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When it comes to the SEMA show, everyone is looking to put their best foot forward. The massive automotive trade show gives all who enter the chance to show their biggest achievements. Amongst the many surprises at this year’s SEMA Daddy Dave’s Audi might be the biggest one that we are interested in. Photo by Daddy Dave Facebook For the longest period, many knew that Daddy Dave was building a brand-new car, and it appeared that none of the predictions that many made about the vehicle he was building were true. Instead of going with something familiar, Dave completely switched up the equation, electing to go with an Audi body to really turn heads. This new car will be replacing his famed Chevy 2 Nova, Goliath, as the main car in Comstock’s stable. Who would have thought that we will have an Audi for the first time in the No Prep Kings Championship in 2023? Photo by Daddy Dave Facebook If everything goes right, Dave will be rolling to victory in his new Audi in upcoming seasons of Street Outlaws and No Prep Kings alike. The first thing that comes to mind as the biggest difference between the old Chevy Goliath and this brand-new Audi Goliath is the aerodynamics the differences as you are about to see are huge because the sleek form of this Audi is promising some major mile-per-hour advantage compared to the boxy Chevy with an upright windshield. Photo by Daddy Dave Facebook After taking the front end of the car off, it was obvious that Daddy Dave and Proline Engines decided to go their own separate ways, so this Audi draws its procharged power from an Xtreme Racing Engines Hemi. In the Live unveiling, Dave told the audience that he built the car to be able to beat dominant competitor, Ryan Martin. While we’re sure that this was said in jest to an extent, it does appear as if Martin has had Dave’s number over the years. While both of these top dogs have been back and forth, Martin seems to remain the number one contender as far as yearly championships go. While the 2023 No Prep Kings Season 6 rules might not be out yet, Dave is positive that this is the way to go in order to hunt down his friend. Let’s check out the below video and observe Dave brand new Audi. Video by Daddy Dave Racing Youtube

Few weeks ago we wrote about Jim Howe and his Howe Motorsports Screw Blower melting the competition in Summit Motorsports Park. Now we have him here again in the No Prep Kings in Texas Motorplex, Ennis in the final against the Kallee Mills and her nasty big tire Camaro. Photo by Howe Motorsports Second-generation heads-up racer Kallee Mills is making a big leap into the world of no-prep racing. She is joining her father, legendary Radial vs The World racer DeWayne Mills, in the big-tire class with big tire Camaro called Golden Kong. This was fantastic drag weekend at Texas Motorplex. The event was postponed until Saturday and Sunday due to the forecasted rain on Friday but this is still the finals that fans of No Prep Kings event have been eager for a long time. With the 1968 Camaro Golden Kong, Kallee Mills managed to win over some big names in No Prep world, such as Doc, John Odom, Giuseppe Gentile, Brody Melton to advance to the finals against Jim Howe. On the left lane there is Jim Howe, second time in the finals of this year No Prep Kings. Jim Howe has a car that will be very dangerous for his opponents in this year and he show us that in style. This weekend he beat Jerry Bird in the Semis for a spot in the Finals. Kye Kelley is also defeated by Jim, meaning that he cannot fight for the crown in this last race. Photo by Howe Motorsports Overall, Ryan Martin wins the No Prep King Championship 2022. That makes it 3 in a row for the King of No Prep! Photo by No Prep Racing We all know that Ryan Martin is one of the best team players out there and when it comes to the team, he is ready to go above and beyond in order to make sure that the whole team climbs the leaderboard together. He is the best in the business right now on no prep games, however, he did not win the Invitational of the last few races and a lot of cars were definitely a lot faster than at the beginning of the season. It means he was having wins pretty easily at the beginning of the season but towards the end, it was tough for him and definitely tough for Kye Kelley. Therefore, they need to do something different for the next year. Photo by No Prep FAM So to not keep you busy, check the video of the Invitational Finals at Texas Motorplex in Ennis. Video by Upshift

While you’re out there drag racing, you never really know what’s going to happen. One moment things might be going as according to plan and the next, well, your plan becomes unhinged, sending you for quite a wild ride as you can do nothing but hang on and hope for the best. This time, we catch up with just that situation as things get a little bit scary when a couple of cars that you might recognize line up at National Trail Raceway of No Prep Kings event: Bonnie and Fireball Camaro. As Martin commented, he put a hot tuneup in his car and thought that the race track was in good condition to lay down a great pass. However, when going head-to-head with fellow competitor, Lizzy Musi, Martin admits that racing with Musi has been a little bit of a challenge. Martin remarks that Musi has had his number over the years and this year, he hoped to turn a corner to try and gain the upper hand. Photo by Discovery When the duo went down the track, Martin did end up coming out ahead. As the drivers began to slow down a little bit, both were moving around the track quite a bit. With that, both drivers crossed the center line, banging doors with one another at incredibly high speeds. Martin says that it was about 200 mph when they hit into one other. It’s something that you never wish on any racer but sometimes, losing control is simply unavoidable as putting down that much power to any surface is something that’s incredibly difficult to do right. Photos by Discovery If you follow along down in the video below, you’ll find the cars end up kissing as they end up making the most of the bad situation. Martin even commented that it was incredibly lucky that the two did not lose control after running into each other at 200 mph. Fortunately, the only damage to be found after the fact was a little bit of body damage and both cars would roll away on to future competition. Video by Discovery

Another element of any good television show is the presence of drama. People like to see their favorite stars tangle with each other and even scrap, but the arguments are the best. It’s entertaining and drama gives us a reason to come back for another episode to find out if the situation has resolved or if it’s still ongoing. Photo by Dragzine This time, we check in with a little bit of a throwback clip that seems to have stemmed from some sort of misunderstanding. With the previous information, though, it can be tough to discriminate between what’s a simple understanding and what is an example of a racer trying to gain an edge in competition. Photo by Dragzine In any case, a couple of drivers from the 405 in Big Chief and Chuck Seitsinger got into a little bit of a debate that slowly but surely got more and more heated with every word that came out. Eventually, the back-and-forth that was related to the “when and where” of a callout elevated to a screaming match that seemed to get blood pressure pumping and had at least one driver walking away unhappy with the results. Photos by Discovery Like it or not, drama is almost always a part of the Street Outlaws script. Drama stimulates our emotions and gives us an adrenaline rush. There is a lot of adrenaline in supply just watching the races but it’s an added bonus to see the drivers in their interactions with each other.In below video of debate between Big Chief and Chuck Seitsinger, we could see why there is a race master to make important decisions. It seems as if otherwise, these guys would go around in circles for hours, trying to figure out who said what and when they said it. Video by Discovery

Source: Upshift 360 & No Prep It’s been 2 weeks since we last heard Chris Hamilton’s (BoostedGT) voice echo through the speakers. It is race #13 ferocious battle to Catch the undisputed Champ Ryan Martin continues and the “battleground” is the Rockingham Dragway popularly known as “the rock”. Just like the coliseum the stands quickly filled up with fans to cheer for their favorite “gladiator.” Bets were being placed left and right, money constantly changing hands and fans screaming to the top of their voice to get heard. It was total chaos but that of positive vibes and happiness. It was an unforgiving track that claimed more that later claimed more than 3 cars consuming them in fire with drivers sometimes getting close mortal like was the case with Robin Roberts who had to be airlifted to a medical facility from the track or like Mike Bowman who narrowly escaped a flaming car after hitting both walls of the track struggling to save his brand new 68 Chevelle. With his achievements in the no prep kings series and a bounty on his head, Ryan Martin has become the most targeted man in no prep racing as every other driver wants the bragging rights to say “I put Ryan on the trailer”. First round chip draws were done at 2pm and as a tradition the event was started by a word of prayer and the national anthem. Round one started with 16 races of 32 cars in the invitationals going down to 16 cars in the second round. The greatest surprise came in round 2 when Ryan ran into some issues in a race he was clearly winning and was eliminated by Giuseppe Gentile in the Gucci nova. I could hear some fans saying “there is nothing to watch here again” and some started leaving the property out of disappointment that Ryan Martin and the fireball Camaro was out. Meanwhile other racers saw this as a golden opportunity again to grab that trophy. The likes of Kye Kelley and Justin Swanstrom were the people’s favorite to win the Rockingham event but this choice was narrowed down to just Kye after he beat Justin Swanstrom by a lot in round 3. Now was the greatest opportunity for Kye to narrow down the gap between him and Ryan and grab that trophy but nobody seemed to see the yellow Pontiac GTO. Silently creeping to the final like a tiger looking moving towards its next prey was veteran drag racer Jeff Lutz in the yellow turbocharged GTO. Photo by Lutz Race Cars The final was not only between Jeff Lutz and Kye Kelley, it was between Team 405 and Team NOLA which is the greatest team rivalry in no prep kings. The cars stage, NOLA on the right and 405 on the left. The lights turned green and the cars took off. Battle between nitrous and turbo down broadway. 330 feet down both cars are still door to door. They both go past the finish line at the same time and a winning light comes on. Exactly 358 days since winning an invitational race in Belle Rose Louisiana and we have a new name in the circle of winners in the NPK 5 and it is Jeff Lutz. Photo by No Prep

Throughout the history of the No Prep Kings, there have been multiple examples of teammates clashing with one another – Jeff Lutz VS Ryan Martin, Jeff Lutz VS Daddy Dave, Kye Kelley VS Jerry Bird, Kye Kelley VS Lizzy Musi, to name a few. There are multiple instances of teammates not getting on with each other. On that note, here's a look at three teammate rivalries that could get out of hand during the 2022 No Prep Kings season: 1. Ryan Martin and Daddy Dave Photo by Upshift With a pairing like Daddy Dave and Ryan Martin, these buddies from the 405 don’t usually have a ton of drama thrown in each other’s direction. They’ve raced each other so many times that each one knows how fast the other is and generally if they do face off with one another, it’s a pretty straight-up and honest affair. When the No Prep Kings season kicked off at Palm Beach International Raceway, right from the get-go, there was a little bit of drama to mix things up a bit. The controversial race happened in the quarterfinals of the event where Ryan Martin was coming off of a run where he was actually down a cylinder but still managed to put himself in position to advance. In the next round, he drew Daddy Dave, and ironically enough, Dave was the only person on the premises who had the right part to help Martin fix his car. After being a good sport and helping Martin to get his machine back up and running again, the two would head to the starting line to throw down against one another. Photo by Discovery During the race, everything goes down smoothly as each competitor appears to have a really solid pass. With that, Martin appears to cross the finish line first but at the end of it all, Dave was the one declared the winner via his win light. Photo by Discovery Down in the video below, though, we get a little bit more detail about exactly what happened and how it was handled. After getting the win light, it has to be difficult to hand over the win, even if you are pretty confident that there was a timing system malfunction. In fact, we wouldn’t be shocked if a competitor was able to force a re-run due to the error. Video by Discovery 2. Jeff Lutz and Daddy Dave Both of these competitors are widely regarded as fan favorites and also two of the fastest to make their way down the streets of the 405. They were also likely two of the fastest cars on the No Prep Kings at Virginia Motorsports Park. In this particular situation, it’s an early-round throw-down between Jeff Lutz’s Pontiac GTO and Dave’s sinister Goliath Chevrolet Nova. When friends race friends, things are even more personal than ever. Naturally, as these guys race each other all the time, they know each other’s builds inside and out. Lutz has a pretty good idea of how fast Dave is going to go. Meanwhile, having raced Lutz so many times, Dave has an intimate understanding of what’s going on with that Pontiac GTO in the next lane over. Daddy Dave is certainly one of the fastest in the game but not even he would like to see that Pontiac GTO in the next lane over when it comes to racing for the win. However, Daddy Dave also isn’t one to back down so, in the video below, we get to follow along with all of the action of thrilling weekend at Virginia Motorsports Park. Video by Discovery 3. Bird Brothers and Kye Kelley The third round of No Prep Kings at Virginia Motorsports Park saw a match-up between Team New Orleans, the Bird Brothers and Kye Kelley. Despite the rumors, the Bird Brothers did beat Kye Kelley third round as shown in the video but due to a prior agreement made before the race, Jerry Bird didn’t cross the scales due to “guessing” at the tree, giving the win to Kye. “Guessing” in no prep racing often means anticipating the tree, rather than reacting to the green light. Jerry Bird kept his word, although he left on green, what looked to be a close to perfect reaction. He was disqualified for bypassing the scales and Kye moved on to win the event. Sources tell us that Kye did give half of his winnings with the team, so respect there. Video by DragCoverage What's your favorite race of the 2022 season so far? Tell us in the comments below.

Another weekend was full of adrenaline and some insane crashes from Street Outlaws No Prep Kings. Once again we are bringing you the Invitational finals from Rockingham Dragway and this time, we have a couple of familiar faces. Photo by Lutz Race Cars On the left lane we have Jeff Lutz and his GTO winning over Giuseppe. On the other right lane we have Kye Kelley and his Camaro who defeated B-Rad in the semi-finals. If we take a look at the total No Prep Kings Championship points, we find that Ryan Martin is now being followed by non-other than Kye Kelley. The final itself suggests that Kye Kelley might be able to reduce the points advantage that Ryan Martin has at the moment and if he is able to get in front of Jeff, well things might be much more interesting in the final races of the season. Kye Kelley has only two invitational wins this season after being in the finals (including this one) nine times. On the other hand, Ryan has amassed 13 wins out of the 15 finals that he has been a part of. Photo by Kye Kelley Racing Jeff Lutz has had a tough year, but he ended the Invitational Finals at Rockingham on a high note. He defeated Kye Kelley in the final round at Rockingham Dragway in Rockingham, North Carolina. This was Lutz’s first No Prep Kings win of the season. However, it was the second time that he had advanced to final round. Together with Jeff Lutz, Kayla Morton, Jerry Bird and Jim Howe were all first-time winners in the series. Photo by Lutz Race Cars The No Prep Kings Championship is still up for grabs. Ryan Martin is still leading with 590 points. Kye Kelley closed the gap on Ryan with 65 points behind. Jeff Lutz moved up to the fourth place in points, while Justin Swanstrom is in third place. Next weekend, the teams will be competing at Alabama International Dragway. This event was added following the non-filming at Tulsa Raceway Park in August due to the death of Street Outlaws producer Mike Helmann. After the Alabama event, the teams will conclude the 2022 schedule at the Texas Motorplex in Ennis, Texas at the end of the month.

The NPK is back at Rockingham Dragway and for some of the racers, this weekend was horrible. We once again have terrible crashes close to the finish line and the only good thing that we can think about right now is the fact that both drivers were not seriously injured after the accidents. Firstly, Street Outlaws No Prep Kings star Mike Bowman escaped a severe crash on Saturday. Photo by Mike Bowman Racing When Mike managed to pick up a huge amount of speed to finish the race, his car got out of shape and started sliding all over the place. He managed to get the car straight and pop the shoots open although in the wrong lane and for a split second it seems he could in control of the car. Unfortunately, within a second the car started sliding all over the place and slamming into the wall before he comes to a stop. As if that was not bad enough by itself, the car catches fire after that which apparently bursts the fuel cell open and sends its contents all over the track as well as the front end of that Chevelle. Photo by Mike Bowman Racing As always, the most important thing is that Mike was able to walk out of the car even before the rescue crews were able to reach the damaged vehicle thus showing everybody on his crew as well as the spectators that he is fine and had not been injured, and the safety equipment has done its job. Photo by Mike Bowman Racing Video by Mike Bowman Racing Luckily Mike Bowman is feeling fine as he did not sustain any injuries from the crash but his car was dropped off to get fixed before he comes home. Let’s all hope that he will get that car running pretty soon. Not long after Mike Bowman crash, fans were shocked seeing Robin Roberts crashing into the wall during racing against Justin at Rockingham Dragway in Rockingham, North Carolina. The race was part of the Invitation Round Two. In the left lane we had Justin “Lil Country” Swanstrom and spooling up in the next lane next to him was Robin Roberts. During the race, Roberts lost control of his car then crashed hard into the wall before coming to a stop. Following the accident, he was reportedly airlifted from the drag strip to a nearby hospital for further evaluation. “Thank you everyone for the support and prayers! In time, Robin is going to make a full recovery. Shout out to RJ Race Cars for ensuring driver safety in every detail of the car, as well as Pilgrim media & the track safety response team for handling a bad situation so well. We will tell more when we have a chance to catch our breath.” Robin Roberts said in a Facebook post early Sunday morning, right after his accident occurred. Photo by Robin Roberts Racing According to his wife, Melody Roberts, he has broken ribs, a collapsed lung and a concussion. The collapsed lung will need six to eight weeks to heel. “Thank you all so much for your 🙏🏻 for Robin. He is going to be ok. We have some serious healing but his mind is good & the body will heal over time. We feel unbelievably blessed to come out of this situation as good as we did. He was passed out for a long time. He doesn’t remember any of it. He has 3 cracked ribs and a collapsed lung. He has a serious concussion but, all things considered, we are very lucky & blessed! The love and support has been amazing & God bless every one of you for being there for us. I know he is going to be fine because he is hungry again and snapping out orders. 🍗🍔🥩🥓🥞. That’s my Southwest Kansas Man💙😍💪🏻” Photo by Robin Roberts Racing Depending on the severity of his injuries, Roberts may be forced to miss the final two races of the season. He has one win this season in Maple Grove Raceway event against Jerry Bird at New England Dragway in Epping, New Hampshire. Photo by Robin Roberts Racing Next weekend, the teams will be competing at Alabama International Dragway. This event was added following the non-filming at Tulsa Raceway Park in August due to the death of Street Outlaws producer Mike Helmann. After the Alabama event, the teams will conclude the 2022 schedule at the Texas Motorplex in Ennis, Texas at the end of the month.

When it comes to the no-prep racing surface, we absolutely never know what’s going to happen. There’s a certain excitement that underlies when combining high horsepower machines and a surface that doesn’t exactly promote traction. Over the past couple of weeks on the DragCoverage channel, we have watched Shawn Ellington a.k.a. Murder Nova as he has been picking up the pieces as one of his favorite cars has recently been involved in a wreck while testing at Alabama. Shawn joined Ryan Martin and several others to test in Alabama. During a pass at Alabama International Dragway, his Chevrolet Nova would have an oil line blow off which created quite a mess under the car at high speeds. When the car ran over its own oil, it really lost control, violently swerving around the track. Fortunately, Shawn was able to keep control of the car. However, the car did get into the wall at the top end of the track and scraped the side quite a bit. This is certainly a situation where experience goes a long way. Needless to say, if it wasn’t for the effort of the wheelman here, things could’ve gotten a lot worse. Photos by 187 Customs Shawn said “Everyone says it’s not if, it’s when. I guess yesterday was my turn. Had an oil line blow and got under the tires went for a hell of a ride. Thankfully the chutes got me lined back out and kept the damage minimal. We will go over the car and be ready for Rockingham!” Photos by DragCoverage By following along with the video below from DragCoverage channel, we come face-to-face with that scary moment and watch as Ellington was able to overcome it. Video by DragCoverage Youtube However, a situation like this is certainly just another bump in the road as pretty much everybody on Street Outlaws seems to have become used to perpetually working on their cars. We are sure that a professional like Ellington will make a quick recovery as he has stated that he will be back in action next weekend at Rockingham No Prep Kings. Let’s wait for him!

Most of the time, when something is happening on the streets, there are a lot more variables to consider and definitely an argument to be made on either side, however, when it comes to the timing systems that are put in place on race track, at times, it can be hard to argue. If you’ve been on social media at all the past couple of days, you’ve likely seen something about Robin Roberts redlighting against Ryan Martin at the Finals of Street Outlaws No Prep Kings in Colorado a couple of weekends ago. There’s been a lot of controversy involving Robin Roberts and Ryan and every single redlight that happened in the Invitational at Summit Motorsport Park. Photo by Fireball Camaro Facebook We can definitely see where an argument would be brought up because it appears as if the Fireball Camaro is sitting absolutely still until after the light turns green. In a racing format that comes down to inches sometimes, though, perhaps he was staged too close to the beams beyond what a human eye could pick up as a car moved forward ever so slightly or maybe the timing system underwent some sort of error because even machines like these are not 100% perfect. Ryan has not jumped the light in more than 4 seasons of No Prep Kings Championship and has never lost a race this way in the last few years, and all of a sudden he has lost two events due to the same problem, turning on the red light while launching at the same time as the guy in the lane next to him. Down in below video, Ryan Martin talked about the beam, red lighting and what really happened. Video by Odom Racing

Those who have been following along with Street Outlaws fan favorite, Kye Kelley, have likely noticed that Kelley has been operating with a bit of a busy schedule as of late. As Street Outlaws promotions have spread their wings out to a variety of different shows and formats, that now means that racers like Kelley have to maintain an entire fleet of cars. Photo by The Real Kye Kelley Instagram Not long ago, the racer also lost his main OG “Shocker,” as it totaled in a freak accident on the streets, so we haven’t seen Kye Kelley run on the street on a third generation Camaro since then. He ran the Showstopper Camaro on America’s List season 2 and did very good, even though the car has a big 959 cubic inch motor. Photo by Kye Kelley Racing In a short period of time, Kelley finally got the new Street Shocker from Wizard Race Cars that is better than ever. OG Shocker lives on through this car that has some of the OG's parts and on a small tire for now. We all know that this is a continuous process of upgrades that needs to keep happening in order to get the car to keep going faster and faster and keep performing at the top of its abilities. This process is tiresome and takes a lot of energy and funds because as you probably know, all the best parts that these guys are using are very expensive. Photos by Kye Kelley Racing This time, we check back in with Kelley’s constant grind toward the top. In this particular outing, we follow behind the scenes at Kye Kelley Racing as Shocker takes some more steps toward becoming the dominant monster that its namesake once was. Video by The Real Kye Kelley Instagram In the video below from Kye Kelley Racing, we will get to ride along with this test session as Kelley picked the car from Wizard Race Cars to see the unveiling of this new car! Video by Kye Kelley Racing

Those who have been paying attention to Street Outlaws probably noticed that a key face has been missing from the fray. Big Chief has been one of the main pieces of the Street Outlaws puzzle since day one. As the show has evolved and the action has gotten faster, so has Chief, but apparently, the show has evolved to a place where Chief just didn’t want to be a part of it anymore. Big Chief is now focusing on his YouTube channel Midwest Street Cars, where he works on his new car project. Chief keeps us updated on everything that he’s been going through and how he’s still managing to keep himself in competition even though the days of Street Outlaws cameras pointing in his direction seem to be over. Photo by Midwest Street Car Youtube However, just because Chief isn’t going to be on television racing anymore doesn’t necessarily mean that he’s giving it up entirely. This time, we get to see exactly what Chief is up to now that he has left his reality TV days behind. Photo by Jackie Instagram This time, we get to tune in with what exactly that means for Big Chief and Jackie. In this particular video from the Midwest Street Cars YouTube channel, we get to see behind the scenes of what he has been up to, and updates about what’s going on with the Cadillac CTS-V known as “Caddy Jack.” Among the topics of discussion are what to do when you need a gasket and no companies make one and a couple of other tech tips as the small tire nitrous car is wrapped up and readied for racing. Photo by Jackie Instagram Down in the video below, we get to watch as both Chief and Jackie go through their paces, testing out upgrades and making sure that every last piece of the puzzle is in just the right spot. We also get to ride along as Caddy Jack hits the streets to see if all of that time in the shop was time well spent or not. Video by Midwest Street Car Whether or not Chief will eventually make his way back to Street Outlaws is yet to be determined. However, we’re sure that in any situation, he will continue racing at a high level and this is just the beginning of the rest of his racing life!