The TREMEC Stick Shift Shootout is back for 2026, and the first event will take place as part of Mustang Week Texas. For the first time Mustang Week Texas will include drag racing, and it will feature the TREMEC Stick Shift Shootout. While the main festivities of Mustang Week Texas will be held April 14-18 in Galveston, Texas, the drag racing portion and TREMEC Stick Shift Shootout will be held at Houston Motorsports Park on Thursday, April 16.
ABOVE: The TREMEC Stick Shift Shootout at Mustang Week Texas 2026 will take place at Houston Motosports Park on Thursday, April 16. To qualify vehicles must be a full bodied car or truck with an H-pattern shifted manual transmission with a foot-activated clutch.
“We’re excited to increase TREMEC’s participation with Mustang Week Texas and bring the TREMEC Stick Shift Shootout to a new event,” said Mike Kidd, TREMEC Aftermarket Business Unit Manager. “This shootout will include a familiar format we’ve used in the past, pulling the four quickest H-pattern shifted manual transmission cars from the True Street class. They’ll compete heads up on a .400 pro tree in a winner-take-all showdown for a brand new TREMEC TKX 5-speed transmission. Plus, we’ll have special awards for the 10 quickest stick shift cars in True Street.”
ABOVE: In addition to a brand new TREMEC TKX five-speed, the winner of the TREMEC Stick Shift Shootout at Mustang Week Texas 2026 will also receive this glorious winner’s trophy they can display and entertain people with while telling tales of stick shift racing adventure and glory!
Eligible vehicles must be a full-bodied car or truck with an H-pattern shift manual transmission (doesn’t have to be a TREMEC) with a foot activated clutch. Awards will be given for the 10 quickest manual transmission vehicles from the True Street based off each racer’s average from their three True Street runs. Then the four quickest competitors will face off in a heads up format, with lane choice determined by qualifying E/T. For the full True Street rules and the criteria for entering the class CLICK HERE.
“Mustang Week True Street is about real cars and real drivers,” says Mustang Week CEO James Lawrence. “TREMEC adding the Stick Shift Shootout to our event is a perfect fit — it celebrates the heart of Mustang culture and the guys and girls who still love shifting their own gears.”
ABOVE: During the drag racing action championship, world champion drag racer, Mike Murillo, will hold a drag racing clinic open to everyone in attendance. The clinic will cover all aspects of drag racing, offering methods and advice to help racers hone their skills and improve their E/Ts.
Champion drag racer, Mike Murillo, will host a drag racing clinic to help racers hone their skills and maybe shave some tenths off their quarter-mile times. Mike will cover different aspects of drag racing that racers can look at to improve such as burnouts, staging, reaction time, launch technique and putting together a clean pass. It’ll be a great chance for racers of all levels to make themselves better.