The Ford Racing Nitro Mustang Funny Car continued to show measurable progress during the 2026 NHRA Southern Nationals at South Georgia Motorsports Park, delivering a top-six qualifying effort and flashes of competitive performance throughout the weekend. Piloting the Mustang Funny Car, Austin Prock and the Tasca Racing team used the event to further refine their Funny Car combination, producing one of their most complete runs of the season while continuing to build consistenc

Austin Prock and his Ford Racing Nitro Mustang Funny Car continued to make important, but bittersweet progress during the 2026 NHRA 4-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway, qualifying for Sunday eliminations and collecting valuable data as the team works to unlock the full potential of its Ford Racing Funny Car combination. Prock qualified No. 16 and faced a tough opening-round quad on Sunday against No. 1 qualifier Ron Capps, Chad Green, and Spencer Hyde. Although the weekend ended

Progress in nitro racing is rarely linear. It is built in increments, measured in data, and revealed in flashes. For Tasca Racing, those flashes turned into something more tangible this weekend at the 2026 NHRA Winternationals. By the time qualifying concluded Saturday evening at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip , Austin Prock had delivered a 3.967-second pass at 323.58 mph in the PPG Nitro Mustang Funny Car. On paper, it was a top-five qualifying effort. In context, it was

Tasca Racing continued its early-season development at the 2026 NHRA Arizona Nationals, showing measurable progress across qualifying before a competitive first-round appearance on race day at Firebird Motorsports Park. With Austin Prock behind the wheel of the Motorcraft Quick Lane Nitro Mustang Dark Horse Funny Car, the weekend evolved from early instability into a clear step forward in performance, culminating in a ninth-place qualifying effort. Fighting Through Frida

The 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season began at Gainesville Raceway for the historic NHRA Gatornationals, where Tasca Racing debuted its new driver and leadership combination with Austin Prock behind the wheel of the PPG Nitro Mustang Dark Horse Funny Car. The event marked the first official race weekend for the newly assembled program led by crew chief Jimmy Prock and driver Austin Prock, beginning a new era for the Tasca Racing Funny Car team. Challenging T

Tasca Racing and PPG enter a new competitive chapter in the 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series as reigning Funny Car world champion Austin Prock takes the wheel of the PPG Nitro Mustang Dark Horse Funny Car. Following Tasca Racing’s offseason driver lineup announcement, Prock will pilot the PPG-backed Funny Car at four NHRA national events in 2026, continuing one of the sport’s longest-standing technical partnerships. 2026 PPG Primary Race Schedule The PPG Funny C