{"id":105047,"date":"2026-10-19T16:44:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T16:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/rad-torque-systems-to-back-joey-gladstone-for-full-2027-season-aboard-matt-smith-racing-buell\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T16:44:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T16:44:20","slug":"rad-torque-systems-to-back-joey-gladstone-for-full-2027-season-aboard-matt-smith-racing-buell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/rad-torque-systems-to-back-joey-gladstone-for-full-2027-season-aboard-matt-smith-racing-buell\/","title":{"rendered":"RAD Torque Systems to back Joey Gladstone for full 2027 season aboard Matt Smith Racing Buell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The intense competition within the Pro Stock Motorcycle category will have even more depth in 2027 as Joey Gladstone, a three-time national event winner, will ride a championship-worthy Matt Smith Racing (MSR) Buell for the entire schedule with primary support from RAD Torque Systems. J&amp;A Service will also come on board as an associate sponsor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gladstone returned to the 200-mph two-wheeled class at select events this year for the first time since the Gainesville race in 2024. He first hopped aboard Matt Smith\u2019s own DENSO-backed Buell in Bristol to race for the six-time world champion as he recovered from bladder surgery. Then, when MSR rider Jianna Evaristo was sidelined with a knee injury and later announced she and her husband were expecting their first child, Gladstone again had the opportunity to put on his leathers. He is finishing this season on Evaristo\u2019s JHG Buell before settling in for a full-schedule pull in 2027, proudly flying the colors of RAD Torque Systems.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMatt and Angie have had their stuff figured out for two decades now,\u201d said Gladstone, who originally licensed on an MSR Pro Stock Motorcycle in 2012. \u201cEverybody would love to ride an MSR bike because they consistently fly out there. Matt and Angie are extremely competitive and championship driven, and their stuff performs. It was an easy decision for me; you see how hard they work and that all of their bikes are consistently fast. I hopped on Jianna\u2019s bike and went my career best. You know that all their stuff, at any given time, is capable of going to the pole.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gladstone\u2019s day job is as a crewman for the 11-time world champion-winning KB Titan Racing Pro Stock team, and the color scheme of the motorcycle he rides next year will match that of good friend and KB Titan\u2019s reigning Pro Stock world champion Dallas Glenn. The conversation to ride a Pro Stock Motorcycle and represent an increasingly strong brand in NHRA drag racing began on the starting line in Seattle this year when Dan Provost, the founder and president of RAD Torque Systems, expressed interest in the program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt was really kind of spur of the moment,\u201d shared Gladstone. \u201cDan was like, \u2018It was so cool seeing you on the Motorcycle riding for Matt. You did really well, and we were rooting for you,\u2019 and then he asked me if it opened up any opportunities for next year. I told him that I\u2019d been talking to Matt and Angie, and there was an opportunity but I would need to come up with some funding. He was like, \u2018I\u2019m in.\u2019 We looked back at Dal\u2019s car [Dallas Glenn] and I said it would be pretty cool if we had a Pro Stock bike that looked exactly like that car.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6ad648e3da00b&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6ad648e3da00b\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/dragillustrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/joey-gladstone-2027-rad-torque-buell-rendering.jpg\" alt=\"Rendering of Joey Gladstone&apos;s 2027 RAD Torque Systems Matt Smith Racing Buell Pro Stock Motorcycle, both sides\" class=\"wp-image-99858\"><button class=\"lightbox-trigger\" type=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" data-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\" data-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A rendering of the RAD Torque Systems Matt Smith Racing Buell Joey Gladstone will ride in 2027.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Provost consulted with his partner, Tammy Pigeault, and a short while later, he circled back with Gladstone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDan said, \u2018I\u2019ve got good news. I talked to Tammy, and we\u2019re in,\u2019\u201d Gladstone continued. \u201cWhen we talked on the starting line, I thought it would be cool, but you don\u2019t really know if it\u2019s real or not. When he said it was a go, I was like, this is really happening. I was pretty-well speechless and very emotional, honestly. It\u2019s a really big deal for somebody to believe in you like that, and to be able to do it with Dal and with Dal\u2019s colors, it\u2019s going to be awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gladstone is looking forward to the opportunity to race with the MSR team, represent RAD Torque Systems, and fill out his scorecard. Three of the Wallys he earned came in 2022, a stellar season in which Gladstone raced alongside best friend Cory Reed under the Cory Reed Racing banner. Although it\u2019s been four years since Gladstone has seen the inside of the winner\u2019s circle, his time filling in for Smith and Evaristo this season brought him right back to form. In Bristol, he reached the quarterfinals, and later, in both Norwalk and Rockingham, he was a semifinalist. The rebuilding of his foundation should bode well for the near future as Gladstone melds with one of the most successful teams in Pro Stock Motorcycle history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt was definitely a blessing for me to be able to get on a bike for the second half of the season and really shake the cobwebs off,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m a lot better than I was when I first raced Matt\u2019s bike, but I still have work to do, and it would have been a setback to start in Gainesville without these last few races.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy expectations for next year are just to pick up where I leave off this season. The realistic goals are semifinals and finals, consistently, with the occasional race win. If you do that, you\u2019re in the running. Shoot, even if you just make it to the semis every race, you\u2019re pretty much guaranteed a top three. Running the RAD Torque Systems colors and having to fill Dal\u2019s shoes but on a bike, I\u2019m going to be putting some pressure on myself to perform. I\u2019m very grateful, and I\u2019m really excited.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-modified-info\">This story was originally published on October 19, 2026. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dragillustrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DI_flat_red-e1711481551475.png\" width=\"20px\" alt=\"Drag Illustrated\"><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/dragillustrated.com\/rad-torque-systems-to-back-joey-gladstone-for-full-2027-season-aboard-matt-smith-racing-buell\/\">RAD Torque Systems to back Joey Gladstone for full 2027 season aboard Matt Smith Racing Buell<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/dragillustrated.com\/\">Drag Illustrated<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The intense competition within the Pro Stock Motorcycle category will have even more depth in 2027 as Joey Gladstone, a three-time national event winner, will ride a championship-worthy Matt Smith Racing (MSR) Buell for the entire schedule with primary support from RAD Torque Systems. J&amp;A Service will also come on board as an associate sponsor. 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