NMCA Florida 08 - Saturday Coverage

[Chevelle Rob]

Nostalgia Pro Street Q2

Position Car # Driver Name ET MPH Fastest MPH
1 10 Jim Widener 7.561 178.28 182.77
2 1 Jeff Colletta 7.605 177.16 177.16
3 3188 John Schroeder 7.682 173.24 173.24
4 3116 Mike Schmidt 7.789 177.02 177.02
5 3046 Billy Joe Gordon 7.966 169.58 169.58
6 7 Robert Remek 7.975 174.04 174.04
7 3045 8.056 169.74 169.74
8 3127 Phil Swales 8.322 162.68 162.68
9 3157 Wade Gullet 8.375 165.62 165.62
10 3989 Felix Garcia 8.437 164.29 164.29
11 3007 Scotty Kegg 8.582 156.08 156.08
12 3128 Rob Logan 9.182 138.29 140.42



Nitto Tire Super Street Q2

Position Car # Driver Name ET MPH Fastest MPH
1 3 Spiro Pappas 6.992 201.74 201.74
2 2170 Shawn Zubler 7.149 199.07 199.07
3 8 Frank Mewshaw 7.227 202.97 202.97
4 2999 Tony Nesbitt 7.263 172.44 172.44
5 2010 Dan Millen 7.39O 186.21 186.21
6 2060 Jeff Shawver 7.507 201.97 203.94
7 2690 Mike Yedgarian 7.519 197.36 197.36
8 2830 Jake Carlton 7.595 193.79 193.79
9 2815 Richard Bligh 7.741 172.11 172.11
10 2062 Matt Bell 9.303 165.22 165.22

Scorpion Perf Pro Street Q2

Position Car # Driver Name ET MPH Fastest MPH
1 1001 Tony Bischoff 6.395 219.45 219.45
2 1 Vinny Budano 6.426 219.88 219.88
3 1967 Mark Micke 6.477 215.05 215.05
4 2 George Landis 6.509 222.00 222.00
5 3 Randall Haynes 6.519 214.08 214.08
6 1471 Steve King 6.533 224.94 224.94
7 1031 Steve Miller 6.539 226.47 226.47
8 1024 Corky Markwart 6.54O 211.41 211.41
9 1490 Dan Sailz 6.554 212.61 212.61
10 1450 Steve Matusek 6.575 215.25 215.25
11 1995 Jimmy Keen 6.598 215.46 215.46
12 1013 Vincent Demieri 6.622 215.77 215.77
13 1041 Tony Puglese 6.643 212.06 212.06
14 1010 Chris Rini 6.716 208.14 208.14
15 1002 Lee Baltzell 6.747 201.61 201.61
16 1006 Kenny Voss 6.831 207.90 207.90

[mark@streetlegaltv]

I talked with Boca Raton Florida based Pro Street competitor George Landis after second round qualifying. Despite some clutch issues with the new three disc set up they are still qualified # 4 with a 6.50 @ 222. in his NextGeneration racing Dodge Stratus. On Friday night they thought they hurt Oddy's Perfomance 526 ci Hemi big block due to the clutch issues, which caused the engine to overrev. When they have the AFT three disc cluch dialed in look for Goerge to be on top of the Pro Street field once again. They have also switched to a new tire for 2008, from Goodyear to Mickey Thomson and George is pleased with the decreased 60' the new tires have given. Last year George finished in the number two spot in BMF Racing Heads Pro Street, he also held the mile per hour record at 226. This year Pro Street sees a new sponser on board with Scorpion Performance.










Mike Yedgarian made the long trip from Canada bringing his Procharged 2002 Trans Am. Inclement weather in his home country turned a normally 24 hour trip into 32 hours. He runs a Liberty cluthless 5 speed trans with a RAM racing dual disc clutch and has been 6.90-7.00 range, though this weekend he is having some problems with the engine shutting down 120 feet out and then coming back on. Mike hopes to see this issue resolved for elimination on Sunday.









I talked to Robert Remek to see why he was leaking fuel on his round one qualifying attempt. He said the line he uses for flowing the nitrous system fuel pressure was left loose. Glad to see it wasnt a major issue as he ran a 7.95 @ 174 in a soft hit for round two. Rob and Patty own a consturction company in Boca Raton installing hurricane windows and doors for residential homes. They finished seventh in 2007 points though Robert wont be running the whole NMCA schedule this year as he has two weddings in the family.




Jim Widener tells me they had to sleep in the truck on the way down here in the Advanced AutoParts Parking lot waiting for them to open to purchase an alternator that went bad on the trip. Jim plans to run the full 2008 NMCA season in NPS using BES power and Induction Solutions nitrous. He runs a small for the class 525 CI BBC so is allowed a 40 jet in each fogger nozzle, whereas the 632 combo is limited to a 23 jet.








Jimmy Berry owns the Motive Gear Mustang driven by Corky Markwart in Pro Street here this weekend in Bradenton. He runs a Scotty's Racing Technology 638 CI big block Ford engine with 3 Induction Solutions nitrous kits. Corky leads the points at Sunshine Dragstrips Heads Up Madness series and Jimmy plans to race locally as well as follow the NMCA tour for 2008. He has had the car for two years and since hooking up with Corky, Scotty, and Steve Johnson has had increased success.

[Chevelle Rob]

RECAP OF ROUND TWO QUALIFYING IN BRADENTON




Jim Widener is Mr. Consistancy this weekend with back to back 7.56's in his NPS 525 ci BBC Mustang.
This engine was originally built by BES racing engines for Extreme Street duty, but the extensive modifications necessary
to the car for that class led Jim to campaign the car in Nostalgia Pro Street after talking it over with Tony Bischoff who assured
him it would have plenty of power to compete in this class. His number one qualifying position and top MPH back that up.




Skip Baskin kept the front end on the ground this round bettering his 19 second round one shot with an 8.73 @ 151 in round two for the number seven spot.



Spiro Pappas ripped off a nice 206 MPH blast for the round two session though with a slightly slower ET, a 7.02 vs a 6.99 @ 201 in the
first round, taking top MPH in the process.




Steve Miller has the top MPH in Pro Street at 226 with his turbo charged 1999 S-10 pickup. Steve is from Buffalo New York and holds the number seven spot.

[Chevelle Rob]

RECAP OF ROUND THREE QUALIFYING IN BRADENTON




Jeremy Gillam was able to get down the track in round three to the tune of a nice 10.20, moving up the ladder to the number three position,
taking the spot from Alan Von Ahnen with an easy launch.




In round three qualifying the track was going away with the rubber picking up from the starting line leaving a bald spot. Here Jake Carlton looses traction.



Round three saw Steve King improve his qualifying spot from number six to number three in his new car. Prior to this event he had only made two short hits on the car so his 6.47 @ 225 is starting to get things in order.

[Chevelle Rob]

NEWS FROM THE PITS ROUND THREE BRADENTON





Hicksville NewYork resident Vinny Budano is here in Bradenton Florida for the NMCA season opener to defend his Pro Street title yet again after winning the championship for the past three years. He is qualified in the number two spot with a 6.42 @ 219, just three hundredths behind Indiana's Tony Bischoff. Vinny runs Scott Shafiroff engines with three stages of Speedtech nitrous in his 1968 Camaro. He says it takes over 2500 horsepower to push the 2750 pound ride to over 220 MPH in the quater mile.





The Budano crew has been racing together with the same members for many years





Troy Pirez Jr. ran an 8.32 for a new personal best in the third round qualifying session after having some eletrical problems earlier in the day and detuning the car trying to avoid tire shake. Troy Jr. and his father do their own engines and are spraying about 400 HP of nitrous on the big block chevy.



This car was campaigned for several years by his father in various organzations depending on where it best fit the rules and is well known in the radial tire classes for being a top contender. Though not purpose built for this class like other cars in Xtreme Street this father and son team is quite satisfied with the performance this weekend.





Phil "Tookie" Swales is another Florida racer and he races his 1970 Nova in Nostalgia Pro Street. The North Port resident picked up his car from Dan Nuemans chassis shop just Thursday after some adjustments in an effort to stop a persistant wheelie problem and new engine instalation. This piece was done in Rob Adlers A Team Speed Shop in Illinois. The first pass on the car this weekend was an 8.32 @ 163. The Nova is an old school car being a traditional back half chassis, still having the stock front clip installed and being 400 pounds overweight for this class.






Kenny Voss is unique in the Pro Street field with a natrually aspirated 818 Schmidt motor in the 2006 Chevy Cavalier. Kenny is based in Homosassa Florida and plans to run the NMCA season for 2008. Cal Mathewson is the car owner and sponser with his Xtreme Cycle Works business.



They tore up a clutch earlier but are back in business now. They sit on the bump so they'll need some luck to make it through Sunday.

[Chevelle Rob]

During qualifying, the top 8 from Xtreme Street last year participated in the ARP Extreme Street Shootout. The finals came during round 3 of qualifying. Danny Shemwell faced Bob Kurgan. Upon launch, Shemwell spun and the car pitched right. Bob Kurgan was on a clean pass with an 8.22 @ 169 MPH. Kurgan is your ARP Extreme Street Shootout winner.

[Chevelle Rob]

FINAL QUALIFYING RESULTS BRADENTON

Scorpion Perf Pro Street Q3

Position Car # Driver Name ET MPH Fastest MPH
1 1001 Tony Bischoff 6.395 219.45 219.45
2 1 Vinny Budano 6.426 219.88 221.56
3 1471 Steve King 6.476 225.16 225.16
4 1967 Mark Micke 6.477 215.05 215.05
5 2 George Landis 6.509 222.00 222.00
6 3 Randall Haynes 6.519 214.08 214.08
7 1031 Steve Miller 6.539 226.47 226.47
8 1024 Corky Markwart 6.54O 211.41 211.41
9 1490 Dan Sailz 6.554 212.61 212.61
10 1450 Steve Matusek 6.575 215.25 215.25
11 1995 Jimmy Keen 6.598 215.46 216.29
12 1013 Vincent Demieri 6.615 215.98 215.98
13 1041 Tony Puglese 6.643 212.06 212.26
14 1010 Chris Rini 6.667 188.48 208.14
15 1002 Jimmy Marino 6.747 201.61 201.61
16 1006 Kenny Voss 6.796 208.28 208.28

Nitto Tire Super Street Q3

Position Car # Driver Name ET MPH Fastest MPH
1 3 Spiro Pappas 6.992 201.74 206.80
2 2170 Shawn Zubler 7.149 199.07 199.07
3 8 Frank Mewshaw 7.227 202.97 202.97
4 2999 Tony Nesbitt 7.237 197.71 197.71
5 2010 Dan Millen 7.39O 186.21 186.21
6 2060 Jeff Shawver 7.507 201.97 203.94
7 2690 Mike Yedgarian 7.519 197.36 197.36
8 2830 Jake Carlton 7.595 193.79 193.79
9 2815 Richard Bligh 7.658 191.57 191.57
10 2062 Matt Bell 9.303 165.22 165.22

Nostalgia Pro Street Q3

Position Car # Driver Name ET MPH Fastest MPH
1 10 Jim Widener 7.561 178.28 182.77
2 1 Jeff Colletta 7.582 184.65 184.65
3 3188 John Schroeder 7.682 173.24 182.59
4 3116 Mike Schmidt 7.754 172.84 177.02
5 7 Robert Remek 7.809 178.42 178.42
6 3046 Billy Joe Gordon 7.927 170.42 170.42
7 3045 Patrick Adams 8.056 169.74 169.74
8 3157 Wade Gullet 8.197 163.66 165.62
9 3127 Phil Swales 8.214 168.38 168.38
10 3989 Felix Garcia 8.437 164.29 164.29
11 3007 Scotty Kegg 8.532 156.16 160.05
12 3128 Rob Logan 9.13O 143.40 143.40
13 3632 Robert Briscoe 13.582 64.79 64.79
14 5 Tony Nesbitt 14.309 81.36 81.36

Vortech Xtreme Street Q3

Position Car # Driver Name ET MPH Fastest MPH
1 1 Danny Shemwell 8.119 174.24 174.24
2 4 Cameron Coble 8.16O 175.13 175.13
3 8 Bob Kurgan 8.161 169.84 169.84
4 4177 Bill Trovato 8.212 170.55 170.55
5 2 Chuck Bartholme 8.227 167.94 167.94
6 4996 Michael Keenan 8.272 163.72 167.53
7 4140 Troy Pirez Jr 8.329 164.77 164.77
8 4214 Bart Tobenes 8.349 164.56 164.56
9 4026 Nick Rinehart 8.382 160.88 169.26
10 4108 Aaron Stapleton 8.399 168.13 168.13
11 6 Andy Mayes 8.402 166.57 166.57
12 4450 Steve cagle 8.50O 168.00 168.00
13 4049 Mark Mahowski 8.579 158.75 159.97
14 4632 Henry Schneider 8.815 155.41 155.41
15 4048 Haskell Mackowski 9.083 141.46 141.46
16 4470 Enrique Perez 9.181 148.19 148.19

Comp Cams Pro Stock Q3

Position Car # Driver Name ET MPH Fastest MPH
1 5115 Butch Kemp 8.559 143.76 143.76
2 2 John Langer 8.634 157.72 157.72
3 5117 Michael DeMayo 8.668 152.12 156.14
4 1 Bruce Maichle 8.718 157.04 158.14
5 10 Robbie Blankenship 8.723 155.68 155.68
6 5088 Andrew Schmidt 8.73O 155.79 155.79
7 5213 Skip Baskin 8.735 151.43 151.43
8 5103 David Murray 8.782 159.09 159.09
9 5104 Jeff Chandler 8.808 156.16 156.16
10 5000 David Wright 9.086 148.00 148.00

Car Craft Street Race Q3

Position Car # Driver Name ET MPH Fastest MPH
1 2 John Macaluso 9.125 154.03 154.03
2 6050 Brad Schehr 9.138 152.95 152.95
3 6017 Tim Hendricks 9.256 144.13 144.13
4 6034 Brian Edwards 9.358 147.90 147.90
5 1 Michael Fratena 9.363 140.73 146.79
6 6036 Stephen Carroll 9.386 147.05 147.05
7 9 Eric Kenward 9.487 139.47 139.47
8 6054 Paul Petty 9.773 140.27 140.27

BF Goodrich Tires Mean St Q3

Position Car # Driver Name ET MPH Fastest MPH
1 2 Jeff Swanson 10.07O 132.54 132.54
2 10016 Don Baskin 10.177 128.04 128.04
3 3 Jeremy Gillam 10.207 130.73 131.94
4 4 Alan Von Ahnen 10.319 129.72 129.72
5 10002 Kyle Fawcett 11.323 118.74 118.74

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Complete Videos from Saturday's Action have been posted:

A Saturday Morning Introduction with Scott Sparrow kicks off our video coverage. Watch the video here.

Qualifying Round 1 from NMCA Bradenton - Mean Street, Street Race, Pro Stock, Xtreme Street, Nostalgia Pro Street. Watch the video here.

Qualifying Round 1 from NMCA Bradenton - Super Street, Pro Street. Watch the video here.

We talk with Damon Kuhn, Heath Shemwell, Ralph Seran and Michael Stephenson during Index Round 3 Qualifying.
Watch the video here.

Qualifying Round 3 from NMCA Bradenton - Pro Street, Super Street, Nostalgia Pro Street.
Watch the video here

Qualifying Round 3 from NMCA Bradenton - Mean Street, Street Race, Pro Stock, Xtreme Street
Watch the video here