Evan J. Smith
The Future of Stock Eliminator Is In Your Hands
What is Stock Eliminator? Well, it means something different to just about anyone you ask. Some love the history, others love the American muscle, others love the competition. One thing is for sure though, we all want Stock to continue as a legitimate racing category. But racing classes can’t simply exist. They require suitable participation, and for longevity, they must be attractive to up-and-coming racers. Fan and manufacturer appeal doesn’tRead More
Micro Strategies All-Ford Stock/Super Stock Coming to Maple Grove NMRA May 4-7
If you’re a fan of Ford drag racing don’t miss the upcoming 17th Annual NMRA Ford Motorsport Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway, May 4-7. The Motorsport Nats has long been a hotbed for wild quarter-mile racing and this year it will feature the Micro Strategies Ford Stock/Super Stock Combo Showdown with a $2,000 purse. The Micro Strategies Stock/Super Stock Combo is open to any and IHRA or NHRA Ford StockRead More
Bailey Battles To Win FSC Stock/Super Stock Combo at NMCA Opener
Jim Bailey may be a veteran drag racer, but his current mount, a 2010 Dodge Drag Pak, which carried him to victory in the season-opening NMCA Muscle Car Mayhem event at Bradenton Motorsports Park is brand new. Bailey finished the clean-looking white Dodge just weeks before the event, and only had a few passes under his belt before jumping into the FSC Stock/Super Stock Combo at the NMCA event. RunningRead More
Two-Time Pro Stock Champ Erica Enders-Stevens To Drive COPO Camaro At NMCA Muscle Car Mayhem This Weekend at Bradenton Motorsports Park
Popular Chevy Camaro Pro Stock driver Erica Enders-Stevens made test runs this week at Bradenton Motorsports Park to prepare for her debut in NMCA competition in the Holley EFI Factory Super Cars category. Enders-Stevens is a two-time Pro Stock champion and current driver of the 6-second 200-plus mph Elite Chevy Camaro. In Bradenton, she’ll wheel the high-flying Omaha Track-backed 2017 Chevrolet COPO Camaro with Patterson Elite power. The Factory SuperRead More
19 Year Old Michelle Bongiovanni Wins Watson Racing Cobra Jet Showdown at NMRA Spring Break Shootout.
At the age of 19, Michelle Bongiovanni became the youngest driver to capture a Ford Performance Cobra Jet Shootout title when she won the Watson Racing Cobra Jet Shootout this past weekend at the NMRA Spring Break Shootout in Bradenton, Florida. The New Jersey runner came from the 11th qualifying position with her 2008 Super Stock Ford Mustang, winning four rounds to win the CJ Shootout title. This is herRead More
Five Minutes With Mike Delahanty, Drag Racing Program Manager At Ford Performance
Mike Delahanty’s passion for drag racing began when he drove through the gate at Cecil County Dragway in 1965. It didn’t take long for him to gravitate towards the power and speed developed by the muscle cars of the day—but it was the Stockers that grabbed his attention. Those Small- and Big-Block muscle cars thundered on track, each brand gunning for supremacy. Top-name drivers and journeymen alike raced every weekRead More
Dragging In The Sunshine State
Drag racers looking to get an early start on the 2017 season often head to Florida in February, as the warm weather lets northerners break free of the winter gloom. Florida offers pristine beaches, Disney and a multitude of attractions, but what we’re really after is cutting loose with traction and horsepower. There’s no better way to break the winter funk, than to strap in and compete. Thankfully, the SunshineRead More
To The Victors Go The Spoils
NMCA Rewards Championship Drivers at the 15th Annual Awards Ceremony One of the highlights of any successful racing season is being recognized by the sanctioning body and by your peers. That’s why each year, National Muscle Car Association (NMCA), along with the sister organization NMRA (National Mustang Racers Association), crowns its champions with a first-class racer awards ceremony that takes place in Indy along side the Performance Racing Industry (PRI)Read More
Launch Pad: With Rollie Miller, GM and Event Director at ProMedia
For over 30 years, Rollie Miller has made his career in drag racing, traveling from drag strip to drag strip for the NHRA Safety Safari and now as Event Director and General Manager for ProMedia, promoters of the NMRA and NMCA (National Mustang Racers Association and National Muscle Car Association) sanctioning bodies. The native Texan got his first taste of drag organized drag racing in 1987 when the doors openedRead More
Fast Muscle Pure Stock Style
The roots of Stock Class drag racing dates back to the early 1960s, where racers tweaked factory muscle cars by blueprinting the engines and dialing in the tune for the best quarter-mile performance. Stock and Super Stock racing grew in the early 1970s and today these classes provide a home for 50 years worth of American muscle. And while the current crop of “factory stockers” provides thrilling performance with giantRead More
Maximum Muscle—Pure Excitement from Chevrolet, Dodge and Ford Factory Super Cars
Factory-built and tuned race cars have been a part of drag racing and road racing for decades. Competing in drag racing, road course racing, endurance, drift or off-road, helps each manufacturer engineer and develop engines, suspensions, and other parts for power, durability, handling, economy and safety. And when they win, the promotional aspect is hard to beat. Detroit’s Big Three automakers have spent billions since the 1950s, designing production-based raceRead More
NMCA… Jumping In Is As Easy As 1, 2, 3!
Class Racers are a special breed. Like most drag racers, we love the thrill of competition—and we combine it with challenge of achieving maximum performance within a tight set of rules. Most of us have a connection to the combination we run, whether it was your first car that you converted into a racer, or just one you happen to love or afford. At the track we hope for equalityRead More