A packed house and great racing action was the result of the NMCA’s trip to Milan Dragway in Milan, MI the weekend of August 27-29, 2010.  As this is the NMCA’s sixth race of seven, the points chase in each class was on the line and the end result was some fantastic racing action.

In the Scorpion Performance Pro Street class, Chris Rini took his ’07 Dodge Stratus straight to the top of the qualifying ladder as he re-set the national record to a 6.16 during Saturday’s sessions.  There, Noel Felton gathered a series of gifts, first from Troy Coughlin when Coughlin had some fluid leakage on the starting line, then a redlight from Jeff Lutz and a bye run into the final.  On the other side of the ladder, Rini decimated the competition to meet up with Felton for the finals.  Felton rolled in first, but when the tree came down he redlit, while Rini turned in an unbelievable 6.15 at over 231 MPH to take the win.


A packed house and great racing action was the result of the NMCA’s trip to Milan Dragway in Milan, MI the weekend of August 27-29, 2010.  As this is the NMCA’s sixth race of seven, the points chase in each class was on the line and the end result was some fantastic racing action.

In the Scorpion Performance Pro Street class, Chris Rini took his ’07 Dodge Stratus straight to the top of the qualifying ladder as he re-set the national record to a 6.16 during Saturday’s sessions.  There, Noel Felton gathered a series of gifts, first from Troy Coughlin when Coughlin had some fluid leakage on the starting line, then a redlight from Jeff Lutz and a bye run into the final.  On the other side of the ladder, Rini decimated the competition to meet up with Felton for the finals.  Felton rolled in first, but when the tree came down he redlit, while Rini turned in an unbelievable 6.15 at over 231 MPH to take the win.

Mickey Thompson’s Super Street class saw Frank Mewshaw run just .008 slower than the national record to take the top qualifying spot.  As eliminations progressed, Bill Lutz took out Jim Robbins and Larry Prykucki, then scored the semifinal bye on his way to the finals.  On the other side of the ladder, Tony Nesbitt lit the red in the semi, sending Rob Golobo on to meet Lutz in the final.  There, after a bit of timing-system drama, Lutz took the win over Golobo.

Chuck Demory Jr. rocketed to the top of the ARP Nostalgia Pro Street field during qualifying, unleashing an awesome 7.28 at 187 MPH during Saturday’s sessions.  Eliminations saw Jeff Colletta blaze through his side of the ladder to end up in the finals against Demory, who drove to the final with a .004 reaction time in the semi.  Demory took the win with a 7.29 to Colletta’s redlight.

New Yorker Jamie Stanton led the Vortech Xtreme Street class through the qualifying sessions, taking the top position with a 7.91 blast on Saturday.  He rolled through the competition to take out Jason Lee and move into the final against Trovato in a battle of the top two qualifiers.  There, Stanton turned on the red bulb while Trovato turned on the clocks with a stout 7.91!

Comp Cams Pro Stock had Greg Delaney taking the top qualifying spot over Don Bowles with an 8.50 to lead the pack.  Eliminations came down to 2009’s class champion Skip Baskin and Michigan racer Ben Mens in the final round.  There, Mens pushed the tree too far, handing the win away on the starting line.

The BFGoodrich Tires Street Radial class was a classic Ford vs. Chevrolet battle with Floridian Michael Fratena taking the top spot with an 8.66.  The elimination rounds had Jay Canella taking out Heath Shemwell in the first round, then taking a bye straight into the final.  On the other half of the ladder, Fratena took the first-round bye and eliminated Brad Schehr to meet Canella in the final. In a side-by-side matchup Fratena came out on top.

Alan Von Ahnen clicked off a 10.00 to take the top spot in the Drag Racer Magazine Mean Street class.  He then eliminated Mike Winters on his way to the finals via the second-round bye.  On the other side of the ladder, Jeremy Gillam took out class champion Don Baskin to meet with Von Ahnen in the final, where Gillam put up a 10.02 grab the win with a .004 MOV.

In Hawk Performance Open Comp, Donnie Bowles clicked off a perfect .000 reaction time during Friday’s session to stand atop the 36 racers in the class heading into eliminations.  There, Bowles continued his march to take home the cheese over Adam Samfilippo.

In Indy Cylinder Head Nostalgia Super Stock, Barry Camp ran .0002 over his index to qualify at the top of the field.  He made it all the way to the semifinals before being eliminated by Brian Merrick.  On the other side of the ladder Al Corda took out everyone he faced on the way to Merrick.  In the final, Merrick took the win.

Florida’s Cindee Hall took her ’63 Falcon to the top of the Fastest Street Car Nostalgia Muscle Car class by running .001 over her index.  At the end of the day it was class champ Andy Warren against Danny Towe, and Warren ran just .01 over his dial to take the win and retain his points lead.

Eaton Posi’s Late Model EFI class had NMRA regular Kent Nine qualifying first, .002 over his index.  Once eliminations were over, however, local hotshoe Chris Cadle took the win over Dan White.