We will also be featuring the Muscle Mustangs Spring Break Shootout class, presented by Baer Brake Systems, where 16 of the hottest Fords take it from the street to the track. Make your plans now for a whole weekend of NMRA Heads-Up Drag Racing, a huge All-Ford Car Show, gigantic Swap Meet and a smoking Burnout Contest! Come down to the biggest spring break party on the east coast and help us celebrate the start of the new NMRA Season!

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

THURSDAY
Gates Open:  Noon
NMRA Test & Tune:  1:00pm ‐ 5:00pm
Secure Track:  5:00pm

FRIDAY
Gates Open:  9:00am
Test & Tune:  11:00am ‐ 3:00pm
Qualifying Rd. #1:  3:00pm
Secure Track:  5:00pm

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
Burn-Out Contest:  3:00pm
Car Show Awards Presentation:  3:05pm
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
Bracket Time Trial:  10:00am
Pre-Race Ceremonies:  11:30am
Pro Heads-Up Eliminations Rd. #1:  Noon, 1:30pm, 3:00pm, 4:30pm
Spring Break Shoot-Out Eliminations Rd.1:  12:15pm
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: Bradenton Motorsports Park
City: Bradenton, Florida
Track Phone: (941) 748‐1320
Track Fax: (941) 741‐8534
Track Address: 21000 E. State Road 64, Bradenton, FL 34202
Web Site: www.bradentonmotorsports.com
Email: info@bradentonmotorsports.com

HOST CAR CLUB

Club: Mustang Club of West Central Florida
Phone: (941) 356‐1136
Website: http://www.mcwcf.org/

HOST HOTELS

Hotel: Best Western Manatee
Address: 2215 Cortez Road West, Bradenton, FL 34207
Phone: (941) 238‐0800
Website: www.bestwestern.com/manateehotel
Must ask for NMRA room block to get discount! Special rates help you save money!

Hotel: Days Inn Sarasota
Address: 4900 North Tamiami Trail University Parkway & US-41, Sarasota, FL 34234
Phone: (941) 355-9721
Website: www.daysinnsarasotaairport.com
Special Instructions: Must ask for NMRA room block to get discount! $69.99 special rate. Includes breakfast

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

16th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA Spring Break Shootout

March 4-7, 2010, Bradenton, Florida

To start the season right, the NMRA Keystone Automotive Ford Nationals will kick off the 2010 season in the Sunshine State for the 16th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA Spring Break Shootout. And what a better place to spend Spring Break, than the beaches of Florida, not to mention the NHRA drag strip nestled between the palm trees!

We’ll start off the weekend, and the new Season, with a crazy Pre-Race Party at the Hooters of Bradenton. Last year’s NMRA Spring Break Shootout saw over 1000 participants and almost 20,000 spectators, so you can be assured that this event will be huge. We will also be featuring the Muscle Mustangs Spring Break Shootout class as well as Tremec True Street, which had 107 competitors in ‘09. Make your plans now for a whole weekend of NMRA Heads-Up Drag Racing, a huge UPR Products All-Ford Car Show, gigantic Midway and Swap Meet, and the famous tire smoking Burnout Contest!

Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords Spring Break Shootout 
Presented by Pro50.Com 

 The NMRA Keystone Automotive Ford Nationals, the #1 all-Ford motorsport show in the U.S., is pleased to announce that the Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords Spring Break Shootout will once again join forces with the NMRA.  The Spring Break Shootout class will be presented by Pro50.Com and it will take place at the Nitto Tire NMRA Spring Break Shootout at Bradenton Motorsports Park in Bradenton.

This awesome event, which Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords started back in 1995, features some of the fastest street-style Mustangs in the land competing for the honor of Spring Break Shootout champion. This year will feature the same easy to follow rules for Spring Break Shootout competitors.

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