Dirt
All-Star Nationals
Flamholc, Hines and Carter highlight winners as
NMCA rebounds from COVID-19 shutdown 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 plenty of power while
pursuing the coveted Aerospace Components
Winner’s Circle in the Peach State.
On the NMCA side, Adam Flamholc flew to
a 3.73 in his Corvette to set the pace in VP Racing
Lubricants Xtreme Pro Mod, where all but
two drivers in the category also posted 3-second
passes despite high heat and heavy humidity. The
stellar Swedish driver was determined all weekend
long, and won with a 3.85 against Craig Sullivan,
who was no slouch before being forced to
click off at 4.05 in his Daytona.
In Mickey Thompson/VP Racing Madditives
Street Outlaw, Alan Felts arrived at a 4.42 in his
Mustang to lead qualifying, but Phil Hines was
hungry for yet another win in his Mustang, and
got it, after a tight 4.50-to-4.51 matchup against
Tony Hobson and his Mustang in the final round.
A mighty mix of Mustang Cobra Jets, COPO
Camaros, and Challenger Drag Paks duked it out
in Holley EFI Factory Super Cars, where Chris
Holbrook hot-shoed to a 7.73 in his Mustang
Cobra Jet to lead qualifying. But the final round
featured Tripp Carter and Chuck Watson and
their Mustang Cobra Jets built at Watson
Racing. Carter collected the win
with a 7.84, while Watson was forced
to get out of the throttle.
We’ll never tire of the nitrous purges
in ARP Nitrous Pro Street, and that
includes the plumes from Randy Dolensek’s
Mercury Cyclone Spoiler II
clone before he cruised to a 4.54 to lead
qualifying. Dolensek, who achieved
two runner-up finishes in the category
last year, showed no signs of stopping
on his way to his first win of this year
with a 4.56 against Vince Khoury, who
turned in a 4.61 in his Firebird.
NMCA Edelbrock Xtreme Street and NMRA
Edelbrock Renegade drivers shared the stage,
and Mike Freeman was able to take a bow after
a 4.68 in his Mustang to lead the forceful field in
qualifying, but Bob Zelenak blasted to a 4.83 in
his Mustang to secure the win over Scott Grove,
who was 5.10 in his Mustang.
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