KELLEY & MICHALAK WIN TXDRL
Kenjo Kelley and Jason Michalak victors at HMP

Kenjo Kelly took the honors at Texas Drag Racing Leagues race at Houston Motorsports Park June 20th. With track temps hovering in the 140 degree range, Kenjo whipped out a 4.79@159.63 pass during qualifying, putting him in the #1 chair in True Outlaw.

Kelley defeated E. Stubbs in the final round, 4.7906@160.43 to Stubbs aborted 8.342@57.29 attempt.

Congratulations Kenjo!

In TXDRL Tuff Street, Jason Michalak grabbed his second win of the season! Jason defeated Dwight Cannon for the win in the stock suspension class.

Jason was off pace during qualifying but quickly picked up during eliminations where he ran a 5.27@138.33 against Dewight's 5.37@134.65.

Congratulations on Back to Back Victories Jason!

Photos Courtesy Nitroart.com

Posted in Racing News - June 24th, 2009

TONY NESBITT WINS AT 'DA GROVE
Team Midnight Outlaw 10.5 winner at Great Lakes Dragway

Team Midnight's Tony Nesbitt picked up a Outlaw 10.5 win last weekend during Great Lakes Dragway's Nitrous Street Car Brawl.

His other Team Member, Barb Nesbitt, qualified #1 but broke a strut in her Camaro ending her chances early. Luckily Barb is quite a driver and was able to escape the wild ride without injury or hitting anything.

Congratulations Tony and we're glad to hear you're safe Barb!

Posted in Racing News - June 23rd, 2009

NMCA MILAN CUSTOMER RESULTS
NCRC customers out in force...

3 Time NMRA SSO Champ John Urist proved once again he's the man to beat at the June 13th NMRA Milan race. Urist, the #1 qualifier with a 7.4002@197.34, defeated Don Burton in a close blower vs. Nitrous race during the final round.

Dave Guy got his feet wet in NMRA BFG Drag Radial and showed the field he came packing when he went 8.03@182.18 mph - good enough for the #2 spot and top mph!

Unfortunately Dave got loose during the semifinals and collected the wall ending his day early. Hopefully repairs will be easy and we're glad to hear he wasn't hurt.

Over in Hot Street Mike Demayo Sr. and Max Gross were making their first passes on their new NCRC all-aluminum converter. The team was rewarded with multiple 1.16 60' times and a #2 qualifying position on the new setup. Robbie Blankenship, another NCRC customer, grabbed the #1 position in qualifying.

Max went all the way to the finals where he ran a 8.748 to Hanlon's 8.758, but unfortunately left too early drawing a .037 red light giving the win to Hanlon.

Congratulations Fella's on your wins, runner ups and strong performances!

Photos Courtesy StangTV.com

Posted in Racing News - June 17th, 2009

MICHALAK GRABS 4th WIN AT SEALY
Another Ultimate Street Class Win at Lone Star Raceway

Jason Michalak took his big blue Chevelle into the winners circle June 13th at the Sealy, Texas Ultimate Street race held at Lone Star Raceway.

Michalak defeated Chad Smallwood in an all NCRC final round - his third win this year!

We just finished building a custom all-aluminum converter recently for him and we're happy to see it's working well for him first time out!

Congratulations on your win Jason!!!

Photo Courtesy ssracingphotography.com

Posted in Racing News - June 15th, 2009

THE JUNE 6th WINS KEEP ROLLING IN
Texas TT5, MAKO, Ozark, Sunshine, I-22 and ADRL News

Texas True Ten Five

Texas True Ten Five at the new Dallas Raceway there was another "All NCRC" final. John Mathis defeated Miquel Varela 5.64 to 5.77 to take home the win in True Street! Congrat's John!!

MAKO Outlaw 10.5

Up North at Tulsa Raceway Park Travis Thompson defeated last years class champion Clint Downs for the win in MAKO Real Street! This was another "All NCRC" final!! Congrat's Travis!!

Ozark Raceway Park

A few hundred miles northeast of Tulsa, Bill Cuglietta defeated Craig Ondrick for the win in True Ten Five at the Ozark Raceway Park Shootout. Bill just recently switched to a NCRC converter and it really helped wake his car up. He ran 5.3382@142.68 to Ondrick's 6.1154@132.04.

In Outlaw Ten Five Aaron York defeated Mike Kimmis in yet again another all NCRC final - earlier in the day Kimmis broke the track record running a 4.4779!

Pro Mod also had two NCRC customers in the final round, Eddie Rogers defeated Ron Muenks in a late night final round pedal fest 5.1859 to 5.3894

- Way to go Guysll!!

I-22 Motorsports Park

Keith Szabo went to the winners circle at I-22 Motorsports Park in True Ten Five by solidly defeating Paul Solize. Keith has been racking up the wins this year! Congratulations Keith!

Sunshine Heads up Madness

At the Sunshine Heads up Madness race, Bill Futch put the hammer down on Markiewicz in Outlaw 10.5, and set a new track record 4.36! Awesome Performance Bill!!

ADRL Martin

ADRL is off the hook - we're betting a NCRC equipped car will be the first to 200mph AND the first to the 3's in the 1/8th in Xtreme Ten Five! Todd Moyer and Spiro Pappas both just about did it at Martin last weekend. Pappas laid down a 4.05 and Moyer a 4.04 before the event was called for rain - it's going to happen soon!!! Maybe we'll see it at Topeka?

Also at ADRL Martin, there were other NCRC converter equipped cars running very hard in Pro Nitrous.. John Decerbo ran a 4.04@182, Lee Adkins ran a 4.07 and John Vergotz ran a 4.09!

Posted in Racing News - June 10th, 2009

4 CLASS WINS AT NMCA MAPLE GROVE!
Bucaro, Singleton, Booze & Baskin take home $$$$

Wow - what a weekend for NCRC customers! At the NMCA Maple Grove race there were customer class wins in Nostalgia Pro Street, Xtreme Street, Pro-Stock and Mean Street... What do all those cars have in common? Why, it's Neal Chance Racing Converters!

Of course the other common thing about these racers is that they all work VERY HARD on their racing programs, and we're proud to be associated with their efforts!

In Nostalgia Pro Street Joe Bucaro defeated Barb Nesbit in an "All NCRC" final round. Bucaro ran 7.531@181.84 to Nesbit's 7.74@178.63. This win marks Joe's 2nd for this year - he's on a roll!

Chris Singleton took home the honors in Xtreme Street. He defeated Chuck Bartholme in a close race, 8.158@172.63 to 8.165@169.76.

Charlie Booze Jr. laid the smack down on Mike Konigshofer in Pro Stock! Booze wasted no time at the tree with a .047 light and ran her out the back door recording a "Can't catch this" 8.582@152.18 to Konigshofer's 8.715 attempt.

And last but not least, Don Baskin put his Chevy II in the Mean Street winners circle after defeating a redlighting Alan Von Ahnen, 10.061@130.07 to Ahnen's 10.119@131.65

Unfortunately NCRC customer Mike Yedgarian lost his car in a wreck during the semifinals. We're hoping the damage isn't too bad and wish him a speedy recovery getting the car back together.

Congratulations to all the winners from the folks here at NCRC!

Photos Courtesy StreetLegalTV.com

Posted in Racing News - June 10th, 2009

VRETTOS CoRuPt's CECIL COUNTY
Another "ALL NCRC" Final Round in Drag Radial

Several NCRC Heavy Hitters were out to test their luck at Cecil County's Outlaw Street Car Shoot Out June 6th. "Big Daddy" Dwayne Gutridge ripped off a 4.78@169 during qualifying which landed him the #1 spot. Alex Vrettos and Paul Major both followed up with solid 4.9X passes.

In eliminations, Major's Corvette had issues, putting him slightly off pace until he ended up getting loose and collecting the wall during round 2. At least Paul didn't get hurt, and we can hope the damage isn't too bad so he can be out racing again soon.

Gutridge and Vrettos both sawed through the field and ended up in a not so rare "All NCRC" final.

The odds were on Big Daddy who was consistently in the 4.70's on almost every pass where Vrettos was still getting a handle on his new setup. When it was show time, Vrettos and Team CoRupt proved "it ain't over till it's over" when Gutridge had to pedal giving Vrettos some breathing room. Alex went 4.87@150 and Big Daddy 5.08@142.

Congrat's to both Team CoRupt on their Win and Big Daddy on his Runner-Up and breaking the track record!

Photo Courtesy Clickclickboom Photography

Posted in Racing News - June 9th, 2009

NCRC RACE WEEKEND WRAP UP
Customers seize wins at NHRA, IHRA and Ram Shootout

A number of NCRC customers scored impressive wins during the last weekend of May.

• Charlie Booze, the reigning Ram Racing N/A 10.5 class Champion took home another victory in the during the Ram Racing Event in Numida, PA. Way to go Charlie!!!
  
  
• Richie Preiser set a IHRA Super Stock Record in SS/AM at Richmond Dragway. He ran 5.729, .471 under the index during qualifying then got all the way to the finals but pushed the tree a bit too far. He still had a great day with a new record and a runner up! Congrat's Richie!!!
  
  
• Tim Forshee from Wichita, KS won Super Street at the NHRA Nationals in Topeka. Tim beat Brandon Kanan in the final round and went 10.969@134.74 on his winning run. Congratulations Tim!!!

  Posted in Racing News - June 4th, 2009

ADKINS PRO NITROUS ADRL DEBUT
Raises a few eyebrows at ADRL Memphis with .972 60'

Lee Adkins in only his 6th pass ran a .972 60 ‘ and cut .019 light against Halsey in the first round of ADRL at Memphis. At the 330’ it looked like an upset, but Halsey showed his huge power coming around Adkins on the big end. Once Lee and his Team have some more time with the combination, you can bet this car is going to be a Power Hitter!

Lee you have the attention of the nitrous world and the haters will cry blanket draggin 60’, but the naysayers need to do is look at the reaction time .019 and they'll realize there's no blanket draggin going on here!

Photo Courtesy Competition Plus

Posted in Racing News - May 27th, 2009

DECERBO & GIBBONS WIN AT NORWALK
Decerbo doubles up with Norwalk & Thompson Raceway Win!

John Decerbo had a great Memorial Day weekend - He won Norwalk's "Door Wars" race on Friday, then turned around and won at Thompson Raceway again on Saturday!!!

Decerbo went 4.09@181 at Norwalk and 4.07@182 at Thompson - talk about consistent! John beat clutch cars on both nights in the finals and in both cases out mph'd them!!!

Take it from John Decerbo... "DUMP your clutch and install the latest billet aluminum converter from Neal Chance, only 22 lbs" or you can just hope you don’t line up next to somebody running one!

Also at Norwalk, J.R. Gibbons won again in Drag Radial!!! And man talk about some MPH, he 198 out the back door!

Congratulations to both Decerbo and Gibbons on your wins!

Posted in Racing News - May 27th, 2009

BLANKENSHIP SMASHES NMRA RECORD
Robbie Blankenship raises the bar yet higher for Hot Street

At the NMRA race in Atco, New Jersey May 18th, Robbie Blankenship proved once again he's a bad dude in Hot Street.

Robbie, the #1 qualifier, cracked the old record in Hot Street during 2nd round of eliminations when he ran a 8.587@156.14! Wow... the first to the 8.50's, and it was no fluke either, he ran a string of 8.50's during the day.

Blankenship made it to the final round only to find problems where he passed the win to Don Bowles who ran a 8.66 to his aborted 10.466 effort. There is no doubt that Blankenship will be fixing the problem and be back out soon in his Roush Powered Hot Street Killer.

Congratulations to Mr. Blankenship on the new Record and R/U Finish!!!

We would also like to pass along get well soon wishes to long time customer Charlie Booze who broke his crank during qualifying.

Photo Courtesy Street Legal TV

Posted in Racing News - May 22nd, 2009

WILLIAMS AND THOMPSON WIN T-TOWN
Outlaw 10.5 and Limited Street "ALL NCRC" Finals

In a not so rare situation, all four final round finalists in LS and Outlaw 10.5 at the "Throw Down in T-Town" just so happened to be NCRC Customers! Makes it tough to know who to cheer for, but hey we still love to see it...

Stan "The Man" Williams at his second race since resuming his race career took down "Turbo Todd" Kitchen in Outlaw 10.5. Stan slaughtered the tree with a .005 light and ran a 4.977@162.70 to Kitchen's 5.39@116.28 - both cars well off their normal potential.

Over in Limited Street, Travis "Quazzy" Thompson put the hurt to Mike "G" Genovese in the final round. Thompson ran a 5.008@146.72 to G's off pace 5.443@143.34.

Congratulations to all the T-Town Winners and Runner Ups from the folks here at NCRC!!!

Photo Courtesy Cxpress Photography / Tulsa Raceway Park

Posted in Racing News - May 21st, 2009

NEWSHAM TAKES 1320X MILAN WIN
First Outlaw 10.5 Win of the Season for Team J & E

Joe Newsham and Team J & E picked up their first Outlaw 10.5 win of the season at Milan's 1320X race Saturday May 16th.

Joe defeated Bill Lutz in the final round 6.775@222.74 Vs Lutz's spinning 6.937@205.50. Newsham was also the #1 qualifier.

Watch for Team J & E to make a lot of progress over the next few months as they learn how to harness some new found power over the winter.

Congratulations Joe & Team J & E Performance!!!

Photo Courtesy Mike the Photo Guy

Posted in Racing News - May 18th, 2009

STRIPLING SCORES AT LITTLE RIVER
Breaks Huettel's old "Little Pooch" record in the heat

May 9th Trevor Stripling and crew took a road trip out to Little River Dragway to try his luck at their "Little Pooch" race which is very similar to the Houston Ultimate Street Rules he normally races at.

Due to the heat, getting down the track was a challenge for the Strych9 Team but they managed to take enough power out to squeak out a 5.24@138 in qualifying, good enough for #2 spot. During eliminations Stripling found some more bite and proceeded to dispatch Cord Clark with a 5.16 during round one. That pass also broke Kyle Huttel's previous record of 5.17!

Round two they kept the game plan the same, get down the track! It worked... Stripling beat Brad Dinkel who spun. During the final round of eliminations the team was up against Chad Smallwood, a familiar competitor from Houston's Ultimate Street Class. The get down the track game plan saved the day again when Smallwood blew the tires off and Stripling laid down a 5.24@139 for the win. Not a bad day at all, broke the track record AND took home the win!

Congratulations Trevor and the Strych9 Team!

Posted in Racing News - May 14th, 2009

KASPER DOUBLES UP AT ENGLISHTOWN
Wins E-Town Season Opener and Neverlift for Jenna Race

On May 8th Tom Kasper, the E-Town 08 Track Champion collected his first win of the season in the Englishtown 8.50 index class.

Kasper then doubled-up by winning Sundays "Neverlift for Jenna" race - a charity event to raise money for Leo Barnaby's daughter, Jenna. In a class act gesture, he donated his entire first place prize of $2000 to Jenna's Fund!

An awesome display of sportsmanship Tom! Congratulations on wining both races, you're off to a good start this year!!

Photo Courtesy GoneDragRacing.com

Posted in Racing News - May 14th, 2009

SZABO WINS AT SOUTH GEORGIA
1st in Limited Street at ORTC Event

Keith Szabo took home the win Limited Street at the ORTC South Georgia Motorsports Park Race May 10th. Szabo qualified #1 with a 4.907@158.71 in the heat, with Eric Dillard, another NCRC Customer in the #2 seat with a 4.951@162.90.

Keith figured out the track better than most and was one of the most consistent car in LS during eliminations when many blew the tires off. He defeated Carlton Thompson for the win with a 4.92@157 to Thompson's spinning 5.79@112.

Congratulations Keith on the win!!!

Posted in Racing News - May 14th, 2009

GIBSON 1ST IN DRAG RADIAL MILAN
Wins 09 Season Opener in Drag Radial

NCRC would like to give a shout out to JR Gibson for winning Drag Radial at the May 1st Milan Season Opener.

Gibson was #1 qualifier with a 7.76@198 and took home all the marbles!

Congratulations JR!!!

Photo Courtesy Outlaw Photo

Posted in Racing News - May 8th, 2009

TEN FIVE KINGS PREPARE FOR BATTLE
Petty/Lynch & Spiro Pappas putting down record numbers

NCRC would like to officially welcome back Steve Petty and Tim Lynch to NCRC! The "Lynch Mob" recently switched back to an NCRC Converter and Rossler Transmission combo for their famous record setting Mustang.

And they are faster then ever...

At Atlanta the duo were testing the car and laid down a new record Outlaw 10.5 pass in some "not so great air" - They went...

60 - 1.139
330 - 2.941
660 - 4.291@186
1000 - 5.458
1320 - 6.429 at 233.08 MPH

Unfortunately later in the day on an even better pass (1.09 60', 330' 2.90) the car got out of the groove about the 1/8th mile and collected the wall. Luckily Tim wasn't hurt and the damage is repairable. Hopefully we'll see them back out again very soon!

Also recently Spiro Pappas was been out testing his new ADRL Extreme 10.5 Car resulting in a new 1/4 mile record as well! Pappas, on a lifting pass, went...

60 - 1.007
330 - 2.733
660 - 4.089@182.03
1000 - 5.263
1320 - 6.328@193.18

Wow !! Look at the numbers and you can get a good idea of where that pass was headed if he hadn't lifted early. He also matched another NCRC Customer, Todd Moyer, to the 1/8th with the 4.089@179 - also lifting - that was the night he wrecked the Firebird.

If you're seeing a trend here, you're not the only one, and it's not by accident, NCRC Customers are the true "Kings of 10.5" no matter where they race, no matter what class they are in!!! Run down a list of the fastest in the sport, you'll have to agree, "You don't stand a chance if you don't have a CHANCE"!

Congrat's guys on the killer numbers, we can't wait to see what the summers racing season has in store!

Posted in Racing News - May 8th, 2009

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