Compiled from press releases by Clifford Tunnell
Photos courtesy NMCA/NMRA

On the weekend of July 15 – 18, the scene to be at wasRoute 66 Raceway in Joliet, IL, where the NMCA and NMRA met to hold the Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing. Hundreds of doorslammers of every make and model were present, representing every class in the rulebooks or either organization.

PRO STREET VS OUTLAW 10.5

Mike Murillo	Billy Glidden

Pro Street drew fifteen competitors to the famous Route ‘66 Raceway. After an intense three rounds of qualifying, Chris Rini topped the field with a 6.18 at 232 mph, followed by Joe Dunne who ran a 6.24, and coming in third on the list was John Sullivan with a 6.31. It was Billy Glidden and Joe Dunne who had the cars to beat this hot weekend, and both met up in the finals in a classic Chevy versus Ford match up.  When the tree fell, a holeshot from Dunne and some tire slip from Glidden resulted in the Pat Musi-tuned Chevy getting the event win for the second year in a row.

In the Pro Outlaw 10.5 class, Mike Murillo turned in a stout 6.79 at nearly 216 MPH to lead the field into the eliminations sessions. There, it would come down to Conrad Scarry and Murillo in the final round in a repeat of the last event at Milan Dragway. When the tree came down, Murillo blasted off to an awesome 6.84 to Scarry’s 7.17 for the win, ending Scarry’s unbeaten streak. Murillo hammered the tree with a .006 reaction time to win over Joe Dunne and clinch the Super Bowl victory for the NMRA!

SUPER STREET 10.5 VS SUPER STREET OUTLAW

In Super Street 10.5W, Mike Yedgarian ended up on the pole with his newly rebuilt Pontiac, running a 6.75 at 214 mph, but Nick Scavo, who qualified mid-pack, also had his sights set on the Championship ring. Both twin-turbo machines met in the finals and when the lights dropped, Scavo left on Yedgarian, but the Pontiac was able to outrun Scavo’s purple machine to get the win, the first for this Canadian team.

Mike Yedgarion lost in the Super Bowl race.

John Macdonald let everything hang out during the ProCharger Super Street Outlaw qualifying sessions to qualify in the top spot with a 7.34 blast. John Urist ended Macdonald’s weekend in the semifinals, moving on to face nemesis Sammy Vincent in the final round. There, Vincent uncorked a killer 7.35 at nearly 192 MPH to put Urist on the trailer and claim his first win of the season. In his SB run against Mike Yedgarian, he unwrapped an unreal 191 MPH, 7.30 blast for the win.

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