After yesterday's wild day of crowds and racing action, it is elimination day for the first race of the six-event series. Last night was capped off with a special ididit Outlaw True Street, which is a special No Time shootout on Saturday night. Mark Duber took the victory with his stunning 2013 Shelby GT500, which packs a twin-turbocharged, 5.8L Modular powerplant. It was a successful return to...

Get all of the qualifying details <<<>>> as they come in.   The Ecoboost gauntlet was thrown down Friday when Bill Putnam clocked a staggering 9.46-second pass at 144 mph, clearing the next competitor by some 2 seconds and 24 mph. The Loxahatchee, Florida, resident is obviously making some big power out of his 2.3-liter, turbocharged 2015 Mustang, and f...

  It's about to get crazy here at Bradenton Motorsports Park as the Spring Break Shootout gets underway. There are already over 260 cars tech'd in and as always, the QA1 True Street contingent is loaded up and we've already seen at least a half-dozen competitors drive deep into the 8-second zone. If you can't be here, be sure to check out the live video feed >>HERE<< Haley J...

  The gates have been cracked open at Bradenton Motorsports Park as the NMRA Keystone Drag Racing Series kicks off its 2017 race season. The 23rd annual Nitto Tire NMRA Spring Break Shootout is taking shape to one of the biggest season openers in the event's illustrious history. With old school LL Cool J pumping through the speakers singing Don't call it a comeback in the background, ...

While competing in QA1 True Street presented by Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords at last year's NMRA season opener at Bradenton Motorsports Park in Florida in March, Larry Albright's 1991 Mustang went into a wild wheelstand, rolled over and slid down track on its roof. While he was not hurt, his black low eight-second car was, and he made the difficult decision to replace the car he had campaig...

The NMRA Contingency Program continues to grow this week with the following additions: Energy Suspension, PMAS, PowerTrax, and Kooks Headers. Be sure to click here to see all the companies supporting the series in 2017.

The NMRA Competition Department is excited to introduce a new, heads-up power-adder class Limited Street. This class is limited to a single power adder and designed for small blocks, Modular motors, and Coyote powerplants in 1954 and newer Ford bodied vehicles. It's no secret we have been working on this class for quite some time, as the NMRA recognized the need for a power-adder eliminator th...

The Nitto Tire Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing has a new partner in 2017 as Precision Turbo and Engine has signed a partnership agreement with the NMRA and NMCA to become presenting sponsor of one of the largest drag races in the country. It is a huge honor to have Precision Turbo and Engine sponsoring the 12th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing event, s...

If you need your rig washed or detailed at Bradenton Motorsports Park, we're happy to tell you that Mr. Clean Mobile Detailing will be on site Thursday and Friday to knock off any road grime your truck or trailer picked up on the way to the track. To get hooked up, give Lorenzo a call at 941-580-1233.

The weekend of March 2-5, 2017, will witness the invasion of the baddest Modular and Coyote powered Mustangs on the planet at the Nitto Tire NMRA Spring Break Shootout. Come out to Bradenton Motorsports Park to see UPR Products Modular Xtreme and be a part of the ultimate Blue Oval slugfest that is the Spring Break Shootout. Modular Xtreme was created to give the wildest Modular and Coyote po...

VP Racing Fuels will again be offering NMRA racers the ability to purchase racing fuel in advance which will be delivered to NMRA races again in 2017. In order to participate in this service all racers need to do is download an order form which is available by clicking here --> VP Racing Fuels Pre-Order All orders must be submitted by the closing date for each event in order to assure delive...

This past week, the following companies have joined the NMRA as 2017 Contingency Sponsors: Weldon Pump, Mahle Motorsports, Brisk USA, VMP Performance, Johnny Lightning Performance, Magnafuel, AEM, Richmond Gear, Ross Racing Pistons, Brenspeed. To see the updated list click >>here<<

The Terminator / GT500 rivalry goes back many years and is as heated today as never before! If you're a Terminator or GT500 enthusiast then you won't want to miss the Nitto Tire sponsored NMRA season opener, which will take place at Bradenton Motorsports Park the weekend of March 2-5, 2017. It's only fitting that the #1 all-Ford Motorsport show in the U.S. plays host to this speed-infused celebra...

The NMRA is pleased to announce that Richmond Gear will be sponsoring the NMRA's popular Factory Stock class in 2017. All of us at Richmond are really excited to sponsor the NMRA Ford Nationals and the Factory Stock class. This is going to be an exciting year for Richmond Gear and for Mustang and Ford drag racing, said Steve Filipiak, Director of Marketing. For many years, Richmond Gear has...

The NMRA is pleased to announce that longtime series supporter, Aerospace Components, will be sponsoring the NMRA's Open Comp class in 2017. One of the largest classes in the series, Open Comp is also one of the most competitive. "Aerospace Components is excited to be the new sponsors of the NMRA Open Comp class, stated Aerospace Components President, Kim Kussy."We are always happy to be able to ...

As EcoBoost performance grows and engine builders tap the awesome performance of Ford's small displacement turbocharged engine more and more racers are taking them to the track. NMRA and Keystone Automotive have teamed up with Livernois Motorsports for the third year in a row to bring you the EcoBoost Battle, a class exclusively designed for Ford's EcoBoost-powered vehicles! What better venue to...

While Dwayne Barbaree cruised to wins in NMRA VP Racing Fuels Street Outlaw and captured the 2014 championship in NMCA Wiseco Street Outlaw in Russell Stone's Mustang coupe, the team is set to shake things up for the 2017 season. Stone will climb into the driver's seat of the Fox body Mustang he purchased last year from NMCA NA 10.5 driver Ben Mens, and Barbaree will climb into the driver's sea...

The NMRA continues to add to the 2017 racer contingency list. This week the following companies have joined to support our racing community: Nitto Tire, Edelbrock, E3 Spark Plugs, Spec Clutch, Ford Performance, Aeromotive, Oilver Racing Parts, and Vortech Superchargers. To view the updated list click >>here<<

What would the Nitto Tire NMRA Spring Break Shootout be without a Spring Break style party Kick-off the weekend with wings, beer, and a Mustang and Ford car show at The WingHouse of Bradenton on Friday night, March 3rd. The wild antics of past Friday night parties are legendary as racers and fans launched the racing season in true Spring Break style. Come for the food and beverage and stay for ...

The much-anticipated 2017 NMRA season will open with the 23rd Annual NMRA Spring Break Shootout, March 2-5, at Bradenton Motorsports Park in Bradenton, Florida, and according to Sean Walter, Director of Sports for the Bradenton Area Sports Commission, the area located on the state's West Coast has many offerings for those looking to extend their trip. Worth mentioning first, Walter says, are it...

Right after driving his 2014 Mustang Cobra Jet to a 7.81 to claim the ProCharger Coyote Modified elapsed-time record at the final NMRA race of the 2016 season, John Kauderer turned his focus to 2017. He delivered his Watson Racing-built race car to Justin's Performance Center, where its current suspension is being replaced with BMR Suspension components, including a K-member, lower A-arms and u...

As the 2017 season draws closer, more companies are renewing or beginning to add to the NMRA contingency program. This week we've added: Holley, NOS, MSD, RacePak, QuickFuel Technology, and E3 Spark Plugs. To see the updated listing click >>here<<

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. Presented by Hellion Turbo, the Turbo Coyote Shootout kicks off March 2-5, 2017, during the 23rd Annual Nitt...

This year's Nitto Tire NMRA Spring Break Shootout will be off the hook crazy with Blue Oval heads-up drag racing, special events, and celebrity appearances from Street Outlaws Bobby Ducote and BoostedGT! Bobby Ducote and BoostedGT will both be set-up on the midway all day Saturday, March 4th, and they have challenged each other to a best 2 out of 3 match race for ultimate NMRA bragging rights! Be...

The NMRA is pleased to announce that G-Force Racing Transmissions continues as a class sponsor of the NMRA in 2017. Last year the Cleona, PA company, sponsored the Pure Street class, but with that class no longer being contested on the tour, G-Force has picked up sponsorship of the popular Coyote Stock class this year.

Coan Engineering has joined the NMRA as an official sponsor in 2017 and will also be posting contingency in a majority of classes in both organizations. "The NMRA are is a rapidly growing association which has done a fantastic job of building a racer-friendly program. We are proud to partner with them as an Official Series and Contingency sponsor in 2017 and look forward to rewarding the partic...

More companies have joined the growing list of NMRA contingency sponsors this week including: FAST, TCI, Air Flow Research, and Moser Engineering. To see the updated list, which is updated each Friday evening, click >>HERE<<

The NMRA is pleased to announce that Edelbrock and ProCharger will both be continuing their class sponsorships in 2017. Edelbrock will remain as the Renegade class sponsor while ProCharger retains sponsorship of the Coyote Modified class.

With his sights set on outlaw-style racing, Jeremiah Hussey is hopping into NMRA's new UPR Modular Xtreme class at the 23rd Annual Nitto NMRA Spring Break Shootout, March 2-5, 2017 at Bradenton Motorsports Park in Florida. He'll be in the driver's seat of the 2011 Mustang GT he ran to a 7.61 in NMRA Turbo Coyote Shootout, but he's making some changes to it in preparation for the eighth-mile cla...

Hoosier Racing Tire returns to the NMRA this year as an Official Sponsor as well as a contingency sponsor for all NMRA events. The company will be posting contingency awards in all Pro and Sportsman classes, as well as special-event classes. We look forward to renewing our relationship with NMRA and the racers that compete in this all-Ford series this year, stated Hoosier Tire Drag Racing Bus...

Watch as the baddest and most recognized Mustang street racers converge on Bradenton Motorsports Park in Bradenton, Florida, the weekend of March 2-5, 2017, for the insane Blue Oval party that is the Nitto Tire NMRA Spring Break Shootout. Just announced: ididit, Inc., the steering column specialists, will present Outlaw True Street, a special race category that will run on Saturday evening, March ...

The 2017 NMRA racer contingency program continues to grow in 2017. Here are a few of the latest companies who will be supporting racers this season. Hoosier Racing Tire, Maximum Motorsports, QA1, DeatschWerks, ProCharger and Fidanza. To see the entire lineup of 2017 NMRA contingency sponsors click >>here<<. This list will be updated each Friday.

After racing his turbocharged 1989 Mustang coupe in OSCA in the late 1990s, Ed Rice sold the car he refers to as the grey squirrel to a friend. But he recently bought it back, and is preparing it for his daughter, Jennifer Brooke Rice, to pilot in NMRA Edelbrock Renegade while also piloting her 2009 Mustang in NMCA ARP Nitrous Pro Street. Ed fabricated for the car a 25.3 chrome moly cage, ...

After earning championships in NMRA Roush Performance Super Stang in 2009 and 2010 in his 2007 and 2010 Roush Mustangs, Chris Parisi stepped away from the series and focused on racing locally. When he returned in 2016, he committed to the NMRA's new Race Pages Ford Muscle category rather than his familiar friend, Roush Performance Super Stang, and in his Steeda-suspended 2007 Mustang powered by...

The NMRA Keystone Automotive Ford Nationals, the #1 all-Ford motorsport show in the U.S., is pleased to announce that Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords will once again join forces with the NMRA to feature the Spring Break Shootout race at the NMRA Ford Nationals season-opening event at Bradenton Motorsports Park in Bradenton, FL, March 2-5, 2017. JLT Performance has stepped-up to support Muscle Mu...

While the 2016 race season was rockier than Rebecca Starkey had hoped it would be, she cruised to a top ten finish in NMRA ProCharger Coyote Modified points and came out of the gate swinging in 2017. In her 2011 Mustang GT powered by an Aluminator Coyote engine and VMP Gen II supercharger, she laid down an incredible 8.58 at 157 mph during a test session on Jan. 8, 2017 at Orlando Speed World. ...

With the 2017 season beginning in just a few weeks, NMRA Contingency Sponsors are returning to the nations largest all-Ford drag racing series. Here is a list of sponsors who have joined the NMRA this year in support of racers by posting contingencies on certain products. Thus far they include: Magnaflow, Baer Brake Systems, Moroso, Strange Engineering, Aerospace Components, Flowmaster, Roush P...

Every Ford fan in the world knows that the Nitto Tire NMRA Spring Break Shootout presented by Muscle Mustangs is an insane, horsepower-infused Blue Oval spectacle that takes place each year at Bradenton Motorsports Park in Bradenton, Florida. This year's 23rd annual event, the weekend of March 2-5, 2017, will be off the hook crazy with NMRA heads-up drag racing, special events, and a celebri...

Sponsors are continuing to renew for special NMRA Shootout classes in 2017 as the All-Ford Drag Racing Series gets closer to the kickoff of a new season. TREMEC will continue to sponsor the Stick Shift Shootout for racers in the True Street class at both the Florida and Kentucky races, while VMP Performance continues to back the ever-growing Terminator/GT500 Shootout, which bookends the season ...

Adding to the anticipation for the 18th Annual Nitto NMRA All Ford World Finals at Beech Bend Raceway in Kentucky last fall was the revelation that multi-time NMRA world champion and VP Racing Fuels Street Outlaw standout John Urist would be taking part in his just-built Turn 14 Distribution 2016 Mustang. The 25.3, four-link car built by Chris Hemmeter of Behind Bars Race Cars and Bruce Dyckes ...

The NMRA and NMCA are pleased to announce the 2nd Annual Sealed Stock All-Star Showdown, a special race between select Coyote Stock and Chevrolet Performance Stock competitors at the Commerce, Georgia event at Atlanta Dragway, the weekend of April 6-9, 2017. Billed as the 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 ...

ProMedia Events & Publishing is pleased to announce that Jim Campisano has joined ProMedia as Director of Sales. Effective immediately, Campisano will be working closely with the ProMedia sales staff as well as Race Pages editor Mike Galimi and Fastest Street Car editor Steve Baur. As a 30-year industry veteran, early NMRA supporter and former NMCA racer, Campisano is well acquainted with ProM...

While Becki Lynn ran her 2008 Saleen Mustang to eleventh place in NMRA Roush Super Stang points in 2016, she's making a major move for 2017. She purchased a 2010 Mustang as a roller and will throw her hat into the Exedy Racing Clutch Modular Muscle ring, where she hopes to replace 13-second timeslips with 9-second timeslips. I wanted to keep the Saleen a street car and get into a dedicated ...

Soon after sailing to a ninth place finish in 2016 Coyote Stock points at the 18th Annual Nitto NMRA All Ford World Finals at Beech Bend Raceway in October, Walter Baranowski headed to the Track Toys Racing ABM Nationals at Cecil County in Maryland. There, he had hoped to cap off a successful season that included personal bests of 10.32 in NMRA trim and 9.89 in outlaw trim, but instead, he got ...

VP Racing Fuels, Detroit Locker and UPR Products will all be returning as NMRA sponsors in 2017. VP continues as class sponsor of Street Outlaw, the quickest and fastest class in the NMRA, while Detroit Locker retains its long-standing sponsorship of the Truck and Lightning class. UPR will remain as the Car show sponsor throughout the season.

As the race season is rapidly approaching, here is the official NMRA class line-up for 2017. We are excited to kick off our championship season March 2-5, 2017 at Bradenton Motorsports Park with the 23rd annual Nitto Tire Spring Break Shootout, presented by Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords. Always looking to improve the events for both racers and fans, the NMRA made a few changes to the lineup. ...

  Aerospace Components, Inc., will once again be deeply involved in the NMRA, NMCA and NMCA West in 2017 as they continue the Aerospace Winner's Circle program. We are thrilled to once again sponsor the Aerospace Winner's Circle with NMRA, NMCA, and NMCA West racing series events in 2017. We had a blast in 2016 during the Winner's Circle and it is the place to be for 2017 as we en...

Roush Performance, Exedy Racing Clutch and QA1 all will be returning as class sponsors in 2017. Roush will be continuing their sponsorship of Super Stang, while Exedy retains their slot as sponsor of Modular Muscle, and QA1 remains as the True Street class sponsor.

While 2016 was a successful season for Jacky McCarty that ended with an NMCA Wiseco Street Outlaw championship and an NMRA VP Racing Fuels Street Outlaw top ten finish, he has already turned his focus to 2017. He hired ProLine to build a Dart billet block-based 460 cubic-inch LS engine to replace his turbo-enhanced small-block Ford, and it will be topped with Mast Mozez heads and a Hogan's inta...

Nitto Tire will return as the sponsor of the 23^rd Annual Spring Break Shootout at Bradenton Motorsports Park March 2-5. Joining Nitto will once again be Muscle Mustangs and Fast Fords Magazine as presenting sponsor of the kickoff event for 2017.