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2nd Annual JE Pistons NMCA Muscle Car Nationals
Date: Friday, August 15
2nd Annual JE Pistons NMCA Muscle Car Nationals
Presented by Keystone Automotive
Milan, Michigan
August 22-24, 2008
Milan Dragway
The NMCA returns to Milan Dragway for the Second Annual JE Pistons Muscle Car Nationals August 22-24. Last years event was shaping up to be a real slugfest among several Midwest racers who joined NMCA regulars for the only Michigan stop of the Edelbrock Drag Racing Series. The track yielded great numbers during qualifying but eliminations were cancelled due to rain, which ended up soaking the region for more than a week.
Judging from last year’s turnout this year’s race has the makings of something special for both drivers and fans alike. Included again in this year’s program will be the Flowmaster Shootout featuring the top 2007 points earners of Nostalgia Pro Street racing each other for their share of a $4,500 purse in a special eliminator held within qualifying rounds.
Action begins Friday evening with a test session beginning at 3 p.m. followed by a qualifying session beginning at 7:00.
Posted on Friday, August 15 @ 2:24 PM by NMCA Adam
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Mothers Polish To Be Official Car Care Products of the LSX Shootout
Date: Friday, August 8
Mothers Polish, the leader in car care products for your hot rod or muscle car, has stepped up to support the LSX Shootout in a big way. Mothers Polish will give the first 250 LSX Auto Show & Shine participants a FREE PowerBall 4Paint polish unit, a 4 oz. bottle of FX SynWax, and sample bottle of Mothers Showtime Detail Spray - a combined $36.99 retail value! The 2nd Annual GM Performance Parts LSX Shootout will take place at the NMCA World Finals at Memphis Motorsport Park in Memphis, TN, Oct. 9-12, 2008. The LSX Auto Show & Shine will take place on Saturday & Sunday (Oct. 11 & 12) and there will be over 70 awards for LS-powered Camaros, Firebirds, Corvettes, GTO, Cadillacs, Trailblazers and more! The price of an auto show entry is only $25 or 1-day or $35 for 2-day. Just imagine getting some cool Mothers Polish car care gear worth more than your LSX show entry! Even better, you may get the chance to have your vehicle featured in GM High-Tech Performance, Super Chevy, Hot Rod, Car Craft, PHR, FSC or many other magazines that are scheduled to attend the LSX Shootout. For more information on the LSX Shootout, the LSX Auto Show & Shine, car show classes and more...log on to www.nmcadigital.com/lsx .
Posted on Friday, August 8 @ 1:53 PM by NMCA Adam
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Fastest Street Car To Be Archived on the Web!
Date: Friday, August 1
The NMCA and Fastest Street Car are pleased to announce that FSC (starting with the January '08 issue) will now be archived online. Lost an issue? Did your local performance shop run out of copies before you got yours? Want to show a story to a friend? No problem! Sixty days following the publication of each issue, Fastest Street Car will be available online.
FSC on-line will allow readers to easily flip pages, search, print, download and e-mail a friend. To see FSC on the web simply log on to www.nmcadigital.com/fsc where you will see a catalog of all the available issues that are on-line. We all know there is no replacement for an actual copy of FSC, however, FSC on-line will allow NMCA's racers and fans to easily reference and research the magazine's extensive archive of issues beginning with January 2008.
Posted on Friday, August 1 @ 2:53 PM by NMCA Adam
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2nd Annual GM Performance Parts LSX Shootout Announced!
Date: Thursday, July 24
Grand Blanc, Michigan – The NMCA and GM Performance Parts are excited to announce the 2nd Annual GM Performance Parts LSX Shootout, which will occur at Memphis Motorsports Park near Memphis, Tenn, the weekend of October 9-12, 2008. The event, held in conjunction with the Nitto Tire NMCA World Finals, is the largest LS event in the U.S. The LSX Shootout features awesome heads-up racing for the fastest LS-powered cars in the world, index-style racing for competitors of all levels, a dyno shootout to see who can make the most LS power, and a giant all LS-powered auto show and shine. This is “the” LS event of the year, with over $60,000 in cash and prizes, and it’s brought to you by GM Performance Parts.
Presenting sponsor, Source Interlink’s GM High-Tech Performance magazine, will produce the official LSX Shootout fan guide as well as rules and event press releases leading up to the LSX Shootout. Rick Jensen, the editor of GM High-Tech Performance magazine, and his team are looking forward to the 2nd annual event and will provide comprehensive Shootout coverage for their passionate readers.
The LSX Shootout’s heads-up classes include LSX Drag Radial and LSX All Motor, both of which are wheels-up and hardcore. Drag Radial is a 7-second turbo vs. nitrous vs. supercharger class that is an incredible fan favorite. The winner will receive $3,000, an LS376/480 crate engine courtesy of GM Performance Parts, a winner’s plaque, and the coveted LSX Shootout winner’s jacket. All Motor is an engine builders’ class as these racers bring their LSX combinations into the 8-second zone naturally aspirated. The winner will receive $2,000, an LS376/480 crate engine courtesy of GM Performance Parts, a winner’s . . . 
Posted on Thursday, July 24 @ 7:07 PM by NMCA Adam
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Super Bowl III ROCKS!
Date: Sunday, July 20
Spectacular racing and record crowds helped solidify the Motive Gear NMCA/NMRA Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing presented by Nitto Tire as the nation’s largest gathering of heads-up racers. Highlighted by the NMCA’s annihilation of the NMRA in the “Super Bowl” runoff, winning by a margin of eight to three, this year’s event was by far the most competitive of the series’ previous two events held at RT 66 Raceway in Joliet, Ill.
In the NMCA portion of the event, Mark Micke continued his domination of Scorpion Performance Pro Street with a win over Tony Bischoff after taking a 6.41 to 6.40 holeshot win. In Nitto Tire Super Street 10.5 W Tony Nesbitt stopped Spiro Pappas for his first win in the class by a 7.01 to 7.04 margin.
Jeff Colletta put another tick in the win column for 2008 after overcoming some tough competition, eventually stopping Kevin Parent in a 7.57 to 7.63 affair.
In Vortech Superchargers Extreme Street, Tony Orts, who has not raced in the class since last season used a near tenth of a second holeshot to grab the win in a 8.26 to 8.20 race.
Andy Schmidt stopped Mike DeMayo for his second in of the year in Comp Cams Pro stock with a 8.71 to 8.73 winning pass.
In Car Craft Street Race, Tim Hendricks, who has battled his combination for the past three seasons, finally received the payoff for his undying efforts, when he beat John Macaluso in a 9.02 to 9.00 holeshot win. Don Baskin was another racer who has invested a great deal of time to sort out the combo in his Mustang. He too received the payoff after beating Jeff Swanson in BFGoodrich Tires Mean Street.
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Posted on Sunday, July 20 @ 9:31 PM by NMCA Scott
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More News
Date: Sunday, July 20
A boost control problem led to leaving the line with a ton more power than Pro Street racer Steve Matusek usually uses, resulting in the car almost losing control at 100-feet. Matusek somehow managed to keep the car off the wall and away from Chris Rini. What could have been disaster turned into an eighth-mile driving exercise –with Matusek sawing on the wheel from 100-feet to nearly halftrack.
Steve Miller also had a scary moment after the parachutes on his S-10 failed to open at the conclusion of his final qualifying run. Miller said that the brakes got so hot that one of the carbon-carbon brakes actually welded together, which ultimately led to a brake line failing. Miller ended up driving deep into the sand trap and into the first of two catch fences before the truck finally stopped. Damage was actually minimal and Miller went on to record a first round victory.
For those counting, this year’s rough count of Super Bowl attendance shows a total of 396-cars including an estimated 50 True Street cars. After two years of having the fewer cars, racers of the NMCA now can claim the most cars represented with 178. The NMRA had 168 entries.
Yesterday in Nitto Super Street 10.5W, Jim Robbins ran a stellar 6.91 in the second round of qualifying, which was enough to top Tony Nesbitt’s 6.94. The blower car of Jim Blair and turbo car of Spiro Pappas are also right there with their 6.9X qualifiers. It should be a good show today in Super Street for sure.
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Posted on Sunday, July 20 @ 9:03 AM by NMCA Scott
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Friday News
Date: Friday, July 18
Among the twenty Scorpion Pro Street cars, Dan Bills is in the mix with his brand new twin turbo Cobra. At the first Superbowl of Street Legal Drag Racing back 2006, Bills had a very bad wreck, which halted his drag racing effort for the past three years. We’re glad to report he’s back at it here in Joliet with such a wicked ride. He’s obviously fighting new car issues, but we’re looking forward to seeing it run on Saturday.
Former Vortech Xtreme Street racer Jimmy Byrne is here this weekend running his famed red rocket Mustang in Nitto Super Street. He has shelved his small-block Ford for a 632 BBC to run more local heads-up races in the Midwest. He was able to run an 8-oh in the second round of qualifying, which could be worth a round in eliminations if one of the quicker SS cars makes a mistake on Sunday.
Tony Nesbitt was able to top the field in Nitto Super Street with his sleek nitrous’d Vette with a killer 6.94 in the second round of eliminations. Each race this teams to get quicker and quicker, but have yet to go to the finals in this tough, topnotch category. If Nesbitt and the rest of Team Midnight can keep their performances at that level on Sunday it will spell trouble for the rest of the SS competitors.
Vortech Xtreme Street racer Mike Post is back racing with the NMCA here this weekend. In the off-season he put his car through the 25.5 treatment, including new suspension, tires, and an intake manifold. If he can get it together this weekend he’ll be tough on Sunday.
Posted on Friday, July 18 @ 8:56 PM by NMCA Scott
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Getting ready in Joliet
Date: Thursday, July 17
Good morning from Fabulous Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, Illinois!
Yesterday, we had more than 100 cars through the gates to get a jump on
parking in the pits, and we'll be opening the gates here in just about an
hour to let in the guys who showed up overnight. Test & tune will kick off
at 10am, and we'll run until about 5pm. Check in later for updates or better yet, get your butt down to the track and enjoy it all in person.
Posted on Thursday, July 17 @ 9:17 AM by NMCA Scott
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3rd Annual Motive Gear NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing
Date: Thursday, July 10
The 3rd Annual Motive Gear NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing Presented by Nitto Tire
July 17-20th, 2008
Route 66 Raceway, Joliet, IL
* EVENT UPDATE: All the Stars and All the Cars…Over 60 Pro Street, Pro Outlaw 10.5, Super Street Outlaw, & Super Street 10.5w cars are pre-registered for this event! *
• Biggest Heads-Up Street Legal Drag Race of the Year - NMRA vs. NMCA battle it out for the Super Bowl Shootout title!
• 2 Giant Auto Shows - Enter your Hot Rod or Muscle Car in the biggest auto show to hit Chicagoland; over 100 awards to be given out.
• Massive Manufacturers’ Midway – Check out some of the latest performance parts by the top manufacturers.
• Swap Meet – Shop for those hard to find parts for your Hot Rod or Muscle Car.
• Grand Marshall, Vic Edelbrock – Your chance to meet the most recognized name in performance; 2 autograph sessions throughout the weekend.
• Media Event of the Year – Meet the editors and have your chance to get featured in National magazines or on TV: 5.0 Mustang, Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords, Car Craft, Popular Hot Rodding, Modified Mustangs & Fords, Mustang Monthly, Race Pages, Fastest Street Car, Inside Drag Racing, StangTV.com, and StreetLegalTV.com.
Don’t Miss Out!
NMRA and NMCA Clash Once Again at Route 66
What could be better than seeing the best in Mustang drag racing, or watching the nation's quickest domestic doorslammers run heads-up?
Experiencing both in the same weekend, of course! That's exactly what will go down at Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, Illinois on July 17 . . .
Posted on Thursday, July 10 @ 7:28 PM by NMCA Adam
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NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing Update!
Date: Thursday, July 3
The 3rd Annual Motive Gear NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing Presented by Nitto Tire is gaining momentum...BIG time! The Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing III, held at historic Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, IL, July 17-20, promises to be "the" muscle car event of the year. So far almost 60 manufacturers and vendors have reserved space at the Super Bowl to join what will be one of the largest manufacturers midways of the year. Are you looking for great deals on a whole host of performance upgrades for your muscle car? If so, you definitely need to hit the ATM before you arrive because you will find jaw-dropping deals on parts you can carry right out of Route 66 Raceway! Some of the companies that will be on the manufacturers midway include:
- Keystone Automotive Speed Shops
- Ford Racing
- GM Performance Parts
- Kooks Custom Headers
- ProCharger
- UPR
- Bassani Xhaust
- ACT Clutch
- Comp Cams
- Tremec
- Edelbrock
- Holley
- Moroso
- Turbonetics
...And Many More!
Looking for a great deal on that hard to find used part for the project in your garage? If so, then the Super Bowl event's for you as it hosts a great used parts swap meet each and every year. Check out aisle upon aisle of used parts and automotive collectibles as some of the top local dealers display their wares at the NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl event.
For more specific information about the NMRA/NMCA event log on to www.nmcadigital.com/illinois
Posted on Thursday, July 3 @ 6:23 PM by NMCA Adam
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