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Grant McCrary wins Outlaw 10.5 at Clash of the Titans At the Clash of the Titans race in San Antonio there was an all NCRC customer final in both Outlaw 10.5 and Super Street. In Super Street Kyle Huettle defeated Kenjo Kelley for the win, 4.85@155 to 4.93@155. Kenjo was #1 qualifier with a 4.91. Kyle also set low ET for the race with at 4.84 in the semi-finals!

In Outlaw 10.5 Grant McCrary "GMAC" outran Corey Wheat in the final 4.39@170 to a 4.57@160 to take the win light!

Congratulations to McCrary and Huettle on their victories!

Photo Courtesy TexasDragRacing.com

Richard and Keith Sexton were on a roll Labor Day Weekend with triple wins!

First at Cecil County's Saturday Night Street Car Shootout Richard, driving the GTO, was running in Big Tire (Pro Mod) class in Outlaw 10.5 trim, 10.5 tires and at 3000lbs. He made it to the finals where he beat Ken Doak with a 6.745@219.22 BLAST vs Doak's aborted 14.035 58.39 pass. That's likely a new record for a Nitrous Outlaw 10.5 car!!!

In the Outlaw 10.5 Class, Richard's son Keith qualified #1 in Quick 8 with both low ET and top speed then proceeded to shred the competition. He ran a 4.47@170 against fellow NCRC Customer Joe Newsham, who despite cutting a telepathic .000 light, had to lift early when he drifted towards the wall.

If the $5000 for winning both classes at Cecil wasn't enough the Sextons decided to go run at US 13 Dragway 10.5 race in Delaware Sunday where Keith took the win in Outlaw 10.5! He defeated Darrin Johnson in the Outlaw 10.5 final with a 5.067@138.34 over Johnson’s 5.514@131.57 - Wow...What a successful weekend!

Congrats to both Richard and Keith Sexton and the Mobley Teams!

Photo Courtesy TIm Lewis

John Urist put another notch in his NMRA SSO Belt Labor Day Weekend at National Trails Raceway. John defeated Perry Santini with a 7.520@190.11 to Perry's 9.351@146.42. John looks to be on his way to another NMRA Championship this season!

Congratulations John!

Also at Columbus Robbie Blankenship took his "Brand X" converter out and replaced it with a Neal Chance unit and promptly set low ET in Hot Street during qualifying! He then proceeded to win a close race in the finals over Ben Mens who ran 8.833@155.91 to Robbie's 8.813@152.78.

This means the NMRA Hot Street World Championship will be decided between two NCRC Customers, Blankenship and Booze during the next race in Bowling Green October 5th!

Welcome to the NCRC Customer Family and Congratulations on your Win Robbie!

We also want to give a shout out to Conrad Scarry and crew who set a new MPH record in Pro Outlaw 10.5 of 215 mph! Scarry had bracket car like consistancey during eliminations but took a dive during the finals where had turbo problems which prevented him from holding off Dan Milen.

Photos Courtesy StangTV.com

Todd Moyer set a new MPH Record at the ADRL race in Norwalk, Ohio. Moyer recorded the pass in the semi-finals when he was running David Janes. The Blue Beast was on a run (4.281@181.79) but Todd lost the round to Janes on a holeshot. He is now setting in third place in the Xtreme Ten Fie Points battle.

Congratulations Todd on your new ADRL Record!!

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Grant McCrary set a new Outlaw 10.5 record during KOTH's race at Texas Raceway. McCrary ran a 4.34 during the 1st round and improved his performance during eliminations to run two 4.32 passes back to back. His best ET was a 4.324 and best MPH was 178.79, both new records for KOTH and a new National ET Record!

Congratulations Grant! We can't wait to see what the fall air will bring!

Photo Courtesy Prestage Photo

Zubler vs. Pappas - Final Round NMCA Super Street Shawn Zubler came out on top in Super Street during the NMCA's August 24th race in Milan, Michigan. Zubler in his 99' T/A defeated Spiro Pappas in an all NCRC Customer final. Pappas 7.2939@150.27 effort wasn't enough to hold off Zubler who ran a 7.201@202.75 with a .018 light!

Congratulations to Shawn on your win! We also want to congratulate Spiro on his strong performances this year!

Photo Courtesy Streetlegaltv.com

Dave Bowman set a new record in Drag Radial at the West Coast Hot Rod Association event last weekend! During the final round of eliminations he defeated the 57 Chevy of Armen Maghdessian setting a new WCHRA record of 7.864@182.7 to Armen's 8.774@169.58. The win was also Dave's first in WCHRA competition even though he's been to the finals a number of times. Bowman now moves into the top spot in points with a solid 100 point lead over his nearest competitor, a strong position going into the last race of their season! Dave runs a single 98mm Turbo in his beautiful 2002 Camaro on 275 Drag Radials and weighs in at 3500lb.

Congratulations Dave on your new record and class win!

Ron Muenks - ADRL Norwalk The guys here at NCRC would like to give a shout out to Ron Muenks who competed in his first ADRL race in Pro Extreme August 24th at Norwalk. Ron went out and ran four consecutive 3 second passes during the event, and ran a best of 3.966@184.50 which is the fastest to date for an automatic in ADRL Pro Extreme.

Congratulations Ron from your friends at NCRC!

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Dan Bott II PSCA Hot Street Dan Bott II has been tearing the competition up in PSCA Hot Street this year! Dan and the Bott Motorsports Team have managed to win the last three races in a row and have a solid 225 point lead in the battle for the Hot Street championship.

Consistency has been a crucial key in taking the win light repeatedly for this team, their last 24 runs were within a tenth which is a big deal in the Hot Street class where margins of victory are often within .003!

Congratulations Dan and the Bott Motorsports Team on your victories so far this year!

NCRC Customers ran a clean sweep of the classes at Norwalk August 16th.

John Decerbo in his Tim McAmis built Camaro captured the Door Wars class win against 20 competitors. Decerbo was certainly on his toes cutting two .004 lights during eliminations! He took out Pat Moore in the final round with a 4.117@177.95, a clear win over Moore's 4.503@165.52.

In Outlaw Street Dave Hinzman entered his Drag Radial Mustang against a field of 28 light weight Outlaw 10.5 cars. Hinzman started off the evening by setting top speed in qualifying, showing off his HP advantage which he carried on throughout eliminations with bracket like consistency. Hinzman beat Keith Sletvold in the final round with a 4.929@147.99 to a 5.716@119.42 effort by Sletvold. Not too bad for a heavy D/R car!

Congratulations to both winners from the folks here at Neal Chance Racing Converters!

Photo Courtesy Norwalk Raceway

Joe Newsham has 10,000 more reasons to be excited about how his racing program is going this year.. Joe and team J & E competed in the 1320x race at Lebanon Valley August 16th and took home a big win! Newsham defeated Ray "Hollywood" Johnson for his victory in the Outlaw 10.5 class

Congratulations Joe and Team J & E!

Photo Courtesy 1320x

Alex Vrettos went up against some tough competition August 8th at MIR in the Real Street Class and took home the win! 7.80's were the bump for the quick 8 field, which is quick in anyone's book for a Drag Radial Class.

Vrettos qualified #1 with a 7.43@199.49 - just a hair away from being the next member in the 200 mph club! Richie Stein, one of the fastest NOS cars in Drag Radial, got to see a yellow blur flash past on the top end in the in the finals where Alex defeated him 7.49@193.87 to Stein's 7.62@178.26.

Congratulations Alex and the CoRuPt Motorsports Team on taking home another win!

Photo Courtesy TIm Lewis

Conrad Scarry took home another win at Fun Ford Weekend's Bristol race in August. Scarry qualified #2 with a 4.658@164.43. Bad luck with some parts breakage during qualifying didn't keep him from taking out the competition during eliminations. Scarry is currently the points leader in the FFW Street Outlaw and looks to be on his way to winning the Street Outlaw Championship... he's also got a very solid points lead in NMRA Pro Outlaw! Will he win TWO championships this year?

Way to go Guys!!!!

Joe Newsham has sure been on a winning streak this year and nothing changed at Cecil County's Shootout August 2nd. Joe qualified #2 with a 4.62@164 and defeated another NCRC Customer, Mo Hall, in the final round. Newsham went 4.62@164 to Halls quicker reacting but slower 4.72@154.

Congratulations on another big win Joe!

Alex Vrettos has also been setting records and winning his share of races this year. Alex qualified #1 with a 4.98@153 and beat fellow NCRC Customer Paul Major in the final. Major went 5.50@122 and Vrettos 5.31@142 in 2 way pedal fest.

Congratulations Alex and the CoRuPt Motorsports Team on another win!

Photos Courtesy Jenny@Tempest Racing

Dave Hinzman has proved that Alex Vrettos isn't the only Drag Radial Car that can go 7.30's! Last weekend at Milan's D/R race Dave uncorked a 7.38@196.55 during qualifying.

Fast enough that he had to shut it down early to comply with track rules during the race, which he won! Hinzman gets his power from a F3 powered 565 BBC with Profiler 12 degree heads and runs a NCRC Pro Mod converter. Look for some more blazing fast passes from Hinzman and crew once the weather cools off some more!

Congratulations Dave and Crew!

Photo Courtesy Mike the Photo Guy

Gentile Smashes PSCA MPH Record Giuseppe Gentile and the Muscle Motors Team have reset the PSCA MPH record with a 229.55 mph blast during the final round of PSCA Pro Street at Fontana on July 27th.

Gentile, who races a 2008 Twin Turbo Shelby GT, qualified #1 with a 6.364@225.75. The new MPH record was recorded during the final round where he raced John Mihovetz resulting in the fastest final in PSCA Pro Street History. Giuseppe ran 6.351@229.55 but was late at the tree and lost to Mihovetz who ran a 6.483@220.73. That's some impressive MPH and ET considering it was 98 degrees and 140 track temps!

Congratulations Giuseppe and the Muscle Motors Team on your new PSCA Record!

Photo Courtesy RPM Magazine/Reflections of Motorsports Photography

Bothwell Motorsports NCRC Customers took the 2008 NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl by Storm! Many of our customers took home the Super Bowl ring and a fat wad of cash! We would like to congratulate all of our customers that did well...

In Pro Outlaw 10.5, Ron Lummas and the Bothwell Motorsports team defeated Conrad Scarry (previously undefeated) during an all NCRC Customer final.

Lummas ran a 6.861@208.17 during the second round of qualifying which was quicker than the class record, then officially backed it up with a 6.890@207.56 during the third round of qualifying!!! The new Class Record for both ET and MPH now belongs to the Bothwell Team! Congrat's Guys!!

In Super Street Tony Nesbitt defeated Spiro Pappas during another all NCRC customer final. Nesbitt ran a 7.01 against Pappas 7.04 to take the win. He also ran a 6.94 during the second round!

Nostalgia Pro Street was also an all NCRC showdown in the final round where Jeff Colletta defeated Kevin Parent 7.57 to 7.63

Charlie Booze took home the honors in Hot Street by defeating Robbie Blankenship in the final round. He also set low ET with a 8.809!

In Super Street Outlaw John Urist won and was cutting some killer lights during eliminations, including a perfect reaction time during the second round.

Jarrett Halfacre, another NCRC customer set a new ET record in SSO with a 7.382@197.39 !!!

John Decerbo is back at it again, this time the Canfield, Ohio native took home all the bacon from Norwalks July 19th Door Warz.

Decerbo qualified #1 with a 4.18@177.25 then commenced to put the hurt to his competitors on a hot slimy track running record numbers for a Nitrous Automatic Pro Mod... but get this, he was only on two kits!

When we posted news about John testing our new prototype converter last month, there were some people that could not believe how well this Tim McAmis built Camaro runs the 60' and 330'. Well hot tracks do affect it, but even in the heat this car still out accelerates most Pro Mods regardless of power adder choice. For your viewing pleasure, this time we've got copies of the time slips... Please make sure and note the 60' and 330' ET's !! I think we can safely say that testing is going well...

Time Slip #1
Time Skip #2

We know these don't show the previous .937 60' this car has laid down during cooler weather, but it's still mighty impressive for a hot, slimy track in anyone's book!

Congrat's John on another well deserved win!

Alex Vrettos cranked out a 7.37@198 at MIR's Real Street Race June 28th, breaking his own ET record for Drag Radial! He also defeated Richie Stine for the win - 7.37@198 to Stein's losing 7.54@188.

You have to ask how long it will be before one of these Drag Radial cars breaks into the 6's??? Vrettos ran that ET at 3590 lbs, just imagine what it would do in good air and lighter weight! This fall we may see...

Congratulations Alex and the CoRuPt Motorsports Team on your win and breaking your own record!

Photo Courtesy Tim Lewis

Ron Muenks put the Black Bat into the 3's last weekend at the TOPMA Quick 8 race in Denton, Texas. Right off the trailer during the first round of qualifying Muenks laid down a 4.04, then during the second round of qualifying he went 3.98@186!

Unfortunately during semifinals a transmission brake problem ended the night early for the team, but wow they sure have the screw blower combination working!

NCRC Customer Michael Vaters has taken home the 2008 Monster Spectacular Canadian Championship in his "Black Stallion". He dominated the class this year winning every race but one, won 3 wheelie contests and one freestyle competition!

The latest victory marks Vater's 6th Monster Spectacular Championship Win!!!

Congratulations Michael and the Vaters Monster Motorsports Team!

Grant McCrary takes home another $20,000 win! Grant McCrary took home his third win in a row from the Fun Ford Weekend "Battle of the Brands" race in Atlanta Dragway June 15th. $20,000 to win was on the line and McCrary was there to win.

After qualifying #1 with a 4.464@168.30 he consistently laid down 4.5X passes to advance to eliminations where lane choice gave him a clear edge over competitor Tim Lynch. In the final round McCrary recorded a clear victory over Lynch who had to lift, 4.538@166.56 vs 6.025@77.48.

Congratulations Grant and Team on your third FFW Victory in a row!!!

Ron Lummus Bothwell Motorsports Mustang Another notable performance at the Atlanta race was from NCRC Customer Ron Lummus in the Bothwell Motorsports/Garrett Turbocharger Car. Lummus ran a 4.520@166.81 with a MUCH smaller engine combo and heavier car than most of the other competitors and made it to the semifinals!

These guys are ones to watch as they continue to perfect their new combination!

Photos Courtesy Dragracingonline.com

Conrad Scarry recorded his third win in a row during the NMRA Race at Milan Michigan! Scarry qualified #3 with a 7.1231@199.23 and defeated Dan Millen for the win in NMRA Pro Outlaw - 6.9659@207.19 vs. a red lighting pass by Millen who ran 7.0363@207.28 mph. Looks like he's on the way to a big points lead this year as well!

Congratulations Mr. Scary and Team on your latest win!

Charlie Booze won the Hot Street Shootout at Milan. He defeated Robbie Blankenship in the shootout final 8.789@154.12 to 8.831@151.02. Charlie also was the #1 Qualifier with a 8.8579@152.99.

The Red Light Curse that many suffered from at Milan also got Booze during the second round.

Photos Courtesy StangTV.com

New Prototype Ultralight Converter Technology John DeCerbo did some testing for us June 7th on our new Prototype UltraLight Converter at the Pinks All Out Quick 8 show at Norwalk, Ohio. John was running his Tim McAmis built, 68 Camaro Nitrous Pro Mod powered by a 738 Fulton with a Bruno/Lenco.

"The results were stunning ..."

John recorded a 4.05@177, 6.27@222 in the final round - which is we believe a new record for a Nitrous Pro Mod Automatic!! He gained over a tenth in ET with the NCRC prototype UltraLight Billet Converter with no other changes to the car! But there's more... John's 60' was .937 which most people will say "he had a diaper dragging" or the lights were messed up...."That can't be real..." We know it's hard to believe, and that's ok because we're absolutely certain we're on to something here with this new converter technology and this is not the only testing we've done!

Most people don't realize how hard this car leaves even before testing the new converter, it has consistently ran the 60' harder than most Pro Mods but here's the kicker - the accelerometer data showed a 3.7 G launch!!!! You won't see that with a diaper dragging... 330' was a 2.652 so draw your own conclusions...

We're extremely happy with what we're seeing with this new technology only available here at Neal Chance Racing Converters and can't wait to start selling them, but please remember we're still in the R & D phase and they are not available for sale.... yet. Stay Tuned, it's coming soon!!!

P.S. - Customers with NCRC aluminum drive covers will be able to send their converters in to be upgraded to this new design when it's released...

Grant Mcrary wins COTT San Antonio, resets Outlaw 10.5 Record Grant McCrary won Outlaw 10.5 at the Clash of the Titan's Season Opener on June 7th at San Antonio Raceway. Grant also reset the Outlaw 10.5 Record with a 6.75!

Congratulations on the new record and win Grant!

Photo Courtesy texasdragracing.com

Alex Vrettos first to 7.30's in Drag Radial The North Has Spoken!!

Alex Vrettos goes down in the history books for the first man in the 7.30's on Drag Radials during Maryland International Raceway's Real Street Race May 24th. Alex went 7.387@198.32 making him the quickest on Drag Radials to date.

Alex gets the job done with a 427 SBF and Twin 80mm Turbo power from Joe Newsham at J & E Performance. A NCRC Bolt Together Pro Mod Converter couples all those ponies to the driveline for maximum efficiency.

Congratulations Alex and the CoRuPt Motorsports Team on your New Record!

Photo Courtesy tmkphoto.com

One of the most exciting developments here at NCRC during the last year is some new technology we've been working on with very tight lips. The word been getting out, so late last year a few racers at Orlando and visitors to the NCRC booth at PRI got to sneak a peak at the what we've been working on lately.

What you are seeing here is a Billet Aluminum Pump and Stator converter, a racing industry first! Besides the obvious weight savings we're learning this concept is actually a big improvement in converter efficiency due to our ability to maintain more precise and consistent fin angle and separation as compared to a steel welded pump section. You may be asking yourself will it be worth it? The answer is "YES" and you can't wipe the smile off of our faces!

This technology is still under testing and not available for sale... yet, but stay tuned there is no doubt that it's going to be a BIG leap forward in Racing Automatic Converters!

2008 NCRC News Archives