{"id":105171,"date":"2026-11-05T14:44:05","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T14:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/austin-vincent-breaks-through-for-first-pdra-super-street-world-championship\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T14:44:05","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T14:44:05","slug":"austin-vincent-breaks-through-for-first-pdra-super-street-world-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/austin-vincent-breaks-through-for-first-pdra-super-street-world-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Vincent Breaks Through For First PDRA Super Street World Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a 2025 season that saw Austin Vincent finish second in the PDRA Super Street points standings, the 22-year-old young gun came back with a vengeance in 2026, winning three events and going to five final rounds in six races to capture the 2026 world championship in 1320 Fabrication Super Street presented by Brian\u2019s Heating & Cooling.<\/p>\n

Vincent and his team overcame the offseason challenges of learning on the fly after converting their nitrous-powered\u00a0Vincent Performance \u201988 Mustang to a FuelTech EFI setup, and midseason rule changes to their combination, remaining incredibly consistent all season long. In addition to his success in eliminations, Vincent never qualified lower than third throughout the entire season.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s absolutely amazing,\u201d Vincent said in the winner\u2019s circle during his championship celebration at Virginia Motorsports Park. \u201cTo get to drive my dad\u2019s car that I watched him race for many years that got me into racing\u2026it took a ton of hard work over the offseason, and\u00a0to come back and compete is one thing; to come out and win a championship in it is absolutely amazing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have to thank my mom and dad \u2013 they\u2019re my biggest supporters,\u201d added Vincent. \u201cWe travel the country racing together and to get to do it with them, it\u2019s absolutely amazing. My best friend Cody comes to every race he can and always helps out. \u2018Cheeseburger,\u2019 he came in this year and helped us figure out the EFI stuff and he\u2019s been killing it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Vincent also thanked Vincent Performance\/Vincent Racing Engines, FuelTech, Nitrous Express, Maxima Racing Oils, Diamond Pistons, Davis Technologies, Jesel, and all the team\u2019s other partners that help \u201ckeep us running up front.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vincent opened the PDRA season in Darlington at the KTR Carolina Nationals with a strong showing that would also prove to be his worst performance of the year \u2013 qualifying third and making it to the semifinals, where he fell to 2025 Super Street champion Connor McGee. Following Darlington, Vincent never qualified lower than second and reached the final round of every event the rest of the year.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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His first win came at the Summit Racing Equipment East Coast Nationals at Galot Motorsports Park, the second stop on the PDRA tour. Vincent earned a bit of payback from Darlington, defeating McGee in the final round with a 4.517 at 167.01 mph to McGee\u2019s 4.569 at 156.35. The friendly rivalry between the two young stars would be a common occurrence throughout the entire season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

At the next event, the Hoosier North vs. South Shootout at Maryland International Raceway, it was once again Vincent and McGee in the finals, with McGee coming out on top this time. But the bigger story following the race centered around rules changes regarding weight and nitrous adjustments that directly affected both Vincent and McGee.<\/p>\n

With the Thunder Valley Throwdown up next at the legendary Bristol Dragway, all eyes were on the two drivers to see how they would respond. Vincent quickly proved he and his team were up to the challenge, as he won his second race of the year, defeating Troy Hill in the final round.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of testing,\u201d Vincent said when asked about adjusting to the rule revisions. \u201cIt\u2019s just gonna take the same dedication we\u2019ve had the whole season. Of course, none of this comes easy for anyone. Everyone works hard out here, and we just got to try to work a little bit harder and stay out front.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vincent wasted little time backing up his Bristol performance, capturing his second consecutive win \u2013 and third of the year \u2013 at the following race, PDRA Drag Wars at Galot. His 4.512 at 167.91 mph was enough to once again take down Hill, who ran 4.583 at 158.35.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Those back-to-back wins perfectly set Vincent up to clinch his first Super Street championship at the ProLine Racing Brian Olson Memorial World Finals presented by ProCharger at VMP, and he did just that by defeating Frank Saffelle III and Dan Whetstine in the first two rounds of competition. Although he would eventually fall short in a great final-round matchup to McGee, it didn\u2019t dampen the excitement for the newly crowned world champion.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, it absolutely takes a ton of work,\u201d said Vincent. \u201cWe go test and test, come back to shop, we work, and test some more. To come out here and just be consistent was the biggest thing. Every race we went 4.50s, and we went bottom .50s at most races. To keep that consistency through the whole season and finish off the championship, it\u2019s fantastic.\u00a0We really do put in a lot of work, and it just shows it\u2019s paying off.\u201d<\/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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After a 2025 season that saw Austin Vincent finish second in the PDRA Super Street points standings, the 22-year-old young gun came back with a vengeance in 2026, winning three events and going to five final rounds in six races to capture the 2026 world championship in 1320 Fabrication Super Street presented by Brian\u2019s Heating […]<\/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-105171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105171","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=105171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105171\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}