Bradenton Motorsports Park Bradenton, Florida March 28-30, 2008
NMCA Bradenton, Florida Race Wrap March 28-30, 2008
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The NMCA kicked off its 20th season with one of the most exciting events in recent memory as the Edelbrock Drag Racing Series hosted the 6th Annual Ross Pistons Muscle Car Nationals at Bradenton Motorsports Park in Florida.
Highlighting the event was the quickest Pro Street field in the history of the organization as 20-cars were entered in the Scorpion Performance-sponsored class. Kenny Voss’ 6.79 anchored the field which was led by Tony Bischoff’s 6.39 at 219 mph run. The race was won by NMCA newcomer Mark Micke and his Jefferson, Missouri-based ’67 Camaro, which beat Steve King’s ’68 Camaro, which lost traction in the final, giving the win to Micke.
In Nitto Super Street 10.5W Spiro Pappas got his first win in over a decade after beating Richard Bligh with a 7.03 at 206 mph. Bligh redlit in the final, ending his shot at a victory. Pappas led all qualifiers as well with a 6.99, and had top speed for the event with a 207 mph run.
In ARP Nostalgia Pro Street, 2007 champion Jeff Colletta, earned his fifth win in six races going back to last year after beating Jim Widener in a thrilling side-by-side race, that was sadly negated due to Widner’s -.003 redlight. The final numbers were Widener 7.62 to Colletta’s 7.63.
Bob Kurgan grabbed his first win in Vortech Extreme Street after beating 2007 class champion Danny Shemwell. Kurgan’s Mustang ran flawless all weekend long, and ousted a spinning Shemwell with an 8.23 to Shemwell’s 9.10.
Comp Cam Pro Stock featured exciting side-by-side racing all day, ending with Mike DeMayo defeating 2007 champ Bruce Maichle who redlit. Despite the foul, the two raced until the finish with DeMayo clicking off an 8.656 to Maichle’s 8.657.
John Macaluso equaled his 2007 performance in Florida when he won his second event here in as many years as he defeated Brian Kenward in the final. Macaluso and his Mustang ran a 9.08 to Kenward’s 9.33 in his Camaro. Macaluso also posted a sub 8- in the second round when he ran an 8.983.
In BF Goodrich Tires Mean Street Jeff Swanson finally ended his Bradenton curse with a final round win over Don Baskin when his Mustang ran a winning 10.11 to a 10.30 run by Baskin in his Nova.
In the nostalgia eliminators David Poskevich outlasted last year’s champion Jim Netherland in Hamburger’s Performance Nostalgia Super Stock while Jeff Barr earned his first class win in OPG Nostalgia Muscle Car by beating Kenny Van Zill.
Index class winners included Tony Deeds who qualified first and then ran the field in Superchips Open Comp, beating Bill Lee Jr. in the final. In EATON-Posi Late Model EFI, Brian Bogan nabbed his first series win after beating Doug Winters.
In Tremec True Street Andrew Juhl, ran the quickest three laps of a record-setting field of cars with a 9.552 average. Runner-up Jason Rollins wasn’t far behind with his 9.642 average.
