Last weekend at the US Street Nationals in Bradenton, we saw Troy Pirez Jr. in a new ride. Driving this 2000 Mustang into the second round, his night ended when the car went straight up into a wheel stand in a loss to Aaron Gramer, eventual race runner up.
The Pirez family has been synonymous with Drag Radial racing since the beginning, driving and winning with Chevy powered cars, so this new ride is a switch for Troy Jr. In 2009 Pirez was taking turns behind the wheel of the family’s infamous Silver Nova and Eric Sherman’s 275 Radial 4th Gen Camaro locally in Real Street and at ORTC events. This is a good opportunity for the college student to shoe a competitive car in between classes after the local Real Street class disallowed big blocks for 2010.
The Mustang was purchased last year and finished up in Thonotosassa, Florida at the Matt LaRue owned ProFab Performance shop. The 427 ci mill features Edelbrock Victor Glidden 2 cylinder heads and a Super Victor Glidden intake to match. Jeff Prock from Applied Nitrous Technologies is on board to help out tuning the plate system and a PTC Powerglide transmission and converter transfers the power back to the 9” rear. LaRue sourced the Racecraft front K-Member through TRZ Motorsports, the rest of the suspension was done in house at ProFab. For 2010 the Team Lopez car will be campaigned at ORTC events in Ultimate Street, ORSCA Modified Street and local Real Street events at Sunshine Dragstrip and PBIR. Check out the video of the car running below!
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