{"id":105079,"date":"2026-10-22T14:44:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T14:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/j-c-beattie-jr-caps-off-dominant-2026-season-with-first-pdra-pro-632-world-championship\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T14:44:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T14:44:06","slug":"j-c-beattie-jr-caps-off-dominant-2026-season-with-first-pdra-pro-632-world-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/j-c-beattie-jr-caps-off-dominant-2026-season-with-first-pdra-pro-632-world-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"J.C. Beattie Jr. Caps Off Dominant 2026 Season With First PDRA Pro 632 World Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2026 Red Line Oil PDRA Drag Racing Series season was all about J.C. Beattie Jr. in Pro 632\u00a0presented by Mark Williams Enterprises, as he dominated the class all season long in his nitrous-fed ATI Performance Products \u201918 Camaro. Beattie Jr. picked up four event wins in six races \u2013 including the ProLine Racing Brian Olson Memorial World Finals presented by ProCharger at Virginia Motorsports Park \u2013 and added four No. 1 Qualifier awards to his r\u00e9sum\u00e9 en route to his first PDRA world championship.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Beattie Jr.\u2019s dominance is a far cry from where his program was just a year and a half ago. He admits that it was a struggle early on, and experiencing such a high degree of success this year is a result of all the time and effort he and his team poured into his program.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been playing around for a couple years with NA (naturally aspirated), trying to make it work, and then this bullet showed up from Reher,\u201d said Beattie Jr. \u201cWe had our growing pains, like anybody else \u2013 anything from forgetting to turn the nitrous on, a steering wheel falling off, relays turning off and shutting the car off, just all the gremlins.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI try not to take anything for granted with everything we have,\u201d Beattie Jr. continued. \u201cMy son, he\u2019s like, \u2018When we get nitrous, are we gonna win a race?\u2019 I said, \u2018We\u2019re gonna win a race, that\u2019s all there is to it.\u2019 Did I expect to win four? Absolutely not. I\u2019ve got a good hot rod, and we just executed everything we could do.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Beattie Jr. made his presence known in Pro 632 from the get-go, qualifying No. 1 at the season-opening KTR Carolina Nationals at Darlington Dragway. Due to weather, eliminations were delayed until the second race of the season, the Summit Racing Equipment East Coast Nationals at Galot Motorsports Park. Beattie Jr. not only took home the PDRA 660 Man for the delayed event; he doubled up and won both races in the same weekend, quickly proving he would be the man to beat as the season progressed.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Consistency played a key role in his success as well. Beattie Jr. qualified in the top half of the field at every race, with his worst starting position being fourth at the Hoosier North vs. South Shootout at Maryland International Raceway. Maryland was his only first-round loss as well, allowing championship runner-up Jeff Pittman to briefly cut into the deficit; at every other event this season, Beattie Jr. progressed all the way to the final round, with four event wins and a runner-up finish to Ryan Altman at the Thunder Valley Throwdown in Bristol, Tennessee.<\/p>\n

\u201cChampionship wise, if you show up and you go rounds, you don\u2019t even have to win many to win the championship,\u201d said Beattie. Jr. \u201cYou just got to show up and be there at the end. Jeff was there right beside us most of the year. We would trade seven thousandths here and there, back and forth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beattie Jr. then finished the season in the same manner he started it, qualifying No. 1 and winning the final two events of the year \u2013 PDRA Drag Wars at Galot and the World Finals at VMP \u2013 to put an exclamation point on an unforgettable season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Making the PDRA World Finals event win and season championship even more memorable for Beattie Jr. was getting to share the moment with his son, James Beattie III, whose final-round appearance in Pro Jr. Dragster earned him the 2026 points championship in come-from-behind fashion. It was his second championship, as he had previously won the title in Top Jr. Dragster.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know what else to do now. How do you top this?\u201d Beattie Jr. said as the two celebrated in the VMP winner\u2019s circle. \u201cHim and I need to win a race together, I guess. That\u2019s the only box we didn\u2019t check. This is his first year in 7.90, and we knew he could do well, but to win the championship, a lot of stuff had to go right this weekend. Neither of us knew what to say. I heard them announce it and I still didn\u2019t really believe it. I\u2019ve told him before when he won a race, \u2018My buddy, you never know when you\u2019re gonna win your next one with this sport.\u2019 It is the toughest, nail biting, nitpicking sport that just wears you out. It\u2019s a blast to be a part of it by having him win.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jeff Pittman finished second in the championship points standings with an event win at the PDRA Hoosier North vs. South Shootout and two runner-up finishes in his Hickory Enclosed Trailer Sales \u201968 Chevelle. David Cook Jr. rounded out the top three in points at season\u2019s end, piloting his\u00a0Nelson-powered Copy&PrintWarehouse.com \u201910 GTO.<\/p>\n

The Red Line Oil PDRA Drag Racing Series will celebrate its 2026 world champions at the PDRA Championship Awards Banquet on Friday, Dec. 11 during the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Show weekend in Indianapolis.<\/p>\n

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