Saturday News

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After a terrible wreck last year, Canada’s Mike Yedgarian is back at the NMCA with a newly rebuilt Pontiac Firebird. He topped the field yesterday with a smooth 6.75 at “only” 214 mph. Rumor has it this car has already been much quicker than that in testing, although we’re not sure at what weight. Frank Mewshaw, Bill Lutz, and Jim Robbins are right behind him with their own 6.8X passes.


Dave Beeson out of Baton Rouge, Louisiana has been working on his big-block Chevy combo and he’s obviously found something because for the second race in a row, Beeson shattered the ARP Nostalgia Pro Street record with a 7.24 at 197.80 mph.


Mario Orsini is here this weekend with his ’57 Chevy sporting a brand new twin-turbo combination. So far he’s only made some soft hits, running only 8.49, but it’s a cool car nonetheless and we expect it to run better today.


Bill Trovato topped the Vortech Xtreme Street field yesterday when he busted an 8.00 at 171 mph. Andy and Cam Mayes are helping him this weekend after their Mopar broke a couple weeks before the race. Nipping at his heels is Jamie Stanton with an 8.06. It will be interesting to see if anyone can out qualify them today because there are about 13 other cars here that have the power to be number one as well.


Last night Chris Rini ran a killer 6.18 at 232, the quickest and fastest pass in the class’ history. Coming in second was John Sullivan with a 6.31 at 215 mph, and in third, last event’s winner Joe Dunne busted a 6.34 at 222 mph. It will be a dogfight in this class this weekend.


The championship-winning car in Vortech superchargers Xtreme Street is here this weekend, which is being driven by NMRA Drag Radial champion Jason Lee. The owner, Chris Singleton, dedicated the newly painted ride to his daughter Abbey and is confident that he will have the car to beat come eliminations.