B R I E F    H I S T O R Y   O F   Q  U A R T E R   M I L E   

It all started with the merger of two groups, Professional Race Organizers (PRO) and  SPEEDZONE  where  the  new  group called  PRO SPEED was to organize professional drag racing in the country.  The first “dry run” race of the group was held  last  June 18, 2000  at  the  Greenfield Business Park in Sta Rosa, Laguna with  about  ten (10)  car entries participating and about fifty spectators watching the race. 

The  first  big  break  came  when  PRO SPEED was  able  to get the special events contract with Buena Vista International for the movie premier of “Gone in 60 Seconds” last August 2000.  Promotions of the drag racing event called “Drag War 2000” was handled by the sponsor radio station 94.7 Mellow Touch which ran a series of radio plug-ins and  also invited the guests in the opening remarks of the actual movie premier of “Gone in 60 Seconds” held at the Glorietta 4 cinema. 

PRO SPEED’s “Drag War 2000” ran its first event on August 12, 2000 with seventy five  (75) car entries participating and about two hundred (200) spectators enduring the scorching heat just to watch the action-packed races. At only its initial run, PRO SPEED was able to break the seventy (70) car-entry record of the other drag race organizers. It was covered by television network sports programs like ABS CBN’s “Sports Umlimited” and GMA’s  “Gameplan”. 

Since then, PRO SPEED organized  the “Quarter Mile 2000” series which ran once a month with the help of sponsors like Automotive Engine Rebuilders, Shell Velocity, Shell Helix, Magic 89.9, 88.3 City Lite, 99.5 RT,  103.5 K-Lite, Nodalo’s Headers, and AutoIndustriya.com. Setting a new level of standard on its own, “Quarter Mile 2000” now boasts a new record of one hundred twenty (120) car entries with spectators reaching about six hundred (600) who stay on to watch the races until the wee hours of the morning. This event is now also covered by RPN News 9  wherever our races are held whether this be in Subic, Clark or at the Manila Harbour Centre.

All “Quarter Mile” Drag Races follows the safety rules and regulations prescribed by F.I.A. ( Federation International De Automobile), the world governing body for all motorsports events under the strict supervision of the Philippine Motor Association (PMA) under which PRO SPEED is affiliated as a motorsports organizer.