With stringent aviation-quality regulations driving innovation for its automotive performance pumps and components, Weldon has fueled championship-winning racers with the highest-quality products for nearly five decades.

Life is not a spectator sport, which is why your friends at NMRA and NMCA have worked hard to make the True Street classes friendly for first-time or novice racers.

With Orlando and Rockingham in the rear-view mirror, NMRA and NMCA drag racers are preparing to battle at the upcoming Super Bowl of Muscle Car Drag Racing in St. Louis at the popular World Wide Technology Raceway May 4-7.

Few prizes in drag racing are more coveted than the special edition Christmas Tree ring that Nitto Tires awards to the champions of the Testo Superbowl Shootouts, which will be held during the upcoming NMRA/NMCA Superbowl of Muscle Car Drag Racing at Worldwide Technology Raceway May 4-7.

The Holley All-Ford NMRA series was back in action at the 15th Annual NMRA/NMCA All-Star Nationals Presented by MAHLE Motorsport at Rockingham Dragway and fans were treated to a bevy of muscle Fords from the classics to the most modern machines.
 

Anytime racers from the NMRA and NMCA series have an opportunity to compete head-to-head, it brings out the best from each series. That was certainly the case when Open Comp racers clashed during last weekend’s 7^th annual Jason Dietsch Trailer Sales Open Comp All-Star Showdown presented by Autokraft Racecars. 

Rockingham Dragway was built in 1969 by developers Bill Land and L.G. Dewitt as a companion to the NASCAR oval track that occupied real estate across U.S. Highway 1.

Dating back to the inaugural season of NMRA’s history, the Renegade category remains the series’ longest continuously ran category still in contention today.

With the NMRA having firmly established itself both as a sustainable single-make series, as well as a powerful player in the drag racing industry throughout its creation and growth phases, the third segment of the sanctioning body’s first 25 years, was focused more on solidifying its development.

A little more than two decades ago, National Muscle Car Association, the National Street Car Association, and Fun Ford Weekend, as well as a few other smaller sanctioning bodies, serviced street-based drag racers.

As the saying goes, “timing is everything,” but it’s especially true when talking about extracting maximum output from an internal combustion engine. Ignition timing and camshaft timing are two very important things to consider whenever building and tuning and engine.

It might not be fair to call it an overnight success, but there is no doubt that the Suncoast Performance 8.60 Street Race class is growing rapidly, and it has quickly become one of the highlights of any Holley NMRA Drag Racing series event.

The year was 1971 when a young Don Fotti laid out $2,450 cash for his first performance car, a 1968 Cobra Jet Mustang that was just three years old. And while the car fulfilled his childhood dream, he never imagined he’d continue going wide open on drag strips all over North America 50 year later.

Two-time champion and Mustang Drift King Vaughn Gittin Jr. is back. After a year of absence, he’ll compete in the all-new, seventh-generation 2024 Ford Mustang as Ford, Vaughn Gittin Jr. and RTR Vehicles revealed the newest Formula Drift Spec 5-FD competition Mustangs that is set to take center stage.
 

NMRA and NMCA drag racing action returns to Rockingham Dragway next weekend (April 14-16) for the NMRA/NMCA All-Star Nationals presented by Mahle Motorsports. This is the first of three events on the tour where NMRA and NMCA racers compete at the same venue.

By the time you see these words, we'll already be deep into the racing season. Like letting go of the transbrake button, once the season starts it is a sprint to the finish line. At the midpoint of the NMRA season, however, the focus turns to the 3rd Annual Mickey Thompson NMRA Ford Homecoming at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio.

As the Holley NMRA Ford Nationals series kicked off its silver-anniversary season at Orlando Speed World, there was more than drag racing to behold at the RYNO Classifieds NMRA Spring Break Shootout Presented by Nitto Tire.

Street, Track, or Show, it is all good at Ponies in the Smokies. And the 2023 Mustang gathering in the mountains of Tennessee was one for the books with Ford enthusiasts riding into town for relaxing entertainment and fun.

Each year, for good reason, the BBK Spring Break Shootout is one of the most highly anticipated events in the Holley NMRA Drag Racing Series.

As the Holley NMRA Ford Nationals series embarked on its 25^th Anniversary season, there was a fresh but familiar location for the storied 29th Annual RYNO Classifieds NMRA Spring Break Shootout Presented by Nitto Tire — Orlando Speed World.

In 2018, NMRA’s sister series, NMCA, celebrated the 50^th anniversary of the Cobra Jet, and ever since then Cobra Jet owners and fans have clamored for another gathering of Ford’s storied, purpose-built machines.

Just one week after the season-opening NMRA Spring Break Shootout in Orlando, the NHRA kicked off its season just a couple hours north at 54^th Annual Gatornationals.

A lifelong entrepreneur and hardcore racer, UPR Products founder Mark Mainiero laid the foundation for his successful Ford Mustang parts supply business more than three decades ago.

The season-opening Holley NMRA Ford Nationals series’ 25th Anniversary tour kicked off in fine style in Orlando this past weekend.

At any given Holley All Ford NMRA event, you’ll find women of all ages competing in every class, including the top ranks of Renegade, to gear-jamming Coyote Stock, 8.60 Street Race, Open Comp, True Street and more.

The GT500 class was a big hit as fans saw some of the quickest GT500 Mustangs in the country ripping in stock and modified trim. With 760 horsepower from the factory, Ford has made it easy for anyone to hop in and runs 10s at 130-plus mph.

Chris Parisi is a glass half-full type of guy, so he’s not the least bit embarrassed or even disappointed to look at his bestbet 2020 Mustang and see a big No. 2 plastered on the side windows.

Like many of the NMRA teams, me and my wife, Becky Moldenhauer, have been working hard all winter on our SN95 Coyote Stock Mustang. We made the switch this winter to new front struts, new steering column and the big change going to a 9-inch rear end.

The Texan takes things one step at a time to come out on top in competition.

During high school and college, I lived the Mustang dream vicariously through the pages of magazines. Eventually, I bought my first Fox and started modding it as best as a college kid could, but I lived for the days when the magazines would arrive in my mailbox.

We started a few years ago with a naturally aspirated combination and have upgraded to a supercharger and that has allowed us to run mid-8s.

After getting back into Factory Stock racing with the NMRA this past year and attending three races, my goal for the winter, and into the 2023 race season is to find at a minimum the 2 mph and two-tenths I'm lacking from being mid-pack in the class.

Bob Barker, The Price Is Right’s beloved former host, made famous the concept of “closest without going over.” The newly minted NMRA SunCoast Performance 8.60 Street Race class, however, took the iconic idea and reversed it — the closest in the heads-up category to run the number without going under gets the win.

The story of how Matt and Charla Keiser acquired their 1968.5 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet clone not once, but twice, is truly remarkable.

 This week, our staff headed to Orlando for the start of Sick Week, a premier event for the drag and drivers.

In His Words—A 16, Conor Fahey Is Excited To Kick Off His NMRA Racing Career

With the off-season coming to a close, we reached out to the NMRA failthfull to see what racers had in store for the upcoming season opener and the 2023 NMRA season. Chris Rusch responded, telling us about the upgrades to his familiar Orange Fury 2018 Mustang GT.

The Holley EFI Factory Super Cars racer gives it everything he has and goes for glory

It may be the off season, but the ProMedia team is hard at work planning and preparing for an exciting 2023 event season.

Dan Jesel used his decades of experience to converge on an idea that the perfect V8 would have eight equal cylinders free of compromise.

Any stick racer will tell you there’s nothing quite like dumping the clutch and rowing the shifter in a manual transmission-equipped vehicle.

High performance runs in the Skillman family as three generations have competed successfully in NHRA, NMCA and NMRA drag racing. Grandfather Ray, along with his son Bill and his son Drew, have won races in a wide range of categories, from Stock to Pro Stock and Bill Skillman, who is a regular at NMCA events, won the Holley EFI Factory Super Cars championship in 2021 driving a Ford Mustang Cobra Je...

Carroll Shelby Centennial Edition Mustang pumps out 750+ horsepower, only 100 total 2023 model year cars to be built in the USA and a very limited number to be offered internationally

There are seemingly endless ways to customize your vehicle. Common mods include aftermarket wheels, body kits and a new paint job always does the trick. There are simple items that can be added in minutes and others that take lots of thought, combined with sweat equity and money.
 

The mission, undertaken roughly six years ago, was to build a competitive car for the NMRA Series, specifically the FSC Ford Muscle and HP Tuners Super Stang index classes. We wanted a car that not only ran in the 10-second zone, but had to be reliable with a minimal amount of required maintenance, and most importantly, could win races.

Showing that you can assemble a mindful performance vehicle, Innovation Performance Technologies (IPT) of Aberdeen, North Carolina, builders of brand-new turnkey muscle cars, has completed ShoKr, a fantastic 1989 Mustang LX, built to support the RPM Act.

Ford’s ultimate pony packs a 760-horsepower punch and is track capable, whether you’re planning a trip to the drag strip, road course or other motorsports venue.

There was a time before trade shows became more important and racing events were more spread out that the break between the finals and the openers was much wider. 
 

After a memorable season that included incredible racing and tight battles at every venue, the Holley NMRA All-Ford nationals crowned its racers and presented its special awards during a joyful evening shared with friends, sponsors and distinguished guests who gathered in Indianapolis, Indiana for the 2022 NMRA Awards Ceremony.
 

With the NMRA racing season completed, racers, manufacturers, media and a host of others converged on Indianapolis, Indiana for the Performance Racing Industry show. PRI is a favorite because it brings all facets of motorsports and personalities together under one roof for three days of trade-show goodness.