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This is it — the season finale for the NMCA Flowmaster Drag Racing Series, as championships will be decided and crowns handed out in each and every eliminator in the final hurrah of 2015 at one of the finest racing facilities in the nation, the Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park in Norwalk. With the support of Comp Cams, we’ll be bringing you the action all weekend, with news, notes, results, and lots of great photos!
Michael Biehle II has the VP Racing Fuels Pro Mod championship pretty well wrapped up, but he is still at the race to close out the season on a high note. In Friday morning’s test session, Biehle shook the tires, and aborted the pass.
Keith Berry has a slight points lead Mickey Thompson Radial Wars, but Frank Mewshaw, Mark Woodruff, and Dewayne Mills aren’t going to make it easy for him. In Friday morning’s test session Berry ran a 4.17 at 178 mph.
The sun is out at Norwalk, as you can with the reflection on Willard Kinzer’s Pro Mod Camaro. Kinzer ran a 6.09 at 240 mph in Friday morning’s test session.
If you are a fan of muscle cars, the FAST class is right in your wheelhouse. FAST stands for Factory Appearing Stock Tire. The cars have to appear stock, and run period-correct tires. The faster cars in the class will dip into the 10s in the right weather, and under the right conditions.
Edelbrock Extreme Street racer Dan Baumann is mathematically out of the championship hunt, but he is always exploring other class options within the NMCA and NMRA. Baumann has been chasing the right converter, and an 8.04 at 154 mph shows he may still be trying to find the right one for the car’s combination.
Jarod Wenricks has his unbelievable Chevy II here at Norwalk, and has run in the 4.50s so far in testing for Street Outlaw. He had the front dress off the small block Friday morning to address a vacuum pump issue.
The Cobra Jets are here at Norwalk to compete in the 5th Annual Ford Racing Cobra Jet Showdown. Holbrook Racing’s Chris Holbrook is a fixture in this class.
Eric Gustafson runs an LS-based, ProCharger-equipped combination in his Fox Mustang in Street Outlaw. During Friday’s test session, Gustafson was able to run a stellar 4.44 at 166 mph.
Joe Bucaro pretty much has the ARP Nitrous Pro Street class in hand so he’s here for his victory laps, if you will. Bucaro has a lot of experience with nitrous combinations, and he obviously has it figured out this year.
Dan Baumann needed to put together a good pass during the evening qualifying session because during the heat of the day his car didn't want to run the number. His ProCharger combination responded with about the elapsed time he predicted. The car ran an 8.0 earlier in the day, but when the temps came down a few degrees so did his time with a 7.79 at 179 mph.
Kevin Lumsden had the points lead coming to the NMCA finals with a 190 cushion between he and Glenn Pushis. Ronnie Hackelton holds the top qualifying spot after round 1 of qualifying with a 10.42.
Dwight Ausmus and his Firebird is second in points in NA 10.5, and third in qualifying after round 1.
In the Chevrolet Performance Challenge Series Real Street class, Jessie Coulter sits number in points. He had a scrape with the wall recently, but he has brushed that off at Norwalk to sit in the top spot after round 1 with a 7.85 at 174 mph.
Dewayne Mills sits atop the Radial Wars class with a mind-bending 4.03 at 200 mph. Keith Berry followed up with a 4.09 at 189 mph.
The much-publicized Barracuda of Bill Houghton sits fourth after round one of qualifying with a 4.40 at 183 mph.
