Santa Ana, CA – Muscle car fans can rejoice and look forward to another action-packed year of drag race competition and special Thrill Festival action. The Red Line Oil NMCA Muscle Car is proud to announce its 2025 schedule, which includes an exciting new date for the legendary World Street Finals.

“It’s been an exciting 2024 season so far, and we’re thrilled to continue building on that momentum and excitement in revealing our 2025 season schedule,” Rollie Miller, NMCA General Manager. “We visit some incredible facilities on our tour and are so thankful for those amazing track partnerships. With an eye toward making the event schedule even better, we’ve moved our World Street Finals two weeks later in the year to the first week of October. ”

Kicking off the season in April at Rockingham Dragway, NMCA teams up with its sister series NMRA for the NMRA/NMCA All-Star Nationals. The two series then head to Worldwide Technology Raceway for the Race for The Rings in May. In June, NMCA heads to Beech Bend Raceway for Muscle Car Mayhem before rejoining NMRA in July at US 131 Motorsports Park for the hugely popular Power Festival. In August, NMCA returns to Summit Motorsports Park for the All-American Nationals. The season closes in early October at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park with the World Street Finals. Continue reading →

Norwalk, OH – There was an abundance of action across the acres at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio, for the Mickey Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels NMCA All-American Nationals & Xtreme Sports Festival over the weekend of August 22-25, 2024.

In addition to compelling championship competition, the fifth of six events on the annual Red Line Oil NMCA Muscle Car Nationals tour featured exciting extra elements including the Cobra Jet Showdown, COPO Stock/Super Stock presented by Scoggin Dickey Parts Center, COPO Bracket Battle presented by Chevrolet Performance and the NMCA vs Buckeye Stock/Super Stock All-Stars presented by A&A Transmission, and more.

The event’s Xtreme Sports Festival on Saturday was electrifying with BIGFOOT Car Crushes and fearless performers putting on a show in FMX Motocross, BMX, and Skateboard exhibitions. The Win Free Stuff Fan Experience, Hemmings.com Car Show, and manufacturers midway fueled the fun even further.

“The teams at the Red Line Oil NMCA Muscle Car Nationals and Summit Motorsports Park were committed to making this a wonderful and well-attended event, and months of close communication and precise planning were part of the process,” said Bill Bader, Summit Motorsports Park president. “With perfect weather, the event was presented to eager racers and enthusiastic race fans, and by all accounts, memories were made on the track and throughout the pit area.” Continue reading →

Martin, MI – In the NMCA’s pinnacle category, the wild boosted-and-blown doorslammer spectacle known as VP Racing Lubricants Xtreme Pro Mod, Bob Glenn, who ran 3.654 at 204.08 mph in the eighth mile with his beautiful roots-supercharged 1967 Ford Shelby Mustang, took top qualifying honors. Just 0.004 seconds behind in second was NMCA newcomer Christopher Russo with his screw-blown 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle, and, unsurprisingly, the two men made it through to the finals where they faced off for all the marbles. Two big, smoky burnouts started the showdown, and both left the line in a hurry to prove they had made the right tuning calls to manage their thousands of horsepower in the mid-afternoon sun. Glenn blasted straight to the stripe with a 3.662 at 203.16 mph trip to turn the win light on in his lane and bolster his existing points lead, while Russo rattled the tires and clicked it off to coast to a runner-up finish.

ARP Nitrous Pro Street regular Lenny Grawburg set the pace for the class, as his 4.198 at 177.73 mph run was both the quickest and fastest of all the qualifying sessions. Grawburg kept his eyes on the prize throughout eliminations and ran against Nicole Liberty in the final. There, it was an incredibly close race for the two nitrous-infused monster door cars, but Grawburg grabbed the win over Liberty running a 4.202 at 173.01 mph over her 4.274 at 167.41 mph. Continue reading →

Rockingham, NC – The Holley NMRA Ford Nationals and Red Line Oil NMCA Muscle Car Nationals returned to North Carolina’s Rockingham Dragway for the NMRA/NMCA All-Star Nationals Presented by Sipple’s Speed & Performance and Top of the Rock Thrill Festival Presented by Innovation Performance Technologies on April 12-14, 2024, and fans were treated to a full weekend of automotive awesomeness.

Qualifying kicked off for all drag racing categories on Friday morning and on Saturday, the fun festivities were amplified as both the 60th Anniversary of the Ford Mustang and the Top of the Rock Thrill Festival were in full swing.

From Bigfoot, the world’s largest monster truck, on display to the wild, flame-throwing Dawn Perdue vs. Larry Aldrich Jet Car Shootout, freestyle BMX stunt shows featuring Alex Johan doing a trick off of the back of Bigfoot, TV personality and DJ Clarence Barnes, Miss NMRA/NMCA, 704 Exotics supercar display, Innovation Performance Technologies “Laps of Honor” custom Mustangs, meet-and-greet sessions with No Prep Star George Cunningham of Bad Apple Racing, massive car show featuring the best in American-made muscle, a huge vendor midway, and so much more, the atmosphere was absolutely electric. Continue reading →

Indianapolis, IN –  A longtime supporter of the NMCA Muscle Car Nationals, Chevrolet Performance confirmed its commitment to grassroots competition by signing a new 3-year deal continuing as a major sponsor with the national event series dedicated to Detroit Iron.

“We’re proud to have Chevrolet Performance as a major sponsor and contingency supporter of our series”, said Steve Wolcott, President & CEO of NMCA. “Chevrolet Performance has long supported our dedication to homegrown performance, and this new agreement cements that backing for years to come.”

In addition to its major sponsorship of NMCA through 2026, Chevrolet Performance continues as presenting sponsor of several core classes including LME Street King, Proform Rumble, and all-new Scoggin Dickey Street Warrior 10.10. Chevrolet Performance also retains its position as title sponsor of the COPO Camaro Shootout in Norwalk, Ohio, the LSX Shootout in Madison, Illinois, and presenting sponsor of the NMCA World Finals in Indianapolis.

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Santa Ana, CA – Fans of smoking tires, rumbling muscle cars, and earth-shaking Xtreme Pro Mods can start planning for another season of exciting action, as the Red Line Oil NMCA Muscle Car Nationals reveals its 2024 schedule, which features a fresh start, a new class, and a return to a historic racetrack.

“Having just wrapped another great season in Indy, we already can’t wait to kick off our 2024 schedule in Rockingham next April,” Rollie Miller, General Manager & National Event Director at NMCA, said. “We’re excited to debut our new Street Warrior 10.10 class at the season opener alongside our full roster of heads-up and index classes.”

The Red Line Oil NMCA Muscle Car Nationals embarks on its 2024 campaign at Rockingham Dragway in early April with the NMRA/NMCA All-Star Nationals. In early May the series heads towards the St. Louis Arch for the NMRA/NMCA Race for the Rings at World Wide Technology Raceway. Later that same month, NMCA returns to the historic and picturesque Beech Bend Raceway Park for its Muscle Car Mayhem event. In July the series heads north as the NMRA/NMCA Power Festival returns to US 131 Motorsports Park. NMCA heads back to Summit Motorsports Park for the All-American Nationals in late August and then closes out the 2024 season at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park for the World Street Finals late September.

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Indianapolis, ON – The Red Line Synthetic Oil NMCA Drag Racing Series wrapped up a successful 2023 campaign with the crowning of world champions during the 22nd annual NMCA World Street Finals presented by Chevrolet Performance. Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park has been the site of many historic drag racing moments, and that now includes both the event winners and series champions that were crowned on Sunday evening.

Ty Tutterow, of Mocksville, N.C. has been in command of the championship battle in VP Racing Lubricants Pro Mod for most of the season and he put a tidy bow on his season by winning his third event. Tutterow, a winner in Orlando and Norwalk, stopped Mike DiDomenico, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, 3.661 to a slowing 5.568. Tutterow, the son of Pro Mod legend Todd Tutterow, defeated Bob Glenn, Ed Marx, and low qualifier David Monday on his way to the final round.

In Holley EFI Factory Super Car A.J. Berge of Bayshore, N.Y., drove his ’21 Dodge Challenger to a 7.680 in the final round to stop Jonathan Allegrucci, Scott Township, Pa., who trailed with a 7.732 in his Cobra Jet Mustang. In addition to the FSC purse, Berge takes home an addition $10,000 thanks to the Dodge bonus! Allegrucci may have lost the final, but he scored enough points to pass Tony Scott for the season championship. The Factory Super Car class features a modern twist on classic muscle cars with intense competition between supercharged Chevy, Dodge, and Ford entries.

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Written by Mary Lendzion
Photos by Rudy Rouweyha

Norwalk, OH – When rain fell with force and flooded the Summit Motorsports Park grounds in Norwalk, Ohio, the day before the 22nd Annual Mickey Thompson NMCA All-American Nationals presented by Sick the Mag, August 25-27, the panic was palpable.

Racers and race fans wondered whether this second-to-last event on the series’ annual tour might be canceled, but officials from the series and the track put their heads together and plotted a path forward.

Because of their extreme effort, racers from across the country pulled into America’s Racetrack and served up some of the most compelling competition thus far during the 2023 season.

“After all of the adversity our teams faced at the beginning of the week, it was gratifying to see the first pair of cars stage on our starting line,” said Evan Bader, Summit Motorsports Park Track Manager. “Our teams wanted, more than anything, to be able to produce this event for the racers, despite the downpours we had the day before, and pass after pass, we were grateful we were able to do that.”

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Santa Ana, CA – Born of technology and ingenuity, fast street cars are all the rage in modern drag racing. Beginning with its first event of the 2024 season, NMCA provides a new class for low-10-second street/strip machines to battle on the quarter-mile — Scoggin Dickey Parts Center Street Warrior 10.10 presented by Chevrolet Performance.

“We’ve seen huge growth among our street-car classes in both the NMCA and NMRA series,” said Rollie Miller, General Manager & National Event Director of NMCA. “Street Warrior 10.10 will open the door for really quick, GM-powered street cars to compete on the national stage and earn payout and pro level contingency money while competing for a championship.”

Debuting at Rockingham Dragway on April 11-14, 2024 as part of the NMRA/NMCA All-Star Nationals, Scoggin Dickey Parts Center Street Warrior 10.10 presented by Chevrolet Performance will showcase street-legal (including current registration and valid insurance) rides capable of running single-digit elapsed time but competing with a single index. Run with a heads-up start on a .400 Pro Tree and running the full quarter mile, Street Warrior 10.10 competitors will be randomly paired via chip draw during eliminations.

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Written by Mary Lendzion
Photos by Rudy Rouweyha, John Moore & Evan Smith

Martin, MI – As racers reach the middle of the race season, it would be understandable if they were worn out. Abundant attention, exhaustive effort, and staying alert through adversity are relentlessly required, but rather than throwing in the towel, racers are throwing everything they have at their programs, and they proved that at the TorqStorm Superchargers NMRA/NMCA Power Festival presented by Paul’s High Performance, July 20-23 at U.S. 131 Motorsports Park in Martin, Michigan.

There were personal bests and personal victories, as well as meaningful moments and memories made at this event. Along the way, racers left their mark on the facility known as the Fastest Track in Michigan. This story focuses on NMCA racers, while a separate story focuses on NMRA racers.

“NMCA competition is always intense and incredible as racers continue to push their combinations and themselves to peak performance levels,” said Rollie Miller, NMCA General Manager and National Event Director. “We witnessed wonderful results at this event, and suspense is high as we head into the last two NMCA events of the year where championships will be cemented.”

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