Written by Ainsley Jacobs Although the 12th Annual Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center NMRA/NMCA All-Star Nationals at Atlanta Dragway in Commerce, Georgia, was originally scheduled to be run in April, the repercussions from the Covid-19 pandemic forced a date change to June 26-28, 2020. It was definitely worth the wait, though, as the
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A Spellbinding Return to Racing at the Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center NMRA/NMCA All-Star Nationals
By Mary Lendzion While the Coronavirus pandemic pushed pause on the 2020 NMCA and NMRA season, drivers in both series pushed play at the 12th Annual Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center NMRA/NMCA All-Star Nationals, June 25-28 at Atlanta Dragway. If they were rusty from the recess, they didn’t show it, as they put down
Connelley Headed to NMRA Edelbrock Renegade with New ProCharger
By Mary Lendzion Photos by NMRA and courtesy of Martin Connelley After so successfully running nitrous, Martin Connelley surprised some fans and fellow racers when he went with a ProCharger last year. He gathered information and got to know his new combination consisting of a BES Racing Engines-built 363 cubic-inch 8.2 deck Ford
After Achieving a Runner-Up in NMCA Edelbrock Xtreme Street, Paul Smith is Aiming for a Win
By Mary Lendzion While Paul Smith was competing in the Cheap Street category in the early 2000s, he was intrigued by and interested in NMCA Edelbrock Xtreme Street. He was attracted to the cars and the close competition, and after careful consideration, he and his father, George Smith, began preparing his Camaro
Steve Halprin Makes Memorable NMRA VP Racing Madditives Street Outlaw Debut
EATON TVS® Throwdown Returns to NMRA/NMCA with New Location and Revised Rules
Last year NMRA/NMCA worked with EATON Corporation to create a category to celebrate its highly successful Twin Vortices Series (TVS) supercharger technology. The TVS Supercharger Throwdown kicked off with super fast street cars doing battle on the quarter-mile. In 2020, the TVS Supercharger Throwdown returns with a new set of
COMP Performance Group Joins Edelbrock After Being Purchased by Industrial Opportunity Partners
The last several years many of the racing industry's titans have been acquired by investment groups to form major conglomerates and streamline business operations. The latest to be acquired is COMP Performance Group, which includes COMP Cams®, TCI®, FAST®, RHS®, ZEX™, Inglese™ and many other brands. Industrial Opportunity Partners completed
Historic Hot Rod—Billy Glidden’s beloved black Mustang is back in action
Written by Mary Lendzion Photography and Video by Kevin DiOssi, Steve Baur, and Dr. Rudy Rouweyha Whether it was a weekday, weeknight, or weekend, Billy Glidden could be found helping his father, Bob Glidden, work on his race cars throughout his childhood. He doesn’t remember having many days off, but he does
Raising the Bar—This Edelbrock/Musi Signature Series engine isn’t your daddy’s old 632
Written by Mike Carpenter Photography by the Author When Bill Kuhlmann broke the 200-mph barrier in 1987 with a 615-cubic-inch engine combination, that history making run changed the industry forever. Nitrous began to earn wide acceptance and monster-displacement engines became the norm. While breaking that mark remained a part of history, the 615
Ron Belcher Preps for SGMP with Supercharger Swap
Written by Ainsley Jacobs NMCA Edelbrock Xtreme Street/Ultra Street competitor Ron Belcher and 2016 NMCA Holley EFI Real Street champion Camren Massengale, two heavy-hitting team RPM Transmissions racers, headed over to Muncie Dragway in Indiana on Thursday, October 11, in preparation for Donald “Duck” Long’s upcoming No Mercy mega race at