By: Josh Hart Racing
OCALA, FL (February 17, 2025) — Always looking for more opportunities to promote Burnyzz Speed Shop and feed his competitive nature Top Fuel team owner and driver Josh Hart will campaign a Burnyzz Speed Shop branded Dodge Challenger for the entire 2025 Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown Series along with his R+L Carriers Top Fuel dragster in the Mission Foods NHRA Drag Racing Series. Hart will be teaming up with the current Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown Series team owner and competitor David H. Davies, owner of DHDR.
“I have had a Factory Stock Dodge Challenger since the series was announced,” said Hart. “These race cars are practically pieces of art, and I didn’t want to cut mine up to race it. David told me we could get set up and keep it beautiful and I jumped at the chance. This is the perfect class to also promote Burnyzz Speed Shop, so you are going to see more promotion on that front as well. It’s been a while since I shifted going down the track, but I have some experience from early in my racing career.”
Hart’s Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown entry will sport the unique flame design that has been a part of the Burnyzz Speed Shop logo from day one. He will get at-track support from Wesley Motorsports and Factory Stock Showdown power guru AJ Berge will also be working with his team. The strong collection of talent along with the experience from DHDR has laid a strong foundation for the 2025 Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown Series season.
“Josh is a great racer and the ultimate car guy,” said Davies. “He is a life-long Dodge guy who has the skills to drive anything. He will be a great addition to the class, and we are all looking forward to seeing him on track. Having a Top Fuel team owner come over is huge for us and the Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown series.”
Hart will become the second dual class Factory Stock and nitro driver in the series history. Leah Pruett raced in both classes from 2017 to 2021 winning the Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown Series world championship in 2018. The Burnyzz Speed Shop Dodge Challenger will make its debut at the historic NHRA Gatornationals, March 6-9, 2025, at Gainesville Raceway.
Hart won the Top Fuel title at Gainesville Raceway in his professional debut, and he has his sights set on a repeat performance. The Burnyzz Speed Shop Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown team has pre-season testing scheduled and Hart is excited by the new challenge.
“We got our first Top Fuel win at our first race in Gainesville in 2021, and we won the Pep Boys All-Star Callout at the Gatornationals in 2023,” said Hart. “I am looking forward to maybe getting another first-time win. We will have Burnyzz Speed Shop on the race car and that has always brought me luck. You can never be on the track too much so running Factory Stock and Top Fuel should keep me busy.”
Qualifying for both Top Fuel and Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown will begin on Friday, March 7 at Gainesville Raceway. For information about the historic NHRA Gatornationals visit www.nhra.com and for more information on Burnyzz Speed Shop visit www.burnyzz.com.
