Author: Ainsley Jacobs

P.TEN Marketing's Ainsley Jacobs is a freelance motorsports marketing professional with extensive experience in marketing and communications, website development, social media management, photography, journalism, and more.

Chad Wendel Goes 8.79, Puts NMRA Limited Street on Notice

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By Ainsley Jacobs As the dog days of summer drag on, Chad Wendel certainly isn’t dogging it when it comes to his combination – a recent test session produced a new personal best, just a tick off from the current NMRA Advanced Fuel Dynamics Limited Street records, and there’s more left

Curtis Catalon Returning to NMRA Renegade with Revised Combination

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Longtime NMRA Edelbrock Renegade/NMCA Edelbrock Xtreme Street racer and all-around good guy, Curtis Catalon, had a hiccup in late 2018 but is busy turning lemons into lemonade with an all-new killer combination for his much-awaited return. Living in Louisiana, Catalon made the long haul up to Maryland for the World Cup

Ultra Street’s William Jackson Prepares for First NMRA Edelbrock Renegade Race

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By Ainsley Jacobs A man who knows how to get stuff done when he puts his mind to it, William Jackson first caught sight of NMRA’s Hot Street back in the early 2000s and became inspired to get out there himself. Now, after a few years spent building a capable contender,

Scott Wayne & Ronnie Reynolds Ready for NMRA Edelbrock Renegade

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By Ainsley Jacobs After traveling as a spectator to the NMRA races in Florida and Kentucky for years, Scott Wayne is ready to jump in mid-season with an Edelbrock Renegade ride of his own. Wayne, who works as a firefighter for Baltimore County in Maryland by day, also spent years traveling with

Big Changes for Little Evil – New Mustang, New Motor, New Mayhem

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By Ainsley Jacobs Photo Courtesy of Spoold Media/Jordan Green The Little Evil Racing team never sits still for long, and recently unveiled a beautiful new Fox body that’s been in the work for quite some time. Finally finished and ready to put the hurt on the 275 tire community, the latest iteration

Towing Tales—NMRA racer Saul Walker’s Off-Track Accident

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By Ainsley Jacobs Photo Courtesy of Saul Walker Sometimes, bad things happen to good people. While driving home to Atco, New Jersey, from the Inaugural NMRA Gateway Rumble, ARP Open Comp racer Saul Walker II and his wonderful woman, Sue, were involved in a scary accident. It seems a family of ducklings were

Sunday Coverage—Inaugural NMRA Gateway Rumble | Coverage presented by Edelbrock

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Fox body, S550, or S197 – whatever you prefer, we’ve got plenty of 'Stangs in the staging lanes ready to run in today’s eliminations. Despite a forecast that made more than a few wonder about the possibility of racing today, the rain instead fell on Saturday night. Kurt Johnson, Jake Green

Saturday Coverage—Inaugural NMRA Gateway Rumble | Coverage presented by Edelbrock

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Good morning, St. Louis! Racers here at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway are busy getting ready to rock and we're ready for another awesome day of NMRA all-Ford drag racing. The Inaugural NMRA Gateway Rumble is proudly presented by HPJ Performance, the Midwest Modular Mustang experts, and we would like

Friday Coverage—Inaugural NMRA Gateway Rumble | Coverage presented by Edelbrock

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We're minutes away from kicking off the Inaugural NMRA Gateway Rumble and conditions for today's racing look favorable. Master track prep guru Kurt Johnson of Total Venue Concepts is overseeing the racing surface this weekend here at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, and we'll keep you up to date

History Repeats—Brian Mitchell Resurrects Retired NMRA Renegade Ride

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By Ainsley Jacobs Brian Mitchell, a name synonymous with the NMRA, has been keeping a secret the past few years. From his very first Renegade race back when the class first started in the late ‘90s to his retirement in 2015, the legend has been busy resurrecting his original “Wizard” ’92