What would the Nitto Tire NMRA Spring Break Shootout be without a Spring Break style party Kick-off the weekend with wings, beer, and a Mustang and Ford car show at The WingHouse of Bradenton on Friday night, March 3rd. The wild antics of past Friday night parties are legendary as racers and fans launched the racing season in true Spring Break style. Come for the food and beverage and stay for ...

The much-anticipated 2017 NMRA season will open with the 23rd Annual NMRA Spring Break Shootout, March 2-5, at Bradenton Motorsports Park in Bradenton, Florida, and according to Sean Walter, Director of Sports for the Bradenton Area Sports Commission, the area located on the state's West Coast has many offerings for those looking to extend their trip. Worth mentioning first, Walter says, are it...

To get a better idea of what professional tuners do, we called some of the biggest names in the drag racing game. 

Precision Turbo and Engine recently announced their new Pro Series CO2-specific 66mm Wastegate. It is constructed from high grade, high temperature stainless steel and billet aluminum components for the best in strength, style and functionality at an affordable price. Featuring a 347 stainless investment cast valve body, this 66mm external wastegate provides consistent performance without the worr...

Right after driving his 2014 Mustang Cobra Jet to a 7.81 to claim the ProCharger Coyote Modified elapsed-time record at the final NMRA race of the 2016 season, John Kauderer turned his focus to 2017. He delivered his Watson Racing-built race car to Justin's Performance Center, where its current suspension is being replaced with BMR Suspension components, including a K-member, lower A-arms and u...

As the 2017 season draws closer, more companies are renewing or beginning to add to the NMRA contingency program. This week we've added: Holley, NOS, MSD, RacePak, QuickFuel Technology, and E3 Spark Plugs. To see the updated listing click >>here<<

The Coyote takeover of the Ford street legal market is nearly complete and leading the charge are the turbocharged Mustangs. NMRA and Keystone Automotive are pleased to announce that it will continue to showcase some of the wildest and baddest turbocharged modern Mustangs on the planet. Presented by Hellion Turbo, the Turbo Coyote Shootout kicks off March 2-5, 2017, during the 23rd Annual Nitt...

This year's Nitto Tire NMRA Spring Break Shootout will be off the hook crazy with Blue Oval heads-up drag racing, special events, and celebrity appearances from Street Outlaws Bobby Ducote and BoostedGT! Bobby Ducote and BoostedGT will both be set-up on the midway all day Saturday, March 4th, and they have challenged each other to a best 2 out of 3 match race for ultimate NMRA bragging rights! Be...

While it is certainly true that there is no replacement for displacement, the real secret to making power is in the bore size. For example, the old F1 V-8 engines had a 3.85 x 1.56-inch bore and stroke. Modern Pro Stock engines aren't quite as lopsided, but are also considerably over-square. By comparison, the Coyote comes from the factory slightly under-square with a 3.63-inch bore and 3.65-inch ...

The NMRA is pleased to announce that G-Force Racing Transmissions continues as a class sponsor of the NMRA in 2017. Last year the Cleona, PA company, sponsored the Pure Street class, but with that class no longer being contested on the tour, G-Force has picked up sponsorship of the popular Coyote Stock class this year.

Coan Engineering has joined the NMRA as an official sponsor in 2017 and will also be posting contingency in a majority of classes in both organizations. "The NMRA are is a rapidly growing association which has done a fantastic job of building a racer-friendly program. We are proud to partner with them as an Official Series and Contingency sponsor in 2017 and look forward to rewarding the partic...

More companies have joined the growing list of NMRA contingency sponsors this week including: FAST, TCI, Air Flow Research, and Moser Engineering. To see the updated list, which is updated each Friday evening, click >>HERE<<

The NMRA is pleased to announce that Edelbrock and ProCharger will both be continuing their class sponsorships in 2017. Edelbrock will remain as the Renegade class sponsor while ProCharger retains sponsorship of the Coyote Modified class.

With his sights set on outlaw-style racing, Jeremiah Hussey is hopping into NMRA's new UPR Modular Xtreme class at the 23rd Annual Nitto NMRA Spring Break Shootout, March 2-5, 2017 at Bradenton Motorsports Park in Florida. He'll be in the driver's seat of the 2011 Mustang GT he ran to a 7.61 in NMRA Turbo Coyote Shootout, but he's making some changes to it in preparation for the eighth-mile cla...

A serial entrepreneur by trade and host of the World Fishing Network's television show Loose Cannons , Joey Basile's got multiple irons in the fire at any given time. The Palm Beach, Florida-based racer is no stranger to taking big risks in hope of a big reward, so when he decided to do the impossible and run 8s on 20 wheels, he had only one option to go all in. Racing is nothing new to Bas...

Hoosier Racing Tire returns to the NMRA this year as an Official Sponsor as well as a contingency sponsor for all NMRA events. The company will be posting contingency awards in all Pro and Sportsman classes, as well as special-event classes. We look forward to renewing our relationship with NMRA and the racers that compete in this all-Ford series this year, stated Hoosier Tire Drag Racing Bus...

Watch as the baddest and most recognized Mustang street racers converge on Bradenton Motorsports Park in Bradenton, Florida, the weekend of March 2-5, 2017, for the insane Blue Oval party that is the Nitto Tire NMRA Spring Break Shootout. Just announced: ididit, Inc., the steering column specialists, will present Outlaw True Street, a special race category that will run on Saturday evening, March ...

The 2017 NMRA racer contingency program continues to grow in 2017. Here are a few of the latest companies who will be supporting racers this season. Hoosier Racing Tire, Maximum Motorsports, QA1, DeatschWerks, ProCharger and Fidanza. To see the entire lineup of 2017 NMRA contingency sponsors click >>here<<. This list will be updated each Friday.

After selling his killer Street Outlaw race car, John Macdonald purchased a 1969 Mustang as a street cruiser project. With goals of something near 500 horsepower dancing in his head, Macdonald knew that the 351 Windsor that was currently in between the framerails was going to need some new parts to achieve that goal. Right out of the gate, Macdonald contacted Edelbrock about one of their Power Pac...

After racing his turbocharged 1989 Mustang coupe in OSCA in the late 1990s, Ed Rice sold the car he refers to as the grey squirrel to a friend. But he recently bought it back, and is preparing it for his daughter, Jennifer Brooke Rice, to pilot in NMRA Edelbrock Renegade while also piloting her 2009 Mustang in NMCA ARP Nitrous Pro Street. Ed fabricated for the car a 25.3 chrome moly cage, ...

After earning championships in NMRA Roush Performance Super Stang in 2009 and 2010 in his 2007 and 2010 Roush Mustangs, Chris Parisi stepped away from the series and focused on racing locally. When he returned in 2016, he committed to the NMRA's new Race Pages Ford Muscle category rather than his familiar friend, Roush Performance Super Stang, and in his Steeda-suspended 2007 Mustang powered by...

The NMRA Keystone Automotive Ford Nationals, the #1 all-Ford motorsport show in the U.S., is pleased to announce that Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords will once again join forces with the NMRA to feature the Spring Break Shootout race at the NMRA Ford Nationals season-opening event at Bradenton Motorsports Park in Bradenton, FL, March 2-5, 2017. JLT Performance has stepped-up to support Muscle Mu...

While the 2016 race season was rockier than Rebecca Starkey had hoped it would be, she cruised to a top ten finish in NMRA ProCharger Coyote Modified points and came out of the gate swinging in 2017. In her 2011 Mustang GT powered by an Aluminator Coyote engine and VMP Gen II supercharger, she laid down an incredible 8.58 at 157 mph during a test session on Jan. 8, 2017 at Orlando Speed World. ...

With the 2017 season beginning in just a few weeks, NMRA Contingency Sponsors are returning to the nations largest all-Ford drag racing series. Here is a list of sponsors who have joined the NMRA this year in support of racers by posting contingencies on certain products. Thus far they include: Magnaflow, Baer Brake Systems, Moroso, Strange Engineering, Aerospace Components, Flowmaster, Roush P...

Every Ford fan in the world knows that the Nitto Tire NMRA Spring Break Shootout presented by Muscle Mustangs is an insane, horsepower-infused Blue Oval spectacle that takes place each year at Bradenton Motorsports Park in Bradenton, Florida. This year's 23rd annual event, the weekend of March 2-5, 2017, will be off the hook crazy with NMRA heads-up drag racing, special events, and a celebri...

Working on your ride in the bitter cold or the blistering heat is no fun, and the new Portacool Jetstream series of portable evaporative coolers are engineered to generate significant airflow and provide superior portable cooling. The Portacool Jetstream 240 is the smallest unit in the Jetstream series and it is easily moved to wherever you need it to cool garage or shop spaces up to 1,125 feet. T...

Sponsors are continuing to renew for special NMRA Shootout classes in 2017 as the All-Ford Drag Racing Series gets closer to the kickoff of a new season. TREMEC will continue to sponsor the Stick Shift Shootout for racers in the True Street class at both the Florida and Kentucky races, while VMP Performance continues to back the ever-growing Terminator/GT500 Shootout, which bookends the season ...

Adding to the anticipation for the 18th Annual Nitto NMRA All Ford World Finals at Beech Bend Raceway in Kentucky last fall was the revelation that multi-time NMRA world champion and VP Racing Fuels Street Outlaw standout John Urist would be taking part in his just-built Turn 14 Distribution 2016 Mustang. The 25.3, four-link car built by Chris Hemmeter of Behind Bars Race Cars and Bruce Dyckes ...

The NMRA and NMCA are pleased to announce the 2nd Annual Sealed Stock All-Star Showdown, a special race between select Coyote Stock and Chevrolet Performance Stock competitors at the Commerce, Georgia event at Atlanta Dragway, the weekend of April 6-9, 2017. Billed as the NMRA/NMCA All-Star Nationals, it's one of only two races where fans can witness the spectacle of both NMRA and NMCA racing the ...

ProMedia Events & Publishing is pleased to announce that Jim Campisano has joined ProMedia as Director of Sales. Effective immediately, Campisano will be working closely with the ProMedia sales staff as well as Race Pages editor Mike Galimi and Fastest Street Car editor Steve Baur. As a 30-year industry veteran, early NMRA supporter and former NMCA racer, Campisano is well acquainted with ProM...

While Becki Lynn ran her 2008 Saleen Mustang to eleventh place in NMRA Roush Super Stang points in 2016, she's making a major move for 2017. She purchased a 2010 Mustang as a roller and will throw her hat into the Exedy Racing Clutch Modular Muscle ring, where she hopes to replace 13-second timeslips with 9-second timeslips. I wanted to keep the Saleen a street car and get into a dedicated ...

Soon after sailing to a ninth place finish in 2016 Coyote Stock points at the 18th Annual Nitto NMRA All Ford World Finals at Beech Bend Raceway in October, Walter Baranowski headed to the Track Toys Racing ABM Nationals at Cecil County in Maryland. There, he had hoped to cap off a successful season that included personal bests of 10.32 in NMRA trim and 9.89 in outlaw trim, but instead, he got ...

VP Racing Fuels, Detroit Locker and UPR Products will all be returning as NMRA sponsors in 2017. VP continues as class sponsor of Street Outlaw, the quickest and fastest class in the NMRA, while Detroit Locker retains its long-standing sponsorship of the Truck and Lightning class. UPR will remain as the Car show sponsor throughout the season.

As the race season is rapidly approaching, here is the official NMRA class line-up for 2017. We are excited to kick off our championship season March 2-5, 2017 at Bradenton Motorsports Park with the 23rd annual Nitto Tire Spring Break Shootout, presented by Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords. Always looking to improve the events for both racers and fans, the NMRA made a few changes to the lineup. ...

  Aerospace Components, Inc., will once again be deeply involved in the NMRA, NMCA and NMCA West in 2017 as they continue the Aerospace Winner's Circle program. We are thrilled to once again sponsor the Aerospace Winner's Circle with NMRA, NMCA, and NMCA West racing series events in 2017. We had a blast in 2016 during the Winner's Circle and it is the place to be for 2017 as we en...

Roush Performance, Exedy Racing Clutch and QA1 all will be returning as class sponsors in 2017. Roush will be continuing their sponsorship of Super Stang, while Exedy retains their slot as sponsor of Modular Muscle, and QA1 remains as the True Street class sponsor.

While 2016 was a successful season for Jacky McCarty that ended with an NMCA Wiseco Street Outlaw championship and an NMRA VP Racing Fuels Street Outlaw top ten finish, he has already turned his focus to 2017. He hired ProLine to build a Dart billet block-based 460 cubic-inch LS engine to replace his turbo-enhanced small-block Ford, and it will be topped with Mast Mozez heads and a Hogan's inta...

Nitto Tire will return as the sponsor of the 23^rd Annual Spring Break Shootout at Bradenton Motorsports Park March 2-5. Joining Nitto will once again be Muscle Mustangs and Fast Fords Magazine as presenting sponsor of the kickoff event for 2017.

Keystone Automotive Operations, Inc. recently announced they will be continuing their sponsorship of the NMRA All-Ford Drag Racing Series through 2017, the 11th consecutive year the Exeter, Pennsylvania based performance parts distributor has held the title sponsorship. It's one of the longest continuous series sponsorships in all of drag racing, and we're proud to see it continue another year...

New from J&M Products, part number 23995 represents their latest in Extreme Joint Upper Control Arms for 1979-2004 Ford Mustangs. Utilizing a metal bushing surrounded by softer, synthetic elastomer cups, J&M Products new upper control arm articulates like a spherical bearing during cornering, but the machined ball doesn't allow for deflection during acceleration. The result is greater, mo...

If you have followed the series called Forget Me Not, which began in the May 2016 issue and was dyno tested in the following issue, then you will be familiar with our quest to build a 10-second ride from a 2008 Mustang GT. The mid-11 second ride benefited from a Roush R2300 supercharger, exhaust mods, and some other odds ends. It was the perfect starting point for our adventure and represents a ...

ProMedia Events & Publishing is pleased to announce that Tyler Crossnoe has joined the NMRA/NMCA event team as Race Master. Crossnoe will be working closely with recently hired Competition Director Kurt Johnson, Chief Starter T.J. El Prepe Bailey, Race Operations Director Gene Bergstrom and General Manger Rollie Miller at most of the events in 2017. As Race Master, Crossnoe will be respon...

While Anthony Heard and his 1990 Mustang were hauling in NMRA QA1 True Street presented by Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords, he's readying to roll in a 1999 Mustang Cobra. The 1990 Mustang, which he recently sold, was equipped with a naturally aspirated 363 cubic-inch engine which propelled him to a best of 9.44 and 144 mph in NMRA QA1 True Street presented by Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords a...

Perhaps it's the thrill of the chase, the test of a challenge, or simply the desire to stand out, but when it comes to being different, Bart Tobener is always ready to step up to the plate. The 2014 Edelbrock Renegade champion, Tobener, who calls Winder, Georgia his home, spends his days working as the warehouse manager at Race Part Solutions. In his free time, though, Tobener can be found turn...

A true, high-performance air intake system that doesn't void the manufacturer's warranty for 5.0L Coyote-equipped S550 2015-newer Ford Mustangs is now available from Granatelli Motor Sports. The PMAS 120mm complete air intake system offers gains of 25 horsepower and 25 foot-pounds of torque and does not require a computer re-flash or expensive custom tune. Each system includes Granatelli/PMAS-cali...

ProMedia Events & Publishing is pleased to announce that Kurt E. Johnson has joined the team roster as Competition Director for the NMRA and NMCA event series. Johnson takes over for longtime ProMedia staffer Shannon Murphy, who will be stepping away from the role, but remains a part of the ProMedia family. As Competition Director, Johnson will run on-track operations for both ProMedia seri...

If you've been around the NMRA circuit, then no doubt you are familiar with Mike Jovanis and his 1989 Mustang. Up until recently he used a mess of electronic boxes to control a DiSomma Racing Engines-built 347ci small-block and Forced Inductions 88mm turbo. EFI was controlled by a Haltech Platinum Sport 2000, which was aided by MSD Grid and an AMS 1000. For the 2016 race season he planned to simpl...

  Strange Engineering has always looked for ways to reward its loyal customers by putting money back in the hands of the racers. NMRA & NMCA racers will have an opportunity to claim over $90,000 in posted contingency for the 2017 race season for Strange Axles and brakes. Unlike other companies, Strange only requires the decal and parts be on the car for verification. No receipts and no...

There is no denying the popularity of swapping the Coyote 5.0 engine into a variety of vehicles, including the Fox-body Mustang. The engine swap growth has increased exponentially year-after-year as the hot rodding community is realizing its capabilities. Power By the Hour (PBH) Performance has developed a 6R80 Powertrain Control Pack (PCP) that allows an easy plug-and-play conversion to put the p...

After hauling to mid eights and multiple wins in a Fox body Mustang in NMRA QA1 True Street presented by Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords from 2005-2010, Allen Hurley climbed out of the small-block Ford- and nitrous-powered car to spend time with family. But a hankering to get back to hanging hoops about a year ago set off a search for what he referred to as the perfect car. His friends, incl...