Caleb Cox 2025 WWTR Gangsta 28 Champion
Last Updated on February 27, 2026 by WWTR
By Jeremy Rosenstengel
Photos by Keke Lipford
It’s always easy to tell when the Gangsta 28 class is about to hit the track at World Wide Technology Raceway. You can look up from the pits and see fans running to the stands just to get a good seat. This is the class everyone waits for. The one that brings the energy, the noise, and the excitement.
Why does this class create so much buzz? Because it’s built on a simple but electric premise: run what you brought. No horsepower limits. No restrictions on power adders. The only rules are that the car must keep its steel roof and quarter panels, and it must run on a 275 tire or a 28 x 10.5 tire. That’s it. Bring every bit of horsepower you can, put it to the ground, and see if you can conquer the incredible eighth‑mile surface that WWTR provides.
It’s no wonder fans love it. This class is an invitation to pure madness.
This season, Gangsta 28 gave us something special: the return of a back‑to‑back champion. That’s right. Caleb Cox claimed the title in both the 2024 and 2025 seasons. Piloting his 2011 Mustang to consecutive championships is an incredible accomplishment for Caleb.
Caleb grew up in Pevely, Missouri, watching street racing on I‑255 and the stoplight battles along Lindbergh. Winning back‑to‑back championships wasn’t something he imagined as a kid; he just saw those cool cars roaring down the road and knew he wanted to be part of that world someday.
Today, Caleb competes in multiple series around the country. In addition to his WWTR success, he also races in the seven‑event X‑275 Radial Outlaws series on the East Coast. In fact, last year during his championship write‑up, he missed the banquet entirely because he was on the road to Florida for the season opener.
Caleb shared that the 2025 championship felt completely different from 2024. Nothing came easy. At the end of 2024, his team chased an ECU issue. Then came a coil‑pack gremlin. Then suspension problems. Then trying to tune a setup that just didn’t want to cooperate. Caleb said he and his crew had to fight for every round win, every pass, and every bit of progress this season.
But fight they did. Caleb won three of the seven Gangsta 28 races this year and finished runner‑up in another. That means he appeared in the finals in over half the events—a remarkable level of consistency and dominance.
Caleb expressed heartfelt thanks to his significant other, Lauren Morgan, who he says keeps him grounded and helps him navigate the long, tough days at the track.
He also extends gratitude to HPJ Performance in Belleville, Illinois, for helping him work through a challenging season and still produce numbers like a 4.52 at 168 mph in a full‑bodied Ford Mustang door‑slammer.
Caleb would also like to thank JMN Custom Paint Works for their support and dedication throughout the season, as well as his hard‑working crew: Michael Zacheis, Joe Gabriel, Brian Breyfogle, and Eric Holliday. Caleb said that without these guys, back‑to‑back championships simply wouldn’t have been possible.
