For the first time ever the NMRA & NMCA will produce a West Coast event that showcases what our series have to offer. This event will feature West Coast race cars and classes that will follow 2011 PSCA class rules.

Because of recent noise restrictions imposed upon the track, NMRA/NMCA will not be able to run Pro Street and Outlaw 10.5, classes previously planned, however the rest of the classes can all run as long as all competitors have mufflers on their vehicles for the entirety of the event. Every car that enters into the event will be required to have mufflers or collector mufflers (inserts are not acceptable) to pass NMRA/NMCA tech. This is a zero-tolerance policy that will be in effect. If your car exceeds the max decibel reading (under 105DB at 50ft) you will be shutoff and not be able to compete.

The NMCA & NMRA will converge for the Inaugural JE Pistons NMRA/NMCA West Coast Shootout, presented by Lucas Oil, at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, CA. The NMCA Flowmaster Muscle Car Nationals and the NMRA Keystone Automotive Ford Nationals will showcase all the cars and all the stars from the West Coast street legal drag racing scene and show these racers what NMRA & NMCA have to offer! There will be two separate car shows, an autocross, a special Racers Against Street Racing True Street Challenge, a massive vendor midway, and let’s not forget the “Legendary Burnout Contest”. So don’t miss your chance to experience what will prove to be one of the biggest muscle car events of the season.

Drag Race Your Street Car in an Entry Level Class

Have you ever wanted to drag race? Imagine racing your street car on one of the best drag strips in the USA! NMCA and NMRA have a whole bunch of entry level classes designed just for you. True Street is a class where all street cars (licensed, tagged, insured, registered, and able to make a 30-mile cruise) made 3 back-to-back passes with the closest 3-pass averages to 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15-seconds each win $100 and a bonus prize. The king of True Street will be the overall fastest average, will win $250 plus VIP weekend Nascar passes. Classes also available will be Open Comp, Mustang Madness, Bracket I and Street Muscle.

Attack the Corners at the NMRA/NMCA Autocross & Hit the Binders in the Speed-Stop-Challenge!

Why try autocross? Imagine standing on the throttle, then pushing on the brakes to maximum, and then turning the steering wheel hard to make the corner. Now think about doing this in a friendly, safe, no pressure environment. This is autocross, and yes, it is fun! In years past, attending a car show meant driving to the show, finding a nice parking place, unfolding the lawn chairs and pulling out the build book. While a static car show can still be enjoyable, getting behind the wheel and pushing your favorite project car/ truck to the limit is thrilling. Hotchkis Sport Suspension is sponsoring the autocross and everyone is welcome. Pre-registration is required your ticket will also include the Baer Brake Systems Speed-Stop-Challenge. For Autocross information call 866-942-3603. Pre-registration is requested for the Autocross & Speed-Stop-Challenge. It’s free and easy to pre-register…simply click this link: http://hotchkis.net/request/form/

Special Items & Prizes for Autocross & Speed Stop Competitors:

Second driver is free (must have 1-day or 2-day entry ticket)
Baer 10% off MAP price coupon to each competitor
Baer free brake system (front or rear) for “most entertaining stop” in the Speed-Stop Challenge
Baer $1,000 discount certificate on a complete front and rear brake system to the overall winner of the Speed-Stop-Challenge.
Raffle for $100 NMRA/NMCA shopping spree Sat & Sun
Free bottles of water for drivers (while supplies last).

The Baer Brake Systems Speed-Stop-Challenge combines the adrenaline rush of a drag racing style launch and then tests your depth perception and threshold braking skill 600-feet later when you must stop completely within a 20-foot wide and 40-foot deep “stop box”. The shortest elapsed time from dead stop to the car at rest completely within the stop box is the winner. Accelerate from the start as far as your judgment tells you that you can go and still bring your car to a safe and straight stop within the stop box. Easy! Right? Line `em up and give it a try! Pre-registration is required for the Baer Speed-Stop-Challenge and your ticket will also include the Hotchkis Sport Suspension autocross. For Speed Stop Challenge information call (602) 233-1411.

Other Special NMRA and NMCA Event Features

Every NMRA and NMCA event offers special event features that ensure the NMRA and NMCA is the #1 spot to be for Ford, Chevy and Mopar action! Be sure to hit the ATM on your way to the track because there will be great deals on the parts you want at the giant manufacturers’ midway and swap meet. Be sure to take a stroll through the huge Car Show to see some of the finest late-model and classic Chevys, Fords, and Mopars on the planet. Cover your ears and hold onto your seat when the 300+ mph jet car rockets down the 1/4 mile as it attempts to break the track’s land speed record. And finally, don’t forget about our world famous burnout contest as crazed fans burn down their cars for your applause!

300+mph Jet Car

Car Show – All makes, All models

Massive Vendor Midway & Swap Meet

World Famous Burnout Contest

Event Schedule

FRIDAY

Gates Open: Noon

NMRA\NMCA Test & Tune: 1:00pm – 5:00pm

NMRA\NMCA Registration\Parking\Tech: 1:00pm – 5:00pm

Secure Track: 6:00pm

SATURDAY

Gates Open: 9:00am

Racer, Car Show, and Swap Meet Registration: 9:00am

Bracket Time Trials: 9:15am

Heads-Up Qualifying Rd. #1: 10:30am

True Street Meeting: 11:00am

True Street Cruise: 11:30am

True Street Eliminations: 1:00pm

Heads-Up Qualifying Rd. #2: 2:30pm

Car Show Awards Presentation: 3:00pm

Dial for Dollars: 4:15pm

Heads-Up Qualifying Rd. #3: 4:30pm

Secure Track: 5:00pm

SUNDAY

Gates Open: 9:00am

Car Show Registration Opens: 9:00am

Bracket Time Trial: 10:00am

Pre-Race Ceremonies: 11:30am

Pro Heads-Up Eliminations Rd. #1: Noon

Bracket Eliminations Rd. #1: 1:00pm

Burn-Out Contest: 3:00pm

Car Show Awards Presentations: 3:05pm

Car Show Parade of Champions: 3:45pm

First Rounds All Eliminators: 4:00pm

Secure Track: 5:00pm

Track Information

Track Name: Auto Club Speedway
City: Fontana, CA
Track Phone: (909) 429-5060
Track Fax: (909) 429-5500
Track Address: 9300 Cherry Avenue, Fontana, CA 92335
Web Site: www.autoclubspeedway.com

The NMCA Flowmaster Muscle Car Nationals, the #1 all-domestic muscle car show in the U.S., rocked the mid-Atlantic region June 3-5 and featured the 3rd Annual shopHEMI.com Late-Model HEMI Shootout, the largest gathering of modern HEMI muscle cars of the year.  The 9th Annual NMCA Flowmaser Muscle Car Nationals at Maryland Int’l Raceway in Mechanicsville, Maryland, the weekend of June 3-5, 2011, saw strong fan attendance as well as very strong racer & show car participation despite a recent heat wave and rain on Sunday morning.  Also featured at this event was a large manufacturers’ midway and Elaine Larsen in her Miller Welders jet dragster shooting for 300+ mph passes!

NMCA Flowmaster Drag Racing:

All the cars and all the stars of NMCA were in attendance along with new faces in most classes including Mike Murillo pictured above, who won the M/T Super Street 10.5W class.  NMCA fans came to see all the wild heads-up and wheels-up classes and they weren’t disappointed!  Supercharged, nitrous assisted, turbocharged, and naturally aspirated…this NMCA event had it all.  The muscle  car movement is in full swing with classic muscle and modern muscle creating a great show for NMCA fans!

shopHEMI.com Late-Model HEMI Drag Racing:

The shopHEMI.com Late-Model HEMI Shootout featured the fastest modern HEMI race cars in the U.S. battling on the 1/4 mile for major bragging rights.  This special event featured the best in modern Challengers, Chargers, 300s, Magnums, trucks and SUVs all showcasing awesome 5.7 and 6.1 liter modern-HEMI power!

TREMEC NMCA Car Show:

This TREMEC NMCA Car Show Series event showcased some of the finest hot rods and muscle cars in the U.S. with participants traveling from all over in attendance.  It was the Late-Model HEMI cars, however, that stole the show with over 100 bright orange, red, green, black and white modern Chrysler and Dodge muscle cars showing off for NMCA’s fans!  shopHEMI.com once again provided the NMCA’s awesome awards pavilion for the car show participants.

Manufacturers’ Midway & Swap Meet:

NMCA participants and fans have come to expect a strong manufacturers midway at all events and this event did not disappoint.  Great companies were on hand including Flowmaster, shopHEMI.com, DiabloSport, JPC Racing, Petty’s Garage, Harland Sharp, ATI Performance, Mickey Thompson, Roush Performance, TRZ, TREMEC, Miller Welders, All Out Automotive, and many more!  Racers and fans could find the parts, collectibles and apparel they desired.

This post event report is being provided to all NMCA series sponsors.  We appreciate your support and recognize that it significantly contributes to the NMCA’s success as the #1 muscle car show in the U.S.  Please do not hesitate to call me if you have any questions or need anything at all.

As with all of our NMRA events, we have something to keep you entertained all weekend with the Vendor Midway, Car show, Swap meet and the infamous Burnout Contest!

Don’t forget about the Atco Raceway Bar, open all weekend to mingle and have a cold one while you watch Ford Drag Racing’s best racers battle it out on the track! It’s all waiting for you at Atco Raceway!

All-Ford Heads Up Racing!

NMRA Ford Nationals Heads Up Racing has it all! Experience everything from blazing 6 second Pro Outlaw 10.5 passes to edge of your seat wheel stands in Hot Street. You’ll witness the best in Ford street legal racing action all weekend.

Race Your Street Car in an Entry Level Class!

Have you ever wanted to drag race? Imagine racing your street car on the best drag strip in the USA! NMRA has entry level classes designed just for you. True Street is for 15 second cars down with over 9 awards given away on Sunday. Open Comp, Modular Muscle, Super Stang are all great classes for a new racer. For rules information visit: www.nmradigital.com/rules

Other Special NMRA Event Features

Every NMRA Keystone Automotive Ford Nationals event offers special event features that ensure the NMRA is the #1 all-Ford series in the U.S. Be sure to hit the ATM on your way to the track because there will be great deals on the parts you want at the NMRA’s giant manufacturers’ midway and swap meet. Be sure to take a stroll through the huge UPR Products NMRA All-Ford Car Show to see some of the finest late-model and classic Mustangs & Fords on the planet. Cover your ears and hold onto your seat when the NMRA’s 300+ mph jet car rockets down the 1/4 mile as it attempts to break the track’s land speed record. And finally, don’t forget about the NMRA’s world famous burnout contest as crazed fans burn down their cars for your applause!

Event Schedule

FRIDAY

Gates Open: Noon
Test & Tune: 3:00pm – 6:00pm
Qualifying Rd. #1: 7:00pm
Secure Track: 9:00pm

SATURDAY

Gates Open: 9:00am
Racer, Car Show, and Swap Meet Registration: 9:00am
Bracket Time Trials: 9:15am
Heads-Up Qualifying Rd. #2: 10:30am
True Street Meeting: 11:00am
True Street Cruise: Noon
Exhibition: Noon
Bracket Eliminations Rd. #1: 12:15pm
True Street Eliminations: 1:30pm
Exhibition: 3:00pm
Car Show Awards Presentation: 3:05pm
Burn-Out Contest: 3:15pm
Heads-Up Qualifying Rd. #3 (inverted order): 3:30pm
Secure Track: 5:00pm

SUNDAY

Gates Open: 8:00am
Racer, Car Show and Swap Meet Registration: 8:00am
Heads-Up Eliminations Rd. #1: 9:00am
Bracket Time Trial: 10:00am
Pre-Race Ceremonies: 11:30pm
Pro Heads-Up Eliminations: Noon, 1:30pm, 3:30pm, 4:30pm
Bracket Eliminations Rd. #1: 1:00pm
Final Exhibition: 3:00pm
Car Show Awards Presentation: 3:05pm
Car Show Parade of Champions: 3:45pm
Final Rounds All Eliminators: 5:00pm
Secure Track: 6:00pm

TRACK INFORMATION

Track Name: Atco Raceway
City: Atco, New Jersey
Track Phone: (856) 768-2167
Track Address: 1000 Jackson Rd., Atco, NJ 08004
Web Site: www.atcorace.com
Email: dragrace@atcorace.com

HOST CAR CLUBS

Club: Wicked Motorsports
Website: www.wickedmotorsports.net

Club: East Coast Stangs
Website: www.eastcoaststangs.com

HOST HOTEL

Hotel: Comfort Inn & Suites-Mt. Laurel
Address: 6000 Crawford Place Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054
Phone: (856) 727-0100
Website: http://www.comfortinn.com/hotel-mount_laurel-new_jersey-NJ153
Special Instructions: When making reservations please refer to the group NMRA Nationals spectators to book at the rate of $89.00 plus all applicable taxes, this rate will be available from Friday May 13th 2011 to Sunday May 15th 2011. Please call.

4th Annual JE Pistons NMCA Muscle Car National

August 28-29, 2010 – Milan, MI

Next weekend Milan Dragway will play host to the 4th Annual JE Pistons NMCA Muscle Car Nationals, the sixth event of the 2010 NMCA Edelbrock Drag Racing Series. The NMCA promises to thrill anyone that attends with a special Chevy vs. Ford vs. Mopar event. Heads up, wheel standing, tire smoking, 6-second, 200 mph streetcars will greet this history-laden track that started operations in 1962. Milan’s huge facility will accommodate all contestants and spectators alike. As always we’ll fill the weekend with a wheel-standing heads-up drag race, swap meet, vendor midway, car show, and the infamous Burnout Contest.
Gates open Friday at noon with a test and tune session scheduled from 3-7. First round qualifying will also be held Friday beginning at 7.

Event Schedule
FRI

Gates Open:   Noon
NMCA Test & Tune:   3:00pm-7:00pm
Qualifying Rd. #1:   7:00pm
Secure Track:   10:00pm

SAT

Gates Open:   9:00am
Bracket & L/M HEMI Time Trials:   9:15am
Heads-Up Qualifying Rd. #2:   10:30am
True Street Meeting:   11:00am
True Street Cruise:   Noon
Exhibition:   Noon
Bracket & L/M HEMI Time Trials:   12:15pm
True Street Eliminations:   1:30pm
Exhibition:   3:00pm
Car Show Awards Presentations:   3:05pm
Burn-Out Contest:   3:15pm
Heads-Up Qualifying Rd. #3 (Inverted Order):   3:30pm
Dial-In For Dollars Bracket Eliminations:  4:30pm
Heads-Up Qualifying Rd. #3:  5:00pm
Secure Track:   6:00pm

SUN

Gates Open:   8:00am
Heads-Up Eliminations Rd. #1:   9:00am
Bracket Time Trial:   10:30am
Pre-Race Ceremonies:   Noon
Heads-Up Eliminations Rd. #1:   12:15pm
Bracket Eliminations Rd. #1:   1:30pm
Final Exhibition:   3:00pm
Car Show Awards Presentations:   3:05pm
Car Show Parade of Champions:   3:45pm
Final Rounds All Eliminators:   5:00pm
Secure Track:   6:00pm

Track Information

Track Name: Milan Dragway
City: Milan, Michigan
Track Phone: (734)-439-7368
Track Address: 10860 Plank Road, Milan, MI 48160
Web Site: www.milandragway.com

After several weeks off, the Edelbrock NMCA series heads to Bowling Green, Kentucky this weekend for the 9th Annual Quick Fuel Technology NMCA Muscle Car Nationals, the second race of the 2010 Edelbrock Drag Racing Series.

Always a racer and fan favorite, this year’s race at Beech Bend Raceway is even more anticipated due to the fact that last year’s event was rained out.

Gates open Friday April 30th at 10 A.M., followed by a test and tune session from noon until 3:00. There will be one qualifying session Friday, which is scheduled to begin at 3 PM. Two sessions of qualifying are slated for Saturday with eliminations set to begin Sunday at 9:00 AM.

Off the track, you’ll see the huge TREMEC NMCA Car Show, as well as a killer swap meet and vendor midway.

Schedule for April 30 – May 2:

Friday, April 30:

• Gates open at 12:00
• Test and tune 12:00 – 3:00 pm
• Qualifying round #1 3:00 pm
• Gates close at 5:00 pm

Saturday, May 1:

• Gates open at 9:00 am
• Racing all day from 9:15 am – 6:00 pm

Sunday, May 2:

• Gates open at 8:00 am
• Racing 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
• Car show awards 3:30 – 5:00 pm
• Final rounds all Eliminators 5:00 pm
• Event concludes 6:00 pm

For more information, including directions, lodging, tickets and more, visit: http://www.nmcadigital.com/events/event2.php

John Urist's Team Nitto Mustang

Just when Mustang racers and followers of the NMRA didn’t think “The Fireball” John Urist could be any more dominant than his 5 Super Street Outlaw Championships, Team Hellion once again shocked the Mustang racing world with the first ever pass to break the 7.30 barrier. Hellion was the first to break into the 7.40(s), the 7.30(s) and now the 7.20(s).

“After working out some bugs, we had the chassis straight and we were confident that a low 7.30 was possible, stated John.  First round came, and the track was spectacular…7.29 at 194 – the first sso car in the 7.20’s.”

Although The Team Nitto Tire / Hellion Racing Mustang set a new benchmark for the class, John’s weekend came to an early end on Sunday morning. “Sunday first round was not as expected, as we had a malfunction with a vacuum circuit and lost power, giving the win to fellow racer Chip Haveman. Hats off to Chip.  We know this season will be more competitive than ever.”

“Considering circumstances, we are leaving Florida on a high note; we are the first car in the 7.20′ s and leaving prepared for our next race in Atlanta.  We learned a lot about our new set-up, and thanks to our partners at Edelbrock and Race Flow Development, the freshly plumbed Russell ProClassic hose and fittings worked flawlessly and our high flowing RFD ported Edelbrock SC1 heads are making more power than ever.”

Look for future posts from Team Hellion after every NMRA event.  We wish John, Nitto Tire and the entire Hellion Team the best of luck in 2010.