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Starost Switches Mustang to VMP Supercharger for Remainder of NMRA Limited Street Season

by Ainsley Jacobs - July 19, 2021July 18, 2021

When JDM Engineering Limited Street debuted in the NMRA at the conclusion of the 2017 racing season, there were a lot of questions about what combination would reign supreme. Now, several years into the category, racer Larry Starost is chasing every advantage he can find and recently made a power

Kevin Cody and His Capri Take On Dart NA 10.5

by Mary Lendzion - June 10, 2021June 10, 2021

By Mary Lendzion More than twenty years ago, Kevin Cody took one look at a 1981 Mercury Capri sitting behind someone’s garage and decided that he had to have it. He paid the $400 asking price and put plans in place to take it from a street car to a strip car. That

Appearances Can Be Deceiving—Kirt Sanders and “Tina” Shake Things Up in NMCA Edelbrock Xtreme Street

by Ainsley Jacobs - June 2, 2021June 1, 2021

At first glance, Kirt Sanders’s pit may seem like a rough, ragged, and aggressive area, but appearances can be deceiving as the owner/driver of the red ’93 Ford Mustang known as “Tina” is actually an extremely easygoing, friendly man on a mission to show the world that it’s possible to

The Doctor is All In—Gary Roeben’s ProCharged X275 Mustang

by Ainsley Jacobs - May 12, 2021May 11, 2021

Dr. Gary Roeben spent several seasons in X275 with his turbocharged, small-block-Ford-powered 1999 Ford Mustang GT before moving to an ’04 Mustang Cobra in 2016. The following year, Roeben dipped his toe into the NMCA VP Racing Fuels Street Outlaw waters, but wasn’t able to stick around for long. Now,

Nitrous Nova—Huntsville’s hometown hero Steve Cagle blasts down the track with the NMCA

by Ainsley Jacobs - April 19, 2021June 3, 2021

Written by Ainsley Jacobs Photography by Kevin DiOssi Certain small towns just seem to breed drag racing enthusiasts. Huntsville, Alabama, is certainly one of those towns. Growing up there, it was inevitable that Steve Cagle, now 70, would one day wind up behind the wheel with his foot to the floor. Although he

Small-Tire Big Shot Stephen Barnett Targets NMRA Edelbrock Renegade

by Ainsley Jacobs - March 23, 2021March 22, 2021

It’s been a long time coming for small-tire big shot Stephen Barnett, but after racking up a huge list of accomplishments, the man from Royse City, Texas, is ready to tackle NMRA Edelbrock Renegade for his 2021 season. Barnett began by bracket racing at a local track just a few miles

With Data From Testing, Langer Ready to Tackle First NMCA Race of 2021

by Mary Lendzion - March 11, 2021

By Mary Lendzion For years, John Langer has proudly put Pontiac power on display in NMCA Dart NA 10.5. He contines to go faster and get to the final round, and last year, he gunned to a 7.765 and 177.14 mph to set the elapsed time and top speed records in the

Dave Fiscus Builds a Badass Big Boost G-Body Buick for Xtreme Street and X275

by Ainsley Jacobs - December 16, 2020December 14, 2020

Decades before he began his most recent project car, Ohio resident Dave Fiscus bought a Buick Grand National… from his mother, while he was a teenager. That car was the start of a successful drag racing career for the man, and the inspiration for his new X275 big-boost Buick. “My mom

Back in the Show — Steve Halprin’s Mustang honors a long legacy of racing

by Ainsley Jacobs - September 15, 2020September 14, 2020

Written by Ainsley Jacobs Photography by Kevin DiOssi Few names in the Ford crowd are revered as much as Don Walsh Jr. and the late Steve Grebeck. Steve Halprin, however, has had the distinct honor of having spent much of his life with both men, and learned the ropes of racing from

Returning to Active Duty—Packing a 1,700hp GEN III HEMI, Geoff Turk’s Blackbird Challenger Drag Pak set to compete in Edelbrock Xtreme Street

by Steve Baur - September 11, 2020September 10, 2020

After driving his 2015 Dodge // Mopar Challenger Drag Pak to the first 7-second run in Factory Super Cars competition and taking the 2018 NMCA championship in the same class, Geoff Turk has re-enlisted the Blackbird for a new mission during the 2021 NMCA Drag Racing campaign—Edelbrock Xtreme Street. Turk had