Drag Illustrated Issue 150, November 2019 | Page 34

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NMCA WORLD STREET FINALS
vs-Plymouth matchup. Class winners included
Goodwin FX Shootout winner Brent Wheeler,
Victory Performance Parts A-class winner Ramon
Powell, B-class winner Jeff Blickensderfer, and
C-class winner Bob Dillon. $6,200 was the total
purse for the NSS racers on Saturday!
Along with the Dave Duell Classic, the NMCA’s
Quick Fuel Technology NSS cars squared off
against the Victory Performance Parts NSS cars
in the All-Star-Shootout. This is the fourth year
for the shootout and the NMCA contingent made
it three wins to one. The final round featured two
NMCA racers, with Jeff Ryan Goodin victorious
over Corky Bumpus. Racers and fans alike celebrat-
ed at the NSS party held at the end of the night.
Bill Skillman blasted to an 8.03 in his other
Mustang Cobra Jet to lead qualifying in Coan
Engineering Stock/Super Stock Combo, but mak-
ing it all the way to the final round of eliminations
were Brian Livengood and Jeremy Duncan and
their pair of 1969 Camaros. Livengood was .016 at
the light and drove to the Aerospace Components
Winner’s Circle with a 10.468 on a 10.46 dial in
versus Duncan’s 9.826 on a 9.81.
There was no lack of rounds to be raced in the
Quick Fuel Technology Nostalgia Super Stock
category, and after the dust had settled, it was
Ricky Newmeyer who took the win over Kevin
Miller in the final round of competition.
In Detroit Truetrac Nostalgia Muscle Car, Noah
Winters found himself in the final round once
again, but unlike the last race in Norwalk where
he runnered-up, Winters was successful in his
bid for a win, after defeating Jeff Toepper in the
final round.
MagnaFuel Open Comp’s Donnie Edmonds
logged a .002 reaction time in his Chevelle to
lead qualifying, but it was Norwalk winner David
Rickey, who not only took home the win in the
Proform Rumble category in Indy, but who also
drove to the win over Larry Geddes in the final
round of Open Comp.
Street/strip cars were in the spotlight for
NMCA Gear Vendors True Street, where Jus-
tin May was the overall winner—for the second
NMCA event in a row—with an 8.23 average
in his Third-Gen Firebird. Scott Klepinger was
runner-up with an 8.34 average in his third-gen
Camaro, and True Street veteran Rick Baum
grabbed the 9-second award in his Mustang with
an average of 9.81. Jack Caldwell picked up the
10-second win in a Mustang, Harv Owen drove
to the 11-second win in his Corvette, and NMRA
racer Marvin Knack picked up the 12-second
win in his Stifflers Mustang. Rounding out the
category were Greg Jessup, who was the 13-sec-
ond winner, Rick Doern, who was the 14-second
winner in a Mustang and Angelo Taylor, who was
the 15-second winner in a PT Cruiser.
The Dodge // Mopar HEMI Shootout has been
an ever-growing class at NMCA events this year.
At this event, William Guger was the overall win-
ner with a 10.01 average, while Derrick Roder-
weiss was the runner-up with a 10.16 average. Pe-
ter “Muscle Car Jr.” Mansolillo was the 10-second
winner, Bruce Phillips was the 11-second winner,
Ken Mason was the 12-second winner, Michael
McCarter was the 13-second winner, Dana Baker
was the 14-second winner and Jessica Rickey was
the 15-second winner for the second NMCA event
in a row. Then, after the eight quickest drivers
in the category came together for the Arrington
Performance HEMI Quick 8 presented by Red
Line Oil, Derrick Roderweiss collected the win
with a 10.20 over Peter Mansolillo’s 10.49.
Don Baskin Truck Sales Factory Appearing
Stock Tire (FAST) racers were in action at this
event, and Terry Pennington was the No. 1 quali-
fier with a 9.943 and once again took home the
win in his L-88-powered Corvette. Joining him
in the Aerospace Components Winner’s Circle
was his wife, Julie, who was also at the top of the
qualifying sheets with an 11.004 and collected
the overall win in the Cor-A-Vent and Autorama
Auto Sales Factory Stock class.
Two days of Fastest Street Car Bracket racing
were rolled into the event, and on Saturday, Craig
Richardson defeated AJ Gick in Bracket 1, while
Randy Dobbs defeated Joey Moore in Bracket 2
and Jeff Toepper motored to the win over Jason
Whisman in Bracket 3. On Sunday, Troy Lens-
ing won over Blaine Bolding in Bracket 1, while
Duane Keiser defeated Nick Allison in Bracket 2
and Don Fotti grabbed the win over Rick Doern
in Bracket 3.
Class champions will be crowned in the Aero-
space Components Winner’s Circle at the NMCA
awards ceremony held during the 2019 Perfor-
mance Racing Industry Show right in Indianapo-
lis in December.
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