NEOPMA
30-30-30 with the NEOPMA
MECHANICSVILLE, MD – The 2022 Superchargers Showdown, September 30th through October 2nd is shaping up to be one of the most 
memorable yet! This event will bring the high talented racers from the Northeast Outlaw Pro Mod Association (NEOPMA). The theme of the event is 30-30-30. 30 years, $30,000 to win, and a special 30+ car field!
The NEOPMA will be making their return to Maryland International Raceway (MIR) with some of the fastest Pro Mods in the country. This year’s Superchargers Showdown is more than just the season finale for the club, but it also marks 30 years of racing for the long-standing association. Club owner John Mazzorana is putting up $30,000 to win for Pro Mod racers running with the NEOPMA that weekend to celebrate! And while $30,000 to win is no joke, how about payouts going back to 16 cars and over $45,000 in event purse for just NEOPMA racers.
Mazzorana is not afraid to put up big money to honor those that race with his club as he did something similar just 5 years ago while celebrating this 25th year anniversary at the same event. He put up $25,000 to win at that event and it brought some of the best and closest racing of the year. This year’s event is expected to bring out some of the best in the business to fight for that large prize. And in commemoration of the 30-year feat, the NEOPMA is going to be doubling the size of the competition and having a 32-car field for the Superchargers Showdown. Over 30 cars have already pre-entered for the event and are looking forward to even more!
NEOPMA Champion Mike Decker Jr. Goes Back-to-Back at Yellowbullet Nationals
RISING SUN, MD – Defending Northeast Outlaw Pro Mod Association (NEOPMA) champion Mike Decker Jr. scored his third win of the 
season Sunday night, winning the Yellowbullet Nationals at Cecil County Dragway for the second consecutive year. The win stretched out Decker’s points lead as the eighth-mile Pro Modified club rolls into the final race of its 30th anniversary season in late September.
“At this race, each round is like a big victory,” said Decker, a former Outlaw 10.5 standout. “To come in and win the race back to back, it’s unbelievable. We’ve been to the final round at all three Yellowbullet races that we’ve been to since moving over to Pro Mod. Very grateful to my guys and the people who stand behind us to do this.”
Decker qualified No. 1 with a 3.605 at 208.68 to set up a first-round match with Kurt Steding, who left the starting line first but had to lift, while Decker moved on with a 3.685 at 206.45. He delivered a holeshot win in the second round, beat Jason Lee’s 3.637 with a 3.646 at 207.94. Decker and semifinal opponent Steve King both cut .057 reaction times, but Decker pulled ahead to win with a 3.633 at 209.17 over King’s 5.205.
NEOPMA Racers Roll Into Cecil County Dragway for Yellowbullet Nationals
RISING SUN, MD – As the Northeast Outlaw Pro Mod Association (NEOPMA) continues to celebrate its 30th anniversary season, the 
eighth-mile Pro Modified club is heading to Cecil County Dragway for the Yellowbullet Nationals, Sept. 2-4. The Church View Farms Pro Mod winner will walk away with $30,000, while low qualifier and other bonuses are also up for grabs at the legendary outlaw event.
“We’re proud to be a part of the Yellowbullet Nationals again as we celebrate 30 years of Pro Modified racing,” said John Mazzorana, founder and president, NEOPMA. “Our racers have competed at the Yellowbullet Nationals for years, but last year was the first time it was a points-earning event for us. We appreciate Jim Halsey and the Cecil County and Yellowbullet teams welcoming us in, and we hope to add our NEOPMA touch to this already incredible show.”
At last year’s Yellowbullet Nationals, Maryland’s own Mike Decker Jr. picked up the Pro Mod win on his way to the 2021 NEOPMA season championship. He defeated Tommy Gray, a longtime NEOPMA racer.
This year’s entry list is stacked with NEOPMA heavy hitters like Decker, the current points leader, as well as Kevin McCurdy of Hard Racing, who recently won the NEOPMA race at Maryland International Raceway to move up to second in points. Additional entrants include Steve King, Mike Decker III, Tyler Hard, Carl Stevens Jr., Todd Moyer, Matt Guenther, and Matt Deitsch.
Kevin McCurdy Scores First NEOPMA Win of Season at Maryland
BUDDS CREEK, MD – Longtime Northeast Outlaw Pro Mod Association (NEOPMA) standout Kevin McCurdy raced to victory Saturday 
night at the NEOPMA’s sixth race of the season, which was held in conjunction with Maryland International Raceway’s IHRA Sportsman Spectacular. McCurdy in his ProCharger-boosted Hard Racing ’68 Camaro made his best run of the weekend, a 3.692-second pass at 205.32 MPH, to hold off defending event winner Fredy Scriba, who posted a 3.713 at 201.43 in the runner-up effort.
“This win means a lot,” said McCurdy, a past NEOPMA champion. “We’ve been making progress with the blue car at the last three races we were at. It’s good. It’s consistent. It goes down the track every time, and it’s going quicker and quicker all the time. We knew [a win] would come sometime, but it’s good it happened last night.”
McCurdy qualified third with a 3.708 at 206.29 before winning the opening round of eliminations with a 3.72 at 205.72 against Cody Helger. A 3.713 at 204.98 was enough to beat the 3.721 at 204.60 of fellow NEOPMA veteran Steve King in a side-by-side second-round match. McCurdy’s solid reaction times came into play in the semifinals, as he recorded a 3.701 at 205.32 to defeat points leader and defending series champion Mike Decker Jr. and his 3.694 at 205.82.
NEOPMA Pro Mod Show Joins MIR’s IHRA Sportsman Spectacular Weekend
BUDDS CREEK, MD – As the hot summer months are winding down, the Northeast Outlaw Pro Mod Association (NEOPMA) is returning to 
Maryland International Raceway this weekend for the sixth race of the series’ 30th anniversary season. The eighth-mile Pro Mod group will race Friday and Saturday, August 19-20, in conjunction with MIR’s IHRA Sportsman Spectacular.
“No matter how many new tracks we work into our schedule, we always enjoy coming back to Maryland International Raceway,” said John Mazzorana, founder and president, NEOPMA. “We’ve been racing at MIR for many years, and Royce Miller and his team always treat us very well. It’s a home track for a lot of our racers, plus the fans in this area love Pro Mod racing. We’re excited to race at MIR this weekend, and we can’t wait to come back in late September for our $30,000-to-win, 30th anniversary season finale.”
A full list of NEOPMA racers is expected to take part in the event, including numerous Maryland natives. Defending NEOPMA champion and current points leader Mike Decker Jr. and his son, Mike “Hollywood” Decker III, are both on the list, as well as defending event winner Fredy Scriba, Matt Deitsch, Derrick Ford, Tyler Hard, Kevin McCurdy, Andy Jensen, Steve King, Dave Norris, Derek Ward, and several more talented racers.
Canada’s Scott Wildgust Victorious at Empire Northeast Outlaw Pro Mod Challenge III
LEICESTER, NY – In a side-by-side final round, Scott Wildgust nosed out Northeast Outlaw Pro Mod Association (NEOPMA) veteran Kevin 
McCurdy to pick up his first-ever NEOPMA win at the Empire Northeast Outlaw Pro Mod Challenge III Saturday night at Empire Dragway. Wildgust recorded a 3.705-second pass at 204.82 MPH in his screw-blown Smokie’s Garage ’67 Mustang to beat McCurdy’s 3.71 at 201.70 for a .006 margin of victory.
“That was probably one of the closest rounds I’ve been on the winning side of in a long time,” said Wildgust, who was making his NEOPMA debut at the series’ fifth race of its 30th anniversary season. “We both had killer lights. Just nipped him in the lights. It was tough to see at night when the win light came on. It was definitely a close race, that’s for sure.”
The Empire Dragway event was somewhat of a home race for Wildgust, who lives across the border in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. Wildgust’s Mark Savage-tuned ’67 Mustang steadily improved through qualifying, ending up with a 3.7323 at 203.62 to edge out Mike “Hollywood” Decker III’s 3.7328 for the No. 4 spot.
Scott Wildgust and the Smokies Garage Race Team to compete at Empire Dragway’s Mid-Summer Mayhem
Large Pro Modified contingent from NEOPMA and PMRA return for round two of eighth-mile action August 5-6
CAYUGA, ON – The Pro Modified entry list continues to grow as this popular class of drag racing returns to Empire Dragway in Leicester NY 
August 5-6 for North East Outlaw Pro Mod Challenge III with cars from the Northeast Outlaw Pro Mod Association (NEOPMA) and the Pro Modified Racing Association (PMRA).
Running in conjunction with the NEOPMA will be PMRA teams which have competed in the Southern Ontario-based series and are making a return.
Southwestern Ontario native Scott Wildgust will be competing in this weekend’s event in the Smokies Garage Race Team entry, the 1967 Mustang Pro Modified owned by Mike Clark. Wildgust, along with Melanie Salemi of Buffalo, NY, and Spencer Hyde of Stratford, ON are former Top Dragster and Top Sportsman drivers who now compete in Pro Modified. Salemi and Hyde competed in the PMRA-associated Quick 32 Sportsman Series and Wildgust was a regular competitor in the PMRA.
Wildgust and his team have attacked the PDRA ranks with gusto, currently sitting eighth. The team also won the NMCA season opener in Bradenton, Florida, and qualified fifth at the Snowbirds event last December.
Empire Dragway’s Mid-Summer Mayhem to feature North East Outlaw Pro Mod Challenge III
Cars from NOPMA and PMRA return for round two of eighth-mile action August 5-6
CAYUGA, ON – Pro Modified racing returns to Empire Dragway in Leicester NY August 5-6 for round two with cars from the Northeast 
Outlaw Pro Mod Association (NEOPMA) and the Pro Modified Racing Association (PMRA).
Running in conjunction with the NEOPMA will be PMRA teams which have competed in the Southern Ontario-based series and are making a return.
Two prominent drivers who competed in the PMRA-sanctioned Quick 32 Sportsman Series are Melanie Salemi and Spencer Hyde.
Based in Buffalo, NY, Salemi drives the Eddie Whelan-owned, Jim and Jon Salemi-prepared Camaro with Melanie Salemi Motorsports.
A former Top Dragster driver, Salemi has become a prominent Pro Modified driver. Melanie currently sits as the PDRA Pro Boost record holder 3.568, 207 mph which she clinched at GALOT Motorsports Park earlier this season. She has held the Pro Boost record three separate times in her career. Not only was Melanie the first female to win in Pro Boost at Rockingham Dragway in 2015 but she comes into this race as the champion of the PDRA Summer Shootout at Virginia Motorsports park earlier this month and has also recorded notable wins at the last 1/4 mile Shakedown at The Summit In 2018 and at the 50th anniversary of the infamous Snowbird Outlaws race for $50,000.00 which was contested this past winter.
NEOPMA Returns to Empire Dragway for Empire Northeast Outlaw Pro Mod Challenge III
LEICESTER, NY – Just over a month after racing at New York’s Empire Dragway, the Northeast Outlaw Pro Mod Association (NEOPMA) 
returns to the historic IHRA-sanctioned track this weekend for the Empire Northeast Outlaw Pro Mod Challenge III on August 5-6. It’s the fifth points race of the NEOPMA’s 30th anniversary season, and a full field of Pro Mod competitors are on tap to put on a show for the fans.
“The stands were packed when we raced at Empire in mid-June, and our racers are thrilled to return this weekend to give the fans another exciting show,” said John Mazzorana, founder and president, NEOPMA. “Jerry Scaccia, Patrick Budd, and the whole Empire Dragway team provide a fantastic track and treat us really well. The fans in the area are passionate about Pro Modified racing, which makes for a great atmosphere for our members.”
At the Empire Northeast Outlaw Pro Mod Challenge II in June, 21 cars attempted to qualify for the 16-car field. Seven of those qualifiers dipped into the 3.60-second range, while Saturday eliminations also featured side-by-side, 3.60-second racing thanks to cool conditions and tight track prep.
Mike Decker Jr. Takes Second NEOPMA Win of 2022 at Empire Northeast Outlaw Pro Mod Challenge II
LEICESTER, NY – Defending Northeast Outlaw Pro Mod Association (NEOPMA) champion Mike Decker Jr. picked up his second win of the 
season Saturday night at the Empire Northeast Outlaw Pro Mod Challenge II at Empire Dragway. Decker and past NEOPMA champion Steve King put on a side-by-side 3.60-second show in the final round, with Decker’s 3.629 at 211.47 MPH defeating King’s 3.641 at 207.56.
“We have an awesome team,” Decker said. “As always, I’m going to thank the Lord first. We take it one round at a time. It’s going to fall where it falls, but we have a good group of guys behind me and we have good support. I have good support from the Tutterows as well. The end result is we’re getting our [winner’s circle] picture taken.”
It was a meaningful Father’s Day weekend win for Decker, who races with his family-based team at every race. His son, Mike “Hollywood” Decker III, is both his teammate and his tuner, though he got some help from Wyo Motorsports’ Todd Tutterow.
