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...

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...

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...

Right after securing a 7.73 and a second place place finish in NMRA ProCharger Coyote Modified points last year, John Kauderer began making plans to put down even more power this year. He began by purchasing a new Coyote engine and having his Forced Inductions-massaged 76mm turbo freshened before heading to the 24th Annual Nitto NMRA Spring Break Shootout in early March at Bradenton Motorsports P...

Even though Andy Manson has always been a force in NMRA VP Racing Fuels Street Outlaw and NMCA Vortech Street Outlaw, he took time off last year to focus on fine-tuning his car and combination to make them even more formidable. He began by delivering his Mustang to Chris Acors of Acors Performance for some chassis upgrades and a new set of zoomie headers, and he hired his longtime engine builder,...

The 18th Annual CJ Pony Parts NMRA Ford Motorsport Nationals returns to Maple Grove Raceway in Reading (Mohnton), PA, May 3-6. Presented by Vortech Superchargers and Keystone Automotive, the CJ Pony Parts NMRA Ford Motorsport Nationals is the largest all-Ford motorsport show in the northeast. This special event features heads-up Ford drag racing, a huge all-Ford car show, and one of the largest...

By Ainsley Jacobs Actions speak louder than words, so after years of dreaming about moving up to another class from her comfortable home in NMRA Richmond Gear Factory Stock, Sondra Leslie finally went all in and made the jump. Leslie has been a part of the NMRA community for years, having raced in Roush Super Stang before her latest stint in Factory Stock. I actually purchased a car to buil...

What was originally expected to be a disappointingly wet weekend wound up being unexpectedly epic. The 10th Annual NMRA/NMCA All-Star Nationals presented by MAHLE Motorsport kicked off the second stop on the NMRA Keystone Automotive Drag Racing tour for 2018 at Atlanta Dragway in Commerce, Georgia, and had a few good surprises in store for racers and fans. The rain stayed minimal, and the race w...

We had a bit of rain overnight, but the NMRA and NMCA staff was up bright and early this morning to start the drying process. Today's forecast is looking good, teams are busy getting ready for eliminations, and we expect to be rockin' and rollin' shortly. Above, NMRA G-Force Racing Transmissions Coyote Stock racer Joe "The Wildman" Marini dries his car in preparation for the day's shenanigans. ...

The forecast is looking a little iffy for today, but rest assured all the NMRA/NMCA racing officials will be working quickly to dry and prep the track for final Qualifying and Eliminations all afternoon and evening... including Saturday Night Under the Lights! Unofficial spokesman for NMRA Steeda Limited Street, Michael Washington, has high hopes of getting into the 8s with FSC Magazine's Pu...

Qualifying begins today here at the 10th Annual NMRA/NMCA All-Star Nationals presented by MAHLE Motorsport. The NMRA/NMCA tech staff checks the roll out prior to qualifying at every venue it visits to make sure that the playing field is even and that the timing equipment is accurate. If you weren't at the track yesterday, you missed the Race Parts Solutions racer appreciation party where fr...

NMRA Edelbrock Renegade racer Dom DiDonato (at right) and his crew chief Chuck Wrzesniewski (at left) have been thrashing on a new ride for the class, as his 2008 GT500 Mustang that he campaigned last year is being converted to X275 specs. The SN95 Mustang he has this weekend formerly belonged to Jim Breese, and has been repainted and refitted with DiDonato's 76mm turbocharged, 5.8L, 4V engine fro...

Last year longtime NMRA racer Nick Bacalis teamed up with Tony Bischoff to field the most unique entry in the wild and crazy 275 wars of VP Racing Fuels/Vortech Street Outlaw. A 1998 Mustang was fitted with a naturally aspirated 700ci big-block Ford that is based on a 5-inch bore space engine package. The au naturale status of the engine wasn't the most unique aspect of the combination, it was the...

When you have one of the biggest street car drag racing events of the year like the NMRA/NMCA All-Star Nationals you need to have a party! NMRA, NMCA, and Race Part Solutions are pleased to announce a special Racer Appreciation Happy Hour that will take place at Atlanta Dragway on Thursday, April 6, from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. All NMRA and NMCA racers, family, crew, sponsors, media, and vendors ar...

The 10th Annual NMRA/NMCA All-Star Nationals presented by MAHLE Motorsport is always one of the largest events on the NMRA and NMCA series schedule. The 2nd stop of the NMRA Keystone Automotive Ford Nationals and the NMCA E3 Spark Plugs Muscle Car Nationals series tours, the NMRA/NMCA All-Star Nationals is one of only two events where you can see all the cars and all the stars of both series th...

In an effort to maintain parity and keep the class growing and developing, the NMRA technical committee made the decision to adjust a few areas of the Steeda Limited Street category. "We said from the beginning we were going to keep a close eye on Limited Street and make swift changes if something appeared to not add up," commented NMRA tech director Lonnie Grim. Effective immediately, the base we...

If you love NMRA and NMCA drag racing then you don't want to miss the NMRA/NMCA All-Star Nationals, presented by MAHLE Motorsport, at Atlanta Dragway in Commerce, GA, the weekend of April 5-8, 2018. Putting the All-Star in the All-Star Nationals will be three special showdowns for class racers giving bonus cash prizes and bragging rights. The original concept when we combined NMRA and NMCA f...

The 2018 NMRA Drag Racing season, presented by Keystone Automotive, debuted with beautiful weather, thousands of spectators, and all of the hot, record-breaking racing that one could want. QA1 True Street took center stage at Bradenton Motorsports Park this weekend, with a record 152 cars entering True Street. At the conclusion of the hotly contested, 16-car eliminator that is the JLT Performance ...

The track is hot and the action is, too, here at Bradenton Motorsports Park. Today eliminations begin and the stye is set for the championship points chases. On Saturday, we saw the largest QA1 True Street class in the history of the NMRA with 152 cars entered. After the three runs had been averaged, Randy Seward (pictured above) drove his Calypso Green, twin-turbocharged notchback Mustang to a th...

It's go time here at Bradenton Motorsports Park and the racers and fans are lining up to kick off the 2018 NMRA racing season. Today we'll be full hot into qualifying, as well as eliminations for the Watson Racing Cobra Jet Showdown. The UPR Products Car Show is jam-packed today and the hardware on display is impressive to say the least. Marty Quadland spends his summers in Wyoming a...

It is day two of the 24th annual Nitto Tire NMRA Spring Break Shootout, presented by Steeda and yesterday's test and tune was filled with plenty of action. The talk of the day were the wheelies turned in by Chet Caminita (shown above) with his Steeda Limited Street entry and the dramatic one by Carlos Sobrino. The class comedian wasn't joking around when he put his G-Force Racing Transmission Coyo...

Kurt Johnson leads NMRA Starter Jake Green and Dwayne Lang in preparing the Bradenton Motorsports Park for this weekend's Nitto Tire NMRA Spring Break Shootout, presented by Steeda. Testing begins at 1:00PM today and qualifying begins tomorrow and there is a huge turnout so far. In addition to the NMRA championship categories and QA1 True Street are an assortment of specialty shootouts like ididit...

Here are the latest additions to the NMRA contingency program for 2018. Precision Mass Air Flow Sensors (PMAS) will once again be posting for their Mass Air Flow Sensors in six eliminators. Spec Clutches will continue their contingency sponsorship for several classes, while MagnaFuel will be posting for their fuel pumps in most every class. Finally, TREMEC will be posting for eight different trans...

ProMedia Events is pleased to announce that Weldon Pump will sponsor a special Racer Appreciation Happy Hour at the NMRA Spring Break Shootout at Bradenton Motorsports Park in Bradenton, Florida, March 1-4. This Weldon Pump sponsored Happy Hour will take place on Thursday, March 1st, from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm and all racers, family, crew, sp...

There has been a slight but important change to the schedule for racers and crew members arriving at Bradenton Motorsports Park next week. In an effort to speed up the parking process on Thursday, the NMRA and Bradenton Motorsports Park will be selling racer tickets on Wednesday February 28th from 3-6PM in the 'stacking lot adjacent to the track. This will greatly expedite the parking process on ...

Below is a daily schedule of Parking and Gate information and Instructions. Wednesday, March 1st 1. 8AM OVERNIGHT - Stacking in Parking Lot west of the track. (See map for entry and stacking row instructions) Thursday, March 2nd GATE OPENS: 9AM 7PM 8:00 AM NMRA Will Call and Credential/Ticket sales opens in stacking lot 9:00 AM RACER GATE OPENS. A. Empty stack...

Exedy Racing Clutch, a leader in aftermarket racing clutches will be retuning this season as sponsor of the NMRA Modular Muscle Class. Exedy, based in Belleville, Michigan has been longtime supporter of NMRA, and we welcome them back in 2018.

UPR Products, one of the nation's largest manufacturers and distributors of aftermarket performance Mustang parts, has renewed its sponsorship of the NMRA Car Show. Whether you've got an original vintage Ford, a restomod Mustang, a power-packed SVT, a new Mustang, or anything in between, there's a class for your Ford in the UPR Car Show, and a shot at the grand prize, a beautiful best of show a...

The 10th Annual NMRA/NMCA All-Star Shootout presented by MAHLE Motorsport, at Atlanta Dragway, will once again feature special class shootouts for racers of Open Comp from both organizations as well as the Sealed Stock Showdown, featuring the best racers from Chevrolet Performance Stock and Coyote Stock. New this year is a Street Outlaw Shootout, which promises to be one heck of a show. This ra...

As we draw closer to the NMRA season opening event, more manufacturers are pledging their support to our racers. Joining the program this week are: FAST EFI and FAST Ignition, posting in almost all classes. TCI Torque Converters in five classes. DeatchWerks is posting for their injectors is posting across the board for the exception of Coyote Stock. Race Star Wheels is posting for all index classe...

Once again this year, VP Racing Fuels will be delivering pre-ordered fuel to all NMRA races. In order to get your fuel delivered, you'll need to fill out the order form. Make sure to follow the instructions on the form and make sure you submit it on time. here>>> NMRA 2018 PreOrder Form

ProMedia Events has been selected to host the 50th Anniversary Ford Performance Parts Cobra Jet Reunion at its NMCA All-American Nationals event at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio, August 23-26, 2018. Presented by Tasca Ford and TascaParts.com, this once-in-a-lifetime special event is open to all Ford vehicles powered by the iconic Cobra Jet engine combination. Cobra Jet vehicles, includi...

Richmond Gear and QA1 have both announced they will be renewing their NMRA class sponsorships in 2018. Richmond Gear, a leading manufacturer of ring and pinion sets and transmissions will continue their support of the Factory Stock class, while QA1, which produces suspension components and shocks for many street, strip and performance vehicles will continue their sponsorship of the True Street cla...

Straight off the streets and right on to Bradenton Motorsports Park'some of the baddest street-legal Mustangs take to the strip during the Nitto Tire NMRA Spring Break Shootout, presented by Steeda, March 1-4, 2018. ididit, the steering column specialists, will presented Outlaw True Street, a No Time street/race category that will run on Saturday evening, March 3rd.It's a special street car challe...

Automotive Racing Parts (ARP), known across the globe as the leading manufacturer and supplier of automotive fasteners will be sponsoring the NMRA Open Comp class in 2018. ARP Open Comp is a unique class which combines handicapped index racing, with a one-tenth of a second breakout rule and .500 pro tree.

Race Star Wheels, a manufacturer of high-performance alloy wheels for cars, trucks and a variety of racing vehicles, has announced they will be sponsoring the highly competitive Ford Muscle class in the NMRA this season. Based in Kansas City, Race Star manufactures a number of different wheels, which can be seen across the racing spectrum as well as on many different late model and classic cars.

This week many more companies have joined in the 2018 NMRA Contingency program. Added to the growing list are: Steeda Autosports, which is posting for 10 different products, Mickey Thompson Tire and Wheels, which is posting in all classes, Vortech Superchargers, posting in both Street Outlaw and Xtreme Street. UPR Products will post for their Pro Series Suspension(s). Oliver Racing Parts is postin...

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. Sponsored by Hellion Turbo, the Turbo Coyote Shootout boosts into action March 1-4, 2018, during the 24th Annu...

Aerospace Components, Inc., and the NMRA have announced that for the eighth consecutive year, the St. Petersburg, Florida-based company will once again be sponsoring the NMRA Winner's Circle and year-end awards ceremony. The Aerospace Components Winner's Circle allows racers, crew members and fans to celebrate together after a long weekend of racing; something company President, Kim Kussy, view...

VP Racing Fuels has signed a three-year agreement with the NMRA to continue as the Official Fuel and Traction Compound of the NMRA. The agreement extends the San Antonio, Texas-based fuel, lubricants and traction compound company official sponsorship through the 2020 racing season. This is a huge deal for the NMRA and our racers, said NMRA President and CEO Steve Wolcott. VP Racing Fuels has...

Entering its 20th year of operation, the NMRA and Keystone Automotive Operations, Inc., announces that the Exeter, Pennsylvania-based performance parts distributor will enter its 12th year as series title sponsor of the NMRA All-Ford Drag Racing Series. This continues one of the longest running series title sponsorships in all motorsports. The train keeps rolling, said NMRA President and CEO,...

Soon after securing a third place finish in NMRA Edelbrock Renegade points in 2016, Adam Arndt turned his Mustang over to friend and fellow racer Brian Mitchell and then flew to the Middle East to serve as a firefighter for the United States Air Force. Even though Brian had bought his original Fox body Mustang, Wizard 1, back from the person who had bought the car a few years ago, it was going...

NMRA Class sponsors, Detroit Locker Truck, G-Force Racing Transmissions Coyote Stock, and ROUSH Performance Super Stang have all renewed sponsorships for the 2018 season. G-Force Racing Transmissions, manufacturers of high-competitive manual transmissions continues as the Coyote Stock class sponsor as the Super Stang class will continue to display the livery of ROUSH Performance, one of the mos...

PowershiftinTREMEC Stick Shift Shootout Grows Bigger & Racer Appreciation Party Announced Entering its sixth season of NMRA competition, the TREMEC Stick Shift Shootout power-shifts its way to an even bigger 2018. Coming March 1-4, 2018 at Bradenton Motorsports Park, the TREMEC Stick Shift Shootout celebrates the Quick 8 and rewards the first 25 stick-shift equipped QA1 True Street entries ...

More companies are registering as contingency sponsors as we move closer to the beginning of the 2018 season. This week we're happy to announce the addition of: Trick Flow Specialties, Richmond Gear, PowerTrax, Baer Brakes, MagnaFlow Exhaust as well as Exedy Racing Clutch. Trick Flow will be posting in eight classes for racers running their heads and manifolds, while Richmond Gear will post in ...