THE 2025 INTERVIEW ISSUE
THE 2025 INTERVIEW ISSUE
The Trifecta
Fresh off three world championships in 2024, Brandon Stroud talks tuning at doorslammer racing’ s highest levels
By Nate Van Wagnen • Photographs by Tara Bowker, David Hilner, and Chris Sears
For the last dozen seasons, Brandon Stroud has worked with an ever-expanding list of drivers who compete in a variety of classes and series utilizing Pro Line Racing Engines powerplants. Collaborating with Pro Line co-owners Eric Dillard and Doug Patton and fellow tuners like Steve Petty, Stroud has learned the ins and outs of tuning some of the quickest and fastest doorslammers in drag racing.
Stroud proved just how much he’ s learned last season when three of his drivers earned world championships: Jason Harris in PDRA Pro Boost, Shawn“ Murder Nova” Ellington in Street Outlaws: No Prep Kings, and Chris Daniel in FuelTech Radial Outlaws Series Radial vs. the World. He also won the prestigious 70th Toyota NHRA U. S. Nationals in the Congruity NHRA Pro Mod Series presented by Learn EV + with driver Ken Quartuccio and the Scott Tidwell Racing team, among numerous other victories.
Stroud has another stacked season on tap. On the NHRA Pro Mod side, he’ ll tune a new screw-blown Camaro owned by Dustin Nesloney and driven by Quartuccio under Tidwell’ s awning, plus Billy Banaka and his Billy Banaka Racing Pro- Charged Camaro. He’ ll continue to work with Harris, Johnny Camp, and Jeff Rudolf in PDRA Pro Boost,
NEWLY CROWNED STREET OUTLAWS: NO PREP KINGS CHAMPION SHAWN“ MURDER NOVA” ELLINGTON IS ONE OF THE THREE 2024 CHAMPIONS WHO BENEFITED FROM BRANDON STROUD’ S EXPERTISE LAST SEASON.
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