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Camaro for the final. Wilson wound up with a
10.24 and the win while Burkhammer posted
an off-pace 10.58.
In Coan Engineering Stock/Super Stock, Daren
Poole Adams arrived at a 9.47 on a 10.90 index in
his COPO Camaro to lead qualifying, but in the
final, Jeffrey Frees flew to a 9.97 on a 9.90 in his
Challenger to win over Mark Ruset, who ran to
an 11.96 on an 11.88 in his Camaro.
In Quick Fuel Technology Nostalgia Super
Stock, Jeff Frees led qualifying with a 9.25 on a
9.25 index in his Barracuda, but it was his brother,
Tim Frees, who made it to the final. There he
secured a 10.52 on a 10.50 index in his Savoy
to push out Corky Bumpus, who ran 10.76 on a
10.75 index in his Barracuda.
Mike Moistner managed a 12.00 on a 12.00
index in his Mustang to lead qualifying in Detroit
Truetrac Nostalgia Muscle Car, but it was Chad
Brewer and reigning class champion Andy War-
ren who went to the final. Brewer picked up the
win with a 10.52 on a 10.50 index in his Nova,
while Warren was 10.04 on a 10.00 in his Caprice.
Fresh off a win at the season-opening NMCA
race in Florida in March, Cameron Bowles put
up a .004 in his Maverick to lead qualifying in
MagnaFuel Open Comp. For the second race
in a row, he made it to the final, but this time,
Kelly Pierce had positioned himself for the win
by recording a better reaction time and running
right on his 10.17 dial in his Malibu, while Bowles
was 9.22 on a 9.19 dial.
A special feature at all six events on the NMCA
tour is the ever-growing Dodge // Mopar HEMI
Shootout. At this event, David Clarke was the
overall winner with a 9.52 average in a Hellcat
while Todd Chasson was the runner-up with a
10.15 average in a Demon. Richard Stimson was
the 10-second winner in a Demon, David Hamil-
ton was the 11-second winner in a Charger, Robert
Pitt was the 12-second winner in a Challenger and
Mike Smith was the 13-second winner in a Char-
ger. Michael Oellrich pushed to the 14-second win
in a Challenger. Later, the eight quickest drivers
in the category came together for the Arrington
Performance HEMI Quick 8 presented by Red
Line Oil. When the dust settled, Todd Classon
landed the win with a 10.26 in a Demon while
Peter Mansolillo was 10.33 in his Demon.
For this event, EATON, NMCA, and NMRA
partnered to present the EATON TVS Super-
charger Throwdown, a heads-up race specially
designed for drivers of vehicles with late-model
engines including LS, LT, Modular, and Gen III
HEMI engines with a TVS supercharger by any
manufacturer. Oscar Morin drove his Mustang to
an 8.68 to lead qualifying, and he made it to the
final to face Brian Devilbiss and his Mustang. On
the top end, Devilbiss took the win with a 9.27 to
Morin’s 11.90. He’ll be rewarded with $1,000, a
TVS supercharger from one of EATON’s technical
partners, including Edelbrock, Harrop, Magnuson
Superchargers or ROUSH Performance, and a
custom TVS-themed award fabricated by EATON.
Adding even more excitement to the event were
the Street Outlaw All-Star Shootout, Stock All-Star
Shootout and Open Comp All-Star Shootout. Phil
Hines hauled to a 4.39 in his Mustang to win over
Vinnie Palazzolo, who had trouble and couldn’t
complete the pass in his Mustang in the Street
Outlaw All-Star Shootout, while Jesse Wilson
jammed to a 10.16 in his Camaro to secure the
win over Darin Hendricks, who was 10.22 in his
Mustang Cobra in the Stock All-Star Shootout.
Dennis Corn drove to a break out time of 9.27 on
a 9.30 dial in his Thunderbird to defeat Cameron
Bowles, who also broke out with a 9.14 on a 9.19 in
his Maverick in the Open Comp All-Star Shootout.
In the Chevrolet Street Car Challenge, Greg
Trail was the overall winner with a 10.27 average
in a Corvette, while Kyle Rainey was the runner-
up with a 10.75 average in a Camaro. Harry King
picked up the 10-second win in a Camaro, Kevin
Rowand picked up the 11-second win in a Corvette
and Tom Calabrese picked up the 12-second win
in a Camaro and Oscor Campes was the 13-second
winner in a Camaro.
Cars capable of taking a 30-mile cruise and then
making three back-to-back passes down track were
in the spotlight for Gear Vendors/QAI True Street,
and when it was all said and done, Dana Beaty
was the overall winner with an 8.98 average in a
Mustang and Jason Beardslee was the runner-up
with an 9.08 average in a Mustang. Dustin Ed-
wards ran to the 9-second win in a Mustang, Rick
Baum ran to the 10-second win in a Mustang and
Cody Poston ran to the 11-second win in a Camaro.
Michael Dabbs earned the 12-second win in a
Chevrolet, Randy Pethel earned the 13-second win
in a Mustang, Tyler Thorburg earned the 14-second
win in a Mustang and Allen Smith earned the
15-second win in a Silverado.
Drivers will pick up where they left off at the
next stop on the NMCA tour, which is the highly
anticipated Inaugural Comp Cams NMCA Mem-
phis Homecoming, May 2-5 at Memphis Inter-
national Raceway.
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