Each year, Jacob Harper of Big Jake Promotions holds some of the biggest No Time (N/T) drag racing events in the country. This September 6th and 7th, Harper will once again host the Southern No Time Nationals presented by Callies Performance and Energy Manufacturing. The race is taking place at Xtreme Raceway Park in Ferris, Texas, and with over $150,000 up for grabs.

The premiere class of the event is an invitational shootout known as Bear Sh*t 28/275. The rules are as simple as they can get. The class is open to any No Time car that shows up on either a 28-inch diameter slick or a 275 radial. The types of vehicles that show up will vary from Radial vs The World cars and Pro Mods, to race cars that retain the factory roof and quarter panels. Engine combinations are just as diverse as the cars themselves. There will be ProChargers, screw and roots blowers, lots of nitrous, and turbochargers assisting small-blocks, big-blocks, mountain motors, and Hemis. The winner of this colossal battle will receive $100,000, so it’s all but guaranteed the quickest and fastest cars from around the country will be at XRP in September for the Southern No Time Nationals to knock off all the other bears.

According to Jake, there are close to 50 racers already entered for the Bear Sh*t 28/275 invitational shootout. Among the bears already locked in for the event are Fletcher Cox, Randall Segrest, Shawn Wilhoit, Troy Mullenberg, Harry Crane, Mark and Eric Moore, Jamie “Triggaman” Hawes, Jay Boddie and Jay Boddie Jr., Tony “Boss” Bynes, Jeff Miller and Bill Lutz, Ty and Scotty Kruck, David Brinkley, Chino Ho, Russel Stone.

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In addition to the main event, there will be a Bear Sh*t ASAG (All Steel All Glass) invitational shootout. This class is for No Time cars only that meet the All Steel All Glass requirements. Here, you will see factory-appearing race cars on 28-inch diameter slicks or 275 radial tires competing for $45,000. Other shootouts taking place during the Southern No Time Nationals are an anything-goes-on 28s or 275s class and an ASAG class. Both of these shootouts are free to enter, and each has a $10,000 purse. Last but not least is the Outlaw Street class, which is also free to enter and offers a $5,000 prize to the winner.

While the Southern No Time Nationals is a shootout event, there will be plenty of grudge racing all weekend. Many of the names already mentioned, along with countless other racers that will be in attendance have locked in grudge races awaiting them on September 6th and 7th. An epic bonus race that will take place and entertain the crowd is a best-of-three match race between Frankie “The Mad Man” Taylor and “Big” Norm Bryson. Taylor’s car will be in Pro Mod trim on big slicks with wheelie bars, and Bryson’s car will be in Radial vs The World trim on a 315 drag radial with no wheel bars.

An event of this caliber would not be possible without the support of sponsors and the Southern No Time Nationals has some of the biggest and best companies in the racing industry on board. Leaders in the industry, including Nitrous Outlet, Flo Supply, Circle D Specialties, FuelTech USA, and RK Racecraft are all helping support this event. Additionally, other sponsors include Bryson Motorsports, BC Companies, Coyote Arms Shooting Center, Kings Construction, Southern Speed Racing, Skinny Me America, Lakeside Collision Center, AB Electric, Star 1 Contracting, BTM Services LLC, Mac Tools (Harry Crane), Hopped Up By Hubbard (Kenny Hubbard), Cox Racing and Shady Trell Ranch, and 4Ever Grudge. All of these amazing companies and people are what make it possible for events like the Southern No Time Nationals to offer huge payouts, draw all the bears out of the woods, and these companies deserve our support in return.

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Come September 6th and 7th if you want to see the quickest No Time cars anywhere go head-to-head for heaps of cash and bragging rights then you need to be at Xtreme Raceway Park. If you can’t make it, catch all of the action on the 4Ever Grudge YouTube channel.