The battle that began at the 22nd Annual Nitto NMRA Spring Break Shootout in March and has been brewing all year will reach a boiling point at the 18th Annual Nitto NMRA All Ford World Finals, Sept. 29-Oct. 2, 2016 at Beech Bend Raceway in Bowling Green, Kentucky. That's where champions will be crowned and records will likely be crushed in the fall air. Among the categories to keep an eye on...

The buzz surrounding the hottest new class at the Nitto Tire NMRA World Finals at Beech Bend Raceway is reaching new heights. Grudge Night allows any Ford-bodied or Ford-powered vehicle, meaning the Outlaw True Street shootout is open to the popular LS-powered Mustangs that lurk in the underworld of street racing. In just days of announcing the class, the trash talking has reached new heights and ...

    Wednesday September 28th 10AM Overnight GATE ON beech Bend Rd opens for Vendor and Racer stacking in the Red Highlighted area on map Thursday September 29th Vendor and Racer Stacking in designated area on map 10AM - Racer/Vendor Gate opens. 7PM Racer/Vendor Gate Closes. 7pm Overnight - Stacking in designated area on map Friday September 30th ...

In less than 48 hours the ididit Outlaw True Street class has helped create an even bigger buzz around the Nitto Tire NMRA All-Ford World Finals, September 29-October 1 at Beech Bend Raceway (Bowling Green, KY). With a record number of racers and fans expected, NMRA officials have revised Saturday's run schedule to include the ididit Outlaw True Street category and a second 30-mile cruise. NMRA ge...

Street racers looking for a little action can find it during the NMRA Grudge Night at the 18th Annual Nitto NMRA All Ford World Finals, Sept. 29-Oct, 2 at Beech Bend Raceway in Kentucky, and among those ready to rumble are Sergio Rojas and Raul Torres. The Floridians will be bringing Rojas 88 Saleen Mustang, which packs an MPR-built Dart block-based 363 cubic-inch small-block Ford topped with...

The time trials are over NMRA officials have collaborated with steering column specialists ididit to bring one of the wildest street car shootouts to the Nitto Tire NMRA All-Ford World Finals. It has been dubbed the ididit Outlaw True Street Shootout and it runs exclusively during the famous NMRA Grudge Night. The class is a stand-alone shootout that is run in addition to the Grudge Night match-up...

By Jason Dempsey Although he ran his Dez Racing-backed Mustang in three events in the Renegade class during the 2015 season, Massachusetts-based racer and Edelbrock Renegade point's leader Aaron Bates considers himself a rookie in the class and in heads-up racing in general. His car was a full-on street car just two years ago, sitting in the Dez Racing shop awaiting a big-horsepower makeove...

Each year the Nitto Tire NMRA All-Ford World Finals at Beech Bend Raceway in Bowling Green, Kentucky, features the largest UPR Products sponsored car show of the year! Watch as upwards of 500 late-model Mustangs & Fords converge on beautiful Beech Bend Raceway to fill up the green grass with a sea of colors and horsepower. Have an all-new Ford Mustang Be sure to bring it out and be a p...

The National Mustang Racers Association (NMRA) is proud to announce their official schedule for the 2017 season. Featuring an exciting line-up of all Ford drag racing classes, car shows and special events, the NMRA Keystone Automotive Ford Nationals Series in 2017 includes events in their second decade of existence. The popular NMRA series exhibits steady growth year-after-year due to dedicated Fo...

  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. 29 - Oct. 2, 2016, for great deals on the parts you need for your Mustang or Ford. Have an all-new Ford Mustang If so be sure to enter QA1 True St...

By Jason Dempsey When he set out to race his very first full season in the NMRA's Coyote Modified class with his JPC Racing-backed 2013 Boss 302 Mustang, Maryland's Jeff Polivka had just a couple of goals. I wanted to win at least one race, qualify first at least one time, and possibly set a record, he says. Since he's won three races so far this season two over point's leader Joe Gue...

Chris Parisi has locked up the second spot in the inaugural year of Race Pages Ford Muscle and scored numerous wins in QA1 True Street. The cagey veteran made a mid-season swap from his familiar 2005 Mustang V-6 that he drove to several championships in many organizations to a brand-new 2016 Mustang, which also has a buzzin' half dozen engine package. After stealing the keys from his wife, Parisi ...

With the 18th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA World Finals right around the corner, brothers Daniel and Craig Pachar of Triangle Speed Shop are working around the clock to ready the race cars they're responsible for. Among them is a chock-full of character 78 Fairmont wagon, which the Orange, Texas-based shop recently prepared for Austin Hickman and which Daniel Pachar will pilot at the end-of-the-seas...

TREMEC is all about gear bang in manual performance and NMRA is pleased to announce a second Stick Shift Shootout for 2016 that will take place at the Nitto Tire NMRA All-Ford World Finals in Bowling Green, Kentucky, Sept. 29 - Oct. 2.The rules are simple: Street-type manual transmissions only. May include race-oriented modifications such as face-plated or pro-shifted gears. Must be ha...

Three times a year NMRA throws a turbocharged party for S197 and S550 Mustangs that runs under the Turbo Coyote Shootout moniker. The third Turbo Coyote Shootout of 2016 is going down during the Nitto Tire NMRA All-Ford World Finals September 29th through October 2nd at Beech Bend Raceway (Bowling Green, KY) and it is sure to be the biggest race of the year. Henchmen Racing has jumped on as the cl...

Every Ford fan in the world knows that the Nitto Tire NMRA All-Ford World Finals is THE must attend event of the year as Blue Oval insanity reigns supreme in Bowling Green, Kentucky. This year's 18th annual event the weekend of Sept. 29 - Oct. 2, 2016, will be off the hook crazy with NMRA heads-up drag racing, special events, and celebrity appearances from Street Outlaws Boosted GT and Mike Mu...

Make sure to tune to Fox Sports 1 Sunday (tomorrow night) at 5 pm (following NHRA coverage) to see the Bongiovanni Racing Cobra Jet Mustang debut on a new show called Burndown Battle. This exciting drag racing show features NMCA True Street racer, Jason Rollins, former Nostalgia Muscle Car winner, Brendan George, along with former Gainesville Raceway track champion, Phil Green, and Matt Milano, wh...

  Unless you've hiding under a rock the past 18 years, you know that the Nitto Tire NMRA All-Ford World Finals is the largest blue oval motorsport show on the planet! As if that fact alone wasn't enough to ensure your journey to Beech Bend Raceway in Bowling Green, Kentucky, September 29th - October 2nd, the NMRA has compiled 10 more reasons you need to witness firsthand the spectacle that...

ProMedia Events & Publishing is pleased to announce the promotion of Lonnie Grim to the post of Event Technical Director for the NMRA, NMCA, and NMCA WEST event series. Grim is currently the Technical Director for the Chevrolet Performance Challenge Series and will continue those duties as well. Grim is no rookie when it comes to technical operations at racing events; he is a 20-year vetera...

NMRA is proud to announce a new partnership with SpeedVideo.com for the upcoming 18th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA All-Ford World Finals at Beech Bend Raceway in Bowling Green, KY. Starting on Friday, Sept. 30 and concluding on Oct. 2 at the end of final eliminations, SpeedVideo.com will bring high-definition live video onto the televisions, smartphones, tablets and computers of Ford drag racing fans ac...

For the eleventh time the NMRA and NMCA sanctioned bodies have combined to create a wild weekend of drag racing with 24 categories plus QA1/Gear Vendors True Street. The event is called the Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing and it goes down every summer at Route 66 Raceway. The massive weekend of competition includes over 800 vehicles on the drag strip and show grounds...

Sunday of the Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing is different than most elimination days. For one, the first round went down last night <>, we have both sanctioning bodies (NMRA and NMCA) with 24 total category eliminators, and finally the match-ups that makes this event the most unique in the world of drag racing the Nitto Tire Super Bowl of Street Legal...

Photographers and fans might have enjoyed the wild wheelie from Terry "Beefcake" Reeves but we can say with certainty that from Reeves' seat it wasn't pretty. The damage was more than just some mangled suspension parts. The oil pan was crushed during one of the two hard slams on the ground, pushing it up against the oil pick-up tube and killing oil pressure in the process. The team decided not to ...

NMRA officials check the starting line beams to ensure the beams are in the proper location as well as in proper working order. The team has been working on the race track since Tuesday with grooming and pre-race preparations. Jacob Lamb is one of many Coyote Stock racers who made the switch to the newly legalized G-Force 101A transmission during the six week break following the Super Nationals...

This has been the scene for the past few days at Route 66 Raceway as they prepare for three days of excessive drag racing. On the left is Tyler Crossnoe of the Dream Team Traction Consulting and on the right is Kurt Johnson of Total Venue Concepts. They have scraped and washed the starting line and will begin dragging and spraying as hundreds of competitors are filing into the pits for the 11th An...

"Daddy Dave" regretfully informed the NMRA/NMCA event team that filming of the Street Outlaws finale was recently rescheduled to this weekend. As a result, he won't make it to Joliet. However, he's excited about going to Norwalk, OH for the NMCA World Finals on Aug. 27-28 and hopes to see everyone there. Chris BoostedGT Hamilton WILL DEFINITELY be at Route 66 Raceway this Saturday, July ...

While Valerie Clements had issues at the season-opener in Florida in March that prevented her from qualifying, she made up for it by blasting to a 7.80 and going rounds at the race in Georgia in April, and she hasn't slowed down since. In fact, her small-block Ford and ProCharger F1A-94-powered Mustang is moving quicker and faster with every race, as she posted a 7.73 at the race in Pennsylvani...

NMRA and is pleased to announce that the 3rd Annual Lightning / Harley Midwest Meet will take place once again at the Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street-Legal Drag Racing at Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, Illinois, the weekend of July 28-31, 2016. This Midwest Meet attracts some of the nicest Lightning & Harley trucks from around the U.S. to one location for a weekend of drag racing ...

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 Friday, July 29, and culminates on Sunday, July 31, 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 ...

We reported back in March that Tony Hobson had decided to move from NMRA Turbo Coyote Shootout to Edelbrock Renegade, and had mapped out a route to ready his 2014 Mustang GT for the single power-adder and small-block category. The first stop was swapping his Precision 86/85 turbo with a 76mm Precision turbo to complement his Rich Groh Racing 5.0 engine, which was built on a stock block with Ric...

Brian Mitchell has been a fixture in the Ford racing community for nearly twenty years, and he has proven his prowess by powering two different Mustangs to six championships in NMRA Edelbrock Renegade. Perhaps most noteworthy is how he went undefeated on his way to the 2013 championship, and went as fast as 8.14 in his 90 Mustang, nicknamed Wizard I, and then 7.70 in his 03 Mustang, nicknamed...

With only two races left in the 2016 NMRA season, the chase to championships is at wide open throttle, and among those quietly but quickly making his way toward the top is Race Pages Coyote Stock driver Jacob Lamb. The Lawrenceburg, Kentucky-based driver won the series race in Florida in March and the race in Georgia in April, and he was a semifinalist at the makeup Pennsylvania race in Ohio i...

One of the highlights of the Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing over the weekend of July 28-31, 2016 at Route 66 Raceway (Joliet, IL) are the guest appearances by Discovery Channel's Street Outlaw television show's Daddy Dave Comstock and Chris BoostedGT Hamilton. Rather than just make some test hits with his 2003 SVT Cobra, BoostedGT is looking to finish what was star...

Be sure to mark the calendars for the weekend of July 30-31 for your chance to meet Street Outlaws TV stars, Daddy Dave & Boosted GT, at the 11th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing in Joliet, Illinois. Route 66 Raceway will be buzzing as thousands of muscle car fans come out to see two of the most popular Street Outlaws racers only at the Super Bowl of Stre...

With a 4.45 and an event win under his belt, Charles Hull has proven that he has a stout combination and is on a hot streak in NMRA VP Racing Fuels Street Outlaw and NMCA Wiseco Street Outlaw. But to ensure that his Vermillion Red Mustang continues to be the formidable force it has been, he recently took his 400 cubic-inch small-block Ford back to Bennett Racing Engines to have it freshened, an...

While Adam Arndt's name is already on the NMRA Edelbrock Renegade map, he put it on the NMCA Edelbrock Xtreme Street map by flying to a 7.67 to qualify fourth in a field of thirteen at the 15th Annual NMCA All-American Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indiana in June. It was the first time the longtime driver had run in the class designed for small-tire cars with stock frame rails powered by s...

A couple of changes have been made to the schedule for the Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing at Route 66 Raceway (Joliet, IL) over the weekend of July 28-31, 2016. Due to curfews, enforced by the city of Joliet, the bracket racing portion of the event, as well as the Friday morning test and tune session, have been removed from the event. The first two rounds of qualifying...

From July 29-31 BangShift.com will provide live streaming video coverage, courtesy of Precision Turbo & Engine, of the 11th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street-Legal Drag Racing. Watch the NMRA Keystone Automotive Ford Nationals and the NMCA E3 Spark Plugs Muscle Car Nationals series compete at the same track the same weekend with class winners from Team NMRA and Team NMCA taking...

Brandon Alsept has accomplished a lot in his 98 Mustang in his ten years in the NMRA and in his one year in the NMCA. After earning G-Force Racing Transmissions Pure Street championships in 08 and 11, and a Mean Street championship in 12, he climbed into friend and fellow racer Derek Kernodle's 96 Mustang, turned his focus to Race Pages Coyote Stock in '13 and '14 and ran to a few semifina...

When Joy Neuenschwander married NMCA Quick Lane at Downs Ford NA 10.5 driver Chad Neuenschwander twenty-five years ago, she knew she was entering a life of race cars and racing, and that was just fine with her. In fact, it wasn't long before she was rowing gears in her manual transmission-equipped 98 Mustang on the street, and then rowing gears in her manual transmission-equipped 88 Mustang o...

The former Edelbrock Renegade champion Bart Tobener is no stranger to breaking barriers and trailblazing a path down unfamiliar roads. He earned the 2014 Renegade title using a Mod Motor, the first in the history of the category that dates back to 1999. He also scored the first 7-second time slip in Renegade history that same year. His latest adventure is taming a S550-based Mustang, the platform ...

Points and records for the 2016 season have now been updated to reflect the completion of the Maple Grove rain delay. Points HERE Records HERE  

While Jacky McCarty had just introduced himself and his black LSX- and Precision turbo-powered 92 Mustang to NMCA Wiseco Street Outlaw during the 14th Annual Ross Racing Pistons NMCA Muscle Car Mayhem in March at Bradenton Motorsports Park, he promptly put his his name on the map. He ran to a 4.51 at 163 mph to qualify in the third spot at that event, followed by a 4.70 and 152 mph to qualify ...

As the gates opened at Bradenton Motorsports Park, the VP Racing Fuels Street Outlaw field got friendly with a new racer, Vinny Palazzolo out of R&S Automotive Specialists. The Pennsylvania-based competitor quickly made his presence known by scoring a runner-up finish in the hotly contested category and has quickly pushed his steed into the 4.40s at speeds well over 160 mph. Palazzolo's ins...

When asked how his 2016 race season has gone so far, NMRA Edelbrock Renegade driver Adam Arndt pauses for a moment before saying that it has had its ups and downs, and that he's looking for it to get better. At the 22nd Annual Nitto NMRA Spring Break Shootout at Bradenton Motorsports Park in Florida in March, he qualified in the top spot with a 7.48 and 181 mph, but asked too much of his transm...

  Wednesday June 9th 10AM Overnight Vendor and Racer stacking in the Red Highlighted area on map Thursday June 10th Vendor and Racer Stacking in designated area on map 2:30 PM - Racer/Vendor Gate opens. 7 PM Racer/Vendor Gate Closes. 7 pm Overnight - Stacking in designated area on map   Friday May 13th 9 AM Racer Gate Opens 7 PM Racer Ga...