For six years, Kevin DiOssi has captured fleeting moments in time during the NMCA Muscle Car Nationals as the lead photographer. His images have told countless stories from the human emotion of competition to the powerful and dynamic machines that take center stage during an event. Presented here is a collection of his favorite photos, some you've seen in digital and print, while others are be...

November 30, 2021Attention NMCA Xtreme Street racers. In a continuing effort to align Xtreme Street and Ultra Street rules, the RTRA and NMCA Tech team released today, the second draft of preliminary 2022 rules. The Xtreme Street rules are posted on the NMRA website rules page. If you have any questions, concerns, or missing combinations in the 2022 PRELIMINARY rules, please email the NMCA tech...

It is with great sadness that the NMCA says goodbye to Jeff Smith, who passed away on November 17th, 2021 at the age of 62. Smith claimed the first race win for a Dodge Challenger 1320 after taking home the 12-second prize in the Dodge//Mopar HEMI Shootout at the 2019 NMCA Memphis Homecoming event held at Memphis International Raceway. Smith debuted his prized 2019 Challenger R/T Scat Pack 1320...

As we celebrate the upcoming New Year, this serves as a reminder that Snell SA2010, M2010, and SFI 2010 certified helmets will be expired as of 1/1/2022. The NMRA Ford Nationals and NMCA Muscle Car Nationals will require Snell SA2015, M2015, M2020, SA2020, or the appropriate SFI rated helmets in 2022 and beyond. The off-season is also a great time to inspect all of your dated safety gear such as b...

Sonnax adapter flange yokes make it easy to convert a two-piece driveline to a one-piece, U-joint-style driveline - an ideal upgrade for a wide range of modified performance vehicles. New for 2021, the company's popular 3-bolt adapter flange yoke is now available with a special spacer that adds 8L90 and 10L80 transmissions to its original lineup of 6L80, 6L90, TR6060, 05'06 Pontiac GTO, an...

Written By Steve Turner Photography by Kevin DiOssi and courtesy of Steeda For followers of 2015+ Mustang quarter-mile performance, particularly the naturally aspirated variety, Steeda's Silver Bullet is the pony car shot heard round the world. Saddled with the mission of proving the company's aftermarket upgrades on the quarter-mile, this car quickly set itself apart from the crowd. Pilot...

November 19, 2021Attention NMRA Renegade and NMCA Xtreme Street Racersin an effort to align with Ultra Street, the NMRA/NMCA Tech team has been working with RTRA for 2022 rules. The first draft of Preliminary 2022 rules are posted on the NMRA and NMCA websites. If you have any questions, concerns or missing combinations in the 2022 PRELIMINARY rules, please email the NMRA/NMCA tech team at nmra...

For the 2022 season, the NMCA Technical Committee worked with John Sears (RTRA Series) to maintain a universal rule set for Ultra Street, NMCA Xtreme Street and NMRA Renegade in 2022. The 2022 Xtreme Street preliminary rules have been released on the NMCA website. Additionally, the RTRA and NMCA have also posted the 2022 Preliminary X275 rules for the shootout class that will run at a...

The NMCA Muscle Car Nationals is proud to announce it will be an exhibitor during the 2021 Performance Racing Industry Show, held December 9-11, at the Indianapolis Convention Center. The muscle car national event series will be located in Booth 1632, which sits in the "Green Hall" and is near the crossover to the "Yellow Hall." The location is consistent with its previous exhibitor booth space, a...

ProMedia Events and Publishing, parent company of the Holley NMRA Ford Nationals and NMCA Muscle Car Nationals, is excited to announce Augustine Herrera as the new NMRA/NMCA National Tech Director, effective immediately. His duties include overseeing fair competition in both drag racing series and leading the on-site Tech staff at all national events. “Augustine joined our team in 2019 an...

Written by Ainsley Jacobs Photography by Kevin DiOssi It doesn't cost a cent to be kind, is a life philosophy that Tom Blincoe has lived by throughout his entire life. His attitude of gratitude and graciousness has manifested into something beyond belief, and the gentleman from Kentucky made it his mission to share his good fortune with those around him particularly through drag racing. I...

Howell EFI, a leader in EFI conversion kits (GM/TPI/TBI) and wiring harnesses for direct injection swaps, now offers plug and play LT1/LT4 and EcoTec3 wiring harnesses for classic muscle cars, Corvettes and trucks, as well as multiple options to transplant power for both automatic and manual transmissions and even supercharged classics. The LT1/LT4, and EcoTec3 wiring harnesses are customized t...

The NMCA Technical Committee released updated Preliminary rules today in the following classes:

• Stock Eliminator
• Super Stock
• Nitrous Pro Street
• N/A 10.5

The 2021 NMCA Preliminary Class Rules can be found here: https://www.nmcadigital.com/2022-class-rules-payouts/.

By Mary Lendzion Vince Khoury is not afraid to push the envelope when it comes to being competitive in ARP Nitrous Pro Street. He and his team regularly comb through his car and combination to ensure that they are extracting every amount of power possible, and it has paid off. The driver from Michigan captured the championship in the category in 2020, and was committed to repeating the fe...

By Mary Lendzion Leonard Long is a racer through and through. The owner of G-Force Racing Transmissions and Long Shifters is constantly coming up with ways to coax more power from his combination and clock quicker and faster times in his Mustang motivated by a small-block Ford with machine work by Ray Barton Racing Engines and assembly by Jay Zolko, Visner Engine Development-prepared D3 head...

By Mary Lendzion Back in 2015, Eric Bardekoff began building his beautiful S550 Mustang. He spent hours in his shop, EB Custom Works in New York, and with pure passion and precision, he transformed what he purchased as a wrecked street car into a winning strip car. As it turned out, that winning strip car, which Bardekoff also painted and then powered with a Coyote engine and Whipple supe...

By Mary Lendzion Bill Skillman is a fierce frontrunner in Holley EFI Factory Super Cars. He earned championships in the incredibly challenging category in 2019 and 2020, and he was focused on earning another one in 2021 in his Mustang Cobra Jet powered by a 327 cubic-inch Coyote engine massaged by Holbrook Racing Engines, topped with a Whipple supercharger and backed by a Coan Turbo 400 tran...

By Mary Lendzion Mike Winters remembers the very day that he took delivery of his new 1982 Mustang. It was March 12, 1982, and it was quite wintry in his home state of Michigan. After driving it on the street for a while, he started taking it to the strip. He competed in NMCA Mean Street, NMRA ARP Open Comp and NMCA MagnaFuel Open Comp. He wasn't able to run a full season as he was clocking a ...

By Mary Lendzion Through the years, Kurt Anderson has shown just how experienced and exceptional he is behind the wheel. He's very committed and competitive, whether he's in the cockpit of his own 1969 Camaro, his wife, Shawna Anderson's 2001 Camaro, or a fellow racer's car, and he holds his own. Aiming for another LME Street King championship, Anderson, who owns Autokraft Racecars...

DiabloSport is spotlighting the AMP'd 2.0 throttle booster with value-packed features like an industry-exclusive Bluetooth remote and user-defined Throttle Curves. The company has seen an increase in demand for the product, and is making it available at the lower cost of $249.95. AMP'd 2.0 covers hundreds of different vehicle applications, and the company offers an app to contr...

By Mary Lendzion After competing in NHRA Pro Mod for twenty seasons, Chip King committed to chasing a championship in NMCA VP Racing Lubricants Xtreme Pro Mod in 2021. With his experience and extraordinary Mustang Mach 1-bodied car built by Jerry Bickel Race Cars and boasting a Hemi by Joe Hornick, Roots-style supercharger by Chuck Ford, Turbo 400 by M&M Transmission and rear end by Carm...

As we enter the final months of 2021 and continue celebrating the champions and Top 10 finishers, the NMCA Muscle Car Nationals is gearing up for 2022. Listed below are the Championship categories for 2022, which will be featured at all six NMCA National events. Below the championship categories is a rundown of the specialty categories for 2022. Preliminary rules for the 2022 season have been rele...

VP Racing Fuels, Inc., a world leader in performance fuels, lubricants, additives, and retail, has signed a licensing agreement with Champion Laboratories, Inc. to offer a line of premium racing oil filters designed for racing and high-performance passenger cars. "At VP Racing Fuels, we pride ourselves in partnering with best-in-class manufacturers like Champion Laboratories for our licensing effo...

By Mary Lendzion The cars in the Quick Fuel Technology Nostalgia Super Stock category are celebrated across the country for their character and their competitiveness. That certainly includes Brent Wheeler's Coronet, which is powered by a 540 cubic-inch Wedge engine built by fellow racer Bill Boomhower with components from Indy Cylinder Heads, Comp Cams, MAHLE, Clevite and ATI, and complemented...

Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center (SDPC) Race Shop is known for building some high-horsepower engine combinations for race and street cars, and it's latest creation shows what you can do with GM's production cast-iron, L8T truck block, along with a host of other factory parts. It's no secret that enthusiasts and engine builders have regularly pushed the limits of stock LS and LT engine block...

By Mary Lendzion Bruce Lang has one of the most eye-catching cars in Coan Engineering Stock/Super Stock. It's a clean Barracuda powered by a Chrysler 440 Six Pack built by Russ Berens with machine work by W&W Machine and heads by Wegner Automotive, and inscribed on its doors is the phrase The sun will straighten it out. When people ask Lang what the sun will straighten out, he smiles and t...

By Mary Lendzion Through the years, Andy Warren has become a bit of a wonder in NMCA Detroit Truetrac Nostalgia Muscle. He knows the ins and outs of the category, and he is incredibly competitive in it. In fact, he has earned thirty-three event wins, and is still the NMCA's winningest driver. Soon after the Kentuckian earned his ninth championship in 2020, he set out to back it up in 2021 in h...

By Mary Lendzion DeWayne Massengale is as friendly as they come. He hangs out with and helps his fellow racers, and he happily chats with fans who want to know about his car and combination. But when he puts on his helmet and heats the tires under his Camaro powered by an LS1 engine and RPM Transmissions-built T-56, he is fierce and focused on winning. Massengale, who finished fifth in...

By Mary Lendzion Upon retiring from farming after forty-eight years, Ronnie Hackelton decided to go racing. He did it for the camaraderie, but as it turned out, he was quite competitive, and he earned a Chevrolet Performance Stock championship in the Chevrolet Performance Challenge Series in 2015. Since then, he has been committed to performing at peak levels in NMCA Chevrolet Performance...

All racers, fans, media, and sponsors are invited to attend the 2021 NMCA Muscle Car Nationals Awards Ceremony, held December 10th in the Sagamore Ballroom 1-3 in the Indianapolis Convention Center. The cocktail hour begins at 5:00PM with the Awards Ceremony kicking off at 5:30PM. Reservations can be made by emailing [email protected] by November 15th, please include your name, NMRA or NMC...

American Powertrain has introduced the new HYDRAMAX true bolt-in, under-dash Hydraulic Clutch System designed for 1979-1993 Fox body Mustangs that completely eliminates the need for a cable actuated clutch pedal. The new system features an integrated under-dash hydraulic master cylinder and a bolt-in clutch pedal. The included clutch pedal allows for an easy conversion of a cable clutch equippe...

Chevrolet Performance today introduced the ZZ632/1000* crate enginethe largest and most powerful crate engine in the brand's history. The naturally aspirated 632-cubic-inch V-8 produces 1,004 horsepower and 876 lb-ft of torque. This is the biggest, baddest crate engine we've ever built, said Russ O Blenes, GM director of the Performance and Racing Propulsion Team. The ZZ632 sits at the top...

By Mary Lendzion The NMCA Mickey Thompson Street Outlaw category is filled with impassioned competitors. They want to go fast, they want to go rounds and they want to get to the winner's circle. They also face challenges head-on, and among them is Alan Felts of Bowling Green, Kentucky. He's honed in on hauling in his Mustang powered by a small-block Ford pu...

Finned aluminum brake fluid reservoirs from Wilwood give firewalls a unique high-performance look. Machining ribs in the billet reduces weight, now 4.6 oz. - 3 oz. less than Wilwood's standard billet reservoir, and increases surface area for passive cooling. These durable reservoirs hold 4 oz. of fluid and can be mounted directly to Wilwood's single or tandem remote master cylinders, or plumbed...

For the past five seasons the NMCA has successfully run the Coan Racing Stock/Super Stock Combo category in its robust championship line-up. New for 2022 will be the independent Stock Eliminator and Super Stock Eliminator categories, both competing for prestigious NMCA championships at all six national events. The competition is fierce in Stock/Super Stock and we've seen a huge growth in the c...

By Steve Turner Photography by the FSC staff As the tree drops, more than 3,000 horsepower awaits under the composite body of a roaring Pro Mod. Unleashing it sends that thrust to two huge slicks out back. They dig into the track and propel the finely tuned machine past 60 feet in less than a second. At these lofty levels, races are won and lost in this narrow window of hundredths and thousandths ...

The survey linked below features NMCA community members the have been nominated for the 2021 Specialty Awards, which will be celebrated Friday, December 10, 2021 during the NMCA Awards Ceremony held in conjunction with the PRI Show. Deadline for voting is October 22, 2021... NO EXCEPTIONS! Thank you, we appreciate your participation in the voting process and for racing with us in 2021! Be...

With the conclusion of the 2021 NMCA Drag Racing Series, the NMCA staff has tallied up the seasons' points totals. You can find this season's points standnings HERE. The 2021 NMCA Drag Racing series was action-packed throughout all six races. As with any series, racers encountered plenty of ups and downs throughout the year, and most of the championships were still up for grabs as the fina...

NMCA would like to kick-off the 2022 rules discussion in an effort to serve you better. With that in mind, please submit rule requests for the 2022 NMCA drag racing series by October 24, 2021. Our Tech Department, will begin evaluating those requests to help form the 2022 Preliminary Rules for next season. We value all of your input and while not all requests are granted, each one is studied and d...

NMCA would like to kick-off the 2022 rules discussion in an effort to serve you better. With that in mind, please submit rule requests for the 2022 NMCA drag racing series by October 24, 2021. Our Tech Department, will begin evaluating those requests to help form the 2022 Preliminary Rules for next season. We value all of your input and while not all requests are granted, each one is studied ...

Attention Racersthanks for an awesome 2021 racing season! The points have been updated, please verify your final tally is correct as there will be a 7-day limit (ends of 10/8/21) on filing an official protest for incorrect point totals. CHECK THE POINTS LISTINGS HERE.

Written by Steve Baur Photography by Kevin DiOssi In 2015, Kevin Lumsden of Royce City, Texas, showed up at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis with the first DR525-powered car, a Fourth-Gen Camaro SS destined to compete in the Chevrolet Performance Stock presented by Scoggin Dickey Parts Center (CPS) class that the NMCA launched for the 2016 racing season. After several seasons racing in CPS,...

Interview by Mary Lendzion Photos by NMCA Staff It seems that Nicole Liberty-Cach was destined to be a racer. Her father, Craig Liberty, was racing the very day she was born to her mother, Joelanne Liberty, and then she spent her formative years focusing on everything her father did at his shop, Liberty's Gears in Michigan. She wanted to know what he was building, b...

Eaton, a power management company, has announced that its Vehicle Group has launched two aftermarket ELocker differentials for the 2018 and newer Jeep Wrangler JL and 2020 and newer Jeep Gladiator JT equipped with both manual and automatic transmissions. The electric locking differentials are a dependable option for the off-road enthusiast, needing just one wire to actuate and requiring no addi...

Champion, a recognized leader in racing and specialty lubricants, has launched its Champion Full-Synthetic Racing Power Steering Fluid. Champion Racing Power Steering Fluid'reduces temperatures and delivers consistent steering response in competition applications. It has exceptional low temperature flow that reduces initial drag on the racing pump. Its robust formulation is a full-synthetic ...

DiabloSport has announced the addition of tuning support for the 2021 model year 5.7L and 6.4L Hemi- powered Chargers and Challengers. As Hemi fans have come to expect, the company offers a wide variety of options to choose from when it comes time to tune late model cars. From PCM swaps to full PKITs that include a new PCM and tuner, the company has something for everyone. Users can expect incr...

Written by Mary Lendzion Photos by Kevin DiOssi Despite hurdles and hindrances along the way, racers were resilient and resourceful from the first through the final event of the season, the 20th Annual NMCA World Street Finals presented by Chevrolet Performance, Sept. 23-26, 2021 at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indiana. They hung tough in the Hoosier State while chasing points and championships, an...

Racers were saying that they were going to go after the tune-up and the tree for the final rounds of qualifying yesterday at the 20th Annual NMCA World Street Finals presented by Chevrolet Performance at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indiana, and they were true to their word. We saw everything from wild wheelies to exciting elapsed times, and when it was all said and done last night, racers began preparing...

There were a ton of fast passes in favorable weather yesterday at the 20th Annual NMCA World Street Finals presented by Chevrolet Performance at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indiana. There were also plenty of personal best elapsed-times, speeds and packages as racers focused on strong finishes at this final NMCA event of the season. While rain fell briefly this morning, the forecast calls for sunshine an...