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The victory at the Ford Performance NHRA Nationals marked the pinnacle of a hard-fought season, as Lazic overcame a two-race deficit to claim the NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by LearnEV+ championship.<\/p>\n
\u201cScott Tidwell was the first person to come up to me and said, \u2018You don\u2019t even know what you just did,\u2019\u201d chuckled Lazic after driving back to the pits with the trophy riding on the hood of his Camaro. \u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s fully sunk in yet.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lazic\u2019s championship journey was a bit unconventional. After missing the first two races of the season and not winning all season long, he capped off his championship weekend with a win at the Ford Performance NHRA Nationals. Lazic wasn\u2019t expecting to compete for a title but focused on consistent performance.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI only had eight races left in the season, so we weren\u2019t sure how it would play out,\u201d Lazic said. \u201cIf I was going to end up just coming in as a blocker toward the end of the year, but rounds and qualifying points added up. We didn\u2019t win a race all year, and it turns out you don\u2019t have to win a race to win a championship.\u201d<\/p>\n
Both the championship and event wins were even sweeter because Lazic\u2019s family was there to witness his big moment.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI got my two sisters, my mom and dad, aunts, and uncles all showed up. It made it pretty special,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The family celebration was brief as Lazic prepared for the final round on Monday, where he not only closed out the season with the championship but also captured his first win of the season when opponent Mike Janis went red in the final round. Lazic sailed to victory with a 5.729-second run at 251.53 mph.<\/p>\n \u201cRacing the legend Mike Janis, a multi-time champ, we knew we would need to run stronger than we did all weekend as he was low E.T. of a few rounds prior and was a .007 light earlier on Sunday,\u201d explained Lazic. \u201cThe air was a fair bit better Monday morning. \u2018Turbo\u2019 Brad Personett was on the up arrows, and I didn\u2019t leave much for him on the tree with a .008. It was a nice cherry on top for my guys and my sponsors to put a race win in the storybook for \u201924.\u201d<\/p>\n Acknowledging the support from his team and sponsors, Lazic said, \u201cI\u2019ve got to say thanks to Sheikh Abdullah, Khalid Al Balooshi, Justin Bond, JBS Equipment, RAD Torque Systems, Goodyear Tires, Brad Anderson [Enterprises], my parents \u2013 the list goes on.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cBrad, one of the best tuners out there, deserves this as much as anyone. It\u2019s a huge accomplishment for everyone involved,\u201d Lazic added.<\/p>\n Lazic\u2019s path wasn\u2019t one where he was set to race in NHRA Pro Mod, but his history with Justin Bond and competing together at Mission Raceway Park has afforded him the opportunity.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cJustin had 1,000 people to pick from come St. Louis 2023,\u201d explained Lazic, who won his debut race at the NHRA Midwest Nationals. \u201cHe\u2019s had multiple calls and people wanting to be that third car, probably with more funding, probably with more crew, but he\u2019s just a guy that looked over and was like, \u2018Hey, I\u2019m going to give someone a bone.\u2019 He comes off as having a hard shell, but that\u2019s how he is if you know him.\u201d<\/p>\n As for the future, Lazic could only share a few details about next season.<\/p>\n \u201cNothing is set in stone. It\u2019s 50-50 right now, but I\u2019ll be heading to a radial race soon. Hopefully, we\u2019ll be celebrating another win,\u201d confessed Lazic. \u201cIt\u2019s not for sure that I won\u2019t be at the DI Winter Series either, but that\u2019s about as much as I can say.\u201d<\/p>\n This story was originally published on November 7, 2024. The post Jordan Lazic Dishes on Making History as First Canadian NHRA Pro Mod Champion<\/a> first appeared on Drag Illustrated<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In what will go down in history as one of the most thrilling NHRA Pro Mod championships, Jordan Lazic emerged as the first Canadian driver to claim the coveted title at the season\u2019s final event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Lazic clinched the title in a high-stakes semifinal match against former world […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96897","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"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96897\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/dragillustrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Jordan-Lazic.jpg\")
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