00 Race Program Dossier

Legacy At Full Throttle.

A premium Funny Car program with a human reason to exist: built for the strip, carried by family, and presented with the discipline the name deserves.

The Caine Group Funny Car launching through smoke and fire
Caine Russell / Forever In Our Hearts

Legacy The reason

Built From The Reason We Race.

The Caine Group was created in loving memory of Caine. His love for drag racing, his bigger-than-life personality, and his passion for life are the center of the program.

That truth stays visible in the car, the crew, and the way the name is carried through every race weekend.

Family watching from the drag strip
Caine memorial portrait
Forever In Our Hearts

Machine The build

The Car, The Class, The Details.

The machine anchors the program: nitro Funny Car presence, serious speed, and technical credibility that make the car feel as considered as it is aggressive.

The Caine Group race car
Class NHRA Funny Car
Body Ford Mustang
Performance 300+ MPH
Series NHRA Mission Foods
Livery The Caine Group
Fuel Nitromethane

Race Team Behind the wheel

The People Carrying The Name.

Spencer Hyde carries The Caine Group colors in Jim Head Racing's nitro Funny Car program, pairing a rising Canadian driver with one of the sport's most recognizable independent Funny Car operations.

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The Caine Group Funny Car in the Head Racing shop
Driver Spencer Hyde
Operation Head Inc. Ford Mustang
Crew Chief Jim Head
Career Best 3.863 ET / 333.58 MPH
  • Ontario native and 2025 NHRA Funny Car rookie
  • Full-time Jim Head Racing nitro Funny Car seat
  • Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge winner in Las Vegas
  • World Series of Pro Mod winner before the nitro move

2026 Funny Car schedule

See You At The Track.

NHRA Gatornationals Gainesville Raceway · Gainesville, FL
Mar 5-8, 2026
NHRA Arizona Nationals Firebird Motorsports Park · Chandler, AZ
Mar 20-22, 2026
NHRA Four-Wide Nationals zMAX Dragway · Concord, NC
Apr 24-26, 2026
NHRA Southern Nationals South Georgia Motorsports Park · Adel, GA
May 1-3, 2026
Route 66 NHRA Nationals Route 66 Raceway · Joliet, IL
May 14-17, 2026
Thunder Valley Nationals Bristol Dragway · Bristol, TN
Jun 12-14, 2026 Next Run
Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals Summit Motorsports Park · Norwalk, OH
Jun 25-28, 2026
NHRA U.S. Nationals Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park · Indianapolis, IN
Sep 2-7, 2026
NHRA Nationals at The Rock Rockingham Dragway · Rockingham, NC
Sep 25-27, 2026
NHRA Midwest Nationals World Wide Technology Raceway · Madison, IL
Oct 2-4, 2026
NHRA Nevada Nationals The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway · Las Vegas, NV
Oct 29-Nov 1, 2026
Season Updates

Paddock Race hub

Paddock Wire.

Current race notes, story links, and media from around the program.

Apr 25 Partner News

The Caine Group Joins Spencer Hyde At NHRA 4-Wide

The Caine Group carried primary backing on Hyde’s Jim Head Racing Funny Car at Charlotte, with a special livery honoring Caine Russell.

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Apr 27 Race Recap

Hyde Carries Caine Russell Tribute Livery

Charlotte put the Caine Group story on a national Funny Car stage with the tribute livery in competition.

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Mar 23 Performance

Phoenix Runner-Up Shows Early Pace

Hyde’s 2026 season includes a No. 1 qualifying position and a runner-up finish in Phoenix.

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May 14 Race Week

Route 66 Opens The Current Stretch

The Funny Car calendar is live in Joliet before the series turns toward Bristol in June.

Race schedule
The Caine Group Funny Car in the Head Racing shop
Livery
The Caine Group Funny Car on track
Photo
Front detail of The Caine Group race car
Detail

Media Paddock feed

The Season In Motion.

Track the car, the crew, and the moments around race weekend.

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Program Partners Serious support

Built With Serious Support.

The program sits inside a real racing network: shops, manufacturers, brands, and race-week people whose work is visible in the car, the pit, and the way the story is carried.

Primary Moment The Caine Group on Hyde's Charlotte 4-Wide Funny Car
Race Operation Head Inc. Ford Mustang with Jim Head Racing
Support Network Technical shops, manufacturers, and race-week crew
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