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Richard Reagan Charges Toward Pro Street Title at PDRA Thunder Valley
Highlights
- Richard Reagan won Pro Street at PDRA Thunder Valley Throwdown
- Reagan edged Tim Essick in final with 3.951-second pass
- Reagan moved to one point behind class leader Blake Denton
- Largest Pro Street turnout in 2026 with 17 entries at Bristol
- Next PDRA race August 27-29 at Galot Motorsports Park
Richard Reagan wins Pro Street at the PDRA Thunder Valley Throwdown in Bristol, moving within one point of leader Blake Denton. The result tightens the Liberty’s Gears Pro Street title fight, presented by KTR Drag Racing.
In the final, Reagan records 3.951 at 193.24 mph in his screw-blown 1991 Mustang, beating Tim Essick’s 3.986 at 191.00 mph in the “Brown Sugar” 2018 Mustang. Pace and execution define the decider.
Reagan starts the event fourth in points and qualifies second with a 3.973 at 193.71 mph. His trend is incremental improvement through each round under rising pressure.
Round one becomes a solo when Tommy Youmans cannot answer the call after qualifying engine failure. Reagan uses the bye to post a 4.030 at 191.48 mph.
He then dismisses Jerry Morgano with a 3.965 at 193.10 mph as Morgano slows to 4.491. A 3.964 at 192.77 mph covers Mikey Sasina’s 3.992 at 196.50 in the semifinal.
Reagan wins with a 3.951 at 193.24 mph, his quickest run of the event.
Essick qualifies eighth on a 4.030 at 190.27 mph and builds momentum. He eliminates recent tour winner Joel Wensley Jr., then beats Andy Mac’s nitrous ’69 Camaro, before toppling Scott Kincaid to reach the final, as charted in the Thunder Valley wins recap.
Field depth stands out. Seventeen Pro Street entries deliver the largest 2026 turnout at Bristol. Radial veterans debut, including Brian McGee, father of Super Street champion Connor McGee.
Seventeen entries produce 2026’s biggest Pro Street field at Bristol.
McGee drives a nitrous 1967 Mustang built by Jeff and Patrick Miller. Chad Henderson returns the black screw-blown third-gen Camaro once known as “Can’t Get Right,” a car Kye Kelley previously steers to Snowbird success.
The gap from the quickest 3.98 to ninth at 4.05 underscores compression in the class, as reflected in the Thunder Valley qualifiers. “It’s anybody’s race,” Reagan says. “You just gotta do your job.”
“It’s anybody’s race… I think it’s in a great place.” — Richard Reagan
Attention now turns to the next round at Galot Motorsports Park, August 27-29. The series returns to Benson for the second time in 2026, with Reagan carrying momentum into Drag Wars presented by Big Stuff Total Power Management. “Maybe we can win the next two,” he says.
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