In VP Racing Fuels Xtreme Pro Mod, Don Walsh Jr. has a handy lead in the NMCA points chase. Walsh, a multi-time NMRA Pro 5.0 champion drives his show-stopping turbocharged C7 Corvette. He comes into the final event holding a commanding 820-point lead over Jim Widener. Breathing down Widener’s neck for the number two finish is Tom Blincoe with a mere 80-points spread. John Stanley is behind by only 125-points.
Bill Skillman is at the top of Holley EFI – Factory Super Cars entering this final weekend. The patriarch of the Ford Cobra Jet/Ray Skillman Ford team leads by more than 1000 points over Randy Eakins.
We asked Skillman what it took over the 2019 season to gain his commanding points lead. “Ford really stepped up their Cobra package this year,” Skillman described. “We did get a couple of big wins this year, but it’s earning round after round points that got us to this spot.”
Bill Skillman has a strong lead in Holley EFI – Factory Super Cars class despite some engine problems caused by some gasket issues during the mid-season. Skillman attributed his team effort that pulled them through those issues and kept them accumulating points.
Shawn Pevlor has the points lead in the Mickey Thompson – Street Outlaw battle going into Indy.  The small-tire, single power adder class is where Pevlor’s well recognized 1989 Mustang dominates across many similar classes across the sport. Pevlor has a 670-point lead over Rob Goss while Phil Hines, Mike Cerinaro, and James Lawrence are separated by just a couple hundred points.
ARP – Nitrous Pro Street sees Tricia Musi holding a little more than 1,000 points over number two chaser, Don Baskin. The class is a spread with normally aspirated and nitrous oxide injected weight and cubic inch rules applied to the tube chassis race cars. Musi says that even though she mostly has the championship wrapped up, she still has something to prove by coming to the final event and going additional rounds.
Third in points is Mark Hoagland who has his sights set on Baskin with just a little more than 200-points dividing their current number two and three positions.
Tricia Musi has a dominating lead in the ARP – Nitrous Pro Street class. She notes that she is still here at the finals for her own reasons. She explains she “still has a dog in the fight” by continuing to prove herself to the seasoned veterans in the class.
“We had some timing hiccups here in the first round of qualifying which slowed us to a 4.51 ET,” Trish adds. “We ran a 4.39 in the afternoon test session so we will get back in the hunt by our next round of qualifying.”
Edelbrock – Xtreme Street is the NMCA category where greater liberties are allowed with engine/body combinations, yet still comes down to the single power-adder, and small tire rule restrictions. Jessie Coulter has owned this class for years and he leads in his LS-powered Camaro. Scott Guiler and Tony Orts still have a shot at the championship with fewer than 500-points holding them back.
Leonard Long has rocked the FST Carburetors – NA 10.5 class going into the end of 2019. His accumulation of 2940 points at the start of the World Finals puts him more than 1,200-points over current number two the points roster, John Langer. Langer still has two racers from the class, David Theisen and Don Baskin breathing down his neck with less than 200-points dividing the three.
In Friday’s first round of qualifying, VP Racing Fuels Xtreme Pro Mod fans saw Don Walsh Jr. pull off a 3.735 ET to set the bar for all others to beat. Jim Widener is only .002 of a second behind Walsh with a 3.737 though Walsh was more than 10 MPH faster on the Indy scoreboard.
The Father and Son team of Jordan and Jeff Ensslin dominated the number one and three spots in the first round of ARP – Nitrous Pro Street. Currently ranked number four and seven, they are still going to give the final NMCA season points tally a run for its money. Number two qualifier for this first round is Billy Glidden with a 4.44 ET. Historians recognized Glidden’s recently refurbished black Mustang as his past winning ride that saw many winner’s circles years ago.
Mickey Thompson – Street Outlaw qualifying had Shawn Pevlor showing off his season dominance. He is currently number one on the qualifying list with a 4.42 ET with current number two in points, with Rob Goss turning a 4.53 ET.
Leonard Long stepped into the #1 spot in FST Carburetors – NA 10.5 by dipping into the seven-second zone with a 7.97 pass.
Friday, round 1 qualifying
A special Nostalgia Super Stock event titled the Dave Duell Classic took place on Friday. Ramon Powell of Middleton, Ohio, won the shootout over Jim Guy from Hilliard, Ohio. Guy broke out of his index with a 10.47 on a 10.50 while Powell ran a 10.252 on a 10.25 index.
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