He now lives with his wife in nearby King, NC. Smith was born in Walnut Cove, NC on Christmas Day. Smith is ready to take on the World in 2023 with his Nitrous Injected Pro Modified Ford Mustang and get back on top. Winning the NHRA Lucas Oil Nationals at Brainerd, MN and wrapping up third in the NHRA Pro Mod Championship point standings, Smith knew he still had what it took to win. In 2022, Smith was extremely competitive in the NHRA Pro Mod class. While running the majority of the races, Smith stood atop the point standings early on and challenged for the Championship yet again. Smith ended the season with Three Number 1 qualifiers and a Championship in the Carolina Extreme Pro Mod Series. With rule changes in the NHRA, Smith would not run the full season until the Nitrous cars were as equally competitive as the rest of the class. And once again proved he was a force to be reckoned with. But when Smith got back behind the wheel, in just his second race back, Smith won the NHRA GatorNationals. However, not only did he crew chief both of his cars to the Finals and winning in Indy just weeks later. In 2020, Smith sat out the beginning of the season due to an emergency back surgery. Louis was the highlight of his season, as well as being awarded the Mike Aiello Award in October. He finished fifth in the overall NHRA Pro Mod Points Standings while missing out on a few events during the season. In 2019, Smith once again was a force to be reckoned with. However with a solid season under him, as well as his teammate, Khalid Al Balooshi (finishing 8th in the standings). Losing the Championship by a mere seven points. Coming down to the final race in Las Vegas, he gave it his all and tried to chase down the points' leader. With three wins under his belt during the season, Smith narrowly missed winning another Championship. The 2018 NHRA Pro Mod season proved to be yet another strong one for Smith. Not only did his two drivers finish top-10 in the Pro Mod Championship point standings as well, but Gray went on to win the Charlotte race event. During the 2017 season, Smith also was crew chief to Khalid Balooshi and Johnathan Gray. After numerous back to back Semi-Final appearances, Smith finished top-10 in points, despite being out almost half the season. In Englishtown, New Jersey, his first race back on tour, Smith won the NHRA Pro Mod event. He won the NHRA GainesvilleĪnd Atlanta races. Not only did Smith win his third NHRA Pro Mod Championship title,īut he was also inducted into the NHRA SouthEastern Division Hall of Fame in 2016.Īfter sitting out four races in the 2017 season, due to back surgery, Smith came back with a vengeance. Races of the Series, put him out front from the beginning. In 2016, Smith dominated the NHRA Pro Modified Class. Placed fourth in the NHRA Pro Mod Championship, winning the Thunder Valley Nationals Nationals in Rockingham, NC, as well as the PDRA North-South Shootout in BuddsĬreek, MD and then again at the Rockingham Dragway for Dragstock XII. Not only did he capture the 2015 PDRAĬhampionship, but he won numerous races as well. Pro Mod Series, as well as clinching his second consecutive NHRA Pro ModĢ015 was another great year for Smith. In 2014 Smith once again set the racing world on fire. They became the only father/son duo to win a NHRA Championship in the same season. Yet again, rightīeside his son, Matt in the Pro Stock Motorcycle class. Win the NHRA Get Screened America Pro Mod Championship in 2013. Matt doubled up when Matt won the Pro Stock Motorcycle class) Smith also went on to (At the NHRA Norwalk race, he and his son, Won two races in the NHRA Series as well. In 2013, Smith not only won the ADRL Battle of the Belts in the Pro Mod class, but he Standings in 2011 and 4th in 2012, after winning Gainesville and Bristol. Impressively, there has been just one 3-second 1/8-mile run in the history of mountain motor Pro Stock competition, and Carr nearly did it with a 1/4-mile setup, clocking a 4.021 at 180.74 mph to half-track on his 6.17 lap. He finished 5th in the NHRA Get Screened America Pro Modified Championship point Four years later, John DeFlorian went 226.70 mph at San Antonio’s Raceway to set the mile-per-hour side of the record. You have to go back to Octoat Englishtown to find the last entry in the elapsed time record book, when Pete Berner clocked a 6.209. The Mountain Motor Pro Stock division, once a staple of the International Hot Rod Association program, has in recent years largely become an 1/8-mile program under the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) umbrella, affording competitors little in the way of opportunity to advance the 1/4-mile records. Mopar Express Lane #MidwestNats presented by PennzoilPosted by NHRA on Friday, October 2, 2020 Carr makes history at World Wide Technology Raceway! He makes the QUICKEST NHRA Mountain Motor Pro Stock run with a 6.179-second pass!
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