The NMCA is pleased to announce that MOPAR has joined Ford Performance Parts and Chevrolet Performance as presenting sponsors of the new Holley EFI Factory Super Cars class, which will debut at the season opening Ross Pistons NMCA Muscle Car Mayhem event held March 10-13 at Bradenton Motorsports Park. As sponsors of Team Drag Pak, MOPAR will be posting cash bonuses of $1,000 to the winner and $...

After a three, two, one countdown, Elaine Larsen's crew powers up the ignition on her dragster to invite the curious click, click, click followed by the boisterous boom that indicates that her General Electric J-85 jet engine has come to life. She then inches her Worthy Motorsports-built dragster to the starting line while making the engine's afterburner pop in raucous but rhythmic fashion befo...

While Phil Smith drove his 02 Trans Am to a remarkable 4.48 and a rewarding third place in NMCA Wiseco Street Outlaw last year, he's determined to dish out even more in 2016. He and his team, including car owner and crew chief Billy Adams, got the ball rolling recently by having their 632 cubic-inch engine - which is topped with 14 Dart heads and further motivated by a Speedtech nitrous syste...

While we're used to seeing Mark Carlyle driving his Corvette to records and championships in LSX Drag Radial, he's moving to the driver's seat of Rob Sphar's Fox body Mustang to mix it up in NMCA Mickey Thompson Radial Wars in 2016. The car, which Sphar bought in 2012 and has seen only minimal track time, went to Xtreme Race Cars in early 2015, where Carl Stevens, Jr. and Sr. fabricated for it ...

The NMCA has announced the purse and contingency programs for the Holley EFI Factory Super Cars class. Race teams will receive contingency payouts from participating aftermarket manufacturers as well as from the automotive manufacturer of their racecar. The new Factory Contingency program is in addition to the NMCA Pro Contingency program, which includes NMCA trophies and payouts as part...

While her friends were unwrapping toys on their eighth birthdays, Katelyn Whynaught was unwrapping a junior-dragster, and while her friends were playing with those toys the next day, she was pounding pavement at a dragstrip near her family's Oceanside, California home. Quick to find all of the gauges and gadgets, she advanced to the semifinal at her very first race, and went on to win two champ...

Eight years ago, Bill Lutz and David Rosen started Central Ohio Insurance Services with a focus on home, business and auto insurance, but before long, Lutz was asked by another insurance company if he would take to market on-track and off-track race car insurance. That insurance company didn't have anyone representing the race car insurance market properly, and because I was an insurance agent...

After spending some time kicking up dirt in a Sprint car, Rich Nye moved to a Fox body Mustang for the Pro Stick Racing series, where the motto is Real Cars Have a Clutch." Now, he's making a move to NMCA Quick Lane at Downs Ford NA 10.5, beginning with the 14th Annual NMCA Muscle Car Mayhem, March 10-13, at Bradenton Motorsports Park in Florida. His Kuntz and Company-built 434 cubic-inch s...

As host of all four events in the NMCA WEST VP Racing Street Car Nationals series last year, AAA Autoclub Dragway in Fontana, California welcomed a large contingent of racers from across the country. They traversed the track with finely-tuned combinations and chassis, and laid down exceptional elapsed-times. But because many of them could feel a dip in the track surface in the left lane, track ...

Tony Alm and his formidable Fox body Mustang were forces to be reckoned with last year in NMCA Edelbrock Xtreme Street, as he drove to a win, a runner-up and elapsed-time and top-speed records with his track-blistering 7.60 and 187 mph. All of that, as well as his solid second place finish in the class points, is a nod to his steely resolve and stout combination, which consisted of an 8.2-deck ...

  ProMedia has announced a special Open Comp Shootout to be held at the NMRA/NMCA All Star Nationals at Atlanta Dragway April 7-10. This event will pit the best Open Comp racers from the NMRA and NMCA against each other in a high-stakes eliminator on Saturday April 9th.

NMRA and NMCA are pleased to announce the inaugural Sealed Stock All-Star Showdown, a special race between select Coyote Stock and Chevrolet Performance Stock competitors at the Commerce, Georgia event at Atlanta Dragway the weekend of April 7-10, 2016. Billed as the NMRA/NMCA All-Star Nationals, it's one of only two races where fans can witness the spectacle of both NMRA and NMCA racing the same ...

ProMedia has both of their beautiful 2009 Ford F450 Super Duty Crew Cab trucks for sale. Powered by a 6.4L V-8 Diesel, both of these trucks are in magnificent shape and have been very well maintained and come complete with service history records. One truck has 119,860-miles and the other has 94,000-miles. Each truck had new Continental Tires installed last summer and have less than 5K miles o...

Story and photography by Steve Baur It's no secret that to be successful in racing, one must continually innovate to improve performance and is ultimately what is needed to turn on win lights. Sometimes innovation requires an out-of-the-box thinker to see things from a different perspective, and find new approaches to old problems. Armed with a background in circle-track racing, Mark Menscer ha...

After driving his 76 Corvette to a stout 8.19 and a third place finish in NMCA WEST Lucas Oil NA 10.5 points last year, Ryan Bell has decided to give his red rocket a fresh coat of paint. The two coats of red it wore before he bought it back in 88 are currently being removed and a brighter shade of red paint will be professionally applied by Steve Alguire, son of Bell's fellow racer and crew ...

The much-anticipated 2016 NMCA season will open with the 14th Annual Ross Racing Pistons NMCA Muscle Car Mayhem, March 10-13, at Bradenton Motorsports Park in Bradenton, Florida, and according to Sean Walter, Director of Sports for the Bradenton Area Sports Commission, the area located on the state's West Coast has many offerings for those looking to extend their trip. Worth mentioning first, W...

One of the things Mike Konigshofer clearly remembers about competing in NMCA Pro Stock back in 2009 is that he made it to the final alongside Charlie Booze, Jr. at Maple Grove Raceway, and one of the things he clearly remembers about competing in OSCA Pro Stock the following year is that he made it to the final alongside Butch Kemp at Toronto Motorsports Park. He was primed, and he was pumped. ...

The NMCA Competition Team is proud to announce the exciting VP Racing Fuels Xtreme Pro Mod class featuring the world's fastest and most unique doorslammers in the country. Competing on the eighth-mile drag strip, these machines represent old school and modern muscle cars but with a radical twist. They are chopped, channeled and scaled down for a wicked looking package to go along with the nitrous-...

ProMedia Events is pleased to announce that Aerospace Components will continue its Winner's Circle sponsorship at all NMRA, NMCA and NMCA West events in 2016. Launched last year, the Aerospace Components Winner's Circle became a welcomed addition to each race during the season, and Kim Kussy, President of Aerospace Components is looking forward to extending the company's involvement into the Ne...

Drag racing enthusiasts around the world will be able to watch live NMRA/NMCA events in Georgia, Indiana, Illinois and Ohio! ProMedia, home of the NMRA, NMCA and NMCA WEST, is proud to announce an exciting new partnership with BangShift.com for the upcoming season. As a result of this partnership, four NMRA and NMCA events will include a live feed in 2016 bringing all the drag racing action of ...

ProCharger superchargers just announced that it is shipping "The world's first supercharger system" for the C8 Corvette. In fact, the company is actually offering two kits, and HO version as well as Stage II Tuner kits. These new supercharger kits were tested on two in-house C8 Corvettes, along with a few others, and the new mid-engine Corvettes were flogged on the dyno, dragstrip, and road ...