The Racing was Twice as Nice at Nitto NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street-Legal Drag Racing
(August 1, 2017 Santa Ana CA)
Drivers of the NMCA delivered exciting and extraordinary racing at the 12th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street-Legal Drag Racing presented by Precision Turbo, July 27-30, 2017 at Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, Illinois, where the champions of the two series are pitted against each other to battle it out for the Super Bowl championship and the Nitto Tire Diamond Tree rings.
For the series’ quickest and fastest category, VP Racing Fuels Xtreme Pro Mod, 28 drivers from the United States, Sweden, and Puerto Rico gave it everything they had in qualifying for the 16-car field, but it was Sweden’s Adam Flamholc who set the pace with a 3.80 in his Corvette. Sadly, his chances of advancing were cut short in the first round of eliminations, even though he got the win light, as his car impacted the wall. That opened the door for a final round that was to feature Billy Banaka and his Bankston Boyz Camaro and Jason Hamstra and the Camaro he debuted this year, but Banaka blasted to a 3.93 and the Aerospace Components Winner’s Circle after Hamstra had trouble and couldn’t compete.
DeWayne Mills muscled his Camaro to a 3.90 to lead qualifying in Mickey Thompson Radial Wars, but sailing to the final were Marty Stinnett and his Mustang and Isaac Preston and his Camaro. Stinnett, who hammered the tree, took the win with a 3.97 to Preston’s 4.07.
While Jacky McCarty motored to a 4.37 in his Mustang to lead qualifying in VP Racing Fuels Street Outlaw, Manny Buginga and Rob Goss got to the final. There, Buginga went into a wicked wheelstand in his Mustang, but settled it enough to post a 4.50 to claim the victory over Rob Goss, who was forced to lift in his Challenger.
Jeff Rudolf rode Rudolf’s Sleigh — Nova — to a 7.29 to lead qualifying in ARP Nitrous Pro Street, and didn’t let go until the final round. There, he lined up against Jill Hicks and her 1998 Avenger, who returned to competition at this event after two years off, and took the win with a 7.77 to Hicks’ lifting 10.91.
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