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 You can see some tire smoke...  You can see some tire smoke coming from the backside of the slicks on Mark Wells’ ’02 Camaro. The yellow F-body has a 540ci engine stuffed under the hood and is pumped up with a pair of turbochargers. He ran low 7s in Super Street competition.  Bob Curran, the mayor of Xtreme...  Bob Curran, the mayor of Xtreme Street competition, had his famed Corvette back on track. A new AES-built 365ci engine sits in the framerails with a Vortech Xi-trim supercharger pumping it up. He ran 7.90s at 176 mph and went red in the quarter-finals of the class.  Jimmy Keen lets the clutch...  Jimmy Keen lets the clutch out on the Keen Brothers’ ’63 Corvette, en route to a best of 6.18 at 229 mph. The nitrous-gulping Vette runs wild in the Pro Street ranks.  Dave Beeson is the wild man...  Dave Beeson is the wild man of Nostalgia Pro Street with his disco-era Camaro. Big wheelies and 7.30s were the order of the day for the heavyweight contender. Beeson runs a Dart-headed 638ci engine with a single fogger nitrous system to motivate his 3,200-pound missile.  David Rickey ran his 12-second...  David Rickey ran his 12-second Camaro in EFI-F index ranks where he would outlast the field of late-model EFI vehicles to make the finals and face his brother, Tim Rickey. Tim races an ’08 Mustang, adding more drama to the sibling rivalry. The Mustang got the best of the Camaro, but the two Ohio racers promise the battle isn’t over yet. There are five more NMCA races for them to compete against each other. Jason Carter brought his world-famous ’80 Malibu to Super Street 10.5 competition, and he has Eric LaFerriere of DMC Racing driving with Mark Micke of M&M Racing Transmissions tuning. The ’Bu unleashed a scorching 6.54 at 230 mph and was runner-up in Super Street.  Steve George had crew chief...  Steve George had crew chief Ed Briggs add a massive 822ci engine from Steve Schmidt Racing Engines this winter to the team’s ’08 Corvette. They also added four stages of nitrous from Induction Solutions. George competes in Super Street 10.5 and the 6.90s at 205 mph only hinted at the capabilities of the new Pro Mod–style engine. They are looking to go mid 6s once they get all four nitrous systems activated, which at that point the engine will crank out 2,100 hp and making their goals realistic.  Open Comp is sort of an index/bracket...  Open Comp is sort of an index/bracket racing mixture where racers compete on a pro Tree and establish a non-adjustable index for eliminations. John Norris defended the Bow Tie honor with his ’86 Camaro by taking down the ’88 Mustang driven by William Smith. Norris ran 11.61 on his 11.58 index as Smith knocked off a 10.15 on a 10.10 index.  It was Chevy versus Ford in...  It was Chevy versus Ford in Nostalgia Muscle Car; the Malibu wagon of Jacob Weigl squared off against the ’68 Mustang of Bryan Parker. The Mustang won this meeting—Weigl broke out with a 10.96 on an 11.00 index to Parker’s 12.03 on a 12.00 index.  Take an ’02 Camaro, add the...  Take an ’02 Camaro, add the required safety and suspension upgrades, stuff a conventional-headed 525ci big-block engine into it, add a single stage of nitrous oxide to jump the power to around 1,400 or so, and try to hook it on true 10.5-inch slicks with no wheelie bars. That is the CliffsNotes version of David Hutnick’s Xtreme Street ride. It ran a best of 7.98 at 175 mph.  Don Baskin debuted the family’s...  Don Baskin debuted the family’s ’10 Camaro last year in Nostalgia Pro Street. The category might be called Nostalgia, but it actually refers to the earlier years of Pro Street competition before it was taken over by Pro Modified entries. NMCA keeps a strict set of rules to ensure the vehicles that run in the class are real cars instead of thinly disguised Pro-level rides.
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