NMCA is putting out the call for all LS- and LT-powered race cars. If you have LS or LT power under the hood, come be part of the Chevrolet Performance LSX Shootout at the Super Bowl of Muscle Car Drag Racing at World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, IL, May 4-7.
 

It was a historic double-up for Tony Stewart Racing on Sunday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, as Hall of Fame racer Tony Stewart and Funny Car points leader Matt Hagan both claimed victories in front of a capacity crowd at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals.

Ford Performance recently unveiled the continued evolution of its electric-powered motorsports efforts with the Mustang Super Cobra Jet 1800, an aggressive revision to the NHRA world record-holding Mustang Cobra Jet 1400. It is targeted to best the Cobra Jet 1400’s standing world record for full-bodied electric vehicles in the quarter-mile, 8.128 seconds at 171.97 miles per hour. 

SEMA Launch Pad, the automotive industry’s ultimate product-pitching competition that has propelled inventors and entrepreneurs to successful, thriving businesses since 2013, will be featured on a nationwide television special premiering on April 15 on the History Channel.

We reached out to several of them to ask what they are looking forward to, and what they hope to achieve at the track affectionately known as The Rock.

With a runner-up already under his belt for 2023, the Floridian has high hopes for the NMRA/NMCA All-Star Nationals presented by MAHLE Motorsport, April 14-16 at Rockingham Dragway in North Carolina.

As NMRA celebrates its 25th Anniversary season, the 3rd Annual Mickey Thompson NMRA Ford Homecoming will delight Ford fans with several special features. Presented by TREMEC, Coastal Dyno, ZPE Griptec, Beefcake Racing & Palm Beach Dyno, the 2020+ GT500 Shootout pits the factory’s most muscle machines against one another in a battle for bragging rights at Summit Motorsports Park from...

The NMRA Coyote Stock racer keeps comprehensive records for each pass, and will use current information at the NMRA/NMCA All-Star Nationals presented by MAHLE Motorsport.

The popular Kentuckian is committed to being at the top of his game in NMRA VP Racing Madditives Renegade and NMCA Edelbrock Xtreme Street.

NHRA officials are pleased to announce that Gerber Collision & Glass has joined the team of partners for the NHRA Youth and Education Services (YES) Program for the 2023 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season.

The NMCA ARP Nitrous Pro Street racer, and reigning class champion, made some upgrades over winter, and then came out swinging.

Son of NMCA racer Tim Knieriem made his Micro Strategies Stock debut and won in Bracket 2 at the Scoggin Dickey Parts Center NMCA Muscle Car Mayhem presented by Holbrook Racing Engines.

In 2018, NMRA’s sister series, NMCA, celebrated the 50^th anniversary of the Cobra Jet, and ever since then Cobra Jet owners and fans have clamored for another gathering of Ford’s storied, purpose-built machines.

With its 1,025-horsepower (at 6,500 rpm), 945 lb.-ft. (at 4,200 rpm) production HEMI® engine, the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 reaches 60 mph in a blazing 1.66 seconds and features the highest G-force acceleration of any production car at 2.004 gs.

NMCA racers showed what they are made of at the series' season opener at Orlando Speed World Dragway in Florida.

The Direct Connection Contingency Program offers Dodge Challenger Mopar Drag Pak racers $10,000 to win at National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Factory Stock Showdown and National Muscle Car Association (NMCA) Factory Super Cars events, giving Drag Pak competitors multiple shots at taking home a five-figure winner’s purse during the 2023 season.

There’s nothing like watching elite muscle car rivals from Detroit’s Big Three battling it out for drag-strip supremacy in NMCA’s Holley EFI Factory Super Cars.

The determined NMCA VP Racing Lubricants Xtreme Pro Mod racer was chasing some issues last year, but he is ready to dive into the 2023 points chase with his powerful combination.

It was an emotional evening as Evan Lee made his very first run down a dragstrip in his late father's 1990 Ford Mustang.

She will focus on Guest Advocacy & Fan Enrichment for the track, where the Mickey Thompson Tires & Wheels NMRA Ford Homecoming will be June 9-11 & the NMCA All-American Nationals will be Aug. 25-27.

The Wharton Automotive Group recently announced the promotion of Will Baty to product development manager. The Wharton Automotive Group consists of McLeod Racing, FTI Performance, Silver Sport Transmissions, and PowerTrain Technology. Off-Road and car enthusiast and trail blazer, Will Baty, will assume the new role immediately. 

With great sadness NMRA and NMCA learned our good friend, Dallas Jones, 82, of Bowling Green, Ky. has passed away. Dallas was a true giant in the sport of drag racing and a supporter of NMRA and NMCA since the very beginning. 

For the 2023 season, the first Red Line Oil NMCA Muscle Car Nationals index racers who achieve that goal at each event while covered by Laris Motorsport Insurance are eligible for the $1,000 Perfect Package bonus. 

For the 2022 season, the first Holley NMRA Ford Nationals index racers who achieve that goal at each event while covered by Laris Motorsport Insurance are eligible for the $1,000 Perfect Package bonus. 

TransTec to sponsor Fox-Body Reunion during the 29th Annual NMRA Spring Break Shootout Presented by Nitto Tire from March 2-5, 2023.
 

The NMCA summer of muscle is just a few weeks away from its kick-off at Orlando Speed World March 17-19. NMCA is your home for American muscle and the Orlando season-opener is shaping up to be spectacular.

A restored 1968 Ford Bronco, with Eaton’s Detroit Truetrac differentials front and rear, and a Roush supercharger with Eaton’s TVS^® 2650 technology, was the grand prize of a sweepstake that benefited the Special Operators Transition Foundation.

The NMCA VP Racing Lubricants Xtreme Pro Mod racer will debut a new engine at the Scoggin Dickey Parts Center NMCA Muscle Car Mayhem presented by Holbrook Racing Engines at Orlando Speed World.

Attention all racers and vendors, the season-opening NMRA Spring Break Shootout is set to kick off March 2-5 so we’re providing critical stacking and parking information to help you navigate your entry into Orlando Speed World

Kicking off its 25^th Anniversary season, the Holley NMRA Ford Nationals series is bringing more excitement to its season opener with more tire smoke by adding the Ford Drift Invitational.

With a long history of making fuel-injected performance vehicles fasters and more powerful, BBK Performance knows what it takes to build an elite street/strip ride. With that in mind, the company continues its support of the NMRA season opener’s namesake class —  the Spring Break Shootout.

“Circle D Specialties is excited to sponsor NMRA’s wildly popular True Street class first and foremost because supporting this program allows us to help keep motorsports thriving while also providing a unique opportunity to give back to the racing community that has given so much to us,” Pete Nichols of Circle D Specialties explained.

In the age-old battle of brand supremacy, “Uncle Robin” Lawrence and “Gump” Daren Poole-Adams will run a Ford versus Chevy match-up to prove who truly has the better machine.

Combining power adders and street-based engine combinations, NMRA’s Limited Street class is a true showcase of the potential offered by Ford’s pushrod and Modular small-block engines.

Elaine Larson Set To Thrill Crowd at 21st Annual NMCA Muscle Car Mayhem at Orlando Speed World in Orlando, Florida

As NMRA kicks off its 25^th Anniversary season at Orlando Speed World from March 2-5, 2023 a popular class returns. There’s nothing more fun or exciting than banging gears down the drag strip, and that’s just what the TREMEC Stick Shift Shootout delivers.

NMRA and MNCA, along with VP Racing, makes it easier than ever to fuel your race machine by offering fuel delivery at six events in 2023.

With the NMRA Spring Break Shootout just weeks away, we’re getting excited about heading to Orlando Speed World to kick off the 2023 event season.

Along with the incredible on-track action to kick off the 2023 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season, the hallowed grounds of famed Gainesville Raceway will feature five of the most historic cars from legendary driver “Big Daddy” Don Garlits in a special “Swamp Rat Alley” section at the 54th annual Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals.

VP Racing Fuels, Inc., Official Fuel of the NMRA and NMCA, is regarded worldwide as the leader in racing, performance fuel products, and branded retail, and today it announced the launch of a new identity for the corporation, its products, and programs.

The season opening Gatornationals, March 9-12 at famed Gainesville Raceway, will feature 2022 NHRA Rookie of the Year Camrie Caruso with new a new team KB Titan Racing and the return of one of her longstanding marketing partners, Florida-based Right Trailers.

Wesley Motorsports is expanding its role in providing pre-race vehicle prep and onsite chassis tuning for Challenger Drag Pak owners.

NMCA Holley EFI Factory Super Cars and NHRA Constant Aviation Factory Showdown racer Mark “Cowboy” Pawuk is stepping away from the Don Schumacher Racing team as he has decided to spearhead his own endeavor.

Developed to be the Corvette owners can arrive in anywhere, no matter the season, the new E-Ray — available in removeable roof coupe and hardtop convertible models — uses electrification to enhance the driving experience with intense straight-line performance, all-weather confidence and sure-footed grand touring capabilities that can only be achieved with eAWD.

“Smitty was the ultimate Edelbrock ambassador and even more so an ambassador for the performance industry and motorsports,” said Steve Wolcott, president of ProMedia.

Nostalgia Muscle and Quick Fuel Technologies Nostalgia Super Stock — will have the opportunity to face off in the Nostalgia Muscle vs. Nostalgia Super Stock All-Star Shootout.

NMCA is proud to announce that Micro Strategies signed on to sponsor both classes for the 2023 NMCA Muscle Car Nationals season. 

Debuting in NMCA Super Stock in May of 2022, Keith Snider had a blast wheeling his 2019 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet but knew his time in the driver’s seat was limited as his ultimate goal was to hand the car over to his son, Jackson.

The entire Promedia team is saddened by the passing of Dan Jesel this week. Jesel, founder of Jesel Valvetrain Innovation, was a father, racer, innovator, generous employer and he was respected at the highest level in the motorsports community. He was a humble man, who has been involved in racing and business for over 60 years.

Ford Bracket Racing Ready To Kick Off In Orlando March 2-5 at the NMRA Spring Break Shootout