MMA king Randy Couture, a six-time UFC Champion, commentator, actor, and former U.S. Army Sergeant, will be completing his NHRA Pro Mod licensing process April 14 following the conclusion of the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
He’s the latest character in the ever-expanding SCAG Racing family. And he and SCAG Racing will be revealing Couture’s hot rod at their home race, the Route 66 NHRA Nationals at Route 66 Raceway at Joliet, Ill. Courture will make his competition debut at the Virginia NHRA Nationals at Virginia Motorsports Park at Dinwiddie, Va., near Richmond.
The colorful 61-year-old Couture said, “This is a new way to tickle that competitive spirit that I’ve had most of my life, a new place for me to get competitive and make a mark in racing. I’ll bring all the things I developed as a wrestler and martial artist into this realm and see what we can do. I have no idea how it’s going to go but I’m excited about the opportunities.
“I met Randy [SCAG CEO Gloede] in Pomona and started to develop a rapport and a relationship. I expressed some interest in becoming a driver and stepping my toe in the water here as a drag racer,” Couture said. “I’m excited because we share a lot of the same values. And I think this is going to be a very, very good relationship. I’m excited to jump in with both feet. It’s not something I ever saw myself doing, but neither was fighting, and neither was acting, and those things turned out pretty well.”
Couture said he loves the brand of power equipment: “To be a SCAG guy and involved with SCAG is huge to me. I think we’re going to make a mark in the sport, reach new eyes, potentially from the MMA world and the rest of the world that are going to be interested in this world simply because of this relationship. And that’s what it’s all about.”
Tony Stewart won yesterday
He’s kinda old to be getting into pro mods but that’s probably just my jealousy showing.
I plan to build a car for drag and drive events in a couple years, that will be my retirement toy.
He’s running the dragster. Took over for Leah Pruitt after birth if their child
I can’t imagine him having a very good reaction time. Good luck though.
The word on the drag strip is that he’s quite the Natural.
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Screw that guy.
The old boy is getting up in age.
