Each year racers from the Holley NMRA Ford Nationals and Red Line Oil NMCA Muscle Car Nationals join forces for an epic event. This year’s 18th Annual NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Muscle Car Drag Racing brings back the fabled Super Bowl Shootouts with a new twist and backing from portable test and measurement instrumentation specialists, Testo.

Saleen Automotive, the Southern California vehicle manufacturer founded by legendary racing driver and vehicle builder, Steve Saleen, debuted its SA-40 model at the 2023 “Ponies In the Smokies” show in Sevierville, TN, March 20-25th.

Created by Ford Motor Company to engineer halo performance vehicles that would have a trickle-down effect of adding excitement to the company’s full vehicle lineup, Ford created the Special Vehicle Team. Embarking on that mission, known internally as “polishing the oval,” SVT released its first vehicles, which included the Mustang Cobra and F-150 Lightning, with the 1993 model ye...

Four decades ago a man took his vision for a performance Mustang and drew it while sitting at his dinner table. From that sketch, Saleen Autosport was born, and founder Steve Saleen started a run of building performance vehicles that continues to this day. He and his company will celebrate that legacy at the 40thAnniversary Saleen Reunion during the NMRA Ford Homecoming event at Summit Motorsports...

On any given race weekend, you will see a wide array of Blue Oval muscle machines roaring down the racetrack, but only one class is dedicated to Ford’s powerful pickups.

It was an emotional evening as Evan Lee made his very first run down a dragstrip in his late father's 1990 Ford Mustang.

Built to extend traction from the street to the drag strip, the Nitto NT NT555RII drag radial is a natural choice for NMRA & NMCA’s wildly popular True Street categories as well as NMCA’s HEMI Shootout class.

The Wharton Automotive Group recently announced the promotion of Will Baty to product development manager. The Wharton Automotive Group consists of McLeod Racing, FTI Performance, Silver Sport Transmissions, and PowerTrain Technology. Off-Road and car enthusiast and trail blazer, Will Baty, will assume the new role immediately. 

With great sadness NMRA learned our good friend, Dallas Jones, 82, of Bowling Green, Ky. has passed away. Dallas was a true giant in the sport of drag racing and a supporter of NMRA and NMCA since the very beginning. 

Nitto Tire announced today it will give away a complete set of four tires to winner the 2023 Burnout Contest at the NMRA SBSO.

For the 2023 season, the first Holley NMRA Ford Nationals index racers who achieve that goal at each event while covered by Laris Motorsport Insurance are eligible for the $1,000 Perfect Package bonus. 
 

TransTec to sponsor the Fox-Body Reunion during the 29th Annual NMRA Spring Break Shootout Presented by Nitto Tire from March 2-5, 2023.

A restored 1968 Ford Bronco, with Eaton’s Detroit Truetrac differentials front and rear, and a Roush supercharger with Eaton’s TVS^® 2650 technology, was the grand prize of a sweepstake that benefited the Special Operators Transition Foundation.

Attention all racers and vendors, the season-opening NMRA Spring Break Shootout is set to kick off March 2-5 so we’re providing critical stacking and parking information to help you navigate your entry into Orlando Speed World.

Kicking off its 25^th Anniversary season, the Holley NMRA Ford Nationals series is bringing more excitement to its season opener with more tire smoke by adding the Ford Drift Invitational.

With a long history of making fuel-injected performance vehicles fasters and more powerful, BBK Performance knows what it takes to build an elite street/strip ride. With that in mind, the company continues its support of the NMRA season opener’s namesake class —  the Spring Break Shootout.

Today, at the Chicago Auto Show, Ford announced the Mustang Dark Horse will be available carbon fiber wheels.

“Circle D Specialties is excited to sponsor NMRA’s wildly popular True Street class first and foremost because supporting this program allows us to help keep motorsports thriving while also providing a unique opportunity to give back to the racing community that has given so much to us,” Pete Nichols of Circle D Specialties explained.

Combining power adders and street-based engine combinations, NMRA’s Limited Street class is a true showcase of the potential offered by Ford’s pushrod and Modular small-block engines.

As NMRA kicks off its 25^th Anniversary season at Orlando Speed World from March 2-5, 2023 a popular class returns. There’s nothing more fun or exciting than banging gears down the drag strip, and that’s just what the TREMEC Stick Shift Shootout delivers.

With 500 horsepower, Mustang enthusiasts are anticipating big things from the 2023 Dark Horse. But in addition to power, Ford is amplifying the track handling precision of the all-new 2024 Mustang Dark Horse Mustang, as the design team has created a distinctive collection of colors and materials to amplify its dark aura and digital-age style.
 

NMRA and MNCA, along with VP Racing, makes it easier than ever to fuel your race machine by offering fuel delivery at six events in 2023.