STOW, OH – Mickey Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels returns to National Muscle Car Association (NMCA) racing as the official 2013 series and Super Street 10.5W class title sponsor for all six national events. Mickey Thompson will also offer contingency awards for all Pro and Sportsman classes including Pro Street, Super Street 10.5W, Nostalgia Pro Street, Xtreme Street, Pro Stock, Drag Radial, Mean Street, Late-Model EFI, Open Comp, Nostalgia Super Stock, Muscle Car and special event classes.

“Being involved with the oldest and most recognized all-domestic vehicle drag racing series in the country is something we look forward to every year,” stated Tom Kundrik, Motorsports Manager, Mickey Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels. “Supporting the Pro and Sportsman racers is something we’re proud of, and we’re looking forward to a great season.”

The next event in the series is the NMRA/NMCA Nationals in Commerce, Ga., April 11-14. For more information about the NMCA series, visit http://www.nmcadigital.com. For an event schedule, visit http://www.nmcadigital.com/2013_event_schedule/.

STOW, OH – Mickey Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels returns to the NMRA racing scene as the official 2013 series sponsor including all national NMRA events. Mickey Thompson will also be posting contingency awards in all Pro and Sportsman classes including Pro Outlaw 10.5, Super Street Outlaw, EFI Renegade, Hot Street, Drag Radial, Coyote Stock, Factory Stock, Modular Muscle, Super Stang, Open Comp, and Truck and Lightning as well as special-event classes.

“This sponsorship is a great way for us to continue to support the NMRA Pro and Sportsman racers, which is a big part of our company legacy,” stated Tom Kundrik, Motorsports Manager, Mickey Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels. “NMRA all-Ford street legal drag racing is always exciting, and we look forward to being part of the action again this year.”

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Santa Ana, CA – Whether it’s your first time racing or you have lots of ¼ mile experience…NMCA & NMCA WEST have a great class for you to consider…TREMEC True Street!  True Street is designed for “true” street cars that are licensed, insured and capable of driving a good distance on the street.  After a 30-mile NMCA/NMCA WEST escorted cruise, make 3 back-to-back passes and see if you will take home some cash and a prize!

Here’s How True Street Works:

1. Purchase your True Street entry at the racer gate, you then head over to the True Street pit area.  It’s a Saturday race but you can purchase your entry on Friday as well.
2. You will first register at the registration trailer and then proceed to the True Street area where an official will “tech” your car to make sure it’s safe to race.
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Santa Ana, CA – The NMRA Keystone Automotive Ford Nationals, the #1 all-Ford motorsport show in the U.S., is pleased to announce
that Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords will once again join forces with the NMRA to feature the Spring Break Shootout race at the Nitto Tire NMRA Ford Nationals event at Bradenton Motorsports Park in Bradenton, FL, March 7-10, 2013. Blow-By Racing has stepped-up to support Muscle Mustangs and the NMRA as the presenting sponsor of the Spring Break Shootout class and is offering a bonus BBR $600 product certificate to the winner!

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. With easy to follow rules, the Muscle Mustangs Spring Break Shootout class regularly attracts over 100 True Street cars competing for a top-16 spot to qualify for the Shootout.

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Santa Ana, CA – ProMedia announces the addition of Dave Werremeyer to its event staff as Technical and Communications Director for the NMRA, NMCA, and NMCA WEST event series.   Werremeyer comes to ProMedia after an extensive career at ProCharger, where he served as Motorsports Operations Coordinator for the past eight-years. He will begin his new position with ProMedia on December 24^th, 2012.

“Hiring a guy like Dave W. is an investment in our future,” said Charlie Harmon, president of ProMedia Events. “We have a commitment to building and maintaining a competitive, balanced and fair racing programs across all of our racing divisions; adding Dave to the full-time staff, with his advanced technical background, will offer a fresh and qualified perspective,” Harmon stated.  “Dave has done an awesome job helping build a competitive program at ProCharger and we are elated to add him to the ProMedia team. His experience, and exceptional knowledge of our market, along with his vision and passion will combine to play a major role in maintaining a fair playing field for all three of our racing series,” Harmon concluded.

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Santa Ana, CA – The NMCA Flowmaster Muscle Car Nationals will reach a milestone next year as the series turns 25 years old and the celebration includes special events at every race in 2013.  With a tighter schedule that will bring more heads-up traveling racers, and exciting special events, NMCA looks to have its biggest event season ever with drag racers and show competitors traveling from all around to celebrate the NMCA’s 25^th anniversary tour.

NMCA will open its season with the 11th Annual NMCA Muscle Car Nationals at Bradenton Motorsports Park in Bradenton, Florida, March 21-24.  Watch as all the cars and all the stars of NMCA drag racing combine with LS racers competing in five Chevrolet Performance LSX Challenge Series classes. The yearly trek from northern cities culiminates in sun, fun, and high-flying action as racers in both series kick-off the season. The Florida destination makes this a popular event for the weather and the grand stage to debut the latest and greatest cars and combinations for the new season.

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SANTA ANA, CA —The NMRA Ford Nationals is proud to announce an increase in Contingency payments for Nitto Tire Factory Stock and Strange Engineering Coyote Stock (presented by 5.0 Mustang & Super Fords) finalists in 2013 and beyond. All NMRA event winners will now be eligible for contingency payments of $300 per product (and decal on car) creating quite a lucrative increase in payout for both categories.

The runner up at each event will also be able to claim contingency payments of $150 per product and decal. “The bump in contingency payments will put more money back into the racers’ pockets,” comments Charlie Harmon, director of NMRA events. Steve Wolcott, co-founder of NMRA also weighs in on this announcement, “we’re proud of our contingency program, which boasts nearly $3 million in prize postings. We also like to point out that all contingency payments are cash-only under our program.”

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Baytown, TX – Special events will dominate this year’s Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Lone Star Shootout, which will be one of the largest muscle car events of the year in the great state of Texas next weekend November 9-11, 2012.  Joining some of NMRA and NMCA’s most popular classes like TREMEC True Street, Harland Sharp Mod Comp, and EFI Rumble, these planned special events have the region buzzing with excitement.

The Texas Pro Mod Association will be shaking the stands and burning up the ¼ mile with 6-second 200+ mph passes all weekend long.  See the pages of Hot Rod magazine come alive as Paschal Performance Unlimited Street pits famed racers like Larry Larson and Jeff Lutz against each other in their awesome 7-second street cars!  Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords will once again present the hugely popular True Street class, which will attract street racers from mild to wild racing for 9 separate awards.

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Indianapolis, IN – The NMCA Flowmaster Muscle Car Nationals, the #1 all-domestic muscle car show, rocked the Indianapolis area last weekend and featured the 6th Annual Chevrolet Performance LSX Shootout, the largest gathering of LS muscle cars in the U.S. The 11th Annual FueLab NMCA World Street Finals at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis the weekend of Oct. 14-17, 2012, saw HUGE fan attendance and HUGE racer (over 500 cars) and car show participation as the NMCA series combined with the LSX community. Also featured at this event was a large manufacturers’ midway, swap meet and burnout contest.

All the cars and all the stars of NMCA were in attendance along with new faces in most classes. NMCA racers had their combinations set on kill at the last race of the year where world championships were on the line. NMCA fans came to see all the wild heads-up and wheels-up classes and they weren’t disappointed! Supercharged, nitrous assisted, turbocharged, and naturally aspirated…this NMCA event had it all.

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