🔥 Mustang Week Texas All-Ford Drag Day at Houston Motorsports Park 🔥
Presented by Tremec Transmissions
You’re invited to a full day (and evening) of high-horsepower action on Thursday, April 16, 2026 🏁
What’s going down at HMP:
🏁 Drag Racing + Test & Tune
🏁 True Street (30-mile cruise + 3 back-to-back passes)
🏁 Oval Track action
🏁 Spectator Drags (win Pizza & Beer 🍕🍻)
🏁 Drifting + ride-alongs with pro drivers
Catch ride-alongs with top drift drivers including Vaughn Gittin Jr., Ben Hobson, Chris Leonard, Diego Sandoval, Morgan Oldham, and more as they tear up the HMP oval.
http://www.houstonmotorsportspark.com/
Date: Thursday, April 16, 2026
ACTIVITIES
Drift Exhibitions & Ride Alongs
Drag Racing & Test and Tune
Stick Shift Shootout
Spectator Drags & Fun Runs
DRAG RACING RULES & INFORMATION
Vehicles:
The following vehicles are welcome:
All Fords, F150, Trucks, Lightings & Raptors
All Ford Mustangs (all years) & Capri’s
Speciality Fords or Mustangs like Saleen, RTR, Roush, etc.
Any Ford-powered or Ford-bodied Vehicles
Ford-bodies vehicles with non-Ford engines (i..e, LS conversions)
Ford-powered vehicles (non-Ford bodies, i.e., Rat Rod with Coyote)
Vehicle may be street-legal or race only.
True Street Vehicles: must be Ford-bodied, street-legal, insured and registered, but may have non-Ford powerplants, i.e., LS Swap.
Pre-Registration
If you plan on racing or entering the show, we STRONGLY suggest you PRE-REGISTER. Tech/show cards MAY be sold out.
To compete, visit Mustangweek.com – purchase a participant ticket first (All-Access grants you access to ALL Mustang Week events) and then select your DRAG DAY Entry. You may select Drag Racing and/or Oval Racing)
Drag Racing Schedule:
11:00 am – Gates, Tech and Registration Open
1:00 pm – Racing Starts
8:00 pm – End Racing
Tickets:
Tickets are available in advance and well as at the gate. Go to Mustangweek.com to pre-purchase tickets and race entries. Save time by purchasing in advance. You must have a participant ticket to purchase drag racing or oval track racing.
Classes:
Test and Tune – Open Test and Tune
Grudge – Pair up with your buddies to grudge race
True Street – 30-mile Cruise and then three back to back runs.
True Street / Street Class – for 200+ treadwear rear tires and no skinnies! Full-size fronts only.
Tremec Stick Shift Shootout – for H-pattern, foot-actuated stick-equipped vehicles, this is a class run within True Street and then afterward for the top 4 cars.
Safety & General Information
You must have proper safety equipment. EVERYONE must have a helmet as per 2025 NHRA Safety Rules. Your vehicle must pass a basic safety inspection.
Drivers must have a valid state driver’s license or NHRA Competition License and sign a Waiver and Release form before being allowed to participate.
Please keep in mind basic safety rules:
Must wear long-pants
Must wear T-shirt (no tank tops)
Closed Toe-shoes (no crocs, flip flops, sandals)
Bring a helmet
Mustang Week Registration Packages
Your official Mustang Week registration package—complete with your registration cards and event information—will begin to be mailed around March 27, 2026. Keep an eye on your mailbox in the weeks that follow. This package ensures you’re fully prepared and ready to enjoy the event from the moment you arrive. If you purchase an entry after March 27 or at the gate, you’ll need to pick up your registration package at the Event.
Required Documents for Participants at tech
Driver’s license
Wristband
True Street Only: Vehicle registration & valid license plates on vehicle.
Mustang Week True Street
Rules & Information
Mustang Week True Street is a drag-and-drive “style” competition held during Mustang Week Drag Day, designed to test real street/strip performance. Street-legal Mustangs, Fords, F-150s, and Ford-powered vehicles compete for fun, bragging rights, and awards.
Event Format
True Street competition consists of:
A mandatory 30-mile supervised street cruise
Three back-to-back 1/8-mile drag strip passes
All competitors must complete the cruise under their own power
Safety rules apply at all times
Participants may run Test & Tune and/or Grudge Racing before and after True Street competition. Drivers must hold a valid driver’s license, and vehicles must be currently registered and insured.
IMPORTANT – READ CAREFULLY
You must complete registration and tech inspection and report to the staging lanes with your vehicle for the mandatory True Street driver’s meeting. Your vehicle must be fully prepared to immediately depart for the 30-mile cruise following the driver’s meeting. Failure to be staged and ready may result in disqualification.
Sign-In & Tech Inspection
If you have your registration package, proceed to tech inspection. If not, go to registration.
Once approved, a tech sticker will be applied to your vehicle.
After tech, you may participate in Test & Tune, then report to the staging lanes for the mandatory driver’s meeting (listen for announcements).
Competition Rules
Each vehicle will make three (3) 1/8-mile
ETs will be averaged from all three
You must complete all three passes to be eligible for awards.
Vehicle Rules:
Must be street-legal, registered, and insured
Functional headlights, taillights, turn signals, and horn
Exhaust with mufflers required
DOT-legal tires front and rear
Awards & Categories
Overall Awards
Overall Quickest E.T. Average
TRUE STREET – Winner & Runner-Up
TRUE STREET Street Class – Winner & Runner-Up
E.T. Average Awards (1/8-mile)
6.50 Average Winner
7.00 Average Winner
7.50 Average Winner
8.00 Average Winner
8.50 Average Winner
9.00 Average Winner
9.50 Average Winner
Tremec Stick Shift Shootout
Open to H-pattern, foot-actuated manual transmission vehicles
Based on three-run E.T. average
Top 10 fastest averages receive awards
Top 4 advance to a four-car shootout on a .400 Pro Tree
Lane choice determined by E.T.
Winner wins Trophy + Tremec TKX Transmission
Street Class
Vehicles running:
200+ treadwear tires on the rear
Full-size front tires (205mm or wider)
If your vehicle qualifies, you will be automatically be also entered into the Street Class, while remaining eligible for all other awards (Overall True Street, Stick Shift Shootout, E.T. Average awards)
Mandatory Driver’s Meeting & Cruise
Driver’s Meeting
Mandatory attendance in the staging lanes
Followed immediately by the street cruise
Vehicles must be lined up and ready to leave
True Street Cruise
30-mile supervised cruise on public roads.
Only vehicles that passed tech may participate.
Passengers are permitted.
All participants are responsible for obeying traffic laws.
Support vehicles may follow behind the cruise group but must remain behind the escort, are not part of the official competition, and must obey all traffic laws.
Cruise completion is mandatory, vehicles unable to complete the cruise under their own power, within the allotted time, will be disqualified.
Vehicles falling behind the trailing escort will be disqualified
Cool-Down Period – After the cruise, vehicles return directly to the staging lanes for a group cool-down period (approximately 15–45 minutes). During this time:
You may NOT open the hood. Opening the hood results in DQ from awards (vehicle may still race).
Trunk or hatch may be opened
You may refuel, change nitrous bottles, and pack intercooler ice as long as it doesn’t involve opening the hood.
No tire changes allowed.
Race Process
When called to load, competitors must prepare for three back-to-back passes
Hoods, decklid or trunk, must remain closed until all three runs are completed
No adding fuel, nitrous, or ice once racing begins.
.400 Pro Tree
Courtesy staging encouraged
Tire pressure adjustments allowed between runs
Additional Rules
Runs must occur in the same order as the first pass
No intentional delays or extra cool-down time
Parachute repacking permitted if required, without delaying competition
Vehicle must start under its own power
No external battery charging permitted
Final Standings & Awards
After all three passes, E.T.s are averaged
Final standings are determined
Awards presentation will take place on Saturday at Mustang Week
Mustang Week Test & Tune/Grudge – Rules & Information
This is a non-payout class where you are just making the best runs you can – it’s more about fun than competition. It’s 1/8 mile and a .400 pro tree. You can race a buddy or just race the clock. This class will run the entire day, and there will be a staging lane setup. You can also be a Grudge/No-Time lane if you prefer (there will be a lane for this). You must pass safety tech, and have a valid US Driver’s license and/or a license for your ET.