2024 Funny Car Chaos Schedule Released (2024)

Fri, 06 Oct 2023, 11:16 AM 2024 Funny Car Chaos Schedule Released

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The 2024 season of Funny Car Chaos competition will mark the eighth consecutive year of this wildlypopular heads up, run whatcha' brung funny car series. With seven points races and two exhibitionevents on the tour, next year looks to be filled with lots of opportunities to catch some flopperaction at a track near you. The Chaos formula is simple and it works, as fans can expect on average30 funny cars of all kinds per show and guaranteed two days of grassroots family fun at the dragslike you can find nowhere else. All the cars have names, all the teams and drivers are fullyaccessible in the pits and the Funny Car Chaos series will charge into 2024 riding a steam train ofmomentum as one of the hottest drag racing series in the country.

As always, the Spell Paving Services FCC season will kick off with the biggest funny car event in theworld, the one and only Funny Car Chaos Classic at the historic Texas Motorplex in Ennis, Texas. Thisunrivaled event is set for April 4-6th and will see 50+ funny cars from coast to coast and willqualify a 32 car feature show. Also on tap at the Classic is the new addition of the DMP AwningsNitro Chaos series that will run in conjunction with Funny Car Chaos. That along with hundreds ofother racecars including Dirty South Gassers and more will deliver non-stop action on the strip inwhat will be one of the biggest events of the year in the Southwest. Cap this epic weekend of dragracing off with additional special festivities on Sunday and Monday, April 7-8th hosted by the TexasMotorplex in celebration of the total solar eclipse, more information coming soon.

The Chaos racing continues just two weeks later as the series returns for a third annual visit toState Capitol Raceway in Baton Rouge, Louisiana for the Laris Motorsports Insurance CHAOS CajunNationals April 19-20th. Cinco de Mayo weekend marks the return to West Texas and Penwell KnightsRaceway in Odessa on May 3-4th, then its time to head to the Midwest. Eddyville Raceway Park is thenext stop where again the Funny Car Chaos and Nitro Chaos series will run together at the same event,the 2nd Annual Twisted Shifterz CHAOS in the Cornfield on May 24-26th. If you were there this year,you know the deal, if you missed it, don't miss it again!

The Twisted Shifterz and 360 Steel Summer Nationals at Cordova Dragway marks the next event on tour,Father's Day weekend, June 14-15th. On Saturday, July 20th the Funny Car Chaos Summer Showdown willtake place at Nebraska's Kearney Raceway Park. This will be an exhibition, invitational,Chicago-style match race show. The next weekend, July 27-28th the FCC series returns to New Mexico'sAlbuquerque Dragway and by now the points chase should be plenty hot with only one points eventremaining. East Coast flopper fans can look forward to the return of CHAOS to Maryland InternationalRaceway on August 23-24th for a non-points exhibition event showcasing dozens of East Coast funny carteams and more. The next weekend, the Funny Car Chaos Championship Finals will be held on August30-31st at Mo-Kan Dragway just outside Joplin, Missouri where the 2024 FCC Champion will be crowned.

The 2023 season welcomed FCC's 200th different participant. Who knew there were 200 running funnycars? Quite a wild stat. Another milestone for the series is coming up as Funny Car Chaos eventnumber 50 will be next year at Penwell Knights Raceway in Odessa, Texas. Tom Furches will start theyear off with a target on his back as the defending series Champion. Furches and the Colorado based"Made In America" team will have their hands full in their hopes of a title defense as thecompetition in the FCC series continues to impress. Fellow top five finishers in 2023 include 2022Champion Kirk Williams, Shayne Lawson, Alex Barker and Jordan Ballew and they will all be ones tokeep an eye on in 2024.

The unique Chaos formula of run whatcha' brung racing, which then gets qualified into three eight carfields of equal points earning opportunity, has proven itself yet again as Furches typically competesin the AlkyDigger 'B' Field, while Williams and Lawson run in the Rodak's Coffee 'A' Field and Barkerand Ballew do their damage in the Wulff Pumps 'C' Field. Each event has three winners, each fieldearns equal points and the fun meter stays pegged and that's what drag racing is all about. To findout more about the series visit www.funnycarchaos.com and make your plans to attend a CHAOS near you!

The Funny Car Chaos series would like to thank Spell Paving Services, Performance Motorcoaches RV &Marine, Excel Drywall Racing, Wulff Pumps, Laris Motorsports Insurance, Maxima Racing Oil, Fat TirezApparel, AlkyDigger, Rodak's Custom Coffee, Taylor Motorsports Products, Victory DrivelineComponents, CP-Carrillo, DMP Awnings, Twisted Shifterz, 360 Steel, S&W Racecars, Meyer Enterprises,High Performance Data LLC, Performax Trailers, Precision Reprographics, American Outlaw Energy, TheMiddendorf Companies, Stanke Motorsports, Pro Things Apparel, North Texas Diesel, Ellis County CustomCarts, Best of Texas BBQ Sauce, Wizard's Warehouse, Red Line Shirt Club, Car Chix and Lone StarForklift for their support of the 2023 racing season.