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The National Muscle Car Association returns to the majestic Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio to put a cap on the 2016 racing season, and with a number of championships yet to be decided, along with the LSX Challenge Series and the annual Cobra Jet Showdown on tap, there’s plenty of racing action to come all weekend long. A special thanks to the team at Fuel Air Spark Technology who have made our coverage possible!
We are live here at Norwalk for the 2016 World Street Finals! The first round of qualifying will start around 4:00 pm, so stay tuned for more updates.
Alex Hays made the trip from Michigan with his all-motor Ultra-Street Mustang to run in Street Outlaw at the World Finals. This will be the first time Hays has run in the NMCA as a heads-up racer.
Joe Bucaro and Jennifer Brooke Rice are locked in an epic battle for the Nitrous Pro Street title. The two racers are separated by only 150 points, or just over a round of racing.
Jarod Wenrick made a camshaft change in his 1966 Nova that he campaigns in Street Outlaw. Wenrick hopes the change will net him more power on the top end to keep up with the turbo cars.
Daniel Pharris is doing everything he can to stay in the Radial Wars title picture this weekend at the World Finals. Right now Pharris needs everything to go perfect, and needs some serious luck to catch Dewayne Mills and win the title.
Jason Lee is pulling double duty this weekend doing both the driving, and tuning of Eric Gustafson’s LSX powered Mustang in Street Outlaw this weekend.
Former NMRA Renegade champion Bart Tobener is here racing his turbo 2015 Mustang in Xtreme Street after testing with the car at the Indy event in the class.
Michael Biehle plans on racing at the U.S. Nationals in Pro Mod next weekend, and is here making some passes in the Pro Mod class.
Andrew DeMarco will be running Street Outlaw this weekend trying to work on the recent changes made to his ProCharged Mustang. DeMarco thinks the car will run in the 4.50s range during qualifying this weekend.
Tim Savell has a commanding lead over Randy Adler in Pro Mod, and looks to wrap the title up quickly this weekend when eliminations start.
Two-time, and defending Radial Wars champion Keith Berry finds himself on the outside looking in for this year’s title, however he can play the role of spoiler between Pharris and Mills.
Jacky McCarty looks to finish his 2016 year out in Street Outlaw with the series title. McCarty is trying to fight off Jarod Wenrick and his hard charging Nova, who has added some horsepower to his car specifically for this race.
Alexis DeJoria’s crew chief Tommy DeLago is taking the weekend off crewing on her nitro Funny car, and is here running his Nova in the NA 10.5 class.
Don’t adjust your computer, that is Ben Mens preparing a Firebird to race. Mens’ Mustang is still getting chassis upgrades, so Vince Khoury allowed him to borrow his F-body to get some racing in this weekend.
In NA 10.5 Dwight Ausmus could be in the tightest points battle of the NMCA finals with Michael Demayo. According to Ausmus he must out-qualify Demayo and match him round for round to keep his points lead and win the title.
TJ Bailey and the Summit Motorsports Park crew are doing a great job keeping the track in top shape today during testing.
The Cobra Jet Shootout is in full swing here at the World Street Finals with some great racing already.
Nostalgia Muscle Car racer Andy Warren is one of the few who has his title locked up this weekend at the World Street Finals, but is looking to add another win to his legacy as one of the NMCA’s most winning drivers.
Dave Granger made it to the World Street Finals after a devastating nitrous explosion that destroyed the intake on his Top Sportsman Henry J.
Eric Kenward pretty much has the Xtreme Street title wrapped up, but still must have a solid weekend to fight off Louie Filippides and his ProCharged Camaro.
Kevin Lumsden currently second in the Chevrolet Performance Stock class., and is doing everything he can to catch Glenn Pushis.
Mark Walter and Lorenzo Brooks were involved in a top end accident during Top Sportsman qualifying, both drivers were able to get out of their cars under their own power.
Newcomer to the NMCA John Caricini brought his C5 Corvette out to try and make the Pro Mod field, the car shows a ton of potential with a 4.43.
Richard Holt laid down a solid run in his first qualifier of Pro Mod with a 3.97 to take the three spot.
Number one qualifier Randy Adler put the field in Pro Mod on notice by putting up a big number, and running a 3.81 during the first qualifier.
And with this pass Tim Savell is your 2016 NMCA Pro Mod champion, by virtue of making the field. Now it’s all about pride for Savell as he tries to get the win at the World Street Finals.
In Pro Stock Kevin Lawerence went to number one qualifier and is the first person to run in the 6’s with a 6.98 in the class that goes full-time in the NMCA in 2017.
Jennifer Brooke Rice had a serious mechanical issue during the first round of qualifying and only ran a 8.82, making her title hopes a bit tougher at this point.
James Noel was able to shock the field and go number one in the first round of Nostalgia Pro Street with a 7.50 pass.
Joe Bucaro ran a 7.53 at only 157mph during the first qualifier, but was able to secure the number 3 and stay ahead of Jennifer Brook Rice in the Nostalgia Pro Street standings.
Travis Essman was able to take the number two qualifying spot in his twin-turbo C4 Corvette with a 4.14.
The first round of Radial Wars has Dwayne Mills going number 3 with a 4.16 et as Daniel Pharris had traction issues and had to lift on his pass.
Jason Lee drove the doors off of Eric Gustafson’s Mustang to take the number three spot in Street Outlaw with a 4.48.
Kevin Neal ripped off a booming 4.46 in Street Outlaw to go number 2 before he had a massive smoke cloud erupt from under his car.
Jacky McCarty and Jarod Wenrick squared off in the first qualifier of Street Outlaw with McCarty getting the upper hand running a 4.41 to go number one, with Wenrick blasting off a stout 4.60 during a pedal job.
Bill Trovato put on a show with a massive wheelstand in his 2010 Camaro
Eric Kenward is trying to solidify his points lead running a 7.53 to go number two in Xtreme Street.
Last years Xtreme Street champion David Hutnick was able to go to the number 4 with a 7.61 pass.
Louie Filippides is working to keep Kenward honest in the Xtreme Street points standings by going number one in qualifying with a 7.52 blast.
Dwight Ausmus is trying to keep his NA 10.5 title hopes alive by running a 7.96 to go to the number two spot after the first qualifier.
Scary moment for Chad Neuenschwander during NA 10.5 qualifying when his fox body Mustang got out of the groove and hit the wall at the top end. The car erupted into flames, but Neuenschwander was able to get out of the car without injury.
Michael Demayo asserted himself as the number one qualifier, and taking the points lead with a 7.90 pass during the first round of NA 10.5 qualifying.
