the winner\u2019s circle, and finally not screw up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harris qualified second and raced to a 3.637 at 210.37 over Joel Wensley Sr., who slowed to a 6.068, in the first round. He then won a side-by-side race over two-time and reigning Pro Street world champion Ethan Steding, with Harris posting a 3.639 at 209.62 to Steding\u2019s 3.647. The notoriously quick-leaving Harris left on his opponents in the first two rounds, but he saved his best reaction time \u2013 a .004 \u2013 for the semifinals against Darlington winner Johnny Camp. He paired that with a 3.612 at 209.20 to defeat Camp and his 3.627 at 208.88.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Harris and his Party Time Racing team were some of the more vocal critics of the 50-pound weight penalty added to the centrifugally supercharged combinations between races. The rule changes were still very much on his mind in the winner\u2019s circle, though he joked in his top-end interview with FloRacing\u2019s Kayla Morton, \u201cI can\u2019t really bitch about the weight anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI really wasn\u2019t happy about the rule change,\u201d Harris said. \u201cI definitely think something needed to be done. I didn\u2019t want to run away with it. Nobody wants to win like that. I feel like as a whole, as a group, we\u2019re all friends here, and we want to make it as fair as possible, and I think we\u2019re getting closer. I think maybe these knee-jerk reactions need to be talked about before they\u2019re done, but obviously they had to do something for this race.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The East Coast Nationals marked the end of a grueling stretch for the 2025 Snowbird Outlaw Nationals winner and his Party Time team. It started in mid-March at the IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series season opener at Darana Motorsports Park \u2013 Benson, NC and continued a week later at the PDRA season opener, the Carolina Nationals, at Darlington Dragway. After a weekend off for Easter, Harris went to the final round at the next IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series stop at Virginia Motorsports Park, losing to Tony Wilson. Harris didn\u2019t think this final was going to go his way either, but it did, rewarding him and his team at just the right time.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just work hard. We\u2019re a hardworking team,\u201d Harris said. \u201cMy car is awesome. I think my car is probably one of the best cars on the planet right now. We\u2019ve had some bad luck. I\u2019ve had TPSs go bad in the other final. I went brain dead here and then I had a hole out then. [Salemi] should have beat me. She really should have. I\u2019d already accepted the racing gods\u2019 fates about half track and then she just went away. But Mel\u2019s a hell of a competitor. Everybody in this class is awesome.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had our struggles,\u201d Harris continued. \u201cWe put motors together. We did everything we could to not be in the finals. It just worked out.\u201d<\/p>\n

This story was originally published on April 20, 2026. \"Drag<\/p>\n

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