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NMRA to Celebrate 20 Years in 2018
Santa Ana, CA – The National Mustang Racers Association (NMRA) is proud to announce its official schedule for its 
20th anniversary series tour in 2018. The largest all-Ford motorsport series features an exciting line-up of drag racing classes, car shows and special events. The 2018 NMRA Ford Nationals series includes six events starting with the 24th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA Spring Break Shootout, presented by Steeda Autosports, held at Bradenton Motorsports Park, March 1-4, 2018. The season will conclude with the 20th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA All-Ford World Finals at Beech Bend Raceway, September 27-30, 2018.
The popular NMRA series exhibits steady growth year-after-year due to dedicated Ford fans, racers and solid track partners across the Midwest and East Coast. “We’re thrilled with our 2018 season schedule,” said Rollie Miller, NMRA General Manager. “It will be an exciting season that also includes events at Atlanta Dragway in Commerce, Georgia, Maple Grove Raceway in Reading, Pennsylvania, National Trail Raceway in Hebron, Ohio, and our annual Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street-Legal Drag Racing that rewards the winning team with prestigious Nitto Tire Diamond Tree rings at Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, Illinois”.
That’s a Wrap at the 19th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA All-Ford World Finals
Santa Ana CA – That’s all she wrote for the 2017 NMRA Keystone Automotive drag racing series! The action has 
officially concluded after a great weekend of racing and records at Beech Bend Raceway Park in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The forecast early on promised perfect weather, and Mother Nature didn’t disappoint. Awesome conditions combined with the hope of winning a championship had every racer on the property pushing for new personal bests.
After a hurried, late-night last-minute engine swap, Manny Buginga of Bridgewater, Massachusetts rallied to take the number one qualifying position in VP Racing Fuels Street Outlaw when he ran 4.342 at 172.06 mph with his Turbonetics turbocharged, MJM Construction Corp ’03 Mustang. Then, in eliminations, he pulled up alongside crewman and teammate Rich Bruder. It was a tight race, and although Bruder got to the finish first, Buginga was still happy with the results as the supercharged Fox-body Mustang Bruder was driving belonged to Buginga himself.
NMCA Drivers Wrap Sensational Season with World Street Finals
Santa Ana CA – The NMCA’s finest did not disappoint at the 16th Annual SDPC Raceshop NMCA World Street 
Finals, Sept. 21-24 at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis, Indiana, as they provided plenty of powerful performances, holeshot wins, and championship-deciding drama.
In VP Racing Fuels Xtreme Pro Mod, fourteen of sixteen drivers motored to 3-second elapsed-times in qualifying, and while Jason Hamstra led the field with a 3.83 in his Camaro, his loss in the second round paved the way to the final that featured Steve Summers and his Camaro and Mark Luton and his Mustang. There, Summers secured the win with a 3.80 to Luton’s 3.92, and took a trip to the Aerospace Components Winner’s Circle.
19th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA All-Ford World Finals
For almost two decades the Nitto Tire NMRA All-Ford World Finals has forged itself into the history of Beech Bend 
Raceway – something that isn’t easy to do considering the history attached to the track. Yet, every Ford drag racing enthusiast knows exactly what happens at the end of September and early October each year in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Simply put, it’s the Finals — one of drag racing’s great events where legends are born and championships won. There is only one NMRA and there is only one Beech Bend Raceway, and this year the two will once again join forces September 28th-October 1st to write the 19th chapter of NMRA history.
What helps make the World Finals a true spectacle is the combination of the regular NMRA classes, along with the huge assortment of other special classes and events, and this year the NMRA has added even more!
16th Annual SDPC Raceshop NMCA World Street Finals Featuring the 11th Annual Chevrolet Performance LSX Shootout
World’s Fastest Street Cars Invade Indianapolis!
NMCA is returning to Lucas Oil Raceway this year as the 16th Annual Scoggin-Dickey Raceshop NMCA World Street 
Finals presented by Chevrolet Performance rolls into town September 21st-24th.
In years past, by the time the final race of the season begins, many championship battles have already been decided – especially in the heads-up classes. That is not the case this year as several of the most exciting classes are going down to the wire including VP Racing Fuels Xtreme Pro Mod where the points battle was tossed on its head recently after points leader, Adam Flamholc, announced that due to health reasons, he would not be attending the 2017 season finale. That essentially puts Jason Hamstra and Steve Summers in a two-way battle for the title, with Billy Banaka having an outside shot.
19th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA All-Ford World Finals
Champions Will Be Crowned!
The world’s largest all-Ford drag race is going to be even bigger and better this year! The 19th Annual Nitto Tire 
NMRA All-Ford World Finals taking place September 28th-October 1st at Beech Bend Raceway Park in Bowling Green, Kentucky, will be bursting at the seams as the nation’s best Ford-powered racers gather one final time in 2017 in celebration of all things Ford.
This year’s final event of the NMRA Keystone Automotive Ford Nationals will blow the roof off the grandstands in Bowling Green with not only championships being settled, but also special events which will provide an exclamation point to the 2017 season of all-Ford drag racing when racers gather one final time in the Aerospace Components Winners’ Circle.
Race Wrap from the 16th Annual Honeywell Garrett NMCA All-American Nationals
Santa Ana CA – Sensational racing took center stage at the 16th Annual Honeywell Garrett NMCA All-American 
Nationals, Aug. 24-27, at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio. There were wheelies, wild rides, and wondrous elapsed-times, and when it was all said and done, the Aerospace Components Winner’s Circle welcomed winners.
In VP Racing Fuels Xtreme Pro Mod qualifying, 13 out of 24 drivers delivered 3-second passes, and Billy Banaka led the field with a 3.78 in his Camaro. He took it all the way to the final to rumble with Jason Hamstra and his Camaro, and Hamstra hauled to a 3.86 to win over Banaka’s 4.05.
NMRA All-Ford World Finals at Beech Bend Raceway
Wild Heads-Up Drag Racing, Street Outlaws TV Celebrities, All Ford Car Show, Huge Vendor Midway, True Street & MORE!
Santa Ana, CA – It all comes down to one last weekend of drag racing—September 28-October 1, 2017 at the 19th 
Annual Nitto Tire NMRA All-Ford World Finals in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The NMRA takes over Beech Bend Raceway with championship street racing, featuring the World’s Quickest Fords. Bowling Green has a storied history in the Blue Oval drag racing world and the NMRA has made its mark with record-breaking, wheel-to-wheel action. With Nitto Tire Diamond Tree Championship rings on the line in an assortment of NMRA categories, the racers will be leave it all on the track in search of glory and a chance to celebrate in the Aerospace Components Winner’s Circle for one last time in 2017.
If you’re a fan of the hit TV show, Discovery Channel’s Street Outlaws, then you won’t want to miss the NMRA World Finals as Bobby Ducote takes on Boosted GT on Saturday, September 30th, in a best 2 out of 3 grudge match! It is OKC vs. New Orleans with the two most prolific small-tire racers on TV. Watch Bobby Ducote purge the nitrous while Boosted GT spools the turbo as they go heads-up and wheels-up in the ultimate celebrity match race…only at the NMRA World Finals.
NMCA Champions Will be Crowned at Lucas Oil Raceway!
Santa Ana, CA – Indianapolis, Indiana hosts the last stop of the 2017 NMCA Muscle Car Nationals tour, presented by 
E3 Spark Plugs, over the weekend of September 21-24 and it’s guaranteed to bring non-stop excitement to the fans of Lucas Oil Raceway of Indianapolis. The 16th Annual SDPC Race Shop NMCA World Street Finals, featuring the Chevrolet Performance Challenge Series and its 11th annual LSX Shootout, brings out some of the best race teams in the country for a giant field of heads up and index drag racing. All of this action on the drag strip is combined with a weekend that includes TV stars from Discovery Channel’s Street Outlaws, all-domestic car shows on Saturday and Sunday along with a huge manufacturers’ midway and more.
Starting with qualifying on Friday, watch the stars of NMCA in classes like VP Racing Fuels Xtreme Pro Mod, Mickey Thompson Radial Wars, ARP Nitrous Pro Street, Edelbrock Xtreme Street, Street Outlaw and more. The Chevrolet Performance Challenge Series brings out the LS-powered monsters of Wiseco BoostLine Connecting Rods Drag Radial, Chevrolet Performance Stock presented by Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center, Holley EFI Real Street along with three additional all-GM classes. After the eliminations are concluded on Sunday, September 24 and NMCA Champions will be decided in all championship categories with all winners taking a trip to the Aerospace Components Winner’s Circle.
NMCA Announces 2018 Event Schedule
Santa Ana, CA – The National Muscle Car Association (NMCA) is proud to announce the official event schedule for 
the 2018 season. Presented by E3 Spark Plugs, the NMCA series features six jam-packed events starting in March in Florida and ending with the World Street Finals in Indianapolis. “NMCA has become the largest and most popular muscle car drag racing series in the country and next season’s schedule will continue to facilitate growth thanks to a great group of track partners and host cities with fans all looking forward to our street car events,” said Rollie Miller, NMCA general manager.
The 2018 NMCA tour kicks off with Muscle Car Mayhem at Bradenton Motorsports Park, March 8-11. The second stop is the NMRA/NMCA All-Star Nationals at Atlanta Dragway, April 5-8, followed by the NMCA Bluegrass Nationals at Beech Bend Raceway in Bowling Green, KY, May 17-20. Next the NMCA and NMRA collide for the NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street-Legal Drag Racing at Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, IL, July 26-29. The fifth stop of the 2018 NMCA tour, the All-American Nationals at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio, takes place August 23-26. NMCA wraps up the 2018 season in style at Lucas Oil Raceway with the World Street Finals in Indianapolis September 20-23, 2018.
