LSX Challenge Series Heats the Tires for 2012

Courtesy of NMCA

ORLANDO, FL – The Chevrolet Performance LSX Challenge Series is back for 2012 – and more competitive than ever. It is the premier racing series for street-based vehicles powered by Chevrolet’s LS and LSX engines. 

Along with supporting the LSX Shootout series, Chevrolet Performance enables racers to compete and win with a growing range of LSX maximum-performance crate engines and engine parts, including the LSX454R racing engine (part number 19257880). Chevrolet Performance also offers LSX Bowtie blocks – with the tall-deck version for building large-displacement engines of up to 500 cubic inches – as well new drag-race six-bolt cylinder heads, intake manifolds and forged rotating components.

Chevrolet Performance personnel will be on hand at all events to answer tech questions and explain the key attributes of the latest parts.

It pays to win

Chevrolet Performance will award the fastest LS-powered racers at the LSX Shootout event and pay a $250 bonus to any racer who wins his or her category using an LSX Bowtie engine block. Chevrolet Performance will also supply awards to all racing class and show class winners.

LSX Series Champions

Chevrolet Performance will recognize the 2011 LSX Series Champions at the NMCA Awards Ceremony in Orlando on Friday, December 2, 2011.  

The champions of the landmark 2011 season – the first to feature the four-race format – include:

• Michael Meeks in the LSX Drag Radial class – who won by a slim five-point margin over runner-up Mark Carlyle
• Jud Massingill in the LSX All Motor class – his Camaro runs in the low-8-second range without a power adder
• Adam Preston in the Real Street class – his Camaro is mid-8-secord performer
• Rob Farley in the LSX Rumble class – who topped more than 80 racers who accumulated points in the competitive class throughout the season
• Shawn Calabrese in the 5th Gen Camaro Challenge class – his tuned Camaro SS ran low 12s at the start of the season and kept going quicker.

2012 LSX Series Schedule

The four-race LSX Challenge Series for the 2012 season includes stops in Bradenton, Fla., Atlanta, Ga. and Bowling Green, Ky. – with the championship again to be decided at the annual LSX Shootout, held in conjunction with the NMCA World Finals, in Indianapolis. The race dates and locations include:

• March 15-18 (NMCA season opener), at Bradenton Motorsports Park, Bradenton, Florida
• June 1-3 (Chevy High Performance Nationals) at Atlanta Dragway, Commerce, Georgia
• October 11-14 (NMCA World Finals/LSX Shootout), at Indianapolis Raceway Park, Indianapolis, Indiana

The fourth event will be the LS Fest, Sept. 7-9, 2012, in Bowling Green, Ky., at Beech Bend Raceway. As in the past, LS Fest organizers will allow racers to follow the rules and classes of the LSX Challenge Series, with points awarded during it applying to the championship.

Racers competing for the championship must participate in three of the four races, including the LSX Shootout. The results of each race will be tracked throughout the season in NMCA’s Fastest Street Car.

The LSX Challenge Series features five racing classes:

• LSX Drag Radial
• LSX All Motor
• LSX Real Street
• LSX Rumble (index)
• 5th Gen Camaro Challenge

More information about Chevrolet Performance is available at gmperformanceparts.com. Details on the LSX Shootout are available at www.nmcadigital.com/lsx.