{"id":104213,"date":"2026-07-07T15:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T15:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/funny-car-standout-spencer-hyde-set-for-debut-at-epic-49th-annual-night-under-fire\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T15:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T15:44:09","slug":"funny-car-standout-spencer-hyde-set-for-debut-at-epic-49th-annual-night-under-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/funny-car-standout-spencer-hyde-set-for-debut-at-epic-49th-annual-night-under-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Funny Car Standout Spencer Hyde Set for Debut at Epic 49th Annual Night Under Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"

2025 NHRA Rookie of the Year and 2026 Funny Car championship contender Spencer Hyde will make his debut appearance at the 49th\u00a0annual Cornwell Tools Night Under Fire at Summit Motorsports Park, July 31-August 1. The Stratford, Ontario, Canada native will race the Head Engineering and Construction 12,000-horsepower Funny Car against some of the fiercest Funny Car competitors in the country for the coveted Night Under Fire championship. Hyde will square off against Jordan Vandergriff, Cruz Pedregon and Ron Capps.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Funny Car line-up is a Who\u2019s Who of tough drivers,\u201d said Hyde. \u201cYou have two world champions and the newest Funny Car driver from John Force Racing. Anyone one of us could win this deal. I am excited to represent Canada, Jim Head Racing, Hyde Construction and everyone that supports our team. Next to winning an NHRA national event getting the King of Nitro title at Night Under Fire is right up there.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

In addition to a host of Nitro Funny Cars Night Under Fire will feature 60 of the fastest racers battling it out under the lights. The show will feature four Top Fuel Dragsters and four Nitro Funny Cars racing for a guaranteed $430,000 purse. The winner of the Funny Car head-to-head battle will face the Top Fuel winner for the King of Nitro title.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Bader family has made Night Under Fire one of the coolest drag racing events in the country,\u201d said Hyde. \u201cMore than the Funny Cars and the Top Fuel dragster it\u2019s the spectacle of racing and speed. I can\u2019t wait to be a part of the show, and I will be watching for sure when I am not racing. The fireworks show is worth the price of admission.\u201d<\/p>\n

Catch the live broadcast of the show on\u00a0FloSports<\/a>, the leader in sports streaming for the first time in the event\u2019s nearly five-decade history. \u00a0Beyond the racing the event will feature sky divers, an autograph session, twin-engined powered jet truck, four 300mph jet dragsters, two Top Fuel Motorcycles, wheel standers, and a $150,000 fireworks show.<\/p>\n

Tickets can be purchased\u00a0here<\/a>. For more information on all the great events at Summit Motorsports Park visit\u00a0www.summitmotorsportspark.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published on July 7, 2026. \"Drag<\/p>\n

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2025 NHRA Rookie of the Year and 2026 Funny Car championship contender Spencer Hyde will make his debut appearance at the 49th\u00a0annual Cornwell Tools Night Under Fire at Summit Motorsports Park, July 31-August 1. The Stratford, Ontario, Canada native will race the Head Engineering and Construction 12,000-horsepower Funny Car against some of the fiercest Funny […]<\/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-104213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104213","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=104213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104213\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}