The NMCA Flowmaster Drag Racing Series Tour is moving to awesome MIR in Mechanicsville, Maryland. Bringing all the heavy hitters from the east coast, this event is sure to be a crowd pleaser. This year, the 3rd Annual shopHEMI.com Late-Model HEMI Shootout promises to bring even more modern HEMI’s with the addition of 4 new heads-up classes.

As with all of our NMCA events, there will be two separate drag racing events on Saturday and Sunday. Don’t forget to take some time to check out the vendor midway, car show, swap meet and the infamous burnout contest! It’s all waiting for you at Maryland International Raceway!

The locals won’t know what hit them when the NMCA Muscle Car Nationals comes to town. So don’t miss out and head to Maryland International Raceway for all the wheel-standing, tire-smoking action.

Heads Up Racing! Chevy vs. Ford vs. Mopar

NMCA Muscle Car Nationals Heads Up Racing has it all! Experience everything from blazing 6 second Kooks Custom Headers Pro Street passes to edge of your seat wheel stands in Comp Cams Pro Stock. You’ll witness the best in street legal racing with Chevy vs. Ford vs. Mopar 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 one of the best drag strips in the U.S.! NMCA has a number of entry level racing classes designed just for you! True Street is for 15-second cars down with over 9 awards presented on Saturday. Open Comp, Nostalgia Muscle Car, and Late-Model EFI are all great classes for a new racer. For rules information visit: www.nmcadigital.com/rules.

Other Special NMCA Event Features

Every NMCA Flowmaster Muscle Car Nationals event offers special event features that ensure the NMCA is the #1 muscle car 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 NMCA’s giant manufacturers’ midway and swap meet. Be sure to take a stroll through the huge TREMEC NMCA Muscle Car & Hot Rod 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 NMCA’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 NMCA’s world famous burnout contest as crazed fans burn down their cars for your applause!

shopHEMI.COM LATE-MODEL HEMI SHOOTOUT

Every year the NMCA and shopHEMI.com come together to produce the largest modern HEMI event of the year…the Late-Model HEMI Shootout. This year the Late-Model HEMI Shootout will move to Maryland International Raceway in Mechanicswille, Maryland the weekend of June 3-5, 2011. The Late-Model HEMI Shootout is a special “event within an event” that runs in conjunction with the NMCA Muscle Car Nationals – so you get two major events for the price of one! The Shootout attracts the fastest supercharged, turbocharged, nitrous-powered and naturally aspirated modern Challengers, Chargers, 300s, Magnums, and SUVs in the U.S. to compete on the national stage. For more features of the Late-Model HEMI Shootout and the NMCA Muscle Car Nationals, log onto www.nmcadigital.com/MD

Event Schedule

FRIDAY

Gates Open:  Noon
NMCA Test & Tune:  3:00pm – 6:00pm
HEMI Shootout Qualifying Rd. #1:  5:00pm
Qualifying Rd. #1:  7:00pm
Dialiing-For-Dollars Bracket:  8:00pm
Exhibitions:  9:45pm
Secure Track:  10:00pm

SATURDAY

Gates Open:  10:00am
Racer, Car Show and Swap Meet Registration:  10:00am
HEMI Rumble \ True Street \ Bracket Time Trials:  Noon
HEMI Shootout Qualifying Rd. #2:  1:00pm
Heads-Up Qualifying Rd. #2:  2:00pm
True Street Meeting:  2:00pm
True Street Cruise:  3:00pm
Car Show Awards Presentations:  4:00pm
HEMI Rumble \ Bracket Time Trial:  4:00pm
Burn-Out Contest:  4:30pm
True Street Eliminations:  5:00pm
Gamblers Bracket Eliminations Rd. #1:  6:00pm
HEMI Shootout Qualifying Rd. #3:  7:00pm
Heads-Up Qualifying Rd. #3:  8:00pm
Exhibition:  10:30pm
Secure Track:  11:00pm

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:  11:30am
Pro Heads-Up Eliminations:  Noon, 1:30pm, 3:00pm, 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 Round All Eliminators:  5:00pm
Secure Track:  6:00pm

Track Information

Track Name: Maryland International Raceway
City: Mechanicsville, Maryland
Track Phone: 301-884-9833
Track Fax: 301-884-9878
Track Address: 27861 Budds Creek Road, Mechanicsville, MD 20659
Web Site: www.mirdrag.com
Email: info@mirdrag.com

Host Hotels

Hotel: Comfort Suites
Address: 11765 Business Park Drive, Waldorf, MD 20601
Phone: (301) 932-4400
Website: www.comfortsuites.com

Hotel: Country Inn & Suites
Address: 2555 Business Park Court, Waldorf, MD 20601
Phone: (301) 645-6595
Website: www.countryinns.com

Hotel: La Quinta Inn Lexington Park
Address: 22769 Three Notch Road, California, MD 20619
Phone: (301) 862-4100
Website: www.laquinta.com

Hotel: La Quinta Inn Waldorf
Address: 11770 Business Park Dr, Waldorf, MD 20601
Phone: (301) 645-0022
Website: www.laquinta.com

The Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA All-Star Nationals, one of 2 combined points events, went to Atlanta Dragway in Commerce, GA, for the first time ever and rocked the house with over 15,000 fans witnessing 500+ muscle cars go wheels-up and even up in flames as the largest street-legal drag racing event of the year hit the Peach State.  When the NMRA Keystone Automotive Ford Nationals, the NMCA Flowmaster Muscle Car Nationals, and the GM Performance Parts LSX Challenge series combined for a weekend…fans knew they were in for something special.  After a strong Friday night storm, fans awoke to sunny crisp skies and came out to be a part of a record-setting crowd at Atlanta Dragay, NHRA’s “house of speed.”  Cool muscle cars were not limited to the strip, however, as over 300 of the finest hot rods on the planet entered the TREMEC / UPR Products Hot Rod & Muscle Car Show.  Fans that hit the ATM on the way to the track cruised down a national-event midway with over 50 vendors displaying their products and selling speed & performance parts all weekend!

Heads-Up Muscle Car Drag Racing, Fire, and Wall Smack’in Action!

All the cars and all the stars of the NMRA/NMCA, and LS community put on a show for Atlanta area fans who came out to see the best in street legal drag racing.  From wheels up NMRA Factory Stock cars to 6-second 200 mph NMCA Pro Street and Super Street cars…this event had it all.  With crisp air and a passion for what they do, the Atlanta Dragway team had their track hook’n and cook’n with many record passes recorded by NMRA and NMCA’s competitors.  ”Wild Action”…those 2 words are what fans will remember from the first NMRA/NMCA All-Star Nationals at Atlanta Dragway.  NMCA Super Street star, Tony Nesbitt, pictured above had his Corvette burst into flames on the starting line as a broken component ripped through a fuel line causing one of the most dramatic fires in NMCA history.  The crack staff at Atlanta Dragway quickly extinguished the fire and Team Midnight worked throughout the night and actually had Tony’s Corvette ready for Sunday’s competition.  Unfortunately, a problem at the line kept them from continuing to the next round.  Mike Murillo, NMRA & NMCA Outlaw star, and Jason Lee, NMRA & NMCA Drag Radial champ, both brushed the wall at the stripe and with hard work were able to win rounds in Sunday’s eliminations.

TREMEC / UPR Products Hot Rod & Muscle Car Show:

Georgia is truly a motorsports state and nowhere was it more evident than in the combined TREMEC NMCA Car Show and the UPR Products NMRA Car Show.  Over 300 of the best hot rods and muscle cars in the U.S. showed off for the fans.  The car show area was a flood of chrome and vibrant colors with something for everyone.  The award ceremony was first class as the show participants enjoyed the cool shade at the TREMEC / UPR Products Awards Pavilion.

Manufacturers’ Midway and Swap Meet:

NMRA and NMCA events have a reputation for strong manufacturers’ midways where fans and racers can check out and purchase performance parts, accessories, collectibles, apparel and much more.  Combine NMRA and NMCA in Georgia and you get over 50 vendors on hand including Nitto Tire, Flowmaster, Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center, GM Performance Parts, TREMEC, 5.0 Mustang & Super Fords, Harland Sharp, ERL Performance, Trick Flow Specialties, Moss Muscle, QA1, GM High-Tech Performance, SPEC Clutch, JDM Engineering, UPR Products, Quick Fuel Technology, TRZ Motorsports, SAM, Lunati, ACT, Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords, Roush Racing, Brenspeed, Johnny Lightning Performance, Exedy Racing Clutch, Blow By Racing, BMR, Brenspeed, Holley, JRi Shocks, and many others with awesome displays and product showcases.

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

Once again the NMRA and NMCA will converge for an All-Star event in the Peach State, home to awesome Atlanta Dragway. See NMRA and NMCA action at one exciting event! Fans from all over the country will travel to Georgia to see the all the cars and all the stars of the NMRA and NMCA battle it out to see who will win the All-Star Nationals titles. So whether you’re a rabid Ford fan or a muscle car fanatic, this race will keep you on the edge of your seat all weekend long.

All of the NMRA’s wild all-Ford classes will compete at this event. This event also features the 2nd GM performance Parts LSX Challenge Series event, where you will see cool all-LS race classes putting it on the bumper. You will also see Chevy vs. Ford vs. Mopar when the NMCA’s wheels-up classes race for glory.

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 and NMCA have a whole bunch of 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, Nostalgia Muscle Car, and Late-Model EFI are all great classes for a new racer. For rules information check out the rules in the racer section of this website.

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!

Event Schedule

THURSDAY
Vendor Move in Only:  Noon – 6:00pm
Participant Pit Parking, Registration & Tech Only:  2:00pm – 6:00pm

FRIDAY
Gates Open:  8:00am
NMRA Test & Tune:  9:00am – Noon
Qualifying Rd. #1&2:  Noon & 4:00pm
True Street \ Bracket Time Trial Session:  3:00pm

SATURDAY
Secure Track:  6:00pm
Gates Open:  8:00am
Racer, Car Show, and Swap Meet Registration:  8:00am
Qualifying Final Rd.:  9:00am
True Street \ Bracket Time Trial Sessions 2 & 3:  Noon & 4:00pm
Eliminations Begin:  1:00pm
Car Show Awards:  4:00pm
Exhibition:  4:00pm

SUNDAY
Secure Track:  7:00pm
Gates Open:  8:00am
Racer, Car Show and Swap Meet Registration:  8:00am
Elimination Continues:  9:00am
Bracket Eliminations Rd. #1:  10:00am
True Street Time Trial Session 4:  11:00am
True Street Meeting:  2:00pm
True Street Cruise:  2:30pm
Car Show Awards:  3:30pm
Exhibitions:  3:45pm
True Street Eliminations:  4:00pm
Final Eliminations:  5:30pm
Secure Track:  6:00pm

Track Information

Track Name: Atlanta Dragway
City: Commerce, GA
Track Phone: (706) 335-2301
Track Address: 500 E. Ridgeway Road, Commerce, GA 30529
Web Site: www.atlantadragway.com
Email: info@bradentonmotorsports.com

Host Car Club

Club: TW’s Car Club
Phone: (770) 316-1040
Contact: Richard Scott
Email: therunninggear@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.therunninggear.webs.com/

Club: Unstabled Mates Mustang Club
Phone: (770) 256-2530
Contact: LeBaron Grove
Email: lightingupthesouth@msn.com

Mustang Wheelie Stand

The NMRA Keystone Automotive Ford Nationals and the NMCA Edelbrock Muscle Car Nationals will invade Texas with the 2nd Annual Nitto Tire Lone Star Shootout, presented by Tommie Vaughn Performance at Houston Raceway Park the weekend of Nov. 12-14, 2010.This post-season combined NMRA/NMCA event will feature special race classes pitting some of the exciting classes from NMRA & NMCA to go head-to-head for an all out action packed weekend of racing.

Black Corvette

2 Massive Car Shows!

NMRA and NMCA will host an awesome national event caliber car show on Saturday and Sunday. Bring out your American made muscle car, hot rod, truck or specialty vehicle for a chance to win over 50 awards each day. The best of show GM, Ford and Chrysler vehicles will win beautiful acrylic awards and the overall best of show will win a 6′ trophy! Bow-ties, Blue Ovals and Mopars…this car show will showcase them all. This is the BIG one for car shows in the Houston area with the NMCA and NMRA attracting some of the most beautiful, collectible, stock and modified muscle cars and hot rods in the U.S

Two Massive Car Shows

Huge Manufacturers’ Midway & Swap Meet

Looking to buy some parts for your Mustang or Ford? How about for a Chevy or Mopar? Do you want to speak face-to-face with performance experts? The NMRA/NMCA Lone Star Shootout always has an awesome manufacturers’ midway with all sorts of good deals on the performance parts you need for your muscle car or hot rod. There is also a used parts swap meet for folks who are looking for that special hard to find car part!

Huge Manufacturers' Midway & Swap Meet

Event Schedule

FRIDAY

Gates Open: Noon
NMRA\Bracket Test & Tune: 1:00pm – 5:00pm
NMRA REgostratopm\Parking\Tech:  1:00pm – 5:00pm
Houston Raceway Parks AAA Safe Street Night:  6:00pm
Secure Track:  Midnight

SATURDAY

Gates Open: 9:00am
Car Show Registration Opens:  9:00am
Bracket Time Trials: 9:15am
Heads-Up Qualifying Rd. #1: 10:30am
True Street Meeting:  11:00
True Street Cruise:  11:30
Bracket Eliminations Rd. #1:  Noon
True Street Eliminations:  1:00pm
Heads-Up Qualifying Rd. #2:  2:30pm
Car Show Awards Presentations:  3:00pm
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
Lone Star True Street Shoot-Out Rd. #1:  12:15pm
Bracket Eliminations Rd. #1:  1:00pm
Burn-Out Contest:  3:00pm
Car Show Awards Presentation:  3:05pm
Car Show Parade of Champions:  3:45pm
Final Rounds All Eliminators:  4:00pm
Secure Track:  5:00pm

Track Information

Track Name: Houston Raceway Park
City: Houton, Texas
Track Phone: (281) 383-7223
Track Address: 2525 FM 565 South, Baytown, TX 77523
Web Site: www.houstonraceway.com
Email: media@houstonraceway.com

NMCA World Street Finals
October 7-10, 2010
Gateway International Raceway – St. Louis, MO

With the closure of Memphis Motorsport Park, the NMCA has moved its World Street Finals & LSX Shootout event to beautiful Gateway International Raceway, just outside of St. Louis, Missouri. The 9th Annual FueLab NMCA World Street Finals will once again combine with the 4th Annual GM Performance Parts LSX Shootout, the largest LS event of the year.

This weekend will feature some highly anticipated match-ups as the NMCA racers battle it out for the championship. Follow all the exciting action all weekend long made possible by LIVE TIMING sponsored by GM Performance Parts.

This is the LS event of the year where you can expect to see all the cars and all the stars of NMCA and LS drag racing. Records will be broken, along with oil pans, transmissions, and suspensions…so you won’t want to miss out on all the excitement

This event also features the huge TREMEC all-domestic car show where you can see some of the finest hot rods in the U.S. Be sure to hit the ATM on your way to St. Louis because the NMCA World Street Finals and LSX Shootout has one of the largest manufacturers’ midways with lots of deals on the parts you need!  Finish the season right…see you in St. Louis!

Event Schedule

THURS
Gates Open:  Noon
Registration & Tech Only:  Noon -5:00pm
Secure Track:  10:00pm

FRI
Gates Open:  9:00am
NMCA/LSX Test & Tune:  noon-6:00pm
Heads Up Qualifying Rd. #1:  6:00pm
LSX Heads Up Qualifying Rd. #1:  8:00pm
LSX Index Time Trial:  8:30pm
Heads Up Qualifying Rd. #1 (cont.):  9:00pm
Secure Track:  9:30pm

SAT
Gates Open:  9:00am
Bracket/ LSX Time Trials:  9:15am
Heads-Up & LSX Qualifying Rd. #2:  10:30am
True Street Meeting:  11:00am
True Street Cruise:  Noon
Exhibition:  Noon
Bracket Time /LSX Index 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 & LSX Heads-Up Qualifying Rd. #3 (Inverted Order): 3:30pm
LSX Index Final Qualifying Round:  5:00pm
Dial-In For Dollars Bracket Eliminations:  4:30pm
Heads-Up Qualifying Rd. #3 (cont.):  5:30pm
Secure Track:  6:00pm

SUN
Gates Open:  8:00am
LSX Eliminations Rd. #1:  9:00am
Bracket Time Trial:  10:00am
Heads-Up Eliminations Rd. #1:  11:00am
Bracket Eliminations Rd. #1:  11:30am
Pre-Race Ceremonies:  12:30pm
Pro Heads-Up Eliminations Rd. #1:  1:00pm
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: Gateway International Raceway
City: Madison, Illinois
Track Phone: (734)-439-7368
Track Address:  700 Raceway Blvd., Madison, IL 62060
Web Site: www.gatewayraceway.com

John Urist 5-Time Champ

The Edelbrock and Russell team wish Team Hellion the best of luck in their pursuit of a 6th world championship.

Ford Mustang Launch

32nd Annual NMRA Ford Expo Brings the Best in Blue Oval Performance to Columbus, Ohio

The 32nd Annual NMRA Ford Expo, held over Labor Day weekend at National Trail Raceway, is always one of the most exciting stops on the NMRA Keystone Automotive Ford Nationals series tour. At the second-to-last race, with points battles almost at critical mass, NMRA racers had the wick turned up giving the track all it can take, and then some. And in addition to our usual racers, there was also vintage Blue Oval cars making their way down the track in the Y-Block Shootout, ‘57 Ford Gathering & Shootout and special vintage bracket classes. For the fans of both old and new, this was the NMRA event of the year.

UPR Products All-Ford Car Show:

UPR Products All-Ford Car Show

The UPR Products NMRA All-Ford Car Show at the Ford Expo was business as usual with over 250 early and late-model Mustangs & Fords showing off for the fans.  This show is extra special because of the addition of the Y-Block Nationals & Shootout, the ‘57 Ford Gathering & Shootout and the Capri Swarm.  Early-model or late-model Mustangs and Fords…this event had it all!

Manufacturers’ Midway and Swap Meet:

Manufacturers' Midway

Where can you go to talk to the finest Ford performance manufacturers and tuners in the U.S?  The answer is easy…any NMRA Ford Nationals event!  The 32nd Annual NMRA Ford Expo showcased some of the best blue oval parts manufacturers, tuners and retailers around including:  Roush Racing, JDM Engineering, Harland Sharp, Exedy Racing Clutch, Anderson Ford Motorsport, Johnny Lightning Performance, ACT, Turbonetics, 5.0 Mustang magazine, JAX Wax, Modular Depot & DiabloSport, Brenspeed, FueLab, Penzoil, Ricart Ford, and Muscle Mustangs magazine.

Swap Meet

The used parts swap meet at the NMRA Ford Expo is always large with customers looking for anything and everything vintage for their Mustangs and Fords.  They year showcased over 50 swap meet vendors.

Pat Musi Returns

For Immediate Release: (Carteret, NJ)—Local engine builder and 8-time Pro Street World Champion, Pat Musi will be returning to professional NHRA competition the weekend of June 10-13, 2010 at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park (Englishtown, New Jersey). The longtime engine builder last ran a NHRA professional category at the same event in 1989, some 21 years earlier. Back then Musi competed in Pro Stock where the cars were powered by naturally aspirated 500ci engines and ran low-7s at 195 mph. Musi’s return to action will be behind the wheel of a nitrous-gulping 2009 Dodge Stratus that is scheduled to run in the Get Screened America Pro Modified category. It all wouldn’t have been possible without the help of car owner Frank Brandao of Curacao.

The performance of the Pro Modified category in 2010 is far quicker than Musi’s previous Pro Stock entry but that doesn’t bother him one bit. The Stratus is up to the task of competing; it carries the distinct honor of being the first nitrous-powered door-slammer in the 5s with EFI. The best performance to date is 5.99 at 236 mph, a mark Musi expects to better with some recent changes under the hood. The powerplant is a massive 865ci that was built in-house at Pat Musi Performance and it features four stages of Edelbrock nitrous oxide and Edelbrock EFI—two products Musi was instrumental in developing. Brandao purchased the Stratus from Jerry Bickel Race Cars and the team has received quite a bit of assistance in the chassis and clutch departments from noted Pro Mod competitor Rickie Smith.

“I am really excited to get back to NHRA drag racing, it’s the premier organization in all of drag racing. And the fact that my return is at Englishtown, my home track, is an even greater thrill,” said Musi.

About Pat Musi

Owner of Pat Musi Performance and Pro Street/Pro Modified racer with eight championship titles credited to his name in the competitive Pro Street ranks. This year marks the 40^thanniversary of Pat Musi Performance. He certainly hasn’t slowed down after all these years. Two years ago Pat Musi Performance moved into a brand-new 10,000 square foot facility. The shop builds everything from stock engines for restoration projects to street performance and bracket racing engines, and of course Pro Modified/Pro Street bullets in excess of 900ci. This past spring, he drove Frank Brandao’s King Kong 5 to the door-slammer record in Curacao with a 6.33 at 228 mph as well as eclipsing the 5-second zone with a 5.99 at 236 mph at Bradenton Motorsport Park (Bradenton, Florida).  Customers of Pat Musi Performance currently hold both ends of the NMCA Pro Street records—Joe Dunne has run the quickest ET with a 6.253 while Vincent Dimeiri has the highest speed at 229 mph. Dunne has also ran the quickest pass ever with a Powerglide transmission with a 6.13 at 223 mph at the Mountain Motor Nationals at Maryland International Raceway. Musi also contributes to the R&D of many products for several companies, most notable Edelbrock where his name is worn on a line of cylinder heads and crate engines. He also works with the engineers at that company on nitrous oxide systems development and EFI technologies.

About Frank Brandao

A longtime customer of Pat Musi Performance and native Curacao resident, he first built King Kong 1 back in 1980. The Jerry Bickel-built King Kong 5 is a no-holds-barred Pro Modified effort with a double frame rail chassis and the latest nitrous-inhaling monster engine from Musi. The body is a carbon fiber replica of a Dodge Stratus. King Kong 5 continues to have a strong fan following in Curacao, where Musi drove it to the island’s quickest door-slammer pass of all-time—6.33 at 228 mph. Brandao shipped the car back the United States so Musi can enter the NHRA Pro Modified ranks at the Englishtown event.

For complelte event information visit NHRA.com

For those already in the area, Beech Bend Raceway Park will be holding a Test and Tune session on Friday. For more information on the test and tune, Call Beech Bend at (270) 781-7634