Despite all of his immensely impressive success countless wins, tons of records, and five championship titles legendary wheelman Joel Greathouse has yet to conquer the NMRA. Although he had intended to chase the VP Racing Madditives Street Outlaw title behind the wheel of his KBX Performance teammate Charles Hull's X275 car, a change in plans means the champ will return to NMRA Edelbrock Reneg...

The Holley NMRA Ford Nationals is proud to welcome JDM Engineering to the most popular all-Ford motorsport event series as the sponsor of Limited Street. In its third year of competition, the JDM Engineering Limited Street eliminator is one of the most popular heads-up categories in NMRA with 19 racers confirmed for the season opener in less than two weeks. The diverse engine combinations in Limit...

Frank Paultanis took full advantage of the great weather here at Bradenton Motorsports Park and clocked the quickest pass in G-Force Transmissions Coyote Stock history with a 9.97 run today. According to sources, this was in fully legal trim, and we may see a number of 9-second runs from other competitors in the class this weekend. When testing ended at the 26th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA Spring Br...

For some people, retirement is a time to relax and enjoy life at a slower pace. For others, like Danny Towe, it's a time to pick back up and move forward full speed ahead. Thanks to some not so subtle prodding from his friend and NMRA Exedy Racing Clutch Modular Muscle driver, Shane Williams, Towe started running in NMRA Race Star Wheels Ford Muscle back in 16. Shane gets me into more sh*t th...

By Mary Lendzion Photos courtesy of Jim McCool It was nearly twenty years ago that Jim McCool drove his 1984 Mustang GT to his first NMRA event. He entered ARP Open Comp, and was committed to the category for a few years before deciding to try QA1 True Street, where he consistently ran 9.80s. But not long ago, the Columbus, Ohio-based driver decided to sell his 1984 Mustang GT and purcha...

Last year Holley NMRA Ford Nationals fans were treated to an awesome experience during the wildest Ford motorsport event of the year, the NMRA World Finals + Holley Intergalactic Ford Fest with a drifting exhibition from Formula Drift champion Vaughn Gittin Jr. Just five months later and Vaughn along with his popular RTR Vehicles Brand have taken even larger role in the world's biggest Ford event ...

Attention Racers: Due to weather concerns, Bradenton Motorsports Park will be cancelling its Wednesday test and tune scheduled for February 26th. The weather is expected to clear for Thursday Feb. 27th, and the NMRA will offer its own regularly scheduled Thursday test and tune session and have opted move the start time up an hour to 11:00 am to offer additional time for racers. If you would ...

ProMedia Events is pleased to announce that Weldon Pump will sponsor a special Racer Appreciation Happy Hour on Thursday, February 27th during the Nitto Tire NMRA Spring Break Shootout season opener at Bradenton Motorsports Park in Bradenton, Florida from 5:00PM until 7:00PM All racers, family, crew, sponsors, media, and vendors are invited to attend and enjoy ice cold kegs of beer, music, and ...

Strange Engineering's heavy duty line of S-Series Transmission and Pinion yokes are manufactured from premium high-tensile-strength nodular iron castings. The transmission and pinion yokes are CNC-machined to ensure concentricity and balance for ideal driveshaft operation. Most popular domestic transmissions and rearends are covered by the wide variety of parts that Strange Engineering has to offe...

The 2020 list of contingency sponsors is filling up quickly now and has been updated. To see the 2020 Contingency list, go >>HERE<<. Please be sure to look for what exact parts each company is posting for, and what proof of purchase requirements/verification are needed. If something isn't clear or you have questions, please contact the company directly. These are the latest co...

Aerospace Components and ProMedia Events and Publishing, the parent company of the Holley NMRA Ford Nationals and NMCA Muscle Car Nationals, are proud to announce the event-ending victory celebrations will continue in 2020 with Aerospace Components Winner's Circle. We are honored to enter into our tenth season as major sponsors with ProMedia, said Kim Kussy, President of Aerospace Components....

By Mary Lendzion Photos courtesy of Kevin McKenna and by NMRA In his eye-catching and enviable Mustang, Kevin McKenna motored to a win, a runner-up and a semifinal finish while competing in the NMRA Race Star Wheels Ford Muscle category the past couple of years. But after giving NMRA ROUSH Performance Super Stang a try at the Nitto NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing last summe...

By Mary Lendzion The moment Cameron Bowles climbed into the driver's seat of his grandfather Don Bowles Maverick, he showed that he was completely capable of being competitive in the famous car known as Little Coal Digger VII. He handled low 9-second passes with the help of a small-block Ford built by Roush and freshened by Phillip Oakley, and he even hauled to the NMCA MagnaFuel Open Comp ...

It the last few days, many NMRA Renegade and NMCA Xtreme Street racers have approached the NMRA/NMCA Tech department regarding the crossover from Ultra Street into those two categories. For the last few years, the two racing series have been moving toward the goal of being aligned with Ultra Street to make it easier for racers to cross back and forth. Changes were made to the Ultra Street rules fo...

By Mary Lendzion Photos courtesy of Valerie Clements and by NMCA After rocketing to a 4.75 in the eighth-mile and a 7.33 in the quarter-mile in her Mustang last year, NMRA Edelbrock Renegade racer Valerie Clements turned her focus to being even more fierce this year. To help her haul, her father, Alton Clements Sr., who also happens to be her engine-builder, put together a powerful 9.5 deck...

Monday February 24th Tuesday February 25th 1. Stacking in parking lot west of the track (See map for entry and stacking row instructions) Wednesday, February 26th 2. 8 AM OVERNIGHT Stacking in Parking Lot west of the track. (See map for entry and stacking row instructions) 3. 1 PM 6PM Pre-event Credential/Ticket Sales in Stacking Lot Thursday, February 27th GATE OPENS:...

Aeromotive Inc. is rewarding the winner of the Mickey Thompson Cobra/Terminator vs. GT500 Shootout at the Nitto Tire NMRA Spring Break Shootout February 27-March 1, 2019 at Bradenton Motorsports Park. The Kansas-based fuel system manufacturer started the bonus program last year for the category and continues to give back to the racers in 2020, along with participating in the NMRA Contingency syste...

As the JLT Performance Spring Break Shootout celebrates 25 years of street car insanity, Baer Brakes wanted to enhance the winner's pot by throwing in a gift certificate for a Deep Stage Drag Racing Brake System kit valued at around $1,000. This means the Quick 16 winner on Sunday could walk away with $1,800 as they celebrate in the Aerospace Components Winner's Circle with an NMRA Victor award an...

By Mary Lendzion Understanding how much time and talent it would take to have a car that would continuously be competitive, Nathan Stymiest jumped into NMRA G-Force Racing Transmissions Coyote Stock with both feet several years ago. With each race, he learns more and more about what motivates his Mustang, and his passion and persistence are paying off. Stymiest earned his first win in the...

The Mustang drag racing season always kicks off with the booming Nitto Tire Spring Break Shootout at Bradenton Motorsports Park, this year it goes down February 27 through March 1. The event's humble beginnings date back to 1995 and it was an assembly of quick street-legal Mustangs with a party to go along with it. Some 24 years later that notion still holds true and JLT Performance is back again ...

The much-anticipated 2019 NMRA season will open with the 26th Annual NMRA Spring Break Shootout, Feb. 27th - March 1, at Bradenton Motorsports Park in Bradenton, Florida. Granted there will be a lot of time spent at the racetrack, but we also know racers and their families are looking for other things to do as well. The Bradenton area has plenty offer families. From the sandy beaches and calm w...

Improve dragstrip safety and maintain stock appearance with a bolt-on Parachute Mount (PM760 - $219.95) from BMR Suspension. The bolt-on Parachute Mount is manufactured from 1-5/8-inch DOM tubing and 3/16-inch laser-cut plates to provide both high strength and minimal weight. The BMR Parachute Mount (PM760) is easily removed giving your Mustang a completely stock appearance when driven on the stre...

By Mary Lendzion Photos by NMRA and courtesy of Alton Clements When Alton Clements was competing in NMRA Edelbrock Renegade, he was a force who had his combination figured out and fine-tuned. In fact, he had earned two championships in the category before surprising fellow racers and fans by announcing that he was going to give NMRA VP Racing Madditives Street Outlaw a go in 2018. He cli...

With the start of the 2020 NMRA Holley Drag Racing Series just a few short weeks away, most racers are working to put the finishing touches on their combinations but Charlie McCulloch, the Exedy Racing Clutches Modular Muscle 2019 champion, is making a last minute change to see if he can get an edge on the others by switching to Hoosier Tires. Like so many others, McCulloch dutifully sent out h...

When Ford's Special Vehicles Team dubbed the supercharged Mustang Cobra Terminator in 2003, it was a nod to the pony car's at-the-time incredible power numbers. Seventeen years later, it's doubtful that the SVT team could have ever imagined the added customized control available for 2003- 04 Ford Mustang Cobra Terminators thanks to the MS3Pro Plug and Play ECU from AMP EFI. The race-ready MS3...

Things are really cranking up now as more and more companies are joining us as 2020 contingency sponsors. To see the 2020 Contingency list, go >>HERE<<. Please be sure to look for what exact parts each company is posting for, and what proof of purchase requirements/verification are needed. If something isn't clear or you have questions, please contact the company directly. The...

NMRA and NMCA are pleased to announce the 5th Annual Sealed Stock All-Star Showdown, a special race between select Coyote Stock and Chevrolet Performance Stock competitors during the Commerce, Georgia, event at Atlanta Dragway, the weekend of April 2-5, 2020. Billed as the Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center NMRA/NMCA All-Star Nationals, the event is one of only two races where fans can witness the specta...

NMRA and NMCA is excited to announce Laris Motorsports Insurance as the Official Motorsport Insurance provider for both national event series. The company offers racecar insurance for both on and off the race track and sales agent Mark Anderson will be at every NMRA and NMCA in 2020 to discuss options. Laris Motorsports Insurance is designed to be racer-friendly because its owners, Holden and R...

VP Racing Fuels, which sponsors the top categories in the NMCA and NMRA, is widely known as a go-to company for high-performance racing fuels, but the company expanded its portfolio of products recently. Those offerings include a line of fuel and coolant additives called Madditives that are designed to improve the performance of your vehicle in a number of areas. VP Racing's dive into the addi...

By Mary Lendzion While Vinny Palazzolo has only been competing in NMRA VP Racing Fuels Street Outlaw for a few years, he has already showcased some serious skills. Most recently, the Pennsylvania-based driver powered to the class championship followed by an X275 record with a 6.62 and 209 mph in the quarter-mile in his Gary Naughton Race Cars-built Mustang at the Import vs. Domestic World ...

Mickey Thompson Tires and Wheels returns as the sponsor of the the Cobra/Terminator vs. GT500 Shootout at two NMRA events in 2020 with $500-to-win plus a $600 gift certificate. Aeromotive will also toss in $1,000 gift certificate on top of the payout to the winner of the specialty Mustangs. The first showdown happens during the Nitto Tire NMRA Spring Break Shootout February 28 March 1 at Brad...

By Mary Lendzion When Scott Wayne ran his rowdy red Mustang Cobra in NMRA Edelbrock Renegade for the first time last year, he proved that he was cut out for the very competitive category. He ran as quick and fast as 4.89 and 143 mph in his car with chassis work and a cage by 1320 Fabrications and a 4.6L Four-Valve by Justin's Performance Center paired with a Precision 76mm turbo, but he was ...

Interview by Mary Lendzion Photos by FSC STAFF After watching racers ride out wheelies and row gears in G-Force Racing Transmissions Coyote Stock several years ago, Frank Paultanis decided that he, too, wanted to ride out wheelies and row gears in the captivating category. So, he meticulously prepared his Mustang and dove in, and each year, he has become more and more determined to dial it ...

NMRA and NMCA are pleased to announce the 5th Annual Open Comp All-Star Showdown, a special race between select NMRA and NMCA Open Comp competitors at the Commerce, Georgia event at Atlanta Dragway, the weekend of April 2-5, 2020. Billed as the Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center 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 ...

VP Racing Fuels, Inc., a leader in performance fuels, lubricants, additives, and gas station retail, is working to help prevent cancer through its annual Pink Jug campaign. With an increase of over 30% in donations to the Prevent Cancer Foundation in 2019, it was announced today that the push and the promotion would continue. At VP, we know a thing or two about research and development, said ...

With the 2020 season upon us contingency sponsors have either been signing back up for the new season or joining the NMRA for the first time. Keep in mind these are the companies who are supporting you, so when it comes time to freshen something or add a new component to your car or combination, these companies should be at the top of your list. To see the 2020 Contingency list, go >>HERE...

The annual TREMEC Stick Shift Shootout rages back into action during the Nitto Tire NMRA Spring Break Shootout February 27 - March 1, 2020 at Bradenton Motorsports Park in Bradenton, Florida. And don't forget, TREMEC is also hosting the QA1 True Street Racer Appreciation Happy Hour during the award's ceremony on Saturday after the category's completion. The TREMEC Happy Hour is open to all QA1 Tru...

After struggling with consistency issues with his 02 Ford Mustang all throughout 2019, NMRA Exedy Racing Clutch Modular Muscle mainstay Gary Hollywood Parker is starting over for 2020 with a fresh engine and a clear head. Parker, who finished eighth in championship points for the 2019 season, decided to hit the 'reset button and contracted Rich Groh at Rich Groh Racing to build a new, stand...

  The new Super Street Ford Aluminum, Pedestal-Mount, Ford Roller Rockers, have been completely re-engineered to unleash the horsepower of your Ford 302HO and 351W Engine (1977-1994)! Not only will they lengthen valve train component life and reduce wear and tear on valve stem tips, but also have an open spring rating of 650 lbs. For consistency and ratio accuracy, each 6061-T6 ...

By Mary Lendzion Photos courtesy of Bob Williams The NMRA VP Racing Fuels Street Outlaw category is packed with powerful cars and combinations, and its drivers are more determined by the day. Just as determined is Bob Williams, who's preparing to compete in the category beginning with the 26th Annual Nitto NMRA Spring Break Shootout, Feb. 27-March 1 at Bradenton Motorsports Park in Florida....

A unique group of racers will roll their cars out of the trailers as the sun sets over Bradenton Motorsports Park on Saturday February 29, 2020. The NMRA After-Hours returns and it features the Florida No Time 28/275 Shootout and a Street Car Shootout, presented by Innovative Racecraft and Li Tuning and Racing. It all goes down during the Nitto Tire NMRA Spring Break Shootout, which runs from Febr...

By Mary Lendzion Photos courtesy of Mike Bowen It has been more than two decades since Shawn Olson has raced, and he's ready to row through some gears. The Vienna, Ohio resident, who has chosen to compete in NMRA G-Force Racing Transmissions Coyote Stock, purchased a chock-full of character 1966 Mustang from a seller in Indiana and turned it over to NMRA Richmond Gear Factory Stock racer Mi...

Racers who will be attending events this season will again have an opportunity to preorder VP Racing Fuel which will be delivered to each track. In order to get fuel delivered, you'll need to register with VP and order BEFORE the cutoff date. More information as well as the order form can be found >>HERE<<

Do you have a turbocharged Ford that just doesn't quite fit into any of the NMRA categories If so, we have a place for you and your vehicle in the Turbo Battle, sponsored by Hellion Turbo and hosted during the Nitto Tire NMRA Spring Break Shootout happening at Bradenton Motorsports Park February 27-March 1, 2020. It is a category designed to be a catchall, heads-up eliminator where the major requ...

Going fast with nitrous doesn't have to be expensive, says Mike Thermos, president of N2O systems manufacturer Nitrous Supply. The industry veteran, recently inducted into the MPMC Hall of Fame, is best known for launching NOS (Nitrous Oxide Systems) back in 1978 and being the driving force behind the hugely popular Pro Mod drag racing class. His most recent venture, Nitrous Supply, is a primary...

By Mary Lendzion Photos by NMRA and courtesy of Clair Stewart While Clair Stewart has been successful in NMRA G-Force Racing Coyote Stock and earned the class championship in 2019, he won't be returning to it in 2020. Instead, he's handing longtime friend and fellow G-Force Racing Coyote Stock driver Drew Lyons the keys to his Mustang, which is powered by a Gen II Coyote engine and a G-Forc...

Modern Racing's new Solid-State Battery Disconnect uses the latest in Mosfit technology to bring your team added safety. The system features no moving parts and weighs only one-third that of a traditional mechanical disconnect. The simple and reliable construction is designed specifically for the harsh environment of motorsports. The system triggers in multiple ways, ensuring more safety on and of...

By Mary Lendzion Photos courtesy of Chris Davis While Chris Davis has owned twenty-four Mustangs through the years, he has owned his current Mustang for the longest amount of time. It's a super-clean 1990 coupe that he bought ten years ago from a seller going through a divorce, and there are only 53,000 miles on its odometer. Davis, who lived in Maryland before moving to Pennsylvania two...

The NMRA Technical Committee have made updates to the 2020 rules in the following classes:

1. Renegade
2. Limited Street

Updated 2020 NMRA Rules can be found here: https://www.nmradigital.com/2020-event-info/class-rules-payouts/

For those racers heading to Bradenton for the Nitto Tire Spring Break shootout who want to test before the event, there will be an open test session Wednesday, Feb. 26th from 10am-6pm. Cost is 250.00 per car. There will be one lane prepped for radials and another prepped for slicks. Track prep will be done by Kurt Johnson and TVC. The NMRA staff will be on site Tuesday 1pm 6pm and Wednesd...