Mr. "Downtown" Chris Brown collected $10,000 for his big win at Heartland Park in Topeka KS May 3rd.

Chris defeated Buddy Ferrell with a .007 4.909 (4.90 dial) package vs Ferrell's .002 5.076 (5.06 dial) in the final round.

Also in other Bracket Racing News, Coy Worley won Quick No/E at Redline Raceway in Caddo Mills, Texas. Coy put his new NCRC converter in his S10 Pickup and proceeded to knock down 6 consecutive passes at 6.83 for the win!

Congratulations fella's on your recent Victories!!!

For the best converter for your bracket racing application, contact Eric Gray, head of the NCRC Bracket Racing Division here at Neal Chance Racing Converters.

Photo by Daryl Hurley Copyright 2008

Kevin Parent proved he's still in the game after winning NMCA Nostalgia Pro Street at Bowling Green. Parent qualified #3 with a 7.614@179.49 and proceeded to chop down the tree during eliminations. After defeating Barb Nesbitt and Mike Schmidt he faced Jim Widener in the final round. Parent collected the win after Widener broke at the line.

Congratulations Kevin and Team BB Nova on your first 2008 win!

Giuseppe Gentile got everyone's attention at the PSCA Las Vegas Nationals when he shattered the Pro Street Record with a 6.29@226 blast during the first round of eliminations!

Giuseppe qualified #2 with a 6.446@223.91 and found a better setup for his first round record. Problems occurred during the 4th round were he lost to Mihovetz with a disappointing pass, but this team sure knows they have some game for Pro Street at the next race!

Giuseppe's 2007 Mustang runs a Pettis Performance SBF with twin 88's, Rossler TH400 and a NCRC Pro Mod Converter. No Doubt his competitors will be watching as they get the bugs all lined out Congratulations Giuseppe and Team for your new PSCA Record!!!

Photo Courtesy Reflections Of Motorsports Photography

NCRC Customer Bothwell Motorsports captured their first Outlaw Street win of the season at the PSCA Las Vegas Nationals April 27th.

At the first race since a total rebuild of the car, Driver Ron Lummus qualified #2 at 7.379 @ 163.20... A sign of good things to come! Lummus then worked his way through the ladder to meet up with Rich Zehring in eliminations, defeating him soundly with a 7.192@201.31 vs Zehring's 7.642@167.09.

Congratulations to Ron Lummus and the entire Bothwell Motorsports Team - way to go guys!!!

Photo Courtesy Gary Vinovich

Kevin McCurdy is starting 2008 off with a good start in NOPI's Pro Class. April 28th at Atco he won the rained out Atlanta race and runnered up for the Atco portion of the race.

This places McCurdy in the #2 position in points for 2008, within 14 points of Personett the current leader in what will likely be a battle for the championship.

Looks like you're off to a good start this year Kevin! Congrat's on your recent win!

Photo Courtesy NDRA

Keith Raftery had to make extra room in the trailer after the NHRA Cajun Nationals at No Problem Raceway for two Wally Trophys! Raftery won Best Engineered, then proceded to dominate the Top Sportsman class. After qualifying #1, he defeated T.J. Tracey in the final round of eliminations with a 6.954@199.67 vs Tracey's 7.763@173.34.

Keith also set low ET in Top Sportsman in Enis, Texas with a 6.453@213.33!

Congratulations Roy and Keith Raftery on your strong start of the 2008 season!

Photo Courtesy Fastdoorslammers.com

2008 is shaping up to be quite a year for Conrad Scary. He's attended 5 Outlaw 10.5 races this year, he runnered up at Snowbirds, won the US Street Nationals, won again at Fun Ford Orlando, again at NMRA Bradenton and most recently grabbed another win at NMRA Georgia. That's one heck of a start for the season - he's most definitely on a roll!

Scarry's most recent win came at the NMRA Reynolds, Georgia event but it didn't come easy. During Friday afternoon's test n' tune they dropped a valve and had to repair the engine prior to qualifying but they didn't let that stop them. In the final round Scary ran a 6.941@194.58 over another NCRC customer, the 2007 Pro Outlaw Champion Tim Essick, who ran 7.15@203.12.

Also at Reynolds, NCRC customer Jarrett Halfacre defeated Don Burton for the win in SSO. Jarrett put up a 7.47@191.10 to take a clear win over Burton's 7.82@190.86!

Congratulations guys on your big wins!

Photos Courtesy StangTV/NMRA

NMCA's season opener in Bradenton Florida gave NCRC customers a chance to collect some win checks!

In 10.5 Super Street Spiro Pappas qualified #1 with low ET 6.992 and top mph 206.80. Pappas then proceeded to plow through the field with his single turbo Camaro recording bracket like 7.0 passes. He then defeated Bligh in the final round for his first win of the season! Congratulations Spiro!!

In Nostaliga Pro Street the 2007 Champion Jeff Colletta was the #2 qualifier with a 7.582 ET and a best of field mph of 184.65. Colletta smoked Phil Swales and Robert Remek on his way to the final round with #1 qualifier, Jim Widener. In what should have been a close race, Colletta defeated a slightly faster by .01 but redlighting Widner to take his first NMCA win of the season. Way to go Jeff!

Photos Courtesy NMCA

North Carolina's Shadyside Dragway saw the temperatures rise in March when the Outlaw 10.5 cars came to town for the 7th Annual Garland Buff 10.5 Race. Richard Sexton showed up equipped with the latest and greatest Neal Chance Technology ready to rumble! The track record fell to Sexton during eliminations where he defeated Doblin with a 4.41@166 which is we believe also the fastest ever Outlaw 10.5 Nitrous Pass!

The final round was between two NCRC equipped cars, it pitted fellow Mobley team member Chuck Ulsh driving Keith Sextons car against the GTO driven by Richard Sexton. Sexton had a slight advantage and was victorious with a 4.46@163 to Ulsh's 4.63@159

Big congratulations to Richard and the Mobley Team from everyone here at Neal Chance!!!

Photo Courtesy TIm Lewis - RPM Magazine

Outlaw 10.5 Winner - Conrad Scarry

In Outlaw 10.5 NCRC customer Brian Carpenter wowed the competition setting low ET and Top MPH in qualifying with a 6.886@ 212. In the final round Conrad Scary defeated Dan Millen with a 7.071. Congratulations Conrad on your second win of the season!

Photo Courtesy NMRA Digital

SSO Winner - John Urist

John Urist debuted his new top secret Mustang at Bradenton and got the fresh setup working in top form fast!. True to the 3 time champion's nature, he come back for a repeat win for the 08' Bradenton season opener. In the final round Urist put the hurt to Richard Lelsz with a .036 holeshot and a race winning 7.573 to close but no cigar 7.610 from Lelsz. Way to go John!

Photo Courtesy NMRA Digital

Hot Street Winner - Charlie Booze

Charlie Booze Jr. was in top form at Bradenton where he qualified #1 with a 8.676. During eliminations Booze set the stage for the rest of the 2008 season with a clear win in the final round victory over Mens. Congrat's Charlie!

Photo Courtesy NMRA Digital

Outlaw 10.5 Winner - Jimmy Blackmon

Jimmy Blackmon took home the big $10,000 winners check back to Georgia with a smile on his face no doubt! Blackmon was also the top speed qualifier with a 222.36 mph pass!

Also in Outlaw 10.5 Bill Futch, another NCRC customer, was the #1 qualifier with a 6.655@218.05 pass lost a rod during a semi final round win..

Outlaw Drag Radial Winner - Shannon Wren

"FIRST TO 200 ON DRAG RADIALS"
Shannon Wren became the first member of the 200 mph Drag Radial club at Memphis where he laid down a 7.418@200.83 mph blast that secured him the #1 qualifer spot. During eliminators the "Jagar Bomb" laid down a string of 200 mph passes and the win over Tommy Brewer who was also running very strong. There's more to come from Team Jagar, so keep an eye on them!

Drag Radial R/U - Tommy Brewer

Tommy Brewer's team worked their tails off fixing a blown head in their F2 Procharged Trans Am at Memphis and their efforts rewarded them with a runner up finish. Brewer qualified #2 with a very quick 7.436@187.39 with a big hole in the cyl. head at the 900' mark. Big attaboy's to car owner Brady McNew, driver Tommy Brewer and the whole Madman & Co team for a crazy thrash to stay in the game!

Heavy Street Winner - Sam Gottier

Same Gottier qualified #1 with a 7.221@205.79 effort and toke the win in heavy street at Memphis. Gottier ran a 7.19 pass in the final round where he beat a broken Dave Beeson.

Photos Courtesy Devastation Motorsports

Chris Nichols wrote in to tell us that he has reset the record for the worlds fastest N/A stock IRS GTO with a 9.76@138. His Black Goat is powered by a 403 ci LS2 using a Turbo 400 and one of our 9" weld together converters.

Chris plans on adding 2 stages of spray and a beefier rear end in the near future so stay tuned for some more news on this late model muscle car.

One of the most exciting developments here at NCRC during the last year is some new technology we've been working on with very tight lips. The word been getting out, so late last year a few racers at Orlando and visitors to the NCRC booth at PRI got to sneak a peak at the what we've been working on lately.

What you are seeing here is a Billet Aluminum Pump and Stator converter, a racing industry first! Besides the obvious weight savings we're learning this concept is actually a big improvement in converter efficiency due to our ability to maintain more precise and consistent fin angle and separation as compared to a steel welded pump section. You may be asking yourself will it be worth it? The answer is "YES" and you can't wipe the smile off of our faces!

This technology is still under testing and not available for sale... yet, but stay tuned there is no doubt that it's going to be a BIG leap forward in Racing Automatic Converters!

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