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Dirt Beach turned in an 11.75 on an 11.75 index to lead qualifying, but Chad Brewer and Noah Winters were the ones duking it out in their Novas in the final round of eliminations. Both broke out and Brewer won with a 10.47 on a 10.50 index. MagnaFuel Open Comp’s Scott Williams saw the tree to the tune of .001 in his Chevelle to lead qualifying in the tough-as-nails category, but it was David Rickey and Kevin White who raced to the final round of eliminations. Rickey won with a lifting 10.71 on a 10.17 dial when White couldn’t complete his pass in his Nova. Street/strip cars were in the spotlight for NMCA Gear Vendors True Street, where Justin May was the overall winner with an 8.05 average in a Firebird and Rob Meisch was the runner-up with an 8.32 average in a Mustang. Mike Niehaus nailed the 9-second win in a Mustang, Adam Kemmer picked up the 10-second win in a Nova, Bret Blankemeyer drove to the 11-second win in a GTO and Gary Alfrey picked up the 12-second win in a GTO. Rounding out the category were Anthony Jagar, who was the 13-second winner in a Mustang, Andy Ransford, who was the 14-sec- ond winner in a Mustang and Tracy Myers, who was the 15-second winner in a Ram. Racers who competed in NMCA Gear Vendors True Street, the 50th Anniversary COPO Camaro Shootout, and the Cobra Jet Showdown were invited to take part in a Fastest Street Car True Street Bracket. After six rounds of competition, Scott Libersher won with a 9.09 on a 9.04 dial in his COPO Camaro over Daniel Sayers, who was 9.38 on a 9.35 dial in his COPO Camaro. Drivers with 2005 and newer Gen III-powered Challengers, Demons, Hellcats, Chargers, 300s and Jeeps have been duking it out in the Dodge // Mopar HEMI Shootout at NMCA events this year. At this event, John Keyes was the overall winner with a 10.10 average, while Robert Vacek was the runner-up with a 10.19 average. Alan Scruggs was the 10-second winner, Robert Hess was the 11-second winner, Jeff Smith was the 12-second winner, John Miller was the 13-second winner, Joe Giordano was the 14-second winner and Jes- sica Rickey was the 15-second winner. Then, after the eight quickest drivers in the category came together for the Arrington Performance HEMI Quick 8 presented by Red Line Oil, Hess hooked the win with a 10.48 after his opponent’s pass was declared void due to lack of proper safety equipment. In the Chevrolet Performance Street Car Chal- lenge, Jeff Brady was the overall winner with a 9.89 average in his Camaro, while Terry Faust was the runner-up with a 10.04 average in his Corvette. Scott Bolek picked up the 10-second win in his CTSV and Norm Jensen picked up the 11-second win in his Camaro. There were more than 80 COPO Camaros across the categories for the Chevrolet Perfor- mance 50th Anniversary COPO Camaro Shootout presented by COPO Parts Direct, a special feature of this event. John Simbeck recorded a perfect reaction time to lead qualifying, and after six rounds of eliminations, Aaron Allison arrived at the win with a 9.47 on a 9.43 dial over Todd Patterson, who was 9.21 on a 9.20 dial. Just as impressive, there were more than 50 Mustang Cobra Jets across the categories in another special feature of this event, the Ford Performance Cobra Jet Showdown presented by Watson Racing. Richard Rodgers recorded a .006 to see his name at the top of the sheet in qualifying, but Jack Zebich and Mike Fuller made it to the final round of eliminations. Both drivers broke out, but Zebich broke out by less and won with an 11.90 on an 11.91, while Fuller was 9.95 on a 9.97 dial. Don Baskin Truck Sales Factory Appearing Stock Tire (FAST) racers were in action at this event, and Terry Pennington was the lead qualifier with a 10.13, and later won over Don Giannone. Joining them were Cor-A-Vent and Autorama Auto Sales Factory Stock racers, and Julie Pen- nington picked up an 11.02 to lead qualifying, and later won over Eric Simpson. Factory Stock Shootout winners include Ty Taccone, Donnie Brass, Victoria Waligoria and Dave Watt. The NMCA crowned its 2019 season champi- ons during the 18th Annual NMCA World Street Finals presented by Chevrolet Performance, Sept. 19-20 at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indiana. Complete results from the World Street Finals will appear in the November issue. DI DI DI DI DI DI DI DI DI DI STEVE MATUSEK NHRA PRO MOD GARRETT® GTX SERIES TURBOCHARGERS GTX5533R GEN II Turbochargers 88mm SFI GTX5533R Gen II garrettmotion 22 | D r a g I l l u s t r a t e d | DragIllustrated.com www.garrettmotion.com © 2019 Garrett Motion Inc. Issue 149 NMCA ALL-AMERICAN NATIONALS