NMRA's event schedule has been rearranged for the better with the historic Ford Motorsport Nationals moving back to June 27-30 at Maple Grove Raceway in 2019. It's no secret the event has struggled with weather for the past three seasons and the move out of the wet month of May should provide the sunshine craved by racers, fans, sponsors, and organizers. With only 52 weekends in a year and the...

It is the annual battle for SVT supremacy as the legendary SVT Cobra takes on the Shelby GT500 in a contest you won't want to miss. The Cobra/Terminator vs. GT500 Shootout at the NMRA Nitto Tire All-Ford World Finals happens at Beech Bend Raceway over the weekend of September 27-30, 2018 and this year. WELD Racing has picked up the title sponsorship and is sweetening the top prize with the additio...

Nitto Tire entered the domestic high-performance over twenty years ago and its popularity grows stronger every day. A long-term relationship with the street-legal drag racing sanctioning bodies NMRA and NMCA has helped put its products in front hundreds of thousands of street performance enthusiasts who are interested in straight line performance. Its flagship performance tire, the NT555 was desig...

Race Winning Brands, Inc. (RWB), a portfolio company of Kinderhook Industries, LLC is pleased to announce the acquisition of Dart Machinery, LTD. (Dart), a performance industry leader and manufacturer of high-performance engine blocks, cylinder heads, and intake manifolds. Dart's founder, Richard Maskin, will continue to play a leading role within the organization as a partner and Chairman of R...

As a five-time NMRA Hot Street champion, Charlie Booze Jr. knows a thing or two about high-revving engines, high wheelies and hightailing to wins. When the category ceased several years ago, Booze Jr., whose brother and Booze Brothers Racing partner Brian Booze also earned a championship in the category, turned his focus to Ultra Street and local racing. Then, he hopped into Justin Fogelsonger's...

When it was announced last year that Steeda Limited Street would be added to the array of categories contested at NMRA events in 2018, enthusiasm for the entry-level, power-adder, heads-up class ensued. Drivers who had been competing in the series, as well as drivers who had been competing outside of the series, read the rules and readied their race cars for the 24th Annual Nitto NMRA Spring Bre...

ididit, LLC is taking performance steering in a new direction. Long known for its premier universal and retrofit steering columns for hot rods and custom builds, the company is introducing ZP Performance Steering an ididit quality product for the street performance and sportsman racing markets. We're proud to roll out ZP Performance Steering, our newest ididit brand, said Ted Keating of id...

Just like with the turbocharged combination adjustment earlier this season, we are keeping a close eye on Limited Street and would make changes if needed. Those changes are to keep the class competitive and also keep the field away from the SFI 25.5 cage requirement, commented NMRA tech director Lonnie Grim. Effective immediately, the supercharged combinations have some adjustments with the Vort...

The 13th Annual NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing was one for the record books, as favorable temperatures brought in around 600 race cars, over 250 show cars and upwards of 20,000 spectators to witness all the action at Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, Illinois. After two days of qualifying, Saturday afternoon signaled the start of eliminations that ran saw round one stretched into the l...

While Route 66 Raceway was rocking yesterday with the first rounds of eliminations for the 13th Annual Nitto NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing presented by Fuel Systems Technology, things are about to get even rowdier today as competitors gun it to try to get to the Aerospace Components Winner's Circle and the runoff between NMCA and NMRA winners. Awaiting those who seal the deal ar...

The weekend is upon us as we start day three of the 13th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street legal Drag Racing presented by Fuel Systems Technology. The on-track action starts at 8:30 a.m. with the third and final qualifying session, and heads-up classes scheduled for their final qualifying shot at the track at 11 a.m. The afternoon kicks off with the QA1 True Street cruise before we ...

The track is just about ready to go hot here at Rt. 66 Raceway for the 13th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street legal Drag Racing presented by Fuel Systems Technology. We go straight into qualifying session number one this morning and we've got over 400 race cars all looking to get down the finely honed 1320. After completing his licensing passes, former NMRA Pure Street st...

   

It's finally time to kick off the biggest race of the NMRA/NMCA season with the Nitto Tire Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing presented by Fuel Systems Technologies. Over 250 race-car-hauling trucks and trailers have poured into Rt. 66 Raceway today alone for what promises to be an epic weekend of racing. A spectacular weather forecast should bring some fantastic day and night action, and toda...

After introducing himself to NMRA Edelbrock Renegade last year, Tony Hobson hauled to a 7.45 and a fourth place finish in points in his 2014 Mustang GT. That was proof that he, his car and his combination were capable of being competitive in the cutthroat category. Soon after the season wrapped, however, Hobson and his crew chief, Eric Holliday of JPC Racing, decided to swap engines. Eric Holl...

NMRA officials are proud to announce Modified Street, a new heads-up eliminator that will be part of the 2019 NMRA championship class line-up. It is a single power-adder category that will be quicker than Steeda Limited Street. When we released Limited Street last year we received a tremendous amount of feedback, said NMRA general manager Rollie Miller. We noticed a lot of trends in rule req...

The Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street-Legal Drag Racing is the most recognized street car motorsport event on the planet and it always features the largest manufacturers midway of the year. The action begins on Thursday, July 26, and culminates on Sunday, July 29, when Team NMRA's class champions take on team NMCA's winners in the all-out slugfest we like to call the Super Bowl of Street-L...

Wednesday, July 25th Stacking NOON - Overnight Racer stacking in designated area. (SEE MAP) Vendor/Midway Stacking in separate Designated Area. (SEE MAP)   Thursday, July 26th GATE OPEN: 8AM 7PM Stacking in designated areas Areas all day (SEE MAP) 8AM Gate 14 Opens for Vendor/Midway Parking 8AM _Gate 14 Opens for Racers, Vendor/Midway, Car show & Swap ...

ProMedia Events is pleased to announce that there are two Racer Appreciation Parties scheduled for the upcoming Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street-Legal Drag Racing event, which takes place at Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, Illinois, the weekend of July 26-29, 2018. This extra special event is billed as the "Super Bowl" because the NMRA class champions will take on the NMCA class winners for a...

Story by Mary Lendzion and photos by Kevin DiOssi Twenty years ago, Russell Stone bought a Fox-body Mustang from Dwayne Barbaree, and a friendship was formed. They would work on the car together, and Stone would street-race it while Barbaree street-raced another Fox-body Mustang, and when they lined up alongside each other for the first time, Stone, who had never lost a street race, was outrun b...

In order for racers to be better prepared for the biggest street-legal drag race of the year, NMRA/NMCA racing officials are proud to announce the addition of Test & Tune on Thursday (July 26) to the 13th annual Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street-Legal Drag Racing at Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, IL, the weekend of July 26-29, 2018. This is the last of two events in 2018 that bring all th...

Story by Mary Lendzion and photos by Andrew Link and Fastest Street Car Staff While driving his 1990 Mustang to and from high school near his family's home in Milton, Pennsylvania, Adam Arndt would think about all of the modifications he wanted to make to it. Among them was an engine swap, so when he fried the four-banger that was in the car, he made plans to replace it with a 5.0L. Taking w...

Precision Turbo and Engine has added a new size to its line of championship winning and record-setting Pro Mod turbochargers with the release of the new GEN2 Pro Mod 88 XPR Turbocharger. Utilizing an 88mm inducer GEN2 CEA (Competition Engineered Aerodynamics) CNC-machined, 2618-forged aluminum compressor and our 108mm exducer CEA turbine wheel, this Pro Mod offers unparalleled performance, gr...

If you registered for text alerts using our new text alert system this past year, you'll need to re-register. Occasionally we will need to purge all of our contacts, which means you'll need to register with the system again. We apologize for the hassle. If you have not yet registered your number, we encourage you to do so as it is a great way to get messages/alerts from our event team. Please clic...

Soon after securing a seventh place finish in NMRA Edelbrock Renegade points last fall, Curtis Catalon sent his energetic 4.6L engine to RGR Engines to be freshened. While it was there, Rich Groh made improvements to the engine's oiling system and suggested improvements to the combination's cooling system, which Triangle Speed Shop then handled for Catalon, who had previously clocked a best of 7....

In his familiar and fast Fox body Mustang, Drew Lyons has driven to two championships in NMRA G-Force Racing Transmissions Coyote Stock. And along the way, he has hit the starting line hard and hung the front tires high in the car motivated by a Coyote engine, Tremec TKO transmission, Liberty's gear set and Black Magic clutch and rolling on Strange suspension and Bogart wheels wrapped with Mick...

For the first time in nearly ten years the QA1 True Street field of NMRA will hit the banks of Chicagoland Speedway's NASCAR track for the 30-mile cruise on Saturday July 28, 2018. It is a rare and exclusive opportunity for NMRA/NMCA True Street participants at the 13th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing. On Saturday, True Street participants will exit the Route ...

The Aerospace Components Manual Brake and Pedal Conversion Kit for the S550 Mustangs (2015-2018) saves weight, adds space under a cramped hood, and improves braking. Going manual does not mean sacrificing great braking. With the Aerospace Components Conversion Kit, braking is actually improved! This is accomplished by correcting the pedal ratio and geometry so proper pressures can be achieved, wit...

While Chad Wendel had been competing in NMRA Roush Super Stang for eight years, he was enticed by NMRA Steeda Limited Street when it debuted in 2017 and decided to enter the category in 2018. To prepare for his move from index racing to heads-up racing, he decided to replace the 4.6L Modular engine that he had been running with a Coyote engine from a 2014 Mustang that had been sitting in a junkya...

Written by Mary Lendzion Photos by Kevin DiOssi As a child walking hand in hand with her father, Stephanie Davies was curious about the make and model of most cars arriving for cruise-ins at the Whiskey Cafe near their Clifton, New Jersey, home. It didn't matter if they were Fords, Chevrolets or Dodges. But one of the cars she was most curious about was her father's classic 1966 Fairlane R...

Lance Keck has had an appreciation of cars for as long as he can remember. He would watch the Camaros, Challengers, Mustangs, and Mavericks cruising around his family's home in Central Valley, California in his youth, and after serving as a hospital corpsman with the Navy years later, he began drag racing and road racing in a 1969 Camaro, a 1955 Chevy, and assorted Datsuns and Nissans, among o...

After a rain-shortened program yesterday, racers are ready to rev up and roll into eliminations on this final day of the 15th Annual NMRA Ford Super Nationals at National Trail Raceway in Hebron, Ohio. They'll be focused on going rounds, gaining points and getting to the Aerospace Components Winner's Circle at this fourth of six races on this year's tour. Pictured above is Mike Ciborowski, who is ...

The NMRA Drag Racing Series presented by Keystone Automotive kicked off the second half of a six-race series with the 15th Annual NMRA Ford Super Nationals, June 7-10 at National Trail Raceway. The crowd of racers and fans dealt with weather late in the day on Friday and Saturday, but cooperation got the program completed in its entirety. NMRA officials made the call to run three rounds of qualify...

The Capri Swarm is unofficially the largest gathering of the first generation (1970 to 1977) Mercury Capri in all of drag racing. NMRA hosts the Capri Swarm with a dedicated test-and-tune category and special show categories. The leader of the pack is James Meredith as he is unofficially the quickest and fastest first gen Capri. He ran 9.80s yesterday as he tunes up his naturally aspirated Coyote ...

SATURDAY BRACKET RESULTS

It is Battleground: Ohio for the NMRA Drag Racing Series, presented by Keystone Automotive, as the series begins the second half of the season in the six-race championship competition. The NMRA SuperNationals goes down this weekend at National Trail Raceway, located just outside the city limits of Columbus, Ohio. Pictured above, the NMRA crew lays down a fresh layer of VP Racing Fuels Lane Choi...

By Ainsley Jacobs Photos by Team NMRA After a lifetime following the NHRA circuit, Eric Bardekoff has found his calling in NMRA competition. He recently made the jump to NMRA ProCharger Coyote Modified and already has plans to step up his game even further. Based out of Commack, New York, Bardekoff runs his shop, EB Custom Works, during the day but focuses his attention on his racing ende...

After a captivating chase to the championship, Dan Ryntz rounded up a second place finish in NMRA Richmond Gear Factory Stock points last year. As remarkable as that was, the diehard driver is determined to do even better this year, and has made upgrades that he's sure will help him hit his mark in his SST Performance-supported Mustang motivated by a 5.0 Coyote engine, JLT Performance cold-air in...

The Super Ford Showdown returns to the NMRA SuperNationals at National Trail Raceway (Hebron, OH) over the weekend of June 7-10, 2018 and the payout tops $11,000. NMRA and National Trail Raceway officials offer four categories with two sets of eliminations; there will be Saturday and Sundway winners through four categories Fast Ford and Quick Ford are 1/8-mile eliminators while Street Ford and Nos...

Wednesday June 6th 10AM Overnight Vendor and Racer stacking in the Red Highlighted area on map Thursday June 7th Vendor and Racer Stacking in designated area on map NOON - Racer/Vendor Gate opens. 7 PM Racer/Vendor Gate Closes. 7 pm Overnight - Stacking in designated area on map Friday June 8th 9 AM Racer Gate Opens 7 PM Racer Gate Closes. 7 PM Ove...

The NMRA SuperNationals, held at National Trail Raceway in Hebron, Ohio, has always attracted a large and diverse field of QA1 True Street entries from the 60s-era Mustangs up to the newest offerings from the dealership. To help celebrate the street/strip competition, NMRA has teamed with Weldon Pump to throw the biggest True Street Racer Happy Hour of the year. NMRA officials have secured over $...

Attention Richmond Gear Factory Stock Racers The 2018 mid-season rule changes will take effect AFTER the NMRA SuperNationals at National Trail Raceway (Hebron, OH) due to the incomplete eliminations from the CJ Pony Parts NMRA Ford Motorsport Nationals last month. The Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing will the first race to feature the 2018 mid-season adjustments.

The inevitable bucket list always has a pie-in-the-sky entry that daydreamers wish for, but likely never experience. So when Randy Seward hatched his plan of a cross-country trip to visit 47 drag strips in just over two months time, it sounded too magical to most gearheads. Adding more doubt would be to do it in Seward's 8-second 92 Mustang with no trailer and no support car. Read about his of...

Among Susan Roush-McClenaghan's most cherished childhood memories is going to the track with her family to watch her father, Jack Roush, race. She found everything about the experiences to be especially engaging and incredibly inspiring, and she proved that when she went on to restore a 1967 Cougar, navigate for drivers taking part in the Great Race and pilot her 2003, 2001 and 2010 Roush Musta...

As soon as it was announced that Steeda Limited Street would be introduced at the 19th Annual Nitto NMRA All-Ford World Finals last fall at Beech Bend Raceway in Kentucky, Kelly Shotwell made plans to be there. Then, he promptly set the pace in the promising new category with an 8.93 and went to the Aerospace Components Winner's Circle with an 8.89 in the 1995 Mustang he had purchased from his br...

Attention all NMRA Drag Racing competitors: The NMRA Tech Department has requested that all mid-season rule requests be turned in by Wednesday May 16th. The staff is trying to expedite the process to get any adjustments and rule modifications handled in a quick and decisive manner. We value all of your input and while not all requests are granted, each one is studied and determined if it is in the...

On the same weekend that the largest horse race was going down in Kentucky, it was the mechanical horses of the NMRA that rocked the rolling hills around Maple Grove Raceway (Reading, PA). Despite the threat of rain for the third straight year, NMRA officials accelerated the racing program and completed the 18th running of the CJ Pony Parts NMRA Ford Motorsport Nationals, presented by Vortech Supe...