Drag Illustrated Issue 164, January 2021

		JASON TERRELL
PHOTO : JAMES SISK	BY AINSLEY JACOBS	Despite some setbacks and uncertainties surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic , the 2020 drag racing season was still one for the history books as racers stepped up to make the most of the unplanned downtime by improving their programs so they could push their performance . With John Sears managing everything from rules to tech , planning and promoting , points and more , it was definitely a complicated task getting the exhausting small-tire year finally wrapped up . When it did , though , it finished with hardearned championships and huge celebrations as Rob Goss took the title in Neal Chance / Precision Turbo & Engine X275 , Brian Keep scored the victory in the Vortech Superchargers Ultra Street Shootout , and Jason Terrell took top honors in Haltech / Nitrous Express Limited 235 . Although he calls Wyoming his home , Goss spent the better part of his year on the road following the wildly popular and highly competitive Neal Chance / Precision Turbo & Engine X275 circuit . His menacing black and green High Horse Performance-built and maintained Dodge Drag- Pak Challenger showed the true prowess of the Gen 3 Hemi HEMI platform in a world typically dominated by Ford and GM . Goss , along with crew chief Bruce Maichle , captured class wins early in the season with his	ProCharged Mopar at both the U . S . Street Nationals season opener at Bradenton Motorsports Park and the prestigious Lights Out 11 event at South Georgia Motorsports Park . He kept the momentum going all year long and wrapped up the 2020 Neal Chance / Precision Turbo & Engine X275 season with enough points to have earned himself the championship . In the Vortech Superchargers Ultra Street Shootout , the championship came down to the wire as it wasn ’ t decided until the last race of the year . Tight competition for racers looking to not break the bank , the class proved itself as the next big thing in small tire racing in 2020 and Florida-based racer Brian Keep was named king of the hill . Racing his ProCharger supercharged ’ 98 Camaro built by NRC Motorsports , Keep trusts a 427 ci small-block Chevy from Hameetman Racing Engines . Despite only winning one race and going to the semifinals several times , the combination proved unbeatable overall in the Vortech Superchargers Ultra Street Shootout . Keep also doubled up the excitement by capturing the 2020 NMRA Edelbrock Xtreme Street championship as well . The Haltech / Nitrous Express Limited 235 group saw some stiff competition , but it was Jason Terrell who held the advantage at the end . Owner of Tin Soldiers Race Cars in Kentucky , Terrell showed that his skills as a builder and
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Despite some setbacks and uncertainties surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic , the 2020 drag racing season was still one for the history books as racers stepped up to make the most of the unplanned downtime by improving their programs so they could push their performance .