{"id":30909,"date":"2026-02-27T08:48:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T13:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/competitionplus.com\/?p=30909"},"modified":"2026-02-27T08:49:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T13:49:01","slug":"fti-rumor-mill-lucas-oil-world-champion-eyeing-tailor-made-blown-alcohol-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/competitionplus.com\/fti-rumor-mill-lucas-oil-world-champion-eyeing-tailor-made-blown-alcohol-program\/","title":{"rendered":"FTI RUMOR MILL: LUCAS OIL WORLD CHAMPION EYEING TAILOR-MADE BLOWN-ALCOHOL PROGRAM?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"30909\" class=\"elementor elementor-30909\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5a7c35 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f5a7c35\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4372a54 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4372a54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftiperformance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"124\" src=\"https:\/\/competitionplus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FTI_BANNER.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9642\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/competitionplus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FTI_BANNER.jpg 800w, https:\/\/competitionplus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FTI_BANNER-300x47.jpg 300w, https:\/\/competitionplus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FTI_BANNER-768x119.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c36551 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0c36551\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76a4194 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"76a4194\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"251\" data-end=\"311\">There\u2019s legitimate noise rolling through the sportsman pits.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"313\" data-end=\"511\">Multiple sources indicate a longtime NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series world champion is preparing to step away from carburetors and gasoline in favor of a supercharged, alcohol-burning combination.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"513\" data-end=\"552\">This isn\u2019t a hand-me-down deal, either.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"554\" data-end=\"764\">Word is the car will be tailor-made specifically for the veteran \u2014 built around his preferences, driving style, and decades of experience. That alone suggests this isn\u2019t a curiosity move. It\u2019s a calculated one.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"766\" data-end=\"858\">The bigger question now: does the body lift, or stay planted on a doorslammer-style chassis?<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"860\" data-end=\"1003\">No official confirmation yet. But when folks start whispering at the same time, something\u2019s usually coming together.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1005\" data-end=\"1016\">Stay tuned.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51ed584 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"51ed584\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee9bb96 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ee9bb96\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cc63d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4cc63d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcleodracing.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"116\" src=\"https:\/\/competitionplus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/mcleod_800X115.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5284\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/competitionplus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/mcleod_800X115.png 800w, https:\/\/competitionplus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/mcleod_800X115-300x44.png 300w, https:\/\/competitionplus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/mcleod_800X115-768x111.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s legitimate noise rolling through the sportsman pits. Multiple sources indicate a longtime NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series world champion is preparing to step away from carburetors and gasoline in favor of a supercharged, alcohol-burning combination. This isn\u2019t a hand-me-down deal, either. Word is the car will be tailor-made specifically for the veteran \u2014 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":13201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,25],"tags":[4000,4002,4009,3995,1064,4005,3999,3998,4007,4004,4006,3997,3992,3993,4003,4008,3994,4001,3996,4010],"class_list":["post-30909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-rumor-mill","tag-alcohol-funny-car-move","tag-blower-conversion-drag-racing","tag-blower-vs-carburetor-drag-racing","tag-blown-alcohol-funny-car","tag-competitionplus-rumor-mill","tag-custom-drag-car-build","tag-doorslammer-chassis","tag-drag-racing-chassis-change","tag-drag-racing-insider-news","tag-methanol-funny-car","tag-nhra-2026-season-rumors","tag-nhra-engine-combination-change","tag-nhra-lucas-oil-world-champion","tag-nhra-rumor-mill","tag-nhra-sportsman-news","tag-nhra-veteran-driver-change","tag-sportsman-drag-racing-news","tag-sportsman-legend-nhra","tag-supercharged-alcohol-engine","tag-tailor-made-race-car-build"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/competitionplus.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/competitionplus.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/competitionplus.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/competitionplus.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/competitionplus.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/competitionplus.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/competitionplus.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/competitionplus.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/competitionplus.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/competitionplus.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}