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Nitto Tire Continues Bonus Program for NT555RII Drag Radials in 2022
Nitto Tire is continuing its generous bonus program for its NT555RII drag radials in 2022 for the highly popular TorqStorm Superchargers True Street category. The Nitto crew will boost the purse to $1,000 for the winners of the 15-second, 14-second, 13-second, 12-second, 11-second, 10-second, and 9-second time zone winners all season long at every Holley NMRA Ford Nationals event in 2022.
BREAKING NEWS Holley NMRA Ford Nationals Returns to Bradenton Motorsports Park in 2022
Be sure to lock into the NMRA Spring Break Shootout at Bradenton Motorsports Park March 3-6, 2022 as the Holley NMRA Ford Nationals kicks off its 24th season of all-Ford motorsport action. "The 2022 event marks the 22nd time NMRA has kicked off its season in Florida and we are excited to keep the legacy going at Bradenton Motorsports Park with the NMRA Spring Break Shootout," said Rollie Mi...
Date Inside 2022 NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street-Legal Drag Racing at World Wide Technology Raceway
Following the successful NMRA/NMRA Super Bowl of Street-Legal Drag Racing Presented by Fuelab a few weeks ago, officials from World Wide Technology Raceway and ProMedia Events & Publishing are proud to announce next year's event will happen the weekend of May 12-15, 2022. We had an incredible event from the awesome on-track action to being well-organized on the operations side, that is a t...
Nitto Tire Diamond Tree Rings Up for Grabs at NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street-Legal Drag Racing
All roads lead to World Wide Technology Raceway the weekend of May 13-16, 2021, for the NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street-Legal Drag Racing Presented by HPJ Performance. Both series will be racing hard with Nitto Tire Diamond Tree champion rings being rewarded to all championship class winners. This is the biggest event on the schedule and its new home is World Wide Technology Raceway, right at t...
Nitto Tire Continues $1,000 Bonus Program for QA1 True Street at all NMRA events in 2021
Nitto Tire is once again bringing its NT555RII bonus program to the insanely popular NMRA QA1 True Street category, which boosts the purse to $1,000 for the 9-second, 10-second, 11-second, 12-second, 13-second, 14-second, and 15-second winners. The bonus program will be available during the complete 2021 Holley NMRA Ford Nationals event schedule. The program began last year to celebrate the rel...
NMRA World Finals + Holley Intergalactic Ford Festival Returns to Beech Bend Raceway in 2021
It's hailed as the greatest Ford motorsport spectacle EVER and it returns to Beech Bend Raceway Park in 2021. The Holley NMRA Ford Nationals will once again complete its season with the blowout bash known as the NMRA World Finals + Holley Intergalactic Ford Festival the weekend of September 30 thru October 3, 2021. The NMRA World Finals + Holley Intergalactic Ford Festival combines NMRA champio...
Sunday Coverage 22nd Annual NMRA World Finals & Holley Intergalactic Ford Festival
The entire 2020 Holley NMRA Ford Nationals season comes down to today. Since last year, racers prepared and competed with the hope of earning enough points to earn a spot in the coveted Top 10 in the season's points standings and a shot at a championship . Today is the day to make those dreams come true and every round counts at the 22nd Annual NMRA World Finals & Holley Intergalactic Ford Fes...
Racers Continue To Collect Nitto Bounty Cash At NMRA/NMCA Events
Now into the fourth races of both the NMRA and NMCA drag racing series, the Nitto Tire NT555RII bounty has paid out at every event, and the most recent trip to Martin, Michigan and US 131 Motorsports Park for the Arrington Performance NMRA/NMCA All-American Nationals presented by Force Engineering saw several winners collect cash from Nitto. Cruising through the TorqStorm Superchargers True...
World Wide Technology Raceway Named Third Stop on NMRA/NMCA 2021 Tours
The Holley NMRA Ford Nationals and NMCA Muscle Car Nationals, the leaders in the street-legal drag racing market, are proud to announce the new home of the Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street-Legal Drag Racing is World Wide Technology Raceway (Madison, IL). The largest street-legal drag race event of the year happens May 13-16, 2021. The Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street-Legal Dr...
Team NMRA WINS! 2020 Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing
For the last fifteen years, the Holley NMRA Drag Racing Series and NMCA Drag Racing Series have run together in an event called the Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing presented by HPJ Performance. Just as the two series met up earlier in the season in Commerce, Georgia, they come together later in the year, but the Super Bowl features a special shootout to determine series...
Race Wrap 15th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl Of Street-Legal Drag Racing Presented By HPJ Performance
2020 ushered in a world of changes for everyone, and one such change was the move of the Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing presented by HPJ Performance to the St. Louis area. After 14 years in Joliet, the event moved to World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway in nearby Madison, Illinois, where a long-standing tradition of Ford racing continued with the 15th Annual Super ...
Sunday Coverage Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing Presented by HPJ Performance
Despite repeated rainfall on Saturday, drivers were relentless as they rocketed down track during abbreviated qualifying sessions at the Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing presented by HPJ Performance at World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Illinois. There's a lot at stake for those who are able to cut through the competition, as the Aerospace Components Winner's Circ...
Saturday Coverage Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing Presented by HPJ Performance
While it's currently raining, we're expecting skies to clear by late morning or early afternoon over the Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing presented by HPJ Performance at World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Illinois, and judging by the work that has been going on in the pit area, drivers and their crews are ready to put down some serious power. Awaiting those who go...
Thursday Coverage Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing Presented by HPJ Performance
The Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing presented by HPJ Performance gets underway today and kicks off four days of heads-up and index racing here at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway. This event is the second of three events in 2020 where the NMRA and the NMCA drag racing series come together, but it is the only one of the three where the winners of each series face...
Recent Runner-Up Hobson Hopes for Home Track Win at Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl presented by HPJ Performance
By Mary Lendzion While it would have been completely understandable if it had taken Tony Hobson some time to become competitive in his new car, it didn't. After selling his newer Mustang and purchasing an older Mustang from fellow NMRA VP Racing Madditives Street Outlaw driver Manny Buginga in January of this year, he and his colleagues at HPJ Performance, and his tuner, Eric Holliday of JPC...
NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl Stacking/Parking Information
NMRA/NMCA SUPEBOWL OF STREET LEGAL DRAG RACING World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway St. Louis event Racer/Vendor Stacking and Parking information Wednesday July 29th 8AM Overnight Vendor and Racer stacking in the Red Highlighted area on map Thursday July 30th Vendor and Racer Stacking in designated area on map 7:30AM Racer/Vendor Gate opens. 7PM Racer/Vendo...
Breaking News Holley NMRA Ford Nationals Signs 5-Year Contract with Bradenton Motorsports Park
The Holley NMRA Ford Nationals is proud to announce it has signed a 5-year deal with Bradenton Motorsports Park to host the world-famous Nitto Tire Spring Break Shootout through the 2025 racing season.   The Spring Break Shootout is synonymous with the Ford Mustang movement as it's been a 27-year tradition to kickoff the Holley NMRA Ford Nationals championship in Bradenton, Florida. We...
QA1 True Street Cruise on IndyCar/NASCAR Oval at World Wide Technology Raceway!
It is quickly becoming tradition at event facilities that have a NASCAR oval, the QA1 True Street enthusiasts get to complete the 30-mile cruise on the high-banks of the IndyCar/NASCAR oval! It goes down July 30 through August 2nd at World Wide Technology Raceway (Madison, IL) during the biggest event of the year the Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street-Legal Drag Racing Presented by HPJ Perf...
True Street and HEMI Shootout Winners Score Nitto Cash at NMRA/NMCA All-Star Nationals
Just a few short months ago, Nitto Tire released the all-new NT555RII drag radial, which became the Official Tire of NMRA QA1 True Street for 2020. Showing its commitment to NMRA/NMCA enthusiasts, Nitto added a generous bonus program for True Street racers, as well as NMCA HEMI Shootout and Chevrolet Street Car Challenge competitors. The winners of the 9-second, 10-second, 11-second, 12-second, 13...
Holley NMRA Ford Nationals Adjusts Point System for 2020
The NMRA Competition committee has adjusted the 2020 NMRA point's system to reflect the new schedule due to the disruptive COVID-19 pandemic. Points will be accumulated by counting the best four out of five national events for VP Racing Madditives Street Outlaw, Edelbrock Renegade, JDM Engineering Limited Street, G-Force Racing Transmissions Coyote Stock, Richmond Gear Factory Stock, Exedy Racing ...
Nitto Tire Spikes the Purse in NMRA QA1 True Street for the New NT555RII Drag Radials
Nitto Tire recently released the all-new NT555RII drag radial, which has become the Official Tire of QA1 True Street for 2020. Showing their commitment to NMRA enthusiasts they've added a generous bonus program for True Street racers. Once the Holley NMRA Ford Nationals events return to action in late-May the winners of the 9-second, 10-second, 11-second, 12-second, 13-second, 14-second, and 15-se...
Watson Racing Presents the Ford Performance Cobra Jet Showdown at the NMRA/NMCA All-American Nationals in 2020
Twice-a-year Ford Performance Cobra Jets gather to celebrate the heritage and racing tradition of the famed factory drag race vehicle. The bi-annual Ford Performance Cobra Jet Showdown presented by Watson Racing launches into action during the Nitrous Supply NMRA/NMCA All-American Nationals August 27-30, 2020 at Summit Motorsports Park (Norwalk, Ohio). For the ninth year in a row the biggest na...
Tech Review Nitto Tire NT555RII Drag Radial
Written by Steve Turner Photography courtesy of Nitto Tire For street/strip machines with big power, balancing traction and driveablity is a challenge that requires a special tire. For over 15 years, one of the most popular tires to hook up big-power street cars was the Nitto NT555R drag radial. Since that time modern muscle cars have grown more powerful and rolled off dealer lots with larger tire...
EATON TVS Throwdown Returns to NMRA/NMCA with New Location and Revised Rules
Last year NMRA/NMCA worked with EATON Corporation to create a category to celebrate its highly successful Twin Vortices Series (TVS) supercharger technology. The TVS Supercharger Throwdown kicked off with super fast street cars doing battle on the quarter-mile. In 2020, the TVS Supercharger Throwdown returns with a new set of race rules and a new location during the biggest street-legal drag race ...
Weldon Racer Appreciation Happy Hour Thursday February 27th at Bradenton Motorsports Park
ProMedia Events is pleased to announce that Weldon Pump will sponsor a special Racer Appreciation Happy Hour on Thursday, February 27th during the Nitto Tire NMRA Spring Break Shootout season opener at Bradenton Motorsports Park in Bradenton, Florida from 5:00PM until 7:00PM All racers, family, crew, sponsors, media, and vendors are invited to attend and enjoy ice cold kegs of beer, music, and ...
Baer Brakes Adds Bonus to JLT Performance Spring Break Shootout Purse
As the JLT Performance Spring Break Shootout celebrates 25 years of street car insanity, Baer Brakes wanted to enhance the winner's pot by throwing in a gift certificate for a Deep Stage Drag Racing Brake System kit valued at around $1,000. This means the Quick 16 winner on Sunday could walk away with $1,800 as they celebrate in the Aerospace Components Winner's Circle with an NMRA Victor award an...
Continuing Traditions JLT Performance Backs Spring Break Shootout Class at NMRA Season Opener
The Mustang drag racing season always kicks off with the booming Nitto Tire Spring Break Shootout at Bradenton Motorsports Park, this year it goes down February 27 through March 1. The event's humble beginnings date back to 1995 and it was an assembly of quick street-legal Mustangs with a party to go along with it. Some 24 years later that notion still holds true and JLT Performance is back again ...
Mickey Thompson Backs NMRA Cobra/Terminator vs. GT500 Shootouts in 2020
Mickey Thompson Tires and Wheels returns as the sponsor of the the Cobra/Terminator vs. GT500 Shootout at two NMRA events in 2020 with $500-to-win plus a $600 gift certificate. Aeromotive will also toss in $1,000 gift certificate on top of the payout to the winner of the specialty Mustangs. The first showdown happens during the Nitto Tire NMRA Spring Break Shootout February 28 March 1 at Brad...
TREMEC Stick Shift Shootout, presented by McLeod Racing Returns at NMRA Spring Break Shootout
The annual TREMEC Stick Shift Shootout rages back into action during the Nitto Tire NMRA Spring Break Shootout February 27 - March 1, 2020 at Bradenton Motorsports Park in Bradenton, Florida. And don't forget, TREMEC is also hosting the QA1 True Street Racer Appreciation Happy Hour during the award's ceremony on Saturday after the category's completion. The TREMEC Happy Hour is open to all QA1 Tru...
NMRA After-Hours Returns with Florida N/T Race and Street Car Shootout Plus BoostedGT!
A unique group of racers will roll their cars out of the trailers as the sun sets over Bradenton Motorsports Park on Saturday February 29, 2020. The NMRA After-Hours returns and it features the Florida No Time 28/275 Shootout and a Street Car Shootout, presented by Innovative Racecraft and Li Tuning and Racing. It all goes down during the Nitto Tire NMRA Spring Break Shootout, which runs from Febr...
Hellion Turbo Battle Returns to Nitto Tire NMRA Spring Break Shootout for 2020
Do you have a turbocharged Ford that just doesn't quite fit into any of the NMRA categories If so, we have a place for you and your vehicle in the Turbo Battle, sponsored by Hellion Turbo and hosted during the Nitto Tire NMRA Spring Break Shootout happening at Bradenton Motorsports Park February 27-March 1, 2020. It is a category designed to be a catchall, heads-up eliminator where the major requ...
Watson Racing Presents the Ford Performance Cobra Jet Showdown at the 2020 NMRA Spring Break Shootout
It is no surprise that the world's largest Ford motorsport event series celebrates Ford's most powerful vehicle the Cobra Jet. Watson Racing will once again present the Ford Performance Cobra Jet Showdown and it happens February 27-March 1, 2020 at Bradenton Motorsports Park in Bradenton, Florida during the Nitto Tire NMRA Spring Break Shootout. This ninth annual showdown is open to both vintag...
2020 NMRA National Event Schedule
The NMRA Ford Nationals is excited to release its 2020 all-Ford event schedule. Operating for over 20 years, the NMRA series is the largest and longest running Ford performance series in the world. For 2020, the schedule packs in championship drag racing, exciting Street Car Shootouts, Car Shows, Manufacturer's Midways, and much more. The NMRA series has a lot to offer racers and fans in 2020 ...
Road Construction Update NMRA All-Ford World Finals
The 21st Annual NMRA All-Ford World Finals and Holley Intergalactic Ford Festival is set to be the biggest Ford event of all time. Holley Performance Products and the NMRA are working hand-in-hand with state, county, and city officials to make ingress into the facility as smooth as possible. There are some construction challenges that attendees need to be aware of, particularly on Saturday morning...
Nitto Tire Pizza & Beer Racer Appreciation Party for the NMRA World Finals
NMRA Ford Nationals is pleased to announce the Nitto Tire Pizza & Beer Racer Appreciation Party on Thursday September 27, 2018 from 5:30PM to 7:30PM at Beech Bend Raceway. All racers, families, crew, and sponsors are invited to help celebrate the NMRA All-Ford World Finals with FREE pizza, beer, and other beverages. Brought to you by Keystone Automotive, NMRA is the biggest and longest runn...
McLeod Racing Backs 10R80 Shootout at NMRA World Finals
The Nitto Tire NMRA World Finals + Holley Intergalactic Ford Fest, taking place September 27-29 at Beech Bend Raceway, is going to be the biggest Ford motorsport event of the year, bringing all generations of Ford enthusiasts together in one location. McLeod by Raybestos is proud to introduce the 10R80 Throwdown, open to Mustangs, F-150s, and anything else with Ford's latest Overdrive transmission...
Sunday Coverage 14th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street-Legal Drag Racing, Coverage Presented By Edelbrock
With one round of eliminations completed the 14th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street-Legal Drag Racing Presented by FST Carburetors hits the home stretch as racers battle it out for a shot at a trip to the Aerospace Components Winner's Circle. Once the two series complete their programs the fastest racers from each series will clash in the Bob Curran Memorial Super Bowl Shootouts. ...
Saturday Coverage 14th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street-Legal Drag Racing, Coverage Presented By Edelbrock
Excitement builds today at Route 66 Raceway as the 14th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street-Legal Drag Racing Presented by FST Carburetors gets into the thick of the action. With a round of qualifying on the slate, racers will have their last crack at jockeying for position on the ladders in the morning before round one of competition kicks into gear as racers strive toward a trip to ...
Friday Coverage 14th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street-Legal Drag Racing, Coverage Presented By Edelbrock
Today the 14th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street-Legal Drag Racing Presented by FST Carburetors kicks it up a notch as racers lock and load for the first round of qualifying. Competitors will begin to see just how their cars stack up against the competition as they jockey for position on the ladder. With the eventual goal of heading to the Aerospace Components Winner's Circle, racer...
Thursday Coverage 14th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street-Legal Drag Racing, Coverage Presented By Edelbrock
The sun is shining down on the track surface at Route 66 Raceway in Joilet, Illinois, and the time is here for the 14th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street-Legal Drag Racing Presented by FST Carburetors. The crown jewel of the mid-season for both the NMRA and NMRA squads, the event will see both series run in tandem with racers seeking to visit the Aerospace Components Winner's Circle...
NASCAR AGAIN! NMRA/NMCA QA1/Gear Vendors True Street Cruise to Hit the Banks on NASCAR Oval at Route 66 Raceway/Chicagoland Speedway
For the second year in a row the NMRA/NMCA QA1/Gear Vendors True Street cruise will visit the Chicagoland Speedway NASCAR oval for a unique and exclusive experience. On Saturday, True Street participants will exit the Route 66 Raceway property and the cruise will take them across the street to the Chicagoland Speedway. A special route is being created to bring the group through the infield, and...
Largest Midway of the Year Scheduled for the Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street-Legal Drag Racing in Joliet, Illinois, July 25-28
The Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street-Legal Drag Racing presented by FST Carburetors 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 25, and culminates on Sunday, July 28, when Team NMRA's class champions take on team NMCA's winners in the all-ou...
Nitto Tire Happy Hour at NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing
ProMedia Events is pleased to announce the Nitto Tire Racer Appreciation Party 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 25-28, 2019. This extra special event is billed as the Super Bowl because the NMRA class champions will take on the NMCA class winners for an all-...
Bob Curran Memorial Super Bowl Shootouts Bonus Program
Nearly a year ago the racing community said good-bye to our friend and former NMCA champion Bob Curran. This year the Curran family wanted to memorialize Bob at his home track during one of his favorite events of the year, the Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing, held at Route 66 Raceway over the weekend of July 25-28, 2019. Moving forward the NMRA vs. NMCA match race at...
Racer Update for the Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing at Rt. 66 Raceway in Joliet, Illinois
Heading into the biggest race of the year for the NMRA, the event staff has made some arrangements that should make things a bit easier for racers. Ice, a rather important commodity at drag strips these days not just for spectators, but race cars as well, will be sold at Concession Stand S14 located on the south side of the grandstands (same side as pits). A 22 lbs. bag retails for $10 and ice ...
Mid-Term Report IDIDIT Performance NMRA King of the Street Qualifying
New for NMRA in 2019 is the IDIDIT Performance King of the Street competition and the concept is simple. Every NMRA event serves as a qualifier for an end-of-the year 8-car heads up eliminator to determine who is the King of the Street. The only way to qualify is to grab an Overall Winner title in the QA1 True Street challenge at any NMRA event in 2019 or win either the JLT Performance Spring Br...
Breaking News NMRA World Finals Expands to include Holley Intergalactic Ford Festival
NMRA is proud to announce the addition of the Holley Intergalactic Ford Festival to the Nitto Tire NMRA World Finals, creating what will be the largest Ford event on the planet. Taking place September 26th 29th at Beech Bend Raceway, the NMRA World Finals offers the best Ford drag racing, car show, midway, and swap meet and combines it with the all-new Holley Intergalactic Ford Festival. Holl...
Nitto Takes Its Popular NT555 Tire to the Next Level With the NT555 G2
The Nitto Tire brand entrenched itself in the hot late-model Mustang scene over two decades ago and since then, the company has grown by leaps and bounds and can be seen on any brand of late-model muscle car, as well as restored and restomodded classics, and more. The Nitto NT555 tire that started it all has been supremely successful, and helped launch a number of other Nitto Tire models, includin...

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