Dirt
Mustang Cobra Jet, while Cox turned on the red
light in his Camaro.
Jim Netherland led qualifying with a 10.51 in
his Skylark in Quick Fuel Technology Nostalgia
Super Stock, but the final round belonged to Mike
DeChicco and his Dodge and reigning class cham-
pion Kevin Gass and his Chevelle. Longtime racer
DeChicco won with a breakout time of 9.44 on
a 9.50 index when Gass turned on the red light.
In Detroit Truetrac Nostalgia Muscle Car,
where old school rules, Mike Clifford cruised to
a 10.75 in his Barracuda to lead qualifying, but
it was Chad Brewer and reigning class champion
Andy Warren who were belting in for the final.
There, Brewer earned the win with a 10.26 on a
10.25 index in his Nova, while Warren dipped
under his 10.00 index with a 9.97 in his Caprice.
Mike Roup recorded a perfect .000 reaction
time in his Ranchero to lead qualifying in Mag-
naFuel Open Comp, and making it to the fifth
and final round of competition were Cameron
Bowles and Roup. In the double breakout bout,
Bowles picked up the win with a 9.02 on a 9.03
in his Maverick while Roup was 11.16 on an 11.22.
Cars capable of taking a 30-mile cruise and
then making three back-to-back passes down
track were in the spotlight for Gear Vendors True
Street, and when it was all said and done, Yandro
Ulloa was the overall winner with an 8.61 aver-
age in a Mustang Cobra and Mike French was
the runner-up with an 8.71 average in a Camaro.
Jason Rollins ran to the 9-second win in a Nova,
Jeff Smith ran to the 10-second win in a Mustang
and Sam Warmer ran to the 11-second win in a
Mustang. Mike Baker earned the 12-second win
in a Mustang, Wyatt Morse earned the 13-second
win in a Ventura, AJ Mullen earned the 14-second
win in a Mustang and Brittney Morris earned the
15-second win in a Charger.
A special feature at all six events on the NMCA
tour is the ever-growing Dodge // Mopar HEMI
Shootout. At this event, Bill Lee Jr. was the overall
winner with a 10.16 average in Steve Best’s Dodge
Demon, while Rusty Kloeber was the runner-up
with a 10.37 average in a Hellcat. Gage Burch
was the 11-second winner in a Challenger Red
Eye, Diana Smith was the 12-second winner in a
Challenger and Waiel Bayyat was the 13-second
winner in a Charger. Scott Perry pushed to the
14-second win in a Charger and Gary Pritchett
pushed to the 15-second win in a Challenger.
The eight quickest drivers in the Dodge//
Mopar HEMI Shootout came together for the
heads-up Arrington Performance HEMI Quick
8 presented by Red Line Oil, and when the dust
settled, Bill Lee Jr. made it back-to-back wins
with a 10.26 in Steve Best’s Dodge Demon, while
Gage Burch turned on the red light in his Chal-
lenger Red Eye.
In the Chevrolet Performance Street Car Chal-
lenge, Jeff Brady was the overall winner with a
10.12 average in a Camaro, while Tom Calabrese
was the runner-up with an 11.81 average in a Ca-
maro. Rendall Yoder picked up the 12-second win
in a Corvette, Jerry Morse picked up the 13-sec-
ond win in a Corvette and Ray Eugenio picked
up the 14-second win in a Corvette.
Two days of Fastest Street Car bracket racing
were rolled into the event, and on Saturday, Paul
Doorn defeated Allison Erlenbush in Bracket
1, while Trey Bunner defeated Troy Pirez Sr. in
Bracket 2 and A.J. Mullen was victorious over Gage
Burch in Bracket 3. On Sunday, Austin Logan won
over Cory LeClair in Bracket 1, Gage Burch was the
victor over Kyle Fawcett in Bracket 2 and Karley
Holbrook ousted JC Cole in Bracket 3.
Thankfully, there won’t be much of a delay
in action now as NMCA drivers will join forces
with NMRA drivers for the next stop on the se-
ries’ tour, the 11th Annual Scoggin Dickey Parts
Center NMRA/NMCA All-Star Nationals Pre-
sented by MAHLE Motorsport, April 4-7 at At-
lanta Dragway.
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