(2008 News Continued)

John Decerbo is fixing to break the record for a Nitrous Powered Pro Mod w/Converter VERY SOON!

At Norwalk's September 20th Door Wars John lost 2 holes, 2 seconds into his pass, and still ran a 4.04@176.65 breaking his own previous record of 4.05@177 set back in June! John's incrementals on the "Oh so close to a record" pass;

60’ .952
330 2.661
1/8 4.040
MPH 176.65

There is no doubt that the gap between Pro Mod clutch and converter cars is narrowing quickly... We can't wait to see this Nitrous/Converter car run in the 3.90's and it's coming soon!

Congratulations John!!!!

At the 7th Annual NMCA Hot Rod Nationals in Commerce, Georgia two of our customers battled it out for the win in Super Street.

Spiro Pappas started the race off to a good start by setting low ET in qualifying with a 6.754. His quick ET's continued through eliminations where he faced off with Tony Nesbitt in the final round. Pappas chopped down the tree with a .016 light and forced Nesbitt to chase him down but Nesbitt's 7.01@201.82 was no match for Spiro's 6.854@206.23.

In Nostalgia Pro Street we had another "All NCRC" final when Kevin Parent defeated David Beeson with a 7.576@183.12 to Beeson's 7.674@175.62.

Congratulations to both Spiro and Kevin on your wins!

Photos Courtesy StreetLegalTV.com

Todd Kitchen aka "Turbo Todd" proved that he and Jeff Holloway are finally getting all the bugs out of his Twin Turbo Outlaw 10.5 Firebird at Tulsa's "$$$ for Titans" race September 20th. Kitchen was working the front half of the track real well and we're not sure if he ran it all the way out the back door on every pass. Regardless, he defeated a redlighting Tobey Blaylock in the final round of Outlaw 10.5 and ran a 6.827@207.88 which is a new personal best! Todd's incrementals were 1.12 60', 2.97 to the 330, and 4.45 @168 at the 1/8th. Keep an eye on this car, it's going to keep on improving!!

Congratulations Todd on your Win and new PB!

Mike Genovese aka "Mike G", another one of our customers from Oklahoma, won the Limited Street class in an all NCRC final. He defeated a traction challenged Kit Long, 7.508@187.44 to 12.624@90. This was also a personal best pass, and quite possibly the quickest to date by a Stock Suspension, Small block, F3 Procharger car!

Congrat's Mike!

Dave Hinzman laid down a new personal best in testing this week at Milan. He went 7.330@197 which is the quickest 1/4 mile pass on radials that we know of so far.

He also cracked the 200 mph barrier with a 7.44@200.16 blast, something that only Shannon Wren has done in the past!

We can't wait to see what happens at the Shakedown at E'town coning up October 4th! It's going to be exciting with the heavy hitters in all the classes get together.

Congrat's Dave and Tom!!

Keith Szabo has been tearing up ORSCA's Limited Street class here lately. On Saturday Szabo qualified 2nd with a 4.8187@160.03. Then he scored his second win in a row when he defeated Eric DIllard in the final round of the unfinished spring race with a 4.83 to Dillard's 4.88. Then once again on Sunday he scored his 3rd L/S win in a row by ripping past Jeff Paulk in the final round.

Congratulations Keith!!!

Photo Courtesy Pro Photo Productions

Caulk up another win to Team Mobley!

Richard Sexton took home the honors at 1320x in Maryland with their win in Outlaw 10.5. Sexton started out the weekend by setting a new Nitrous Outlaw 10.5 record pass in testing when he went 4.39@170.3 - That's the first Nitrous Outlaw 10.5 car in the 30's!

Sexton continued his fast pace on Saturday where he defeated Steve Drummond in the final round with a 6.807@212.03 vs Drummond's off pace 11.01.

Congratulations Richard and Team Mobley! Keep racking up those wins and records!\

Photo Courtesy 1320x/GoneDragRacing.com

Neal Chance Racing Converters is pleased to announce that THREE of our customers set NEW WORLD RECORDS in their classes September 6th weekend!

First off in Pro Mod, Ron Muenks in the Black Bat set a new record for a converter car at Tulsa Raceway Park during the Babe Extreme Race. Ron went 3.93@187, then backed it up with a quicker 3.936 during the first round of eliminations. 60' on the record pass was .994 and 330' was 2.61 !!!

Congratulations Ron and your Team!!!

Approximately 300 miles south of Tulsa, Grant McCrary "GMAC" and David Wolfe were in Kennedale, Texas and it was record breaking night at Texas Raceway!!

Grant McCrary put his name down in the record books for having the first pass in the 4.20's ever in an Outlaw 10.5 car!!!

He stopped the clocks at 4.299 and 178 mph! Incrementals on Grant's pass were 1.14 60', 2.93 330' , 4.299 660' !!!! Weather conditions were 76°, 29.95 in and. Dew Point was 60° - not exactly fall weather, so we can expect more to come from this team no doubt..

When we talked to Grant he commented that he would like to thank Pro-Line Racing Engines and Steve Petty for their help generating the horsepower needed to break the 4.20 barrier.

Congratulations Grant and the GMAC Team on their hard work and the New World Record!

Major Events always seem to happen in threes, and this evening was no exception.. Also at Texas Raceway David Wolfe of Wolfe Racecraft was out testing his Drag Radial car getting ready for Bradenton. On his new cars THIRD PASS Wolfe broke the current Drag Radial Record with a 4.77!!! That's at 3320 lbs too!

Later on the last pass of the night after a little tuning he went : 1.22 60', 3.17 330', result in a 4.708@159 mph. You can bet cell phones were ringing all over the country after that one!!! Wait till they finish getting the bugs out of the new combination and get down to legal weight - all we can say is Bradenton is going to be MIGHTY interesting when the heavy hitters get together!

Congratulations David Wolfe - That was an outstanding performance for a new combo!!!

Photos Courtesy www.draggtech.com

Keith Szabo jumped into the ORSCA Limited Street points lead after taking home the win at South Georgia Motorsports Park September 7th. Keith qualified #4 with a 4.87 then made his way through the field to match up with Shane Stack in the final round. Keith ran a 4.891 to defeat Stack's 4.894 to take home the win and move himself into #1 position in points.

Congratulations Keith!

Travis Thomason aka "Quaz" proved never giving up can result in handsome rewards Labor Day Weekend at the MAKO race at MoKan Dragway. He started his thrash fest Saturday night after breaking a ring gear in qualifying round 2. Saturday night and Sunday morning were spent chasing parts down and repairing the damage just to find out after repairing the rear end that the battery decided to crap out! Persistence played out for Thomason as he got it running just in time for the first round of eliminations.

Travis made it to the final round where he faced another NCRC customer, Clint Downs who had his own difficulties getting ready after smashing an oil pan during qualifying. The final was a nail biter as both competitors had ran within a hundredth of each other in previous rounds and Downs had just set a new Mako track record of 5.201. In the end it was Thomason who took the win in a pedal fest after Downs redlighted his chances away.

The following weekend Thomason also took home the win at the Babe Extreme race in Tulsa Oklahoma. Travis defeated Mike Genovese in Limited Street on a hole shot win, 5.05 to a 5.02! Can he make it three in a row? We'll find out soon at the Street Machine Nationals at Ozark International...

Congratulations Travis - all that hard work paid off!

 

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!!

Photo Courtesy Competitionplus.com

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

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!

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!

Photo Courtesy Competitionplus.com

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

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

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 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!

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...

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 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!!!

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

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

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

Grant McCrary collected $10,000 Memorial Day Weekend during the Fun Ford Weekend Race at Belle Rose. This is win #2 for Grant for the season so far. Grant defeated Conrad Scary in the finals, 6.896@206.99 vs. Scary's 7.127@194.63

Congrat's Grant on your Win!

Photo Courtesy Fun Ford Weekend

ORSCA Atlanta - Joe Newsham

Joe Newsham from Sicklerville, New Jersey won the ORSCA Outlaw 10.5 class at Atlanta on May 18th. Joe qualified #3 with a 4.42@177.11 and managed three 4.46 and a 4.482@169.38 during the final round where he defeated Ken Rainwater. Rainwater ran a close but no cigar 4.581@166.35.

Congrats to Joe and team on your big win from the folks here at NCRC!

Photo Courtesy Drag Illustrated / John Fore

WSC at St. Louis - John Urist

John Urist, 3 time NMRA SSO Champion had his day in the sun, and a big payday at WSC May 18th. Urist was the #1 qualifier with a laying the smack down 7.414@189.23 blast, with his Hellion Team mate Jarrett Halfacre qualifying a close #2 with a 7.429@198.70.

Halfacre and Urist both dominated elimination rounds and faced each other in the finals where Urist came out on top in a close race, 7.40@191 vs 7.42@197 ~ check out that MPH, these cars are putting some POWER through their NCRC converters!

Congrats to both Urist and Halfacre on the Win and Runner Up positions from everyone here at NCRC!

Photo Courtesy StangTV

PSCA Nationals - Dan Bott

On the left coast NCRC Customer Dan Bott worked the competition over big time.. Bott qualified #1 with a 8.546@159.83 in the Hot Street Class. In the final round Bott defeated Adrian Duron with a 8.493@162.29 8.543@160.35, a win that gives Bott into the points lead for the class.

Congratulations to Dan and the Both Motorsports Team!

Richard Sexton took home the spoils of war after the May 3rd Cecil County Outlaw 10.5 Event. In the final round of eliminations he faced another NCRC customer, Joe Newsham in his Twin Turbo Mustang.

Both racers had a string of 4.45's during the day making for what would have been a very close final round classic battle Nitrous vs Turbo! Sexton came out on top with another 4.45@166.54 and Newsham broke.

Congratulations Richard and Team on your victory and Joe on your runner up performance!

Photo Courtesy TIm Lewis - RPM Magazine

Mr. "Downtown" Chris Brown collected $10,000 for his big win at Heartland Park in Topeka KS May 3rd.

Chris defeated Buddy Ferrell with a .007 4.909 (4.90 dial) package vs Ferrell's .002 5.076 (5.06 dial) in the final round.

Also in other Bracket Racing News, Coy Worley won Quick No/E at Redline Raceway in Caddo Mills, Texas. Coy put his new NCRC converter in his S10 Pickup and proceded to knock down 6 consecutive passes at 6.83 for the win!

Congratulations fella's on your recent Victories!!!

For the best converter for your bracket racing application, contact Eric Gray, head of the NCRC Bracket Racing Division here at Neal Chance Racing Converters.

Photo by Daryl Hurley Copyright 2008

Kevin Parent proved he's still in the game after winning NMCA Nostalgia Pro Street at Bowling Green. Parent qualified #3 with a 7.614@179.49 and proceeded to chop down the tree during eliminations. After defeating Barb Nesbitt and Mike Schmidt he faced Jim Widener in the final round. Parent collected the win after Widener broke at the line.

Congratulations Kevin and Team BB Nova on your first 2008 win!

Giuseppe Gentile got everyone's attention at the PSCA Las Vegas Nationals when he shattered the Pro Street Record with a 6.29@226 blast during the first round of eliminations!

Giuseppe qualified #2 with a 6.446@223.91 and found a better setup for his first round record. Problems occurred during the 4th round were he lost to Mihovetz with a disappointing pass, but this team sure knows they have some game for Pro Street at the next race!

Giuseppe's 2007 Mustang runs a Pettis Performance SBF with twin 88's, Rossler TH400 and a NCRC Pro Mod Converter. No Doubt his competitors will be watching as they get the bugs all lined out Congratulations Giuseppe and Team for your new PSCA Record!!!

Photo Courtesy Reflections Of Motorsports Photography

NCRC Customer Bothwell Motorsports captured their first Outlaw Street win of the season at the PSCA Las Vegas Nationals April 27th.

At the first race since a total rebuild of the car, Driver Ron Lummus qualified #2 at 7.379 @ 163.20... A sign of good things to come! Lummus then worked his way through the ladder to meet up with Rich Zehring in eliminations, defeating him soundly with a 7.192@201.31 vs Zehring's 7.642@167.09.

Congratulations to Ron Lummus and the entire Bothwell Motorsports Team - way to go guys!!!

Photo Courtesy Gary Vinovich

Kevin McCurdy is starting 2008 off with a good start in NOPI's Pro Class. April 28th at Atco he won the rained out Atlanta race and runnered up for the Atco portion of the race.

This places McCurdy in the #2 position in points for 2008, within 14 points of Personett the current leader in what will likely be a battle for the championship.

Looks like you're off to a good start this year Kevin! Congrat's on your recent win!

Photo Courtesy NDRA

Keith Raftery had to make extra room in the trailer after the NHRA Cajun Nationals at No Problem Raceway for two Wally Trophys! Raftery won Best Engineered, then proceded to dominate the Top Sportsman class. After qualifying #1, he defeated T.J. Tracey in the final round of eliminations with a 6.954@199.67 vs Tracey's 7.763@173.34.

Keith also set low ET in Top Sportsman in Enis, Texas with a 6.453@213.33!

Congratulations Roy and Keith Raftery on your strong start of the 2008 season!

Photo Courtesy Fastdoorslammers.com

2008 is shaping up to be quite a year for Conrad Scary. He's attended 5 Outlaw 10.5 races this year, he runnered up at Snowbirds, won the US Street Nationals, won again at Fun Ford Orlando, again at NMRA Bradenton and most recently grabbed another win at NMRA Georgia. That's one heck of a start for the season - he's most definitely on a roll!

Scarry's most recent win came at the NMRA Reynolds, Georgia event but it didn't come easy. During Friday afternoon's test n' tune they dropped a valve and had to repair the engine prior to qualifying but they didn't let that stop them. In the final round Scary ran a 6.941@194.58 over another NCRC customer, the 2007 Pro Outlaw Champion Tim Essick, who ran 7.15@203.12.

Also at Reynolds, NCRC customer Jarrett Halfacre defeated Don Burton for the win in SSO. Jarrett put up a 7.47@191.10 to take a clear win over Burton's 7.82@190.86!

Congratulations guys on your big wins!

Photos Courtesy StangTV/NMRA

NMCA's season opener in Bradenton Florida gave NCRC customers a chance to collect some win checks!

In 10.5 Super Street Spiro Pappas qualified #1 with low ET 6.992 and top mph 206.80. Pappas then proceeded to plow through the field with his single turbo Camaro recording bracket like 7.0 passes. He then defeated Bligh in the final round for his first win of the season! Congratulations Spiro!!

In Nostalgia Pro Street the 2007 Champion Jeff Colletta was the #2 qualifier with a 7.582 ET and a best of field mph of 184.65. Colletta smoked Phil Swales and Robert Remek on his way to the final round with #1 qualifier, Jim Widener. In what should have been a close race, Colletta defeated a slightly faster by .01 but redlighting Widner to take his first NMCA win of the season. Way to go Jeff!

Photos Courtesy NMCA

North Carolina's Shadyside Dragway saw the temperatures rise in March when the Outlaw 10.5 cars came to town for the 7th Annual Garland Buff 10.5 Race. Richard Sexton showed up equipped with the latest and greatest Neal Chance Technology ready to rumble! The track record fell to Sexton during eliminations where he defeated Doblin with a 4.41@166 which is we believe also the fastest ever Outlaw 10.5 Nitrous Pass!

The final round was between two NCRC equipped cars, it pitted fellow Mobley team member Chuck Ulsh driving Keith Sextons car against the GTO driven by Richard Sexton. Sexton had a slight advantage and was victorious with a 4.46@163 to Ulsh's 4.63@159

Big congratulations to Richard and the Mobley Team from everyone here at Neal Chance!!!

Photo Courtesy TIm Lewis - RPM Magazine

Outlaw 10.5 Winner - Conrad Scarry

In Outlaw 10.5 NCRC customer Brian Carpenter wowed the competition setting low ET and Top MPH in qualifying with a 6.886@ 212. In the final round Conrad Scary defeated Dan Millen with a 7.071. Congratulations Conrad on your second win of the season!

Photo Courtesy NMRA Digital

SSO Winner - John Urist

John Urist debuted his new top secret Mustang at Bradenton and got the fresh setup working in top form fast!. True to the 3 time champion's nature, he come back for a repeat win for the 08' Bradenton season opener. In the final round Urist put the hurt to Richard Lelsz with a .036 holeshot and a race winning 7.573 to close but no cigar 7.610 from Lelsz. Way to go John!

Photo Courtesy NMRA Digital

Hot Street Winner - Charlie Booze

Charlie Booze Jr. was in top form at Bradenton where he qualified #1 with a 8.676. During eliminations Booze set the stage for the rest of the 2008 season with a clear win in the final round victory over Mens. Congrat's Charlie!

Photo Courtesy NMRA Digital

Outlaw 10.5 Winner - Jimmy Blackmon

Jimmy Blackmon took home the big $10,000 winners check back to Georgia with a smile on his face no doubt! Blackmon was also the top speed qualifier with a 222.36 mph pass!

Also in Outlaw 10.5 Bill Futch, another NCRC customer, was the #1 qualifier with a 6.655@218.05 pass lost a rod during a semi final round win..

Outlaw Drag Radial Winner - Shannon Wren

"FIRST TO 200 ON DRAG RADIALS"
Shannon Wren became the first member of the 200 mph Drag Radial club at Memphis where he laid down a 7.418@200.83 mph blast that secured him the #1 qualifier spot. During eliminators the "Jagar Bomb" laid down a string of 200 mph passes and the win over Tommy Brewer who was also running very strong. There's more to come from Team Jagar, so keep an eye on them!

Drag Radial R/U - Tommy Brewer

Tommy Brewer's team worked their tails off fixing a blown head in their F2 Procharged Trans Am at Memphis and their efforts rewarded them with a runner up finish. Brewer qualified #2 with a very quick 7.436@187.39 with a big hole in the cyl. head at the 900' mark. Big attaboy's to car owner Brady McNew, driver Tommy Brewer and the whole Madman & Co team for a crazy thrash to stay in the game!

Heavy Street Winner - Sam Gottier

Same Gottier qualified #1 with a 7.221@205.79 effort and toke the win in heavy street at Memphis. Gottier ran a 7.19 pass in the final round where he beat a broken Dave Beeson.

Photos Courtesy Devastation Motorsports

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!

Chris Nichols wrote in to tell us that he has reset the record for the worlds fastest N/A stock IRS GTO with a 9.76@138. His Black Goat is powered by a 403 ci LS2 using a Turbo 400 and one of our 9" weld together converters.

Chris plans on adding 2 stages of spray and a beefier rear end in the near future so stay tuned for some more news on this late model muscle car.

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