{"id":4433,"date":"2026-08-13T00:39:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T00:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/?p=4433"},"modified":"2026-08-13T00:39:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T00:39:12","slug":"doug-roberts-returns-to-the-drivers-seat-for-night-of-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/?p=4433","title":{"rendered":"Doug Roberts Returns To The Driver\u2019s Seat For Night Of Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three-time Southern Nitrous Racing Association champion Doug Roberts of Alabama isn\u2019t done yet.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4435\" src=\"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/295080337_5198953060158731_6360092605154796355_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After engine troubles plagued the start of his 2026 season, Roberts seriously considered stepping away from the driver\u2019s seat of his familiar 1968 Camaro. For a racer who has built a championship-winning career in Pro Nitrous, the frustration was enough to make him question whether it was time to call it quits.<\/p>\n<p>But Roberts has changed his mind.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4436\" src=\"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/473620339_8902950113092322_7399090465069704978_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The three-time champion has decided to continue his Pro Nitrous career, and his return is set for one of the biggest weekends of the summer \u2014 the DragCoverage Night of Fire, August 21\u201322 at Alabama International Dragway in Steele, Alabama.<\/p>\n<p>Roberts\u2019 return adds another proven name to an already anticipated Pro Nitrous field. With three SNRA championships behind him, he brings years of experience and a Camaro that has become well known throughout Southern doorslammer racing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4439\" src=\"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/69518539_2359755934078472_5183616044089999360_n-1-e1786581519455.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"770\" height=\"541\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After nearly walking away earlier this year, Roberts will once again strap into the Camaro and chase win lights.<\/p>\n<p>Doug Roberts is back \u2014 and his next chapter begins at Night of Fire.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4440\" src=\"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Event-Flyer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1536\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three-time Southern Nitrous Racing Association champion Doug Roberts of Alabama isn\u2019t done yet. After engine troubles plagued the start of his 2026 season, Roberts seriously considered stepping away from the driver\u2019s seat of his familiar 1968 Camaro. For a racer who has built a championship-winning career in Pro Nitrous, the frustration was enough to make [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[61],"class_list":["post-4433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/295080337_5198953060158731_6360092605154796355_n-600x400.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/295080337_5198953060158731_6360092605154796355_n-600x600.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"DC Media","author_link":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/author\/auteejay"},"authors":[{"term_id":61,"user_id":5,"is_guest":0,"slug":"auteejay","display_name":"DC Media","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d51765f05e753046aaf69cf0314e9a0f5c5945d8d9ed498ce027408f7d38abf9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","first_name":"DC","last_name":"Media","user_url":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4433"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4441,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4433\/revisions\/4441"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4433"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/DragCoverage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fppma_author&post=4433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}