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2009 NMCA Event Schedule Released!
Date: Thursday, November 20
Posted on Thursday, November 20 @ 6:41 PM by NMCA Adam
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2008 NMCA Signature Awards Announced
Date: Friday, November 14
Each year the NMCA-Edelbrock series recognizes ten members of the organization who display an attitude and willingness to help grow the sport of street-legal drag racing on and off the track. Through their efforts and contributions, the NMCA continues as the nation's premier heads-up drag racing series. This year, the following group will be recognized and receive awards at the NMCA-Edelbrock Award’s Ceremony in Orlando, FL. Congratulations to all.
- Hank Hill
- Vinny DeMieri Jr.
- Shawn Zubler
- David Bigelow
- John McPartlin
- Kris Nelson
- Tony Bischoff
- Andy Schmidt
- Don Baskin
- Scott Cozzali
The NMCA-Edelbrock Awards Ceremony will take place on Friday Dec. 12th, 2008, at the Orange County Convention Center in Ballroom S310. Cocktails will be available from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm (multiple cash bars) and the ceremony will run from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. There will be awesome videos, slide shows and awards to celebrate the NMCA's 20th season. Please contact Sharon Shaw at 714-444-2426 X126 or at sshaw@promediapub.com to reserve seats for this great ceremony. We are making seating charts as we speak, so don't delay!
Posted on Friday, November 14 @ 7:34 PM by NMCA Adam
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Check Out The October 2008 Issue of FSC Online!
Date: Friday, November 7
The October 2008 Issue of FSC features:
- In-Depth Interviews & Features
- FSC Project Car Updates
- Hardcore Tech
- Exciting Event Coverage
...and more!
Check it Out!
Posted on Friday, November 7 @ 11:10 AM by NMCA Adam
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NMCA Ready for '08 SEMA Show
Date: Friday, October 31
The NMCA and Fastest Street Car magazine will be attending the SEMA Show in Las Vegas, NV, the week of Nov. 3 - 7, 2008. The NMCA is coming off of a record-setting year that is made even more exciting by the performance aftermarket's recognition that the muscle car market is truly the cornerstone of their speed parts sales. This year the '09 Chevy Camaro is the official vehicle of the SEMA Show putting the exclamation point on the late-model muscle car revolution where all of the the Big 3 now have awesome new muscle cars for sale! The NMCA will be working hard to secure more sponsors for the 2009 event season and more contingencies for our awesome NMCA racers. Fastest Street Car will be covering the 2008 SEMA Show in search of hot new products to showcase in the March '09 issue (on-sale Jan. 29th).
Posted on Friday, October 31 @ 12:20 PM by NMCA Adam
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2008 NMCA Nominations
Date: Friday, October 24
Our 2008 Awards Ceremony is just around the corner. As you all know, not only do we give out awards to our champs, but we give out specialty awards too. The recipients of these awards are nominated and chosen by our members. Over the course of the last few months people have been voting for their choice of Rookie, Sportsman, Member, and Ambassador of the Year. These ballots were tabulated and the top nominations are in. Listed below are the top 3 for each category. Now it’s time to vote again. Please download the form below and submit your vote. You can e-mail or fax it. Don’t delay, there is only 1 week to vote. Final ballots are due by October 31st. The winners will be announced during the awards ceremony on December 12th. Thanks for voting!
Rookie of the Year
Shawn Zubler
Carol Lissy
Susan McClenagan
Sportsman of the Year
Don Baskin
Bill Trovato
Vinnie Demieri
Crew Member of the Year
Ryan Micke
Bruce Maichle
Chet Caminita
Ambassador of the Year
Chuck Hockenberry
Andy Warren
Jeff Swanson
Download the Ballots Here:
Adobe PDF or Word Document
Posted on Friday, October 24 @ 6:15 PM by NMCA Adam
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NMCA Muscle Car Nationals to Host Awards Ceremony at PRI Trade Show
Date: Friday, October 17
Santa Ana, CA - The NMCA Edelbrock Drag Racing Series will host the 2008 NMCA Awards Ceremony at the Performance Racing Industry Trade Show in Orlando, FL, on Friday, December 12th. The NMCA is the undisputed leader in muscle car street-legal drag racing. The NMCA Edelbrock awards ceremony will take place in Ballroom S310 at the Orange County Convention Center from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Cocktails we be available from 5:30 pm to 6:00 pm outside the ballroom. The ceremony will feature NMCA racing videos, guest speakers, custom slideshows, top-10 awards in each class, and much more. Inside Drag Racing's Bret Kepner, will be the official host. Beer, wine, cocktails and soft drinks will be available at multiple cash bars. If you plan to attend the NMCA awards ceremony, please RSVP to sshaw@promediapub.com or call 714-444-2426 X126. For PRI trade show credentials please call 949-499-5413.
To RSVP, Please provide the following information:
- Full Name
- NMCA, NMRA or Both Ceremonies
- Racing Class or Company Name
- Mailing Address
- Phone Number
- E-Mail Address
- Full Names of all People in Your Party
(maximum of 10 people per table)
Don’t forget to cast your NMCA 2008 Awards Nominations Ballots:
http://www.nmcadigital.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10422
Posted on Friday, October 17 @ 4:43 PM by NMCA Adam
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2008 In The Bag With Nitto Finals
Date: Wednesday, October 15
The 2008 NMCA Edelbrock Drag Racing Series wrapped up in style at Memphis Motorsports Park this past weekend with some of the best racing of the season in a number of classes in the Nitto Tire NMCA World Finals.
In Scorpion Performance Pro Street Mark Micke punctuated his first series championship with a final round win over Chris Rini while Dan Millen took out newly-crowned Nitto Tire Super Street 10.5 W champ Spiro Pappas. In ARP Nostalgia Pro Street, 2008 champion, Jim Widener grabbed his second win of the season after beating Joe Bucaro on a holeshot.
Cameron Coble and Danny Shemwell dueled it out for the Vortech Xtreme Street title, taking their championship fight to the final where Coble slammed the door on last year’s champion to take this years title. Mike DeMayo and Andy Schmidt’s battle for Comp Cams Pro Stock supremacy ended after Schmidt lost on a holeshot to Skip Baskin in the second round as DeMayo went on to win the event over Baskin.
In Car Craft Street Race John Macaluso ousted first time finalist Heath Shemwell to add yet another win to his championship season while Don Baskin grabbed his second win of the year after beating Jeff Swanson in BFGoodrich Tires Mean Street.
In Tremec True Street Jeff Knox became the first driver in the class to run in the seven-second zone as he ran a 7.98, 8.00 and 7.99 to claim the King of Tennessee title over 100 other drivers.
Veteran, Joe Ewing took out Ava Thompson in the final of Hamburgers Nostalgia Super Stock while Andy Warren got his first win of the season when he beat Kenny VanZill in the final of OPG Nostalgia Muscle Car. After six years of racing in Superchips Open Comp Frankie Radake finally got his first win after beat . . . 
Posted on Wednesday, October 15 @ 11:53 AM by NMCA Scott
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Off and Running in Memphis
Date: Friday, October 10
In Vortech Superchargers Xtreme Street, Cameron Coble was able to run a stellar 7.91 at 176 mph, besting the class record of 7.98. In first round of eliminations Coble slammed a 7.88, lowering the record again and all but tying Danny Shemwell in points. The two are on the opposite side of the ladder, setting up a possible final round championship race.
Steven Fereday out of Houston, Texas is your number one qualifier in the LSX Drag Radial class, running two killer 7.66 passes yesterday, that’s two tenths quicker than what was good for the number one last year.
Gary Rohe and Ed Rice are here this weekend running Rice’s twin-turbo Mustang in the NMCA’s Outlaw class, Nitto Super Street 10.5W. Yesterday during the last round of qualifying Rohe was able push his Mustang to the tune 7.15 at a whopping 218. If the track holds up today like it did yesterday Rohe and Rice will be tough.
In Car Craft Street Race, class veteran Jay Canella was able to put his cool shoebox Nova into the 8-second range today during the second round of qualifying. Canella has been playing with a nitrous progressive controller and the popular 275 BFGoodrich Drag Radial tire and it’s looking like he’s going to be a player in this cool power adder class this weekend.
Last night during qualifying, Nitto Super Street racers Tony Nesbitt and Spiro Pappas showed everyone what kind of excitement to expect here in Memphis this weekend when they . . .
Posted on Friday, October 10 @ 3:39 PM by NMCA Scott
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7th Annual Nitto Tire NMCA World Finals
Date: Friday, October 3
7th Annual Nitto Tire NMCA World Finals
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2nd Annual GMPP LSX Shootout
Memphis Motorsports Park
Memphis, Tennessee
October 9-12, 2008
The Nitto Tire NMCA World Finals and the 2nd Annual GM Performance Parts LSX Shootout will rock Memphis, TN, next weekend, Oct. 9-12, 2008! This is the final event of the NMCA Edelbrock 20th Anniversary Tour. The NMCA action going into the final event of the season is the best ever with world championships on the line and almost every class is coming down to this event to determine who will take home the glory and the Nitto Tire Diamond Tree champion's ring. Micke vs. Budano, Pappas vs. Nesbitt, Colletta vs. Widener, Trovato vs. Coble, DeMayo vs. Schmidt...all the cars and all the stars of the NMCA will be in Memphis for the largest NMCA event of the year. Be sure to check out NMCA's huge all-domestic Auto Show & Shine as well as the largest NMCA manufacturers' midway of the year. You will also see Elaine Larsen in her 300 mph Embry-Riddle jet dragster try to break the TN land speed record!
The BIG one is back for LS-performance enthusiasts!*Get ready for the 2nd Annual GM Performance Parts LSX Shootout that will take place at the NMCA World Finals in Memphis, TN, Oct. 9-12, 2008. This specialty event, presented by GM High-Tech Performance magazine, will bring the best in late-model LS performance to one place for a weekend of action-packed fun.*You know these LSX racers will be putting ‘em on bumpers for over $60,000 in purse a . . .
Posted on Friday, October 3 @ 11:35 AM by NMCA Adam
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NMCA World Finals Ready to Rock Memphis!
Date: Friday, September 26
The Nitto Tire NMCA World Finals and the 2nd Annual GM Performance Parts LSX Shootout will rock Memphis, TN, the weekend of Oct. 9-12, 2008! This is the final event of the NMCA Edelbrock 20th Anniversary Tour. The NMCA action going into the final event of the season is the best ever with world championships on the line and almost every class is coming down to this event to determine who will take home the glory and the Nitto Tire Diamond Tree champion's ring. Micke vs. Budano, Pappas vs. Nesbitt, Colletta vs. Widener, Trovato vs. Coble, DeMayo vs. Schmidt...all the cars and all the stars of the NMCA will be in Memphis for the largest NMCA event of the year. Be sure to check out NMCA's huge all-domestic Auto Show & Shine as well as the largest NMCA manufacturers' midway of the year. You will also see Elaine Larsen in her 300 mph Embry-Riddle jet dragster try to break the TN land speed record!
The largest LSX event of the year will take place at the NMCA World Finals with the 2nd Annual LSX Shootout. See the fastest LSX cars on the planet go wheels-up and wild in LSX Drag Radial and All Motor. Check out the fastest street-legal Camaros, Firebirds, Corvettes, GTO's and other LS-powered muscle cars as they compete in LSX True Street and the hugely popular LSX Showdown and Truck & SUV classes. Other features of the LSX Shootout include a dyno challenge as well as a huge LS-powered Auto Show & Shine presented by Mothers Polish. There will also be a special all-LSX midway where you can find all of the LSX parts you need for your LS-powered muscle car.
For more information on this event log on t . . .
Posted on Friday, September 26 @ 1:23 PM by NMCA Adam
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