{"id":214655,"date":"2026-04-01T15:41:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T15:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/214655\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T15:41:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T15:41:51","slug":"gallery-friday-chill-at-the-st-petersburg-grand-prix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/214655\/","title":{"rendered":"Gallery\u2014Friday Chill At The St. Petersburg Grand Prix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"457\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/stpete26friday-lede-1024x457.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-162252\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>With 64 teams registered, the International Hot Rod Association produced-and-sanctioned St. Petersburg Grand Prix kicked off yesterday with testing for all classes and qualifying for the Pro Class 1 and Factory Stock categories. Beyond that exercise, most of the day\u2019s activity focused on teams setting up for two days of competition, starting this morning at 10 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>The Jackhammer Racing team of owner\/driver Reese Langheim and throttleman Julian Maldonado took top honors in yesterday\u2019s Factory Stock qualifying session. Photos by Pete Boden copyright <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Shoot-2-Thrill-Pix-130528070292399\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"59\" title=\"Shoot 2 Thrill Pix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Shoot 2 Thrill Pix<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fans can catch all the action live on the IHRA YouTube channel, Speed Sport 1 and Speed Sport 2.<\/p>\n<p>Speedonthewater.com chief photographer Pete Boden is in St. Pete this weekend to capture all the action. As he has for the past four years, veteran reporter Eric Colby is returning to cover the sport for the site.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe vibe here has been positive,\u201d Boden said. <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/stpete26friday-37.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-skip-lazy=\"1\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/stpete26friday-20.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-skip-lazy=\"1\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/stpete26friday-35.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-skip-lazy=\"1\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/stpete26friday-06.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"skip-lazy\" 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DMR<br \/>2. Monster Energy\/M CON<br \/>3. GC Racing<br \/>4. Outta Pocket Racing<br \/>5. WHM<br \/>6. XINSURANCE North<br \/>7. Discrete<\/p>\n<p>Factory Stock<br \/>1. Jackhammer Racing<br \/>2. Mead Family Racing<br \/>3. Say Less<br \/>4. 151 Express 5. Lake Wylie<br \/>6. <a href=\"https:\/\/goodboyvodka.com\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"97\" title=\"Good Boy Vodka\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Good Boy Vodka<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"661\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/stpete26friday-close-1024x661.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-162253\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The crane area bustled with activity during testing yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Related stories<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/speedonthewater.com\/st-pete-already-a-winner\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">St. Pete Already A Winner<br \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/speedonthewater.com\/owen-buis-and-cameron-turk-to-make-super-stock-debut-in-former-raymarine-raceboat\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Owen Buis And Cameron Turk To Make Super Stock Debut In Former Raymarine Raceboat<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/speedonthewater.com\/good-boy-inks-rtd-sponsorship-deal-with-ihra-offshore-racing-series\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Good Boy Inks RTD Sponsorship Deal With IHRA Offshore Racing Series<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/speedonthewater.com\/pratt-to-step-in-for-lockyer-in-ihra-offshore-racing-season-opener\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pratt To Step In For Lockyer During IHRA Offshore Racing Season-Opener<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/speedonthewater.com\/ihra-announces-offshore-racing-safety-team\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">IHRA Announces Offshore Racing Safety\/Rescue Team Leaders<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/speedonthewater.com\/ihra-bullish-on-new-orleans-grand-prix\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">IHRA Bullish On New Orleans Grand Prix<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/speedonthewater.com\/offshore-racing-safety-and-rescue-training-and-certification-controversy-addressed-in-joint-statement-from-ihra-and-sfi\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Offshore Racing Safety\/Rescue Training And Certification Controversy Addressed By IHRA And SFI<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/speedonthewater.com\/a-rebuttal-to-ihra-president-leah-martins-open-letter-to-racers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A Rebuttal to IHRA President Leah Martin\u2019s Open Letter to Racers<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/speedonthewater.com\/an-open-from-ihra-president-leah-martin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">An Open From IHRA President Leah Martin<br \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/speedonthewater.com\/guest-commentary-an-open-letter-to-ihra-offshore\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Guest Commentary: An Open Letter to IHRA Offshore<br \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/speedonthewater.com\/a-question-of-safety-a-closer-look-at-the-current-ihra-and-the-ssr-situation\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A Question of Safety: Inside The Current IHRA and the SSR Situation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With 64 teams registered, the International Hot Rod Association produced-and-sanctioned St. Petersburg Grand Prix kicked off yesterday with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":214656,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-214655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}