From the moment Haley James began competing in NMRA ProCharger Coyote Modified, she has held her own. She has won races, she has wowed fans and she wrapped up her first championship in the very competitive and cutthroat category in 2015. And this year, after rolling her red, white and blue rocket of a Mustang out of her trailer, she recorded a remarkable 7.59 to lead qualifying followed by a...

While Bryan Parker was potent in a Mustang coupe on his way to the 2017 NMRA Race Star Wheels Ford Muscle championship, he pulled a Mustang fastback out of his trailer to chase another championship in 2018. For the car powered by a 347 cubic-inch small-block Ford, he chose an 11.50 index and ran 11.54 to qualify in the third spot at the 24th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA Spring Break Shootout presente...

While Jason Henson had achieved several top-five finishes in NMRA Exedy Racing Clutch Modular Muscle points, he was determined to drive to a championship in 2018. He would have his work cut out for him as his fellow competitors have their cars decidedly dialed in for both ends of the track, but so does he, and he was up to the task. He recorded an .014 in his Mustang to qualify in the fourth sp...

When it was announced that NMRA Steeda Limited Street would be debuted at the final event of the season in 2017 and contested at all of the events in 2018, racers began readying their cars for the hot new heads-up category. Among them was Michael Ciborowski, who was going to have what it would take to win with his 2014 Mustang GT powered by a Rich Groh Racing Coyote engine, VMP 2.3 supercharge...

Having come close to earning a championship in NMRA Richmond Gear Factory Stock in 2016 and 2017, Dan Ryntz was looking to lock it up in 2018. He began by driving his Mustang to a 10.45 to win over John Leslie Jr. in the final round at the season-opener, the 24th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA Spring Break Shootout presented by Steeda Autosports in March at Bradenton Motorsports Park, and he followed t...

NMRA officials have been discussing the Gen II Coyote Stock engine with the engineers at Ford Performance and some issues that have developed this year. For proper performance of the cam phasers and chain tensioners, Ford Performance Parts requires the use of Motorcraft SAE 5W-50 Full Synthetic XO-5W50-QGT or equivalent oil and fill the engine with eight quarts of oil along with adding a new oil f...

While Andy Manson took time off last year to focus on making his car and combination even more fierce, he returned to NMRA VP Racing Fuels Street Outlaw competition this year and proved his prominence in the category. He led qualifying with a 4.30 and won with a 4.31 in his Mustang over multi-time champion Manny Buginga and his Mustang at the season-opener, the 24th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA Sprin...

Interview by Mary Lendzion Photos by Kevin DiOssi and the Fastest Street Car Staff While working at a gas station near his family's home in Maryland when he was fifteen, Eric Holliday would watch the mechanic work on his three Chevy IIs. One was a show car, one was a street-strip car, and another was an eight-second, tube-chassis car, and a ride in one of them was enough to encourage Holliday to...

NMRA continues their ProPledge customer service initiative making it easier and more streamlined to spectate and participate with their popular All-Ford motorsport series. NMRA, in partnership with TheFOAT Ticketing, will offer 2019 advance ticket sales for spectators, racers/crew, and car show participants at each series event. Spectators will receive up to a 20% discount when they purchase th...

The 2019 NMRA Preliminary Rules are posted Thank You to NMRA racers and sponsors who have submitted rule requests for the 2019 season. The NMRA Tech committee has reviewed nearly 100 requests and addressed many concerns coming out of the 2018 racing season. As one can imagine it is a daunting task to balance all of the racing categories and your input is greatly appreciated. We wou...

DeatschWerks has taken the Mustang scene by storm and quickly got known for its fuel injectors and fuel pumps. In fact, they are the fuel injector supplier for the supercharged Cobra Jet factory racecars, which is impressive because the injectors easily passed severe durability and performance testing by Ford. The company continues to refine its fuel system solutions, this time expanding into fuel...

The 2018 NMRA annual awards ceremony, presented by Aerospace Components Winner's Circle, will be held Friday evening December 7th in the Sagamore Ballroom at the Indiana Convention Center in downtown Indianapolis. The ceremony, presented by Aerospace Components, will begin with a cocktail reception, courtesy of Keystone Automotive, at 7:30 with the awards ceremony starting promptly at 8:30 PM. ...

The Nitto Tire NMRA World Finals features a No Time heads-up class dubbed Outlaw True Street and ZP Performance Steering sponsors it. The format is simple the competitors spend Friday and Saturday making test hits before they embark on a 30-mile cruise to prove they are street-worthy. The racing format has them running just an eighth-mile distance and adding to the drama is the random chip-draw te...

It's time to vote for deserving NMRA racers and crew for the annual NMRA Keystone Automotive Ford Nationals Awards. Please click on the link below to vote... http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07efq517atjmjqj7bg/start Voting deadline is October 15, 2018... NO EXCEPTIONS!   *Only one vote per NMRA member will be counted.   Thank you, we appreciate your p...

ProMedia Events and Publishing is proud to announce veteran journalist, book writer, and photographer, Steve Turner, is joining the staff as editor of Fastest Street Car magazine, in addition to the promotion of Steve Baur to Digital Content Editor. Turner becomes the fourth editor in Fastest Street Car's 18-year history. Baur's Digital Content Manager position is a new title to enhance the quickl...

The NMRA would like to kick-off the 2019 rules discussion in an effort to serve you better. With that in mind, Please submit rule requests for the 2019 NMRA drag racing series by October 15, 2018. Our Tech Department, headed by Lonnie Grim, will begin evaluating those requests to help form the 2019 Preliminary Rules for next season. We value all of your input and while not all requests are granted...

Final 2018 season points have been posted. You can find them >>here<<. Please take a moment to look them over. If you see a discrepancy, please send an email to [email protected]. As per our rules, there is a five-day review period. Unless otherwise contacted before 5PM (Pacific Time) on Monday, October 8th, these points will be considered final.

The sun has set on the 2018 NMRA drag racing season and on twenty years of incredibly awesome NMRA All-Ford World Finals competition at Kentucky's beautiful Beech Bend Raceway Park. Tons of sunshine and great racing allowed the year to wrap up with wins celebrated in the Aerospace Components Winner's Circle, records, championships, and a whole lot more at the 20th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA World Fina...

It's day three of the 20th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA World Finals, Presented by Holley EFI and today, champions will be made. Eliminations are in full swing and, as the final event of the year, prepare for records (and parts) to be broken as NMRA drivers load the spicy tune ups and get ready to send it! Get Sunday's schedule of racing action right HERE In the UPR Products booth in vendor midway...

Good morning, Bowling Green! It's day two of the 20th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA World Finals presented by Holley EFI, and we'll be wrapping up qualifying today before we move into eliminations. Stay tuned for more news, updates, and results as the race progresses throughout the day. The top six spots through the first round of qualifying in G-Force Racing Transmissions Coyote Stock are occupied by...

We are coming to you live from the famous Beech Bend Raceway Park in beautiful Bowling Green, Kentucky, and we will be ready to race as soon as the fog lifts and the track is dry. The good news is we'll be celebrating two decades of NMRA World Finals racing, and expect to get started around 10:00am. The good-er news is that the forecast is showing nothing but sun for the rest of the weekend after ...

NOTE FROM NMRA OFFICIALS The NMRA event staff has been working at Beech Bend Raceway for several days and want the Pre-Race Stacking to be organized. Due to the intense rains from last weekend, the ground is saturated and they have asked ALL racers and vendors to pull bumper-to-bumper when pulling into the Stacking Lines at Beech Bend Raceway. This will help get as many trucks/trailers in line...

The NMRA is proud to invite our racing community to nominate friends and family for the 2018 NMCA Specialty Awards, which are to be celebrated during the 2018 NMCA Awards Ceremony at the Performance Racing Industry Show. Nominations are due for submission no later than OCTOBER 3, 2018 before 11:59PM. There are no exceptions and the survey will close at that time. Click for Nomin...

Wednesday September 26th 10AM Overnight GATE ON beech Bend Rd opens for Vendor and Racer stacking in the Red Highlighted area on map. FORM ONE LINE BETWEEN THE RACER GATE AND THE SPECTATOR TICKET ENTRANCE. FORM FIVE ROWS ON THE ASPHALT BETWEEN THE SPECTOATOR TICKET ENTRANCE AND THE CURVE. Thursday September 27th Vendor and Racer Stacking in designated area on map HIGHLIGHT...

The NMRA Ford Nationals is proud to announce the 2019 national event schedule. Featuring an exciting line-up of all-Ford championship and shootout drag racing classes, Car Shows, and special events, the NMRA Ford Nationals Series looks to continue its growth and bring world-class, enthusiast-driven events to thousands of fans in 2019 at extraordinary facilities and markets across the Midwest and E...

The popular Outlaw True Street returns to the 2018 NMRA Nitto Tire All-Ford World Finals, presented by Holley EFI, at Beech Bend Raceway (Bowling Green, KY) on Saturday night September 29th. This year ididit continues its sponsorship of Outlaw True Street and has branded it with their new line of steering columns ZP Performance Steering. The ZP Performance Steering Outlaw True Street class is a...

Each year the Nitto Tire NMRA All-Ford World Finals at Beech Bend Raceway in Bowling Green, Kentucky, features the largest manufacturers midway of the year...and this year's no exception! Be sure to hit the ATM on your way to the track Sept. 27 - 30, 2018, for great deals on the parts you need for your Mustang or Ford. Have an all-new Ford Mustang Bring your Mustang and be sure to enter QA1 True ...

The TREMEC Stick-Shift Shootout is back in action during the Nitto Tire NMRA All-Ford World Finals, September 27-30, and they are bringing cash for the FIRST 25 entries that wield a stick-shift in QA1 True Street. You read that right as soon as an NMRA tech official signs off on a tech card of a stick-shift racer, that person will receive a crisp $100 bill, courtesy of TREMEC. For the second ti...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...