NEWS & RUMORS presented by Nitto Tire

‘Murican Muscle—HENNESSEY WILL OFFER UP TO 1200 HP FOR 2020 C8 CORVETTE

by Steve Baur -

From mild to wild, Texas tuning powerhouse has big plans for America’s sports car. The Team from Hennessey Performance Engineering (HPE) has big plans for the 2020 C8 Corvette. HPE will offer up to 1200 hp for the new mid-engine Corvette with a specially designed twin-turbo system that will include

Two-Time Champ—Tom Calabrese and his Fifth-Gen Camaro created a Chevrolet Performance Street Car Challenge success story

by Steve Baur -

Written by Ainsley Jacobs Photography by Kevin DiOssi and Dr. Rudy Rouweyha Finally able to slow down after a lifetime of being busy, Tom Calabrese is speeding up with a racing career and a son who is following in his footsteps. Living in upstate New York, Calabrese had been a faithful Pontiac man

Where It All Started—Arrington Performance

by Ainsley Jacobs -

Some may think the glory days of racing, and especially NASCAR, are long gone… but Arrington Performance is keeping history and heritage alive with the company’s line of Hemi-focused products. In 1964, Dodge prepared to release a new engine with a hemispherical combustion chamber and two successful circle-track racers were given

Space Race—Holley puts the NMRA World Finals over the moon with the Intergalactic Ford Festival

by Steve Turner -

A huge crowd filled the stands and surrounded the edge of the track. The sound engines revving and tires smoking filled the air. The excitement was electric at Beech Bend Raceway, but it this year it wasn’t all about the drag strip. In 2019 the final race on the NMRA

2020 Shelby GT500s Hit the Streets and the Drag Strip! Goes 10.60s STOCK

by Mike Galimi -
2020 Shelby GT500 runs 10s

If you haven't been living under a rock for the past few months then you know the 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 features a rather sporty 760hp package under the hood. It is a 5.2L Coyote, a variant of the highly-acclaimed and successful Shelby GT350 program but with a supercharger

Sealed Crate Engine Showdown—What happens when NMRA and NMCA racers can’t get enough racing

by Steve Baur -

Written By Steve Baur Photography by Landon Sipple and Courtesy of Kentucky Dragway Making its debut in 2012, the NMRA’s G-Force Racing Transmissions Coyote Stock class has grown into a popular entry level, heads-up category and when the NMCA launched the Chevrolet Performance Stock class in 2015, the stage was set for

Nick Wright and Complete Street Performance Set New ZL1 Camaro ET/MPH Record

by Steve Baur -

There is seemingly no end to the horsepower that one can build into a late-model muscle car and when you start off with a ZL1, an impressive machine to begin with, then the results can be, well, record-setting. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania's Nick Wright claimed the records for the quickest and fastest

Rollin’ The Dice—MMR Runs 5.67 at 265 mph in Las Vegas!

by Mike Galimi -
MMR Pro Mod Mustang Record Holding Coyote

Modular Motorsports Racing (MMR) has been pushing the boundary of Modular and Coyote performance in NMCA VP Racing Fuels Xtreme Pro Mod for the past several years. They've run in the 3.70s at well over 200 mph in the eighth-mile competition and brought the fight to the big-block crowd, despite

Donathen to Debut New NMRA Coyote Stock Fairmont Wagon in 2020

by Steve Baur -

Mike Bowen has long held the title of most unique ride in the NMRA’s G-Force Racing Transmission Coyote Stock class, but a challenger to that title will make his debut during the 2020 season, as Tim Donathen readies his 1978 Ford Fairmont Wagon for some gear-banging, heads-up racing. Donathen’s wagon came