Rini To Defend NMCA Title With Brand New ’69 Camaro

For reigning NMCA Pro Street champion Chris Rini, the mot difficult challenge to face in 2011 may just be providing a proper encore to an incredible championship season. But rest assured, the venerable racer from Carmel, New York will give it his all, and he’ll tackle it behind the wheel of a brand new race car.

When the new season begins March 18-20 at Bradenton Motorsports Park, gone will be the familiar ATI-backed Dodge Stratus, as the #1 will adorn a brand new 1969 Camaro built by Jerry Bickel Race Cars and sporting an updated 825-cubic inch Charlie Buck nitrous-huffing monster between the framerails. ATI Performance Products, which has been working to bring their Superglide-4 Powerglide transmission and converter packages to the forefront of the industry, will remain as the primary backer for the new year. Last year, Rini utilized a Superglide-4 paired with ATI’s lock-up torque converter to propel his machine to a national record-setting lap of 6.15 and 234 MPH and ultimately, to the series crown.

The lightweight and state-of-the-art Camaro is expected to arrive from Bickel’s shop in three weeks, where it will then head off to Kook’s for a complete set of custom headers. From there, Rini and company will head to Jackson, South Carolina to complete initial testing while competing in Mike Hill’s Automatic Pro Modified race a week prior to the NMCA opener in Bradenton. Like he has in year’s past, look for Rini and his ATI-backed Camaro to be a regular part of Automatic Pro Mod events across the South when not competing with the NMCA.

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Andrew Wolf

Andrew has been involved in motorsports from a very young age. Over the years, he has photographed several major auto racing events, sports, news journalism, portraiture, and everything in between. After working with the Power Automedia staff for some time on a freelance basis, Andrew joined the team in 2010.
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