NMCA Bradenton 2011 Same Day Coverage

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Bradenton is known for great weather and performances and this weekend is no exception with sunny skies all around and temps projected into the mid eighties. Yesterday quite a few racers were having trouble with the track surface but today  looks to be a different story as Jamie Stanton and Chris Rini have already put up some killer numbers. Stanton ripped off a 7.92 for a shot at the Extreme Street record and Rini shocked us with a stellar 6.03. That’s gotta make the team and Don Baskin happy after they announced a sponsorship deal last night for the Pro Street racer.

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Morning Pit Notes

Mike Keenan is back at it in Extreme Street after being deployed overseas last year. He is a pilot and flight instructor in the Navy flying S3’s off the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier. He is now in the Reserves and flying the Airbus A320 for Jet Blue. He is running the same Jeff Burns 360 ci engine with a gear driven F1R Procharger, ATF Stage IV Glide and TCI converter.

Dan Kroll uses a unique approach with their nitrous system firing the odd and even cylinders separately to limit the power during the launch. I spoke with crew member Dave Clayput from Proformance Transmissions about this for an explanation and he has used this technique for several years, since before the advent of progressive controllers so popular now. So basically they fire half the engine at a time and step the timing accordingly. Once all the nitrous is in the timing is then ramped back in over a period of time to limit the total horsepower depending on track conditions and could be anywhere from one second to sometimes up to two seconds.

Chuck Demory runs a naturally aspirated combo in their NPS early model Mustang and ran a nice 7.40 during testing yesterday.

Vinnie Budano rolled in this morning with a new 68 Camaro from Tim McAmis and a new 836 cubic inch BBC with 4 stages of nitrous from Scott Shaffiroff. They ran the Shakedown at E Town and the Southern edition at PBIR with the car with good results. A nice 6.07 at E town on the fourth run and ran a 4.01 1/8th in Palm Beach. They are looking for good things from this car no doubt.

Manufactures midway is filled with vendors and event sponsors with assorted parts on display and for sale.

Don Cruz is here running X275 this weekend and is the first time out after some upgrades and changed at Pro Fab Performance in Thonotasassa. A new larger turbo, chassis/suspension upgrades and new piping for the intercooler and exhaust was handled by Matt LaRue and Cody Goodsell.

KOOK CUSTOM HEADERS PRO STREET QUALIFYING ROUND 1

Rick Blaisdell shook the tires and ran a 10.52.

Randy Alder from Tinley Park, IL went 6.82 @ 223 in his beautiful ’57 Belair. He is sitting in the number 5 qualifying spot.

Keith Valone shook the tires on his pass to a 8.10 @ 117

John Benoit ran a 6.544 @ 211 making him the number 4 qualifier for Pro Street

Jeff Lutz is the number 3 qualifier with a 6.268 @ 233mph pass.

Chris Rini is the number one qualifier with a flying 6.037 @ 234 mph pass in the heat of the day!

ARP NOSTALGIA PRO STREET QUALIFYING ROUND 1

Skip Baskin is holding the number 3 qualifying spot after his 7.41 @ 175mph pass in round one.

Jim Jarret went 7.256 @ 191 making him the number one qualifier for Nostalgia Pro Street.

David Beeson went 7.59 @ 175 mph in his ’78 Camaro during first round qualifying.

Andrew Handras wend 7.68 @ 178 during first round of qualifying in nostalgia pro street.

MICKEY THOMPSON TIRES SUPER STREET 10.5W

Ed Rice heating up the tires before his first qualifying run.

Kevin Mitchell is the number 3 qualifier after his 6.94 pass in round one.

John Lastinger went 8.01 @ 170 in his ’69 Camaro.

Ed Rice has some traction issues and ran a 8.04 @ 179.39mph

Conrad Scarry out of Deerfield Beach, FL ran a 6.717 @ 215mph on his first qualifying run. He is the number two qualifier.

CFE XTREME STREET

Steve Stanton warming them up before his pass.

Steve Stanton in the ’02 Camaro SS went 7.92 @ 178 putting him in the number 2 spot.

Steve Cagle in the ’70 Nova ran a 8.02 @ 170 mph putting him in the number 3 qualifying spot.

Scott “Scotty G” Guiler went 11.19 @ 115 after spinning the tires and shutting down.

Dan Kroll pulling a nice wheelie on his 8.11 @ 171mph pass in round one qualifying for CFE Extreme Street.

Round One Qualifying Sheets

Round Two Results

BF Goodrich mean Street

In round two of Mean Street Don Baskin came out hard with the little Chevy II and improved on his earlier run with a 9.83 @ 133 to keep the number one spot.

Gary Duncan also improved from a 10.13 to a 10.09 and had a nice hard launch to go with it.

David Hill ran a 10.28 @ 130 with his brand new car. The 93 Stang has a little 311 ci SBF under the hood and is fresh from the TRZ Motorsports shop in Kissimmee, Florida.

ATI 275 Drag Radial

David Hill made the first run of the day on a new turbo and managed an 8.13 for 4th position.

In ATI 275 Drag Radial Jason lee leads the field from round one with a 7.54 @ 182 and spun hard and pulled off to the side during the second session today. He looked none to happy about it either. No racers from round one were able to improve.

Comp Cams Pro Stock

Don Baskin leads the way in two classes here so far with a nice 8.43 @ 156, also from the earlier round. No racers improved their position in this class either in round two.

Robbie Blankenship has run some solid 8.5’s and currently sits in third position.

CFE Extreme Street

Bob Curran made a pass in this session but a 10.71 just gets him in the field.

Bill Trovato found some traction and hiked the wheels up making for a picturesque launch and not much else.

Kurgan was on fire earlier with his class leading 8.85 @ 175 but this class also fell victim to a lack of improvement in the heat here today. Mike Keenan put up an 8.42 @ 164 in this round after shutting down early in the first session. Scott Guiler has had little luck this weekend hooking the car but passed a 9.70 @ 146.

Mickey Thompson SS 10.5 W

Mike Murillo still leads the field after two rounds of qualifying with a 6.70 @ 215 just ahead of Conrad Scarry.

Kevin Mitchell was able to improve slightly from a 6.94 to a .92 @ 214 on his second try today while Ed Rice moved up to fourth with a 7.52 @ 179.

ARP Nostalgia Pro Street

Joe Bucaro stepped up to a 7.33 to bump Skip Baskin back one spot to fourth. Stanley Albritton jr. and Patrick Adams made the second session today with an 8.46and 8.49 respectively while 2010 NPS Champ is having no luck with the new car yet this weekend.

Jim Jarrett put up a killer 7.25 in round one and was not able to better that yet today.

DeMory sits in second with his 640 cubic inch all motor ’68 Stang.

Kooks Custom Headers Pro Street

John Benoit made the trip from Vermont and currently sits in fifth with his 68 nitrous powered Camaro.

Randy Adler improved significantly in the second round, moving to third with a nice 6.16 @ 234 and bumping Lutz and Benoit back a spot.

Rini Still leads the way after two rounds with his earlier 6.03. Joe Dunne is having good luck figuring out the new clutch set up with a 6.10. Demieri also improved running a 7.11 @ 202 for ninth spot.

Final Qualifying Results

KOOKS CUSTOM HEADERS PRO STREET

Vinny Budano heating up the tires before his last qualifying pass.

Vincent Demieri ran a 7.713 @ 202 mph on his last qualifying pass.

Joe Dunn ran very good today. He’s just a tenth behind Rini with his 6.108 @ 234 mph pass placing him in the 2nd qualifying spot. Tomorrow will be interesting for sure!

MICKEY THOMPSON TIRES SUPER STREET 10.5W

Tony Nesbitt holeshot on his last qualifying pass.

Steve Summers pulled the wheels through the sixty foot on his last qualifying pass.

Jesse “James” Violante waiting to ready to heat up the tires before his last pass. He ran a 7.0 @ 183mph putting him in the number four qualifying spot.

ARP NOSTALGIA PRO STREET

Patrick Adams had a pulled a huge wheel stand in his last qualifying pass.

Joe Bucaro grabbed the number three qualifying spot after his 7.33 @ 187 mph pass. His car ran very well and consistent all day.

Jim Jarrett is sitting on top with a 7.25 @ 191mph!

David Beason went 7.43 @ 182mph.

Chuck Demory Jr is sitting in the number two spot after a great pass in his beautiful ’68 Mustang.

Andrew Handras heating up the tires before his last pass.

COMP CAMS PRO STOCK

Rob Valden ran a 8.68 on his last qualifying pass.

Charlie Booze staged and ready to race for the last qualifying round.

Charlie Booze had another great pass!

CFE EXTREME STREET

Jamie Stanton ran a 7.92 @ 178 putting him in the number two qualifying spot. He’s not far behind Bob Kurgan so it will be interesting to see who goes faster tomorrow in eliminations.

George Rumore ran a 8.02 @ 170mph pass in the final round of qualifying for Extreme Street.

Bob Kurgan is sitting in the number one spot after his 7.85 @ 175 mph pass in his 1986 Mustang.

Bill Trovato went 8.0 at 172 mph in his final qualifying pass.

ATI 275 DRAG RADIAL

John Fernandez is sitting in the number two spot after his 7.96 pass.

Jeffrey Lutz heating the tires before his last qualifying pass.

Jason Lee is the number one qualifier with a 7.54 @ 182 mph.

Don Lamana went 8.811 @ 170 mph in his turbo 339ci '88 Mustang. Matt from Pro-Fab Performance did a lot of work on the car and came out to help Don get the car dialed in. Once they get the car to hook they should be seeing some 8.30-8.40 passes!

Don Cruz heating up the tires in the “Cruzship” before his last qualifying pass.

Don Cruz pulled the tires a little bit and ran a solid 8.68 @ 156 mph putting him in the number 5 qualifying spot.

Saturday Night Pit Notes

Tony Puglesi had some material get stuck on a valve face causing a backfire through the manifold. They tore it down and Russ Sutherland is reassembling the head in the trailer.

Randy Adler is out after shattering the crank trigger pulley in the third session today. They do not have a spare and the pieces of this one went through the oil pan, damaging it as well. Crew member Jim Patton said it was a 6.09 pass at the time so thats a tough break for the team.

Jeff Lutz was swapping out transmissions this evening, going from the lock up converter combo to one perhaps more suited to the track conditions this weekend. they were having trouble applying the power and a softer setup should help them out. They ran well with this trans at Orlando last year, here Jeff Jr. does a quick inspection and cleans it up.

Chris Rini hurt a lifter this afternoon on his 6.03 pass forcing them to miss the other two sessions today. He was able to hold onto the top qualifier anyway and were putting the engine back together around nine PM.

David Merrit lost the blower belt in the second session today. Inspection in the pits found a broken valve tip which they then repaired. When the car failed to start after that repair they dug in further and found the crank bolts had sheared off which was the original cause of the lost belt and damaged valve. They had it fired up and were putting the car in the trailer for the night when I was leaving.

Nitrous Mike had the grill going at the Mickey Thompson trailer. Always good eats my friend.

The track crew got right to it after racing today to get the surface prepped for Sunday’s eliminations.

About the author

Rob Cossack

Rob has had an interest in photography since he was young, but didn't get started until 2007, when he started shooting at the local tracks. After that, he started doing local video coverage of heads-up events and began working with Power Automedia shortly after.
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