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Furr and 2022 PDRA Top Dragster world champion Tisha Wilson were the last two Top Dragster racers standing after outlasting a field full of PDRA Elite Top Dragster and Top Dragster competitors . Similarly , Intercontinental Top Sportsman Championship winner Tim Molnar and runner-up Ronnie Proctor both represented Team PDRA .
Furr got into drag racing right out of college in the early 1990s thanks
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to his late brother , John Furr , who was a three-time IHRA world champion . Steve collected three IHRA world titles of his own before his brother passed , then won another two after his passing . As IHRA changed its format , Furr started running in NHRA competition , where he still competes . He also started competing in PDRA Elite Top Dragster several years ago , attracted by the ability to run his Pro- Charged Right Trailers Americanbuilt |
dragster as fast as he wants – within his dial-in , of course .
“ At the time I started running PDRA , I ’ d go to four or five races that were close . I got hooked on it ,” says Furr , who thanked longtime supporters like Hoosier Tires , VP Racing Fuels , Right Trailers , and PAR Racing Engines . “ It ’ s a great sanctioning body . They do a great job . A lot of fast cars , which I like . I like going fast . This ProCharger setup has been
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fun to play with . Over at NHRA , they ’ ve got us on a limiter . We can ’ t go but so fast . Being able to run them more open over here is a lot more fun .”
In between rounds at the PDRA Mid- Atlantic Showdown at Virginia Motorsports Park , Drag Illustrated sat down with Furr for a quick interview looking back on his recent success and looking ahead at what ’ s to come this season .
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