HUBER WINS DRAG WEEK WITH 4 CYL Whips the small block power adder field with a Turbo 4!
Jon Huber of St. Louis Missouri likes to prove he can go fast with less, a lot less! He just finished winning Hot Rod Magazine's Drag Week competition in September in the small block power adder class - with a little 2.5 turbo 4 cylinder!
And he didn't just win, he slaughtered the competition running low 9's when the majority of the field was running low 10's. Quite an accomplishment to have the rest of the field covered by about 3 tenths with 1/2 the engine. Huber's best Drag Week pass was 9.23@150, and his 5-day average was 9.37. That performance won him Fastest Ford, Fastest 4-Cylinder and the small block power adder class championship while he was at it...
To pull that kind of performance out of so few cubes didn't happen overnight, Jon's been working on the car for a long time (he's owned it since 1979), but he's really getting her figured out now. We're also pleased to report that he switched to one of our new all billet converters, which we would like to think played a small part in his win..
Congratulations Jon and Huber Performance Racing on your well earned victory!
Photo Courtesy 1320video
Posted in Racing News - September 30th, 2009
REVIA GOES 4.70 FLAT IN TESTING Watch out Limited Street Records!!!
Chad Revia went to Baytown Texas for testing last weekend in preperation for the $10,000 race in Valdosta. It certainly appears he is READY!
Chad went 4.70@167 in legal ORSCA Limited Street trim! Wow... and it was no fluke either with several passes in the 4.70's. Incrementals were;
1.22 60' 3.20 330' 4.70 660' 167 mph
Give Virus Racing some good air, some more tuning and just watch the Limited Street Record get annihilated !!! Congratulations Chad and the Virus Racing Team!
Posted in Racing News - September 28th, 2009
STRIPLING BREAKS TXDRL RECORD Wins Tuff Street and goes 5.000@145 on a Single Stage Plate!!
Trevor Stripling has been back out breaking records again! This time his Red Camaro barked out a 5.00@145.73, a new record for Texas Drag Racing League Tuff Street.
Stripling defeated Austin's John Dinkel for the win in Tuff Street at Houston Motorsports Park, proving once again Strych9 Racing is the Big Dog with a single stage plate!
Congratulations Trevor!
Photos Courtesy Joe Golden, Hotrodgossip
Posted in Racing News - September 28th, 2009
ULSCH DOMINATES XTF AT ROCKINGHAM Runs 206 MPH out the back, faster than all other classes!!!
Driver Chuck Ulsch and Car Owner Gil Mobley flat blew away the ADRL MPH record at Rockingham Dragway Sept. 12th with a 206.39 during the final round. They not only recorded the fastest pass in XTF competition ever, but also recorded a faster MPH than all the other cars in both Pro Extreme and Pro Nitrous! Wow...
After defeating NCRC customers Todd Moyer and Spiro Pappas, Ulsch took out Jeff Paulk in the semifinal with another three second blast AND chopped the tree down with a .013 light. Ulsch went 3.997@198.23 to Paulk's respectable but not enough 4.13@171.36.
In the final the Mobley Team faced Gary White in the Titan Motorports car. Ulsch collected his second ADRL XTF win by taking White down with a 4.028@206.39 to Whites 4.21@158.43 - that's more MPH than any other car at this race including Pro Extreme and Pro Nitrous classes. It's also less then 1 mph away from Jason Scruggs Pro Extreme 207.43 ADRL Record - but on 10.5 tires!!!
Congratulations Chuck, Gil and the entire Mobley Motorsports Team!!!
Photos Courtesy Competitionplus.com
Posted in Racing News - September 16th, 2009
NCRC CUSTOMERS SWEEP 4 OUT OF 5 CLASSES AT STREET MACHINES Records fall and wins rack up in Pro Mod, O10.5, TT5 and D/R...
Ozark Raceway Park's Street Machine Shootout Race on September 10-12th was off the hook this year with spectacular racing action. Racers filled the pits and spectators jammed the bleachers at the once a year big race in SW Missouri. NCRC racers were out in force and hammered down wins in 4 out of 5 classes and broke 5 track records!!!
In Pro Mod, Ron Muenks in the Black Bat defeated Rick Farber in his beautiful 57 Chevy with a 4.15@175.99 to Farber's 4.29@171.56. The win marked Ron's first during a Street Machines Event!!
Photo by Wanda Ousley
In Outlaw 10.5, Turbo Todd Kitchen put his blue Firebird into the winners circle after cracking off consistently strong 4.30's passes for the whole event. He defeated Tim Slavens in an "All NCRC" final round when Slavens car got loose at half track and clipped the wall. Luckily Tim didn't get hurt and the car suffered mostly cosmetic damage. Tim sliding around wasn't any match for Kitchens early lift 4.67@130 pass which got him the win light. Kitchen also set low ET for the event and new personal best pass of 4.3233@171.62 - a new track ET Record! Also notable was NCRC customer Mike Kimmis in his Turbo Trans Am who set Top MPH for the event at 175.30, also a new track record! Unfortunately Kimmis suffered mechanical problems during eliminations and his day ended early.
Photo by Wanda Ousley
In True Ten Five NCRC was in the House!!! Early in qualifying Josh Lindsey and the Doc Mustang Team showed they had the power when they laid down a 160.71 mph record breaking blast during round 4, unfortunately waste gate issues hampered their efforts during eliminations. In the final round another long time NCRC Customer, Mike Genovese aka "Mike G", dug down deep and found some more ET when he cut the light down against Justin "Red" Martin who was busy in the other lane playing with his dash. Mike pulled out a .0254 light and went 4.865@151.16 vs Martin's slightly faster but .065 later light running 4.856@156.47. Genovese also recently won the ORP Super Street Outlaw race, so he's on a roll!
Photo by Wanda Ousley
In Drag Radial Fred Silbernagel fought a tough wheelstanding problem all day long only to get it figured out late in eliminations. Once he calmed the black beast down it was enough to break the track ET & MPH records during round 2 with a 5.1964@138.25 and backed it up with 5.2163@138.93 during round 3. Fred defeated NCRC Customer Stanley Newberry in the all NCRC final round running an off pace 5.3250@134.49 vs. Newberry's also off pace 5.7896@132.78.
Congratulations to all the winners, record breakers, runner-ups and thanks to all the competitors that came out to race at the Ozark Raceway Park Street Machines. We look forward to next year's event being bigger and better than ever!!!
Posted in Racing News - September 17th, 2009
NCRC WINNERS AT NMCA MILAN! Bucaro, Nesbitt, Singleton, Schmidt and Baskin take the cash...
NMCA raced at Milan, Michigan for their 3rd annual Muscle Car Nationals August 30th and Neal Chance customers were out in full force!
NMCA Nostalgia Pro Street
Joe Bucaro was the #1 Qualifier in NPS with a 7.4268@183.55. Joe found his way back to the winners circle again when he defeated Chuck DeMory in the final round with a 7.47@179 blast.
Congratulations Joe!!
NMCA Super Street
The next NCRC customer to take home a win was Tony Nesbitt who was the #3 Qualifier with top MPH at 209.32.
Tony was on a mission blasting through the ladder all the way to the final round where he faced veteren Nick Scavo in a Boost vs No Boost battle. Tony came out on top after a tire smoking pedal fest!
Congratulations Tony!!
NMCA Pro Stock
Andy Schmidt took home the Pro Stock win over Don Bowles with a 8.493 blast and clear advantage over Bowles 8.532@156.20.
Congratulations Andy!
NCRC customer Butch Kemp was #1 qualifier at 8.451@157.95 and the day was looking pretty good for him until the second round. After his show quality 67' Chevy II stood up, it got out of shape and rolled. A very sad turn of events for such a beautiful piece of machinery, but we're glad that Butch wasn't injured.
NMCA Xtreme Street
In Xtreme Street Chris Singleton drove the wheels off his Mustang with a 7.9650@175.12 blast putting him in the #1 spot and resetting the ET record in the process!!!
That pole position helped him get through 17 competitors on the way to the final round where he met Jamie Stanton in his new Camaro. Singleton tool the win light easily after Stanton pushed too hard and red lighted his chances away.
Congratulations Chris!!
NMCA Mean Street
Don Baskin also grabbed the #1 seat in Mean Street with a 10.480@126.01 pass. Don defeated Alan Von Ahnen in the final round with a 9.93 to Ahnen's 9.99!
Congratulations on another win Don!!
Photos Courtesy StreetLegalTV.com
Posted in Racing News - September 2nd, 2009
THOMASON DOMINATES PLATE SHOOTOUT Wins Midwest Street Cars Big Dollar Plate Race at Tulsa
Travis Thomason from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma schooled his competitors during the Midwest Street Cars Modified Street Big Dollar Plate Race on August 29th. Racers from all over the Midwest, even from Texas and Illinois capped off their foggers and plumbed up a single stage plate for the first event of this type at the track.
Thomason, the #1 qualifier, easily rolled through 27 cars with bracket like 5 teen's @139-140 mph consistency all night long on a tricky cold track. He faced another NCRC equipped car, Brenden Russel driving Mike White's Fatcat Motorsports Camaro in the final round and came out on top, 5.13@140 vs Russel's 5.38@135 attempt at 5:30 am in the morning!
Congratulations Travis on another outstanding performance and win!
Posted in Racing News - September 2nd, 2009
DANILUK TOP SPORTSMAN WINNER Also wins NHRA Best Engineered Award!
Barry Daniluk from Red Deer, Alberta, Canada has been tearing up the competition up North recently.
Daniluk just won the Top Sportsman class at the Yellowstone Drag Strip NHRA 6th Annual Summer Championships in Acton, Montana August 23rd!
His new Jerry Bickel built 68 Camaro sports a monster 820" Ron Miller wedge with the new all billet NCRC converter behind it is making some serious steam!. The combo got him to the #1 qualifying spot with a 6.828@199.85 - which if you take into account the air was 6500-7100 feet, that's mighty impressive...
After mowing through the field, Barry defeated Roy Trees in the final round with a 6.826@200.62 Vs a redlighting Trees who ran 7.306@188.07. Not only did Barry take home a Wally for his win, but he also won the NHRA Best Engineered Award!
Congratulations Barry on your win and we're glad you like the new converter!
Photo Courtesy Dean Murdoch
Posted in Racing News - August 27th, 2009
THOMAS TAKES MIR REAL STREET WIN Kicks MPH record to the CURB during 2nd round!
Phil Thomas has been making great strides with his LSX powered 2000 Mustang which his competition has been feeling the pains of lately.
Phil's won the last two races in Maryland International Raceway's Real Street class and shattered the class MPH record at the last race! The previous record was 157 and Phil laid down a 4.87@162.68 during the semi-finals at the last race - he's got some big power going on!!
Thomas runs a 438" LSX Chevy Engine with a single 106mm Turbo built by Crew Cheif Shawn Miller of Virginia Speed, Inc. and runs a Neal Chance Bolt Together Converter in front of his Glide. Look for more wins from this team as they continue to sort out the car which only has 12 passes on it this year!
Congratulations Phil, Shawn and the rest of the Thomas Team on your wins and records!!!
Multiple NCRC customers displayed record breaking performances at the ADRL race at National Trail Raceway August 22nd!
Spiro Pappas, the #5 Qualifier became the second XTF racer to break into the three second zone when he defeated #1 Qualifier Chuck Ulsch in an all NCRC matchup during the 3rd round of elminations. Pappas went 3.992@190.11 vs Ulsch's 4.051@197.48 granting him membership in the exclusive three second club!
Chuck Ulsch, the first member of the 3 second club, also broke new ground by breaking his own ET record during the 1st round with a 3.982 and becoming the first to break the 200 mph barrier during the 2nd round of eliminations!
In the finals Pappas defeated Billy Glidden to capture his first Ironman in ADRL competition when he went 4.051@197.48 to a redlighting Glidden!
Congratulations to both the Pappas and Ulsch/Mobley Teams on their outstanding performances!! We're very excited to see how fast everyone is going with the new all billet NCRC converters!
Photo Courtesy ADRL
Posted in Racing News - August 25th, 2009
ROBERTSON DOOR WARS WINNER Team Aeroquip racks up 3rd win this season
Todd Robertson and his Pro Power Motorsports team has collected yet another win for their 2009 season!
Robertson won the Summit Motorsports Park Door Wars Race August 14th in Norwalk, Ohio after qualifying in the #2 seat with a 4.08@177. He started out by defeating Carl Rossler in the 1st round, won a close pedal fest with John Decerbo in the semifinal and whipped Mark Malcuit in the final round with a 4.09@177.9!
That performance marks the teams 3rd win this season our of 9 outings, along with 3 runner ups and 3 #1 qualifiers. Pretty impressive!
Congratulations to Todd and the Pro Power Motorsports Team!!!
Posted in Racing News - August 20th, 2009
REVIA CAPTURES THIRD OTTA WIN Scores 3rd Outlaw True 10.5 win in a row at Evadale, Texas
Chad Revia's been on a hot winning streak this summer! He won his third race in a row August 15th at the OTTA Outlaw True Ten Five Race in Evadale Texas.
Revia qualified #4 in the 14 car field with a 4.85@161.00 and broke into the 4.70's during the semi-finals where he recorded a 4.79@164! Consistent fast passes were the secret that took Virus Racing all the way to the winners circle when he defeated Jimmy Gardner in the final round with a 4.81@164 blast!
Congratulations Chad and the Virus Racing Crew on your wins!!!
We would also like to give props to NCRC Customer Kyle Huttel who set a new OTTA record during eliminations with a 4.67!
Posted in Racing News - August 17th, 2009
FIRST TO THE 3'S !!!! Ulsch/Mobley break the 3 second barrier in ADRL XTF
Chuck Ulsch and Gil Mobley went down in history Saturday night at the ADRL race at Gateway for being the first to break the three second barrier in ADRL Extreme 10.5!!! They ran 3.98@197.88 which also broke the MPH record as well. All done with a conservative 1.05 60', the Camaro went 2.733 to the 330'!! Not only is that the first pass in the threes for ADRL, it's the first ever on 10.5 tires! Next stop 3.80's !!!!
Ulsch will be the first member of the Mickey Thompson Extreme 10.5 3 Second Club which awarded the team with $3000 from Mickey Thompson and $5000 from Flowmaster for the ground breaking achievement.
Unfortunately Chuck got loose and had to pedal in the final round against Billy Glidden, but the runner up finish after breaking the record on a hot track and hot summer air is remarkable. We can't wait till the temperatures cool off this fall to see just how fast their Camaro is going to go!!
Last but not least, of course we also have to mention Gil and Chuck are running the new NCRC All Aluminum Billet Converter - The only converter in the threes on 10.5 tires...
Awesome achievement guys! Big congratulations from the entire staff at NCRC!!!
Posted in Racing News - August 10th, 2009
DOWNS RECORDS THREEPEAT WEEKEND Three Back to Back Wins at Thunder Valley and Tulsa
Wow - when you're hot your hot!!! Clint Downs from Yukon, Oklahoma had a race weekend many have only dreamed of, three back to back wins in two nights!
Downs started out the Hot August 7th weekend with a win in Thunder Valley's PSRA Extreme Street class over a traction challenged Mike Genovese in an "ALL NCRC" final round.
Then he traveled to Tulsa Raceway Park to run MAKO Real Street. Due to a previous rainout an earlier race was concluded during qualifying and Downs defeated DeWayne Mills for the final round win, his first race win for the night and second for the weekend!
After wading through the stiff competition he defeated Travis Thomason for yet ANOTHER win in an "All NCRC" final, 5.164@138.27 vs Thomason's off pace 5.247@137.46
Congratulations Clint for a spectacular winning weekend!
Posted in Racing News - August 11th, 2009
NMCA/NMRA ZMAX WINNERS NCRC Customers at the "All Star Nationals" bring home the $$$$
Both NMCA and NMRA were running at the new Zmax Dragway in Charlotte North Carolina August 8th. Hot temperatures made racing difficult, but NCRC customers rose to the challenge and took home SIX class wins!!!
Congratulations to all the NMCA and NMRA Winners for taking home the coin under some very challenging conditions!!!
NMCA Super Street
Jim Blair won his second race in a row in NMCA Super Street when he defeated Tony Nesbitt in an "ALL NCRC" final round in a strange finish for both racers.
Nesbitt had a mechanical failure during the pass and Blair had and issue coming up on the transbrake and was ready to abort the pass...until he saw Nesbitt broke. Blair took off with probably the slowest light in his driving career, a 2.901! Jim ended up catching and passing Tony for the win!
Like they say.. "It's not over till it's over" - this win proves you never know how a race will turn out!
NMCA Xtreme Street
Chris Singleton also found the winners circle at Zmax in Xtreme Street with his first victory since Maple Grove.
Singleton defeated Bill Trovato with a 8.152@173.81 to Bill's 8.362@166.91 which was quite a trick thanks to the challenging hot track surface.
NMCA Pro Stock
Skip Baskin took home the honors in Pro Stock over the hard charging Michael DeMayo. Demayo was running very strong all weekend with the low ET and top mph during qualifying.
In yet another "All NCRC" final, Baskin ran 8.62@156.19 to DeMayo's 8.846@158.22 - both very impressive performances for the conditions.
NMCA Mean Street
Don Baskin also followed up with a win in Mean Street at Zmax after winning Joliet in July. Don beat Alan Von Ahnen in a close race 10.059@131.57 to 10.088@132.00
NMRAHot Street
Robbie Blankenship chopped the tree down on Don Bowles in Hot Street in order to get to victory circle.
Blankenship cut a .017 light against Bowles who had a .078, then ran 8.886@154.14 vs Don's 8.864@152.02 for a nail biter of a race!
NMRA Drag Radial
David Guy got his first win in Drag Radial which we're sure felt good after collecting the wall at Milan back in June. He easily took out Enzo Pecchini who must have been having a bad day with a healthy 8.206@167.68 vs Enzo's 10.188@107.29
David Guy was able to take the win over Enzo Pecchini for his first victory in Drag Radial. Pecchini’s car never really ran right as he was way off the pace as he ran a 10.188@107.29 that wasn't enough for Guy’s 8.206@167.68.
Photos Courtesy StreetLegalTV.com and StangTV.com
Posted in Racing News - August 11th, 2009
ULSCH & MOBLEY SET XTF RECORD ADRL Extreme 10.5 Record Falls ... 3's will be here soon!
Chuck Ulsch collected his first win of the 2009 ADRL Season last weekend at the Richmond Event and received the maximum points available - all 516 of them...
Ulsch, driving Gil Mobley's brand new Vanishing Point 68 Camaro, broke both ends of the XTF record with a 4.01@195.73 blast during qualifying putting him in the #1 position. A very impressive run, but especially awesome since the car was setup very soft (1.06 60') to deal with the high track temps over the weekend.
To put that run into perspective, the car has ran .990 60' in previous runs and based on his back half numbers of 1.25 - this car has the capability of running in the 3.80's at 200+ when the stars are all lined up just right!!
Chuck later recorded a 197.19 mph pass when he defeated Jeff Naiser during round 3 of eliminations! In the final round the Mobley Motorsports Team defeated Gary White in the Titan Motorsports car with a 4.032@196.07 to White's 4.070@179.56, moving Ulsch to the #8 position in points.
Everyone here at NCRC is extremely proud of this new record as it was done with our new All Aluminum Billet Converter, proving it's not only the lightest, most efficient converter available today, but also strong enough to stand the power of a big screw blower... Just imagine what 6 to 17 lbs less rotating weight can do for your car's performance!
Big Congratulations to Chuck Ulsch, Gil Mobley, Todd Tutterow and the Mobley Motorsports Team!! We can't wait to see the car back out again!
Photo Courtesy CompetitionPlus.com
Posted in Racing News - July 28th, 2009
BOWMAN WINS D/R AT FAMOSO Resets both ends of WCHRA Drag Radial Record!
Dave Bowman did a great job beating down the competition at the West Coast Hot Rod Association “Shootout at Sundown” in McFarland, Califonia July 24th.
Bowman, the 2008 Drag Radial Champion, seized the #1 spot in qualifying with a 5.076@148.61, resetting both ends of the record in the process! He broke the MPH record once again in round #2 with a 5.133@150.05.
In the finals against Dee Pfnister, Dave laid down a 5.067@150.00 pass vs Pfnister's lifting 5.881 to reset the ET record once again! The win puts Bowman at a clear advantage in the points lead for the 2009 season with one race left in September.
Congratulations Dave and Team on a Outstanding Win and the New Records!
Photo Courtesy Reflections Of Motorsports Photography
Posted in Racing News - July 27th, 2009
FUTCH ORSCA OUTLAW 10.5 WINNER All NCRC Final Round at "House of Hook" Carolina Dragway
Bill Futch and Tim Lynch competed in a "All NCRC" final round at ORSCA's Carolina Dragway July 26th. Futch went 4.36 to Lynch's 4.44 for the win!
Congratulations to Bill Futch and Carlos Zalidvar on the win also to Tim Lynch and Steve Petty on the R/U Finish!
Photo Courtesy John Fore III
Posted in Racing News - July 27th, 2009
DECERBO GOES 4.00's TESTING Testing at Thompson Raceway
We got word that John Decerbo was out testing last weekend at Thompson Raceway where he recorded a 4.003@182.70 in his Nitrous Pro Mod - Talk about so close to the 3 second zone! John just finished winning back to back Quick 8 races at Norwalk and Thompson back in May, and was #1 Qualifier at Thompson Dragway's Asphalt Wars July 18th.
Decerbo is one of our first customers to test the All Aluminum Billet Converter and we're looking forward to seeing him in the 3's sometime soon!
Posted in Racing News - July 27th, 2009
NMCA/NMRA SUPERBOWL WINNERS NCRC Customers Seize 5 Class Wins at Joliet!!!
NCRC had a bunch of our customers breaking records and winning races at the 2009 NMCA/NMRA Super Bowl in Joliet in July!!!
Congratulations to all of our NMCA and NMRA Customers on your wins and records!!!
NMCA NPS
Kevin Parent reset the record in Nostalgia Pro Street and ran consistently fast all weekend. Parent's Nasty Red Nova was #1 Qualifier with a 7.361@183.02 and took home wins in both NMCA and the Superbowl competition!
He defeated Dan Rawls the NMRA Renegade Winner in the Super Bowl race. 7.40 to Rawls 8.53 largely due to a .009 hole shot by Parent!
NMCA Super Street
Jim Blair, the #3 Qualifier in Super Street chased getting his setup perfected at Joliet. Blair got it figured out close enough to be able to move through the ladder all the way to the final round where he got a single when Frank Mewshaw broke.
NMRA Pro Outlaw
Doug Sikora made the long pull from the West Coast to run in NMRA Pro Outlaw and qualified #1 with a 6.69. During eliminations he better that ET with a 6.68!! In the finals Doug runnered up against Dan Millen in a close race, losing by only .015 due to a bit of tire spin.
Doug normally races the WCHR where he has won all three events this year and has the current record at 4.44@170. He also races PSCA and is #3 in points.
Photo Courtesy Quartermiledesigns.com
NMCA Pro Stock / NMRA Hot Street
In NMCA Pro Stock Skip Baskin qualified #1 with a 8.483@156.34 mph pass. He then beat Andy Schmidt in eliminations, 8.487@155.02 mph vs Schmidt’s 8.508@159.76.
Skip followed up by beating Charlie Booze, winner of the NMRA Hot Street Class in a "All NCRC" Superbowl final. Booze cut the better light, but fell off down track to a 8.77 as Baskin motored on by with an 8.49 for the win.
NMCA Mean Street
Don Baskin was the NMCA Mean Street Winner. He defeated Alan Von Ahnen with a 9.961@128.73 mph, besting Von Ahnen’s 10.068 @ 131.74 mph run.
Photos Courtesy StreetLegalTV.com
Posted in Racing News - July 27th, 2009
NEWSHAM & BIG DADDY WIN CECIL Joe Newsham and Dewayne Gutridge in the winners circle
Joe Newsham and Team J & E put another notch in their gun after winning the 4th of July at Cecil County's Outlaw Street Car Shootout in Outlaw 10.5.
Joe didn't have a easy time getting through the field as his bad blue mustang wanted to stand up and skate around but he held things together. Newsham got it working much better by semifinals where he defeated Tj Kasper. In the final round he smoked Mo Hall with a 4.49@168 pass!
In Drag Radial, "Big Daddy" Dwayne Gutridge captured his first win at Cecil this year after coming oh so close at the previous race. Dwayne must have loaded up the file labeled "Bracket Race Time" as his car was able to get down track when others were blowing the tires off.
It was so consistent he ran back to back 4.79@163 passes in both the semifinals and final round where he took out Lewis Jones for the win.
Congratulations Joe and Dwayne on your wins!!!
Photos Courtesy Tim Lewis
Posted in Racing News - July 7th, 2009
KELLEY & MICHALAK WIN TXDRL Kenjo Kelley and Jason Michalak victors at HMP
Kenjo Kelly took the honors at Texas Drag Racing Leagues race at Houston Motorsports Park June 20th. With track temps hovering in the 140 degree range, Kenjo whipped out a 4.79@159.63 pass during qualifying, putting him in the #1 chair in True Outlaw.
Kelley defeated E. Stubbs in the final round, 4.7906@160.43 to Stubbs aborted 8.342@57.29 attempt.
Congratulations Kenjo!
In TXDRL Tuff Street, Jason Michalak grabbed his second win of the season! Jason defeated Dwight Cannon for the win in the stock suspension class.
Jason was off pace during qualifying but quickly picked up during eliminations where he ran a 5.27@138.33 against Dewight's 5.37@134.65.
Congratulations on Back to Back Victories Jason!
Photos Courtesy Nitroart.com
Posted in Racing News - June 24th, 2009
TONY NESBITT WINS AT 'DA GROVE Team Midnight Outlaw 10.5 winner at Great Lakes Dragway
Team Midnight's Tony Nesbitt picked up a Outlaw 10.5 win last weekend during Great Lakes Dragway's Nitrous Street Car Brawl.
His other Team Member, Barb Nesbitt, qualified #1 but broke a strut in her Camaro ending her chances early. Luckily Barb is quite a driver and was able to escape the wild ride without injury or hitting anything.
Congratulations Tony and we're glad to hear you're safe Barb!
Posted in Racing News - June 23rd, 2009
NMCA MILAN CUSTOMER RESULTS NCRC customers out in force...
3 Time NMRA SSO Champ John Urist proved once again he's the man to beat at the June 13th NMRA Milan race. Urist, the #1 qualifier with a 7.4002@197.34, defeated Don Burton in a close blower vs. Nitrous race during the final round.
Dave Guy got his feet wet in NMRA BFG Drag Radial and showed the field he came packing when he went 8.03@182.18 mph - good enough for the #2 spot and top mph!
Unfortunately Dave got loose during the semifinals and collected the wall ending his day early. Hopefully repairs will be easy and we're glad to hear he wasn't hurt.
Over in Hot Street Mike Demayo Sr. and Max Gross were making their first passes on their new NCRC all-aluminum converter. The team was rewarded with multiple 1.16 60' times and a #2 qualifying position on the new setup. Robbie Blankenship, another NCRC customer, grabbed the #1 position in qualifying.
Max went all the way to the finals where he ran a 8.748 to Hanlon's 8.758, but unfortunately left too early drawing a .037 red light giving the win to Hanlon.
Congratulations Fella's on your wins, runner ups and strong performances!
Photos Courtesy StangTV.com
Posted in Racing News - June 17th, 2009
MICHALAK GRABS 4th WIN AT SEALY Another Ultimate Street Class Win at Lone Star Raceway
Jason Michalak took his big blue Chevelle into the winners circle June 13th at the Sealy, Texas Ultimate Street race held at Lone Star Raceway.
Michalak defeated Chad Smallwood in an all NCRC final round - his third win this year!
We just finished building a custom all-aluminum converter recently for him and we're happy to see it's working well for him first time out!
Congratulations on your win Jason!!!
Photo Courtesy ssracingphotography.com
Posted in Racing News - June 15th, 2009
THE JUNE 6th WINS KEEP ROLLING IN Texas TT5, MAKO, Ozark, Sunshine, I-22 and ADRL News
Texas True Ten Five
Texas True Ten Five at the new Dallas Raceway there was another "All NCRC" final. John Mathis defeated Miquel Varela 5.64 to 5.77 to take home the win in True Street! Congrat's John!!
MAKO Outlaw 10.5
Up North at Tulsa Raceway Park Travis Thomason defeated last years class champion Clint Downs for the win in MAKO Real Street! This was another "All NCRC" final!! Congrat's Travis!!
Ozark Raceway Park
A few hundred miles northeast of Tulsa, Bill Cuglietta defeated Craig Ondrick for the win in True Ten Five at the Ozark Raceway Park Shootout. Bill just recently switched to a NCRC converter and it really helped wake his car up. He ran 5.3382@142.68 to Ondrick's 6.1154@132.04.
In Outlaw Ten Five Aaron York defeated Mike Kimmis in yet again another all NCRC final - earlier in the day Kimmis broke the track record running a 4.4779!
Pro Mod also had two NCRC customers in the final round, Eddie Rogers defeated Ron Muenks in a late night final round pedal fest 5.1859 to 5.3894
- Way to go Guysll!!
I-22 Motorsports Park
Keith Szabo went to the winners circle at I-22 Motorsports Park in True Ten Five by solidly defeating Paul Solize. Keith has been racking up the wins this year! Congratulations Keith!
Sunshine Heads up Madness
At the Sunshine Heads up Madness race, Bill Futch put the hammer down on Markiewicz in Outlaw 10.5, and set a new track record 4.36! Awesome Performance Bill!!
ADRL Martin
ADRL is off the hook - we're betting a NCRC equipped car will be the first to 200mph AND the first to the 3's in the 1/8th in Xtreme Ten Five! Todd Moyer and Spiro Pappas both just about did it at Martin last weekend. Pappas laid down a 4.05 and Moyer a 4.04 before the event was called for rain - it's going to happen soon!!! Maybe we'll see it at Topeka?
Also at ADRL Martin, there were other NCRC converter equipped cars running very hard in Pro Nitrous.. John Decerbo ran a 4.04@182, Lee Adkins ran a 4.07 and John Vergotz ran a 4.09!
Posted in Racing News - June 10th, 2009
4 CLASS WINS AT NMCA MAPLE GROVE! Bucaro, Singleton, Booze & Baskin take home $$$$
Wow - what a weekend for NCRC customers! At the NMCA Maple Grove race there were customer class wins in Nostalgia Pro Street, Xtreme Street, Pro-Stock and Mean Street... What do all those cars have in common? Why, it's Neal Chance Racing Converters!
Of course the other common thing about these racers is that they all work VERY HARD on their racing programs, and we're proud to be associated with their efforts!
In Nostalgia Pro Street Joe Bucaro defeated Barb Nesbit in an "All NCRC" final round. Bucaro ran 7.531@181.84 to Nesbit's 7.74@178.63. This win marks Joe's 2nd for this year - he's on a roll!
Chris Singleton took home the honors in Xtreme Street. He defeated Chuck Bartholme in a close race, 8.158@172.63 to 8.165@169.76.
Charlie Booze Jr. laid the smack down on Mike Konigshofer in Pro Stock! Booze wasted no time at the tree with a .047 light and ran her out the back door recording a "Can't catch this" 8.582@152.18 to Konigshofer's 8.715 attempt.
And last but not least, Don Baskin put his Chevy II in the Mean Street winners circle after defeating a redlighting Alan Von Ahnen, 10.061@130.07 to Ahnen's 10.119@131.65
Unfortunately NCRC customer Mike Yedgarian lost his car in a wreck during the semifinals. We're hoping the damage isn't too bad and wish him a speedy recovery getting the car back together.
Congratulations to all the winners from the folks here at NCRC!
Photos Courtesy StreetLegalTV.com
Posted in Racing News - June 10th, 2009
VRETTOS CoRuPt's CECIL COUNTY Another "ALL NCRC" Final Round in Drag Radial
Several NCRC Heavy Hitters were out to test their luck at Cecil County's Outlaw Street Car Shoot Out June 6th. "Big Daddy" Dwayne Gutridge ripped off a 4.78@169 during qualifying which landed him the #1 spot. Alex Vrettos and Paul Major both followed up with solid 4.9X passes.
In eliminations, Major's Corvette had issues, putting him slightly off pace until he ended up getting loose and collecting the wall during round 2. At least Paul didn't get hurt, and we can hope the damage isn't too bad so he can be out racing again soon.
Gutridge and Vrettos both sawed through the field and ended up in a not so rare "All NCRC" final.
The odds were on Big Daddy who was consistently in the 4.70's on almost every pass where Vrettos was still getting a handle on his new setup. When it was show time, Vrettos and Team CoRupt proved "it ain't over till it's over" when Gutridge had to pedal giving Vrettos some breathing room. Alex went 4.87@150 and Big Daddy 5.08@142.
Congrat's to both Team CoRupt on their Win and Big Daddy on his Runner-Up and breaking the track record!
Photo Courtesy Clickclickboom Photography
Posted in Racing News - June 9th, 2009
NCRC RACE WEEKEND WRAP UP Customers seize wins at NHRA, IHRA and Ram Shootout
A number of NCRC customers scored impressive wins during the last weekend of May.
Charlie Booze, the reigning Ram Racing N/A 10.5 class Champion took home another victory in the during the Ram Racing Event in Numida, PA. Way to go Charlie!!!
Richie Preiser set a IHRA Super Stock Record in SS/AM at Richmond Dragway. He ran 5.729, .471 under the index during qualifying then got all the way to the finals but pushed the tree a bit too far. He still had a great day with a new record and a runner up! Congrat's Richie!!!
Tim Forshee from Wichita, KS won Super Street at the NHRA Nationals in Topeka. Tim beat Brandon Kanan in the final round and went 10.969@134.74 on his winning run. Congratulations Tim!!!
Posted in Racing News - June 4th, 2009
ADKINS PRO NITROUS ADRL DEBUT Raises a few eyebrows at ADRL Memphis with .972 60'
Lee Adkins in only his 6th pass ran a .972 60 ‘ and cut .019 light against Halsey in the first round of ADRL at Memphis. At the 330’ it looked like an upset, but Halsey showed his huge power coming around Adkins on the big end. Once Lee and his Team have some more time with the combination, you can bet this car is going to be a Power Hitter!
Lee you have the attention of the nitrous world and the haters will cry blanket draggin 60’, but the naysayers need to do is look at the reaction time .019 and they'll realize there's no blanket draggin going on here!
Photo Courtesy Competition Plus
Posted in Racing News - May 27th, 2009
DECERBO & GIBBONS WIN AT NORWALK Decerbo doubles up with Norwalk & Thompson Raceway Win!
John Decerbo had a great Memorial Day weekend - He won Norwalk's "Door Wars" race on Friday, then turned around and won at Thompson Raceway again on Saturday!!!
Decerbo went 4.09@181 at Norwalk and 4.07@182 at Thompson - talk about consistent! John beat clutch cars on both nights in the finals and in both cases out mph'd them!!!
Take it from John Decerbo... "DUMP your clutch and install the latest billet aluminum converter from Neal Chance, only 22 lbs" or you can just hope you don’t line up next to somebody running one!
Also at Norwalk, J.R. Gibbons won again in Drag Radial!!! And man talk about some MPH, he 198 out the back door!
Congratulations to both Decerbo and Gibbons on your wins!
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BLANKENSHIP SMASHES NMRA RECORD Robbie Blankenship raises the bar yet higher for Hot Street
At the NMRA race in Atco, New Jersey May 18th, Robbie Blankenship proved once again he's a bad dude in Hot Street.
Robbie, the #1 qualifier, cracked the old record in Hot Street during 2nd round of eliminations when he ran a 8.587@156.14! Wow... the first to the 8.50's, and it was no fluke either, he ran a string of 8.50's during the day.
Blankenship made it to the final round only to find problems where he passed the win to Don Bowles who ran a 8.66 to his aborted 10.466 effort. There is no doubt that Blankenship will be fixing the problem and be back out soon in his Roush Powered Hot Street Killer.
Congratulations to Mr. Blankenship on the new Record and R/U Finish!!!
We would also like to pass along get well soon wishes to long time customer Charlie Booze who broke his crank during qualifying.
Photo Courtesy Street Legal TV
Posted in Racing News - May 22nd, 2009
WILLIAMS AND THOMASON WIN T-TOWN Outlaw 10.5 and Limited Street "ALL NCRC" Finals
In a not so rare situation, all four final round finalists in LS and Outlaw 10.5 at the "Throw Down in T-Town" just so happened to be NCRC Customers! Makes it tough to know who to cheer for, but hey we still love to see it...
Stan "The Man" Williams at his second race since resuming his race career took down "Turbo Todd" Kitchen in Outlaw 10.5. Stan slaughtered the tree with a .005 light and ran a 4.977@162.70 to Kitchen's 5.39@116.28 - both cars well off their normal potential.
Over in Limited Street, Travis "Quazzy" Thomason put the hurt to Mike "G" Genovese in the final round. Thomason ran a 5.008@146.72 to G's off pace 5.443@143.34.
Congratulations to all the T-Town Winners and Runner Ups from the folks here at NCRC!!!
Photo Courtesy Cxpress Photography / Tulsa Raceway Park
Posted in Racing News - May 21st, 2009
NEWSHAM TAKES 1320X MILAN WIN First Outlaw 10.5 Win of the Season for Team J & E
Joe Newsham and Team J & E picked up their first Outlaw 10.5 win of the season at Milan's 1320X race Saturday May 16th.
Joe defeated Bill Lutz in the final round 6.775@222.74 Vs Lutz's spinning 6.937@205.50. Newsham was also the #1 qualifier.
Watch for Team J & E to make a lot of progress over the next few months as they learn how to harness some new found power over the winter.
Congratulations Joe & Team J & E Performance!!!
Photo Courtesy Mike the Photo Guy
Posted in Racing News - May 18th, 2009
STRIPLING SCORES AT LITTLE RIVER Breaks Huettel's old "Little Pooch" record in the heat
May 9th Trevor Stripling and crew took a road trip out to Little River Dragway to try his luck at their "Little Pooch" race which is very similar to the Houston Ultimate Street Rules he normally races at.
Due to the heat, getting down the track was a challenge for the Strych9 Team but they managed to take enough power out to squeak out a 5.24@138 in qualifying, good enough for #2 spot. During eliminations Stripling found some more bite and proceeded to dispatch Cord Clark with a 5.16 during round one. That pass also broke Kyle Huttel's previous record of 5.17!
Round two they kept the game plan the same, get down the track! It worked... Stripling beat Brad Dinkel who spun. During the final round of eliminations the team was up against Chad Smallwood, a familiar competitor from Houston's Ultimate Street Class. The get down the track game plan saved the day again when Smallwood blew the tires off and Stripling laid down a 5.24@139 for the win. Not a bad day at all, broke the track record AND took home the win!
Congratulations Trevor and the Strych9 Team!
Posted in Racing News - May 14th, 2009
KASPER DOUBLES UP AT ENGLISHTOWN Wins E-Town Season Opener and Neverlift for Jenna Race
On May 8th Tom Kasper, the E-Town 08 Track Champion collected his first win of the season in the Englishtown 8.50 index class.
Kasper then doubled-up by winning Sundays "Neverlift for Jenna" race - a charity event to raise money for Leo Barnaby's daughter, Jenna. In a class act gesture, he donated his entire first place prize of $2000 to Jenna's Fund!
An awesome display of sportsmanship Tom! Congratulations on wining both races, you're off to a good start this year!!
Photo Courtesy GoneDragRacing.com
Posted in Racing News - May 14th, 2009
SZABO WINS AT SOUTH GEORGIA 1st in Limited Street at ORTC Event
Keith Szabo took home the win Limited Street at the ORTC South Georgia Motorsports Park Race May 10th. Szabo qualified #1 with a 4.907@158.71 in the heat, with Eric Dillard, another NCRC Customer in the #2 seat with a 4.951@162.90.
Keith figured out the track better than most and was one of the most consistent car in LS during eliminations when many blew the tires off. He defeated Carlton Thompson for the win with a 4.92@157 to Thompson's spinning 5.79@112.
Congratulations Keith on the win!!!
Posted in Racing News - May 14th, 2009
GIBSON 1ST IN DRAG RADIAL MILAN Wins 09 Season Opener in Drag Radial
NCRC would like to give a shout out to JR Gibson for winning Drag Radial at the May 1st Milan Season Opener.
Gibson was #1 qualifier with a 7.76@198 and took home all the marbles!
Congratulations JR!!!
Photo Courtesy Outlaw Photo
Posted in Racing News - May 8th, 2009
TEN FIVE KINGS PREPARE FOR BATTLE Petty/Lynch & Spiro Pappas putting down record numbers
NCRC would like to officially welcome back Steve Petty and Tim Lynch to NCRC! The "Lynch Mob" recently switched back to an NCRC Converter and Rossler Transmission combo for their famous record setting Mustang.
And they are faster then ever...
At Atlanta the duo were testing the car and laid down a new record Outlaw 10.5 pass in some "not so great air" - They went...
Unfortunately later in the day on an even better pass (1.09 60', 330' 2.90) the car got out of the groove about the 1/8th mile and collected the wall. Luckily Tim wasn't hurt and the damage is repairable. Hopefully we'll see them back out again very soon!
Also recently Spiro Pappas was been out testing his new ADRL Extreme 10.5 Car resulting in a new 1/4 mile record as well! Pappas, on a lifting pass, went...
Wow !! Look at the numbers and you can get a good idea of where that pass was headed if he hadn't lifted early. He also matched another NCRC Customer, Todd Moyer, to the 1/8th with the 4.089@179 - also lifting - that was the night he wrecked the Firebird.
If you're seeing a trend here, you're not the only one, and it's not by accident, NCRC Customers are the true "Kings of 10.5" no matter where they race, no matter what class they are in!!! Run down a list of the fastest in the sport, you'll have to agree, "You don't stand a chance if you don't have a CHANCE"!
Congrat's guys on the killer numbers, we can't wait to see what the summers racing season has in store!
Posted in Racing News - May 8th, 2009
HUSSEY SETS NEW ZEALAND N2O RECORD NZDRA Top Doorslammer Record Holder
Wayne Hussey wrote in to tell us about his teams new record they set in New Zealand. Their 67 Nova laid down a 6.84@198.09 recently making it the fastest in the country on Nitrous!!
Wayne says he's sure his new aluminum converter had a lot to do with it, and that "it's a shame to have to hide it in the bell bellhousing!"
Congratulations from the folks here at NCRC Wayne!! It's so cool to see classic American Iron from across the world setting records!
Posted in Racing News - May 8th, 2009
NEW TECHNOLOGY HELPS WIN WALLY Scott Stephens puts new billet converter to the test
Scott Stephens has a new Trophy to put on his shelf - a "Wally", NHRA's most prestigious award. He received the treasured 12lb trophy after winning the NHRA Division 6 points race at Firebird Raceway.
Scott wrote in to tell us all about his racing weekend and the deadly consistent first passes with his new 9" Billet Converter ...
Marty,
Your company is known for having the fastest converters in the world, well I can also tell you that you also have the most consistent converters in the world.
During the Division 6 points race I ran my car in Top Sportsman and my qualifying passes were 7.778 in the right lane and 7.778 in the left lane on Friday.
Saturday's qualifying was rained out and we went directly into eliminations. With a huge weather change I ran 7.820 in first round to take out the number 2 points guy. After further rain delays we resumed eliminations on Sunday, I ran a 7.825 in second round for the win. I got the bye for the third round and only ran it to the thousand foot mark; the run completion was 7.822.
In the semis I had the number one qualifier and ran 7.824 just as it started to rain again, finals were postponed until Monday morning. In the final round I had the events defending champion, where I got lucky as he turned the red light on, as I was crossed up and had to lift.
The new all aluminum 9 inch converter that I bought from you paid for itself in the first race. There is not a lot of parts out there that you can put in the car and see immediate results, your converter is one of those parts.
Thanks for the great converter,
Scott Stephens
And Thank You Scott... We appreciated hearing of your win and how well the new converter worked for you!!! Congratulations!!!
Posted in Racing News - May 5th, 2009
DOWNS WINS CLASH TRUE TEN FIVE Campbell Breaks Clash TT5 Records & Runners Up
Clint Downs recorded his first win of the season during the The Clash of the Titans Season Opener at Tulsa Raceway Park Saturday. Downs, who recently switched his combination over to a F2 Procharger w/gear drive and a Glide, recorded his first 7 second pass during eliminations!
No doubt it was exciting for Clint to get that first seven, but he had his work cut out for him because on the other side of the ladder Shannon Campbell from Wichita, KS was busy breaking the COTT TT5 ET & MPH Records when he went 7.707@182.72! There was no doubt the hours between rounds were likely maddening...
"It Ain't Over 'til It's Over"
Both NCRC customers met up in the "All NCRC final round" with Campbell having a clear advantage on paper. Campbell got out first when he slaughtered the tree with a .000 reaction time, Downs next cut a respectable .071 but then Shannon stood his Mustang up almost to the bumper, lifted then did it again! Proving "It Ain't Over 'til It's Over", Downs motored straight down Broadway for the win, 8.100@170.00 to Campbells aborted 9.026@158.89.
Congratulations to both Racers from the folks at NCRC!!!
More Weekend Customer News
In other racing news this weekend, NCRC Customer Rob Valden got loose and crunched his car into the wall at Orangesburg. We're glad to hear he's ok and hope the damage isn't too extensive.
Down South Grant McCrary went 4.10@189 in Kennedale, Texas... Wow! Way to go G-Mac! and last but not least, Joe Newsham won the Atco Quick 8 Race!! Congrat's Joe!!
Photo Courtesy Cxpress Photography / Tulsa Raceway Park
Posted in Racing News - April 27th, 2009
BERRY & DILLARD DO IT AGAIN! Busted L/S Record Again with 12 Year Old Converter...
Todd Berry and Eric Dillard are at it again! This weekend at Alabama International Dragway they became the first Limited Street car in the record books to bust into the 4.50's when they recorded a 4.596@170 mph blast!
Incrementals were;
1.21 60' 3.13 330' 4.596@170.90 660'
An interested footnote, this record was slaughtered with a 12 year old NCRC converter - How many 12 year old converters could live behind 632 with twins? How many companies were making a converter capable of this feat and live 12 years ago? There is only one... NCRC!!!
Congratulations Guys !!!
Posted in Racing News - April 20th, 2009
PAPPAS RUNNERS UP IN ADRL XTF New Car Goes to the ADRL XTF Finals at First Race!!!
Only weeks after loosing his Hemi Camaro in a wreck at the NMCA race in Bradenton, Spiro Pappas is back in action! This time he's behind the wheel of Jerry Bickle built Pontiac GXP due to the hard work of his crew who we're sure burned some midnight oil getting the car ready for the ADRL Race at South Georgia Motorsports Park.
Pappas, Crew Chief Don Bailey and the rest of the team wrenched right through the new car blues. The guys took the car from "can't get down the track" in qualifying to a hard charging XTF competitor and ended up in the final round against Billy Glidden. Glidden ended up winning with a 4.091 to Spiro's 4.161, which is a runner up finish anyone can be certainly proud of!! Look for more out of the new Pontiac this year when they get her all dialed in!
Hat's off to Spiro and the Pappas Racing Team!
Photo Courtesy StreetLegalTV.com
Posted in Racing News - April 14th, 2009
COBRA JETS FASTER WITH CONVERTERS New Cobra Jet Mustangs Beat Manuals by 2 MPH!!
Holzman Race Cars in Wichita recently finished up the first 2 of 5 Cobra Jet Mustangs, four of which will be raced. Serial #001 and #002, destined to be driven by Gary Stinnet and Jim Waldo in A/SA were converted to 3 speed automatics and fitted with Neal Chance Racing Converters. In testing the automatic equipped cars are out MPHing the manual cars by 2 MPH!!
Photo Courtesy StangTV.com
Posted in Racing News - April 13th, 2009
ULSCH & VRETTOS TAKE CECIL COUNTY NCRC Customers win Outlaw 10.5 and Outlaw Drag Radial
Chuck Ulsch and Gil Mobley picked up where they left off last year, in the winners circle!
At Cecil County's 1st Street Car Shootout of the 2009 season the Mobley Motorsports team was back in action. The Team qualified #1 with a solid 4.20@190, .17 faster than the closest competitor. Driver Chuck Ulsch had no problem slicing through the competition delivering consistant passes in the 4.20's. In the final round it was Tom Kasper in his Proline Powered Turbo Mustang vs Ulsch but Kasper ran into problems and could only squeeze out a 4.81 against another 4.20 pass out of the big bad Camaro!
Congratulations Guys - Looks like it's going to be a very successful season for your Team!!
In Drag Radial Alex Vrettos brought out his Mustang that went through quite a few upgrades during the winter. Understandably after making a lot of changes there's going to be bugs to worked out on a new setup, but TEam CoRuPt got the job done with flying colors.
Vrettos qualified #1 with an off pace 5.08@152 - not a barn burner, but still good enough to grab that #1 seat. Paul Major, another NCRC Customer was also suffering first time out traction issues and qualified #4 with 5.43@148.
During eliminations traction issues continued to plague both Major and Vrettos, but Vrettos was able to put down enough power to overtake Major in an "All NCRC" semifinal - Major went a troubled 6.44@89, way off from the cars potential and Vrettos took the win with a soft 5.05@140 pass.
In the final round Vrettos faced the #2 qualifier Quentin Methany and both racers had to deal with a cold track. Vrettos did a better job of dialing back the power enough to successfully go 5.22@130 against Methany's tire spinning 5.58@134.
Congratulations on your win TEam CoRuPt and Alex Vrettos!!!
Photos Courtesy StreetLegalTV.com
Posted in Racing News - April 11th, 2009
FUTCH/ZALDIVAR SWITCH BACK TO NCRC BACK ON BOARD WITH NCRC - NOW FASTER THAN EVER!
After suffering way too many breakage problems with a "Brand X" transmission and converter combinations, Carlos Zalidvar decided to switch back to a tried and true, battle proven combo, a Neal Chance converter and Bruno/Lenco transmission. As a result his new Outlaw 10.5 Corvette is faster than ever! And no more breakage!
With Bill Futch handling the driving chores the team raced last weekend at the 1320X event in Rockingham. They qualified #2 with the new combo with a 4.35! Just .02 off the #1 seat. In the final round they runnered up with a 4.30 to Tim Lynch's slower 4.33, but Lynch chopped the tree down for the win during a close race.
Next Futch & Zalidvar traveled to Shadyside for the Garland Buff Memorial Race just in time for the Sunday qualifying session. In the final round they took home a solid $5000 win over Bryan Markowitz ending the weekend with both a Win and and Runner Up with no broken parts! A pretty good weekend in any racers book!
WELCOME BACK GUYS TO NCRC and CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WIN AND R/U!!!
Photo Courtesy Stacy Mac
Posted in Racing News - April 7th, 2009
NMCA BRADENTON CUSTOMER RESULTS NCRC CUSTOMERS GRAB WINS IN NPS AND SUPER STREET
The NMCA Season Opener at Bradenton Motorsports Park March 29th got off to a rainy start but was able to run most of their classes before the windy day was over on Sunday.
In Nostalgia Pro Street Joe Bucaro took home the win over Jim Widener with a small block - a first in the NPS class! Joe was the #1 Qualifier with a 7.524 and ran a 7.403@183.71 during eliminations!
Congat's Joe!!
In Super Street Jim Blair took home the honors after qualifying third with a 6.98@198 MPH. Jim just switched to a brand new NCRC Billet Aluminum Converter which the team learned needs some more adjustment to hit the exact needs for his combo. So look for some lower ET's at the next race!
Mike Yedgarian from Canada recently also switched to NCRC and ProLine Power for 2009. Mike grabbed the #1 qualifying position with a 6.88@213! Later in the day he went 6.79@219!! Mike redlighted in the semi-final against Jim Blair, ending his day early but we're sure he'll be back and running hard.
In the "All NCRC Final Round" - Jim faced another NCRC Customer, Spiro Pappas in the other lane. Blair cut the tree down big time on Pappas getting out first, and that was lucky because Pappas got loose, hit the wall and then crossed over the track in a flaming fireball behind him.
We're very sorry to learn Spiro lost his beautiful Camaro but very relieved that he wasn't injured.
Congratulations to Jim on his first win of the season and welcome to the NCRC Family!
In Xtreme Street we would also like to send an "Atta boy" to Aaron Stapleton who made it to the final round which wasn't able to be completed in Bradenton. Aaron set top speed during qualifying with a 8.088@182.87 mph blast putting him in the #2 spot. He'll face Bob Kurgan at the next event in Bowling Green to complete their final round.
NMCA Pro Stock also had a pair of NCRC Customers make it to the final round which hasn't been completed yet. Mike Demayo and Skip Baskin (one of our newer converts) are schedule to finish their race also at Bowling Green. Skip qualified #1 with a 8.556@153.81 and broke the NMCA record with an 8.43!!
Congratulations Skip on the new record!
Photo Courtesy StreetlegalTV.com
STRIPLING RESETS TDRL RECORD BLOWS AWAY TUFF STREET RECORD AT SEASON OPENER
Trevor Stripling picked up where he left off last year, by blowing away records at every available opportunity.
Last season he finished the year by kicking the OTTA Ultimate Street record to the curb with a 5.142@140.32 blast. Well, he didn't leave the car in the trailer all winter... no sir! He worked on the combo and it paid off for him at the Texas Drag Racing League Season Opener at Houston Motorsports Park.
Stripling started the day by qualifying #1 with a tire shaking 5.16@143.36, setting a new class record in the process. The team made some adjustments and went out and blew away the record again on the next pass with a 5.092@143.63 first round of eliminations, then a 5.050@143.40 in the 2nd round, and next followed up with a 5.074@143.22 in the semifinals. To put further salt in his competitors wounds, he did it on 28x10.5S's, true stock suspension, no digital MSD box, and a single stage Speedtech plate!
Unfortunately, due to an accident involving another NCRC Customer, Todd Moyer, the Tuff Street class was not able to finish their final round of eliminations ending the race early. You can bet that the Strych9 Racing Team is going to be putting the hurt to their competition all season long!
Way to go Trevor and the Strych9 Racing Team!
We would also like to express our best wishes to Todd Moyer and his team who lost their record setting ADRL XTF Firebird at HMP in a wreck at this race. We're glad that Todd was not injured and hope he can get back out racing gain soon!
Photo Courtesy NitroArt.com
NEAL FINDS HIS LUCKY RABBITS FOOT BLANKENSHIP & NEAL WIN @ NMRA SEASON OPENER
Keith Neal started the 2009 season off by forging his way into the winners circle at the NMRA Season Opener in Bradenton, Florida.
Neal, who had a pretty rough season last year, started off with a clean slate and ripped through the competition in his Garrett Turbo sponsored Mustang.
In a nail biting semi-final where both he and Mike Murrillo both went red, Keith got lucky and jumped the least allowing him to continue on to the final round where he faced defeated Ruben Tetsoshvili. Neal took home the win to Georgia, 7.281@199.37 to Ruben's tire smoking 9.20@147.34.
That's a pretty good way to start the season, especially when you consider it was the first time out for Keith with a untested new engine and electronics combination.
Congratulations Keith!!!
In Hot Street Robbie Blankenship picked right up where he left off last year by grabbing the #1 qualifier spot with a 8.634@155.60. The day continued to go his way through eliminations when he defeated Ben Mens in a double red light final. Robbie went -.01, 8.717@154.34 with no time recorded on Mens.
Way to go Robbie!!
Bradenton seems to be plauged lately with an abnormal number of red lights this year. There were quite a few at the previous Drag Radial Race as well.
On a side note, we're sorry to hear about the damage some of the racers had at Bradenton. Customer Conrad Scarry who recently won the "Battle of the Brands" in Orlando did some serious damage to his car when he wrecked during qualifying, Jerry Morgano wrecked his car during qualifying and Dwayne James suffered a serious fire during round 1. We're glad everyone was ok and no serious injurys occurred...
Photos Courtesy StangTV.com
Posted in Racing News - March 9th, 2009
MOYER FIRST EXTREME 10.5 OVER 185 SETS NEW ADRL XTF RECORD & WINS FLOWMASTER REWARD
NCRC Customer Todd Moyer reset the ADRL Extreme 10.5 MPH Record March 8th at Houston Raceway Park. He'll go down in history as the first one over 185 in the class and he collected a $5000 reward from Flowmaster for his efforts! Moyer laid down a blistering 4.12@187 mph pass during qualifying and again during the first round of eliminations.
Unfortunately Moyer got a red light in the 2nd round ending his day early, but look for a strong showing from the Texas native at the next ADRL race in Cecil, Georgia.
Congratulations Todd and the entire Moyer Crew!
Photo Courtesy StreetlegalTV.com
Posted in Racing News - March 9th, 2009
FUTCH WINS PBIR ULTIMATE SHOOTOUT HIS FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON IN OUTLAW 10.5
Bill Futch recorded his first win of the season last weekend at the Palm Beach International Raceway's Ultimate Shootout in Outlaw 10.5.
Armed with low ET of the event, Bill defeated Mike Stavrinos with a clear win in the final round with a 4.392@170.82 against Stavrinos who laid down a 4.561@154.40.
Another NCRC Customer, Kevin Fiscus, didn't have a great day in Drag Radial, but did manage to runner up even though the team wasn't running up to potential.
Congratulations Bill and Team on their win, and Kevin Fiscus on his R/U!
DILLARD RESETS L/S and D/R RECORDS RECORDS FALL AGAIN AT SGMP
2009 is going to be off the hook! We're seeing Drag Radial records getting reset almost every weekend by Neal Chance Customers... what a great way to start the season!
Last weekend at South Georgia Motorsports Park, Driver Eric Dillard and Car Owner Todd Berry reset both the Drag Radial and Limited Street records when they decided to try a set of M/T radials on their ORSCA Limited Street Car. After only three hits they ran a new Drag Radial 1/4 mile ET record by blasting down the track with a 6.91@221 - their increments were;
That's impressive, especially when you consider that was the third pass on radials and they were leaving pretty soft as shown in the 1.29 60' time. Since Drag Radials are legal for ORSCA Limited Street, the pass also resets that record as well! Their best 1/8 mile pass on the tires was a 4.640. Now the car runs a ORSCA L/S Legal 4-link, which may disqualify it from some peoples minds for a "Drag Radial" record, but like it or not, it ran the number and it's the new 1/4 Mile ET to beat period.
Congratulations Eric and Todd!
SCARRY WINS O10.5 @ BOTB ORLANDO 19th ANNUAL BATTLE OF THE BRANDS 1st 2009 WIN
Conrad Scarry started off the season with a bang by winning Outlaw 10.5 at the Battle of the Brands March 2nd. The Scarry Team switched to a big block twin 88 combo this year and went out and ran some 4.43@178 mph passes with his previous small block converter setup! So you can bet with some more tweaking the new bigger engine is going to be laying down some absolutely awesome ETs in the near future!
Congrat's on the Win Guys!
Posted in Racing News - March 3rd, 2009
FISCUS SETS NEW DRAG RADIAL RECORD TESTING AT SGMP YIELDS BIG RESULTS!
Kevin Fiscus raised the bar once again in the Drag Radial World after recording a pair of sub 6 seconds passes at South Georgia Motorsports Park last weekend.
Kevin got "oh so close" last Fall at the Bradenton Snowbirds race, but put the car on the bumper after recording a 7.06@202.79 and didn't get the chance. Next at the US Nationals at Bradenton he runnered up with a 4.66@164.86 final round showing he had the ability but needed some more tweaking to put it solidly in the 6's. Winners never rest, so Kevin and crew went back at it doing some more updates to the car and was rewarded at SGMP during testing.
Kevin went 4.609@164.97 to the 1/8th and 6.949@216.76 out the back door on his second pass (one of two 6 second passes). Now that's flying and repeatable! Not only is Kevin's Mustang quicker than any other Drag Radial car out there, it's also quicker than any True 10.5 Car to date that we're aware of... and he's only running a SBF with twin 88's!!!
Congratulations Kevin and Team, we knew you would run the number any time!
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Spiro Pappas ADRL XTF John Urist NMRA SSO Doug Sikora PSCA Outlaw 10.5 Bill Futch ORSCA Outlaw 10.5 Joe Newsham Atco Raceway Quick 8 1320X Ultimate Outlaw Josh Vettel NHRA Div 5 T/S Joe Bucaro NMCA NPS Jim Blair NMCA Super Street Chris Singleton NMCA Extreme Street Skip Baskin NMCA Pro Stock Don Baskin NMCA Mean Street Steve Lazarro OSCA Super Street Ernie Zambri OSCA 8.90 Xtreme
Street Jason Mahholic OTTA Ultimate Street Alex Vrettos Cecil County Outlaw Drag Radial Clint Downs MAKO Ten Five Chad Revia OTTA Outlaw
True Ten Five Ron Muenks ORP Pro Mod Aaron York ORP Outlaw Ten Five Don Erwin ORP True Ten Five Andy Vogt Great Lakes Dragway
Outlaw Q16 Champ Dave Bowman WCHRA Drag Radial J.R. Gibson Milan Drag Radial
2008 NCRC Champions
Robbie Blankenship NMRA Hot Street Dan Bott PSCA Hot Street Dave Bowman WCHRA Drag Radial Clint Downs MAKO Real Street Jeff Jablon TSDRA True Street Kenjo Kelley OTTA Limited Street COTT Super Street Leon Mathis OVOS True Street Grant McCrary COTT Outlaw 10.5 KOTH Outlaw 10.5 Joe Newsham ORSCA Outlaw 10.5
Cecil County
Atco Raceway John Oake OSCA Pro Comp Conrad Scarry NMRA Pro Outlaw Chad Smallwood COTT TT5 TTT5 Extreme 10.5 Keith Szabo ORSCA Limited Street John Urist NMRA Super Street Outlaw Michael Vaters Monster Spectacular James Wyatt IHRA Div 3 Top Sportsman
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Jon Huber of St. Louis Missouri likes to prove he can go fast with less, a lot less! He just finished winning Hot Rod Magazine's Drag Week competition in September in the small block power adder class - with a little 2.5 turbo 4 cylinder!
Chad Revia went to Baytown Texas for testing last weekend in preperation for the $10,000 race in Valdosta. It certainly appears he is READY!
Trevor Stripling has been back out breaking records again! This time his Red Camaro barked out a 5.00@145.73, a new record for Texas Drag Racing League Tuff Street. 
Driver Chuck Ulsch and Car Owner Gil Mobley flat blew away the ADRL MPH record at Rockingham Dragway Sept. 12th with a 206.39 during the final round. They not only recorded the fastest pass in XTF competition ever, but also recorded a faster MPH than all the other cars in both Pro Extreme and Pro Nitrous! Wow...
In Pro Mod, Ron Muenks in the Black Bat defeated Rick Farber in his beautiful 57 Chevy with a 4.15@175.99 to Farber's 4.29@171.56. The win marked Ron's first during a Street Machines Event!!
Travis Thomason from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma schooled his competitors during the Midwest Street Cars Modified Street Big Dollar Plate Race on August 29th. Racers from all over the Midwest, even from Texas and Illinois capped off their foggers and plumbed up a single stage plate for the first event of this type at the track. 
Barry Daniluk from Red Deer, Alberta, Canada has been tearing up the competition up North recently.
Phil Thomas has been making great strides with his LSX powered 2000 Mustang which his competition has been feeling the pains of lately. 
Multiple NCRC customers displayed record breaking performances at the ADRL race at National Trail Raceway August 22nd! 
Todd Robertson and his Pro Power Motorsports team has collected yet another win for their 2009 season! 
Chad Revia's been on a hot winning streak this summer! He won his third race in a row August 15th at the OTTA Outlaw True Ten Five Race in Evadale Texas.
Wow - when you're hot your hot!!! Clint Downs from Yukon, Oklahoma had a race weekend many have only dreamed of, three back to back wins in two nights! 
Chuck Ulsch collected his first win of the 2009 ADRL Season last weekend at the Richmond Event and received the maximum points available - all 516 of them...
Dave Bowman did a great job beating down the competition at the West Coast Hot Rod Association “Shootout at Sundown” in McFarland, Califonia July 24th.
Bill Futch and Tim Lynch competed in a "All NCRC" final round at ORSCA's Carolina Dragway July 26th. Futch went 4.36 to Lynch's 4.44 for the win!
Jason Michalak took his big blue Chevelle into the winners circle June 13th at the Sealy, Texas Ultimate Street race held at Lone Star Raceway.
Lee Adkins in only his 6th pass ran a .972 60 ‘ and cut .019 light against Halsey in the first round of ADRL at Memphis. At the 330’ it looked like an upset, but Halsey showed his huge power coming around Adkins on the big end. Once Lee and his Team have some more time with the combination, you can bet this car is going to be a Power Hitter! 
John Decerbo had a great Memorial Day weekend - He won Norwalk's "Door Wars" race on Friday, then turned around and won at Thompson Raceway again on Saturday!!!
Also at Norwalk, J.R. Gibbons won again in Drag Radial!!! And man talk about some MPH, he 198 out the back door!
At the NMRA race in Atco, New Jersey May 18th, Robbie Blankenship proved once again he's a bad dude in Hot Street.
Joe Newsham and Team J & E picked up their first Outlaw 10.5 win of the season at Milan's 1320X race Saturday May 16th.
May 9th Trevor Stripling and crew took a road trip out to Little River Dragway to try his luck at their "Little Pooch" race which is very similar to the Houston Ultimate Street Rules he normally races at.
On May 8th Tom Kasper, the E-Town 08 Track Champion collected his first win of the season in the Englishtown 8.50 index class.
Keith Szabo took home the win Limited Street at the ORTC South Georgia Motorsports Park Race May 10th. Szabo qualified #1 with a 4.907@158.71 in the heat, with Eric Dillard, another NCRC Customer in the #2 seat with a 4.951@162.90.
NCRC would like to officially welcome back Steve Petty and Tim Lynch to NCRC! The "Lynch Mob" recently switched back to an NCRC Converter and Rossler Transmission combo for their famous record setting Mustang. 
Wayne Hussey wrote in to tell us about his teams new record they set in New Zealand. Their 67 Nova laid down a 6.84@198.09 recently making it the fastest in the country on Nitrous!! 
Scott Stephens has a new Trophy to put on his shelf - a "Wally", NHRA's most prestigious award. He received the treasured 12lb trophy after winning the NHRA Division 6 points race at Firebird Raceway.
Todd Berry and Eric Dillard are at it again! This weekend at Alabama International Dragway they became the first Limited Street car in the record books to bust into the 4.50's when they recorded a 4.596@170 mph blast!
Only weeks after loosing his Hemi Camaro in a wreck at the NMCA race in Bradenton, Spiro Pappas is back in action! This time he's behind the wheel of Jerry Bickle built Pontiac GXP due to the hard work of his crew who we're sure burned some midnight oil getting the car ready for the ADRL Race at South Georgia Motorsports Park.
Holzman Race Cars in Wichita recently finished up the first 2 of 5 Cobra Jet Mustangs, four of which will be raced. Serial #001 and #002, destined to be driven by Gary Stinnet and Jim Waldo in A/SA were converted to 3 speed automatics and fitted with Neal Chance Racing Converters. In testing the automatic equipped cars are out MPHing the manual cars by 2 MPH!!
Chuck Ulsch and Gil Mobley picked up where they left off last year, in the winners circle! 
In Drag Radial Alex Vrettos brought out his Mustang that went through quite a few upgrades during the winter. Understandably after making a lot of changes there's going to be bugs to worked out on a new setup, but TEam CoRuPt got the job done with flying colors.
After suffering way too many breakage problems with a "Brand X" transmission and converter combinations, Carlos Zalidvar decided to switch back to a tried and true, battle proven combo, a Neal Chance converter and Bruno/Lenco transmission. As a result his new Outlaw 10.5 Corvette is faster than ever! And no more breakage!
In Super Street Jim Blair took home the honors after qualifying third with a 6.98@198 MPH. Jim just switched to a brand new NCRC Billet Aluminum Converter which the team learned needs some more adjustment to hit the exact needs for his combo. So look for some lower ET's at the next race!
Keith Neal started the 2009 season off by forging his way into the winners circle at the NMRA Season Opener in Bradenton, Florida.
In Hot Street Robbie Blankenship picked right up where he left off last year by grabbing the #1 qualifier spot with a 8.634@155.60. The day continued to go his way through eliminations when he defeated Ben Mens in a double red light final. Robbie went -.01, 8.717@154.34 with no time recorded on Mens.
NCRC Customer Todd Moyer reset the ADRL Extreme 10.5 MPH Record March 8th at Houston Raceway Park. He'll go down in history as the first one over 185 in the class and he collected a $5000 reward from Flowmaster for his efforts! Moyer laid down a blistering 4.12@187 mph pass during qualifying and again during the first round of eliminations. 
Bill Futch recorded his first win of the season last weekend at the Palm Beach International Raceway's Ultimate Shootout in Outlaw 10.5.
2009 is going to be off the hook! We're seeing Drag Radial records getting reset almost every weekend by Neal Chance Customers... what a great way to start the season! 
