SICK THE MAGAZINE — One of the most anticipated events each spring is TX2K, an annual celebration of competition and speed on the drag racing and roll racing front, held at Texas Motorplex in Ennis, Texas.
The event, which started as an add-on to a test and tune race at Houston Raceway Park in 2000 (hence the ‘2K’ part of the event name), has become an annual proving ground to see where the mark stands in a multitude of classes, as well as engine platforms.
The event hosts thirteen drag racing classes, as well as four roll racing classes. And after six days of on-track competition, champions were crowned and clutching unique TX2K trophies.
There are several classes at TX2K that host outstanding performances, and this year’s event had the world watching the 2JZ versus the World class. Introduced in 2025 to find the answer to the ‘can the 2JZ be the king of TX2K’ question, a mixture of six and seven-second cars laid down their best shots in qualifying.
The top qualifying spot was traded back and forth between Eric LaFerriere and Brett LaSala over the six rounds of qualifying, with LaFerriere securing the number one qualifying spot with a world record on a 275 drag radial for an import, a 5.905 at 242 mph run.
In eliminations, LaFerriere exited competition in round one, while LaSala continued on to the final round to face the GT-R of Mac Bronson. The call came that Mac Bronson’s car was broken and for would not make the call.
Then Peter Blach, promotor and creator of TX2K, upped the ante for the final pass of the night, putting the same $10,000 bonus on the line if LaSala also cracked the 5-second barrier. The Sick Prep team did one final track prep, for the shot that would have not only the Internet, but the thousands in attendance in Texas, glued to the race track!
Job Spetter, longtime tuner for LaSala, put a hot file in the ‘Snot Rocket 3.0’ Mustang Motec ECU, and LaSala delivered the quickest and fastest run of TX2K history, a 5.879 at 242 mph!!
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Written by Derek Putnam. Photo by Motion Raceworks.