{"id":90976,"date":"2024-01-15T16:18:25","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T16:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/aaron-stanfield-prepared-to-turn-shop-fever-into-shootout-focus-for-pro-superstar-shootout\/"},"modified":"2024-01-20T23:49:57","modified_gmt":"2024-01-20T23:49:57","slug":"aaron-stanfield-prepared-to-turn-shop-fever-into-shootout-focus-for-pro-superstar-shootout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/aaron-stanfield-prepared-to-turn-shop-fever-into-shootout-focus-for-pro-superstar-shootout\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Stanfield Prepared to Turn Shop Fever Into Shootout Focus for PRO Superstar Shootout"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pro Stock standout Aaron Stanfield has a fever that not even Will Ferrell\u2019s cowbell could cure. It\u2019s shop fever \u2013 loosely defined as the itching agitation that a drag racer feels after spending too many days in the shop without getting out on the track to experience the rush of dopamine and adrenaline that only comes from the power of acceleration coursing through one\u2019s body.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI tell the guys here (at Stanfield Racing Engines), we\u2019ve been working in the shop for so long I\u2019m starting to get shop fever,\u201d joked Stanfield. \u201cI\u2019m just ready to get back out there and get to racing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Luckily for Stanfield, the wait is almost over. He will join his fellow Elite Motorsports Pro Stock teammates for the inaugural SCAG Power Equipment PRO Superstar Shootout presented by Johnson\u2019s Horsepowered Garage, Feb. 8-10, at Bradenton Motorsports Park.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After winning the final NHRA national event in 2023 as well as his third Factory Stock Showdown world championship, Stanfield is poised to make a powerful performance when he hits the track in Bradenton. He\u2019s excited to get behind the wheel of his Johnson\u2019s Horsepowered Garage \/ Melling Performance \/ Janac Brothers \/ JC3 Energy Camaro.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis event is going to be a good way for everybody to do a little testing before the NHRA season gets kicked off,\u201d said Stanfield. \u201cAnd the fact that we are racing for some big money increases the stakes. It\u2019s something to get the competition in your mind primed up and ready to go.\u201d<\/p>\n

With $125,000 in prize money going to the Pro Stock winner, Stanfield knows what a significant impact that kind of money would make on his race program. But he\u2019s a true competitor at heart and he would likely be just as amped up to hit the track if they were racing only for the sport of it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, if we could win that money that would be a big help,\u201d shared the talented driver. \u201cBut any time I can make runs down the racetrack I should be getting better. It\u2019s an extra opportunity to get to go make some runs down the racetrack and also start getting our car dialed in before points start to matter.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Stanfield has tested at the track at Bradenton in the past, this will be the first time the Louisiana-based driver will get to compete at the facility. It\u2019s an opportunity he\u2019s very much looking forward to experiencing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve tested at Bradenton but I\u2019ve never raced an event there,\u201d said Stanfield. \u201cIt\u2019s fast and from what I\u2019ve heard they\u2019ve been putting a lot of work into the facility. I know from the past just following the racetrack they put on a lot of great events so it\u2019s an ideal place to host something like this. We should have perfect weather and it should be really fast. I think we will see some quick numbers from all categories. So that\u2019s pretty cool.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ultimately, for the racers participating in the PRO Superstar Shootout, it\u2019s as much about delighting the fans as it is about the competition itself, a sentiment that Stanfield strongly echoes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the fans should know this is something new and very different,\u201d said Stanfield. \u201cWe are going to be racing at a great racetrack. We are going to have all the big names in drag racing. This is the first event of its kind where all of the NHRA pro racers have stepped out of the NHRA assembly and tried to do their own thing, so to win and be a part of that history would be incredible. It\u2019s going to be a knockdown drag-out in every sense of the word.\u201d<\/p>\n

The SCAG Power Equipment PRO Superstar Shootout presented by JHG, also featuring $250,000-to-win Top Fuel and Funny Car, will take place Feb. 8-10 at Bradenton Motorsports Park in Bradenton, Fla. Tickets are now on sale at https:\/\/bit.ly\/scagpro<\/span><\/a>. Fans can also watch the entire race live through FloRacing at https:\/\/flosports.link\/3t04gHk<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Pro Stock standout Aaron Stanfield has a fever that not even Will Ferrell\u2019s cowbell could cure. It\u2019s shop fever \u2013 loosely defined as the itching agitation that a drag racer feels after spending too many days in the shop without getting out on the track to experience the rush of dopamine and adrenaline that only […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,78117,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drag-racing","category-race-pages","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90976","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=90976"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91075,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90976\/revisions\/91075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}