Mike “The Showman” Bowman won Pro Street.

Points tighten with one event to go

Words by Greg Acosta
Photos courtesy NMCA

The Flowmaster NMCA WEST Street Car Series held its third event at SpeedWorld Dragstrip in Phoenix, Arizona. The Centerforce NMCA WEST Street Car Nationals had a wide variety of index and heads-up classes and some intense battles as the points chases are heating up with only one race left in the season.

In Garrett Pro Street John Scialpi set the high-water mark in his screw-blown ’57 Chevy with a 6.17 at 229 miles per hour. As the class whittled down, Scialpi found himself in the final round facing Mike “The Showman” Bowman. Scialpi left first but Bowman (lead photo) pulled past and took the win as Scialpi slowed on the top end, running a 6.85 to Bowman’s 6.40.

Dana Cook led the Mickey Thompson True Ten Five in qualifying with a 7.90 at 186 miles per hour after a brief scare in qualifying. In eliminations, Ryan “Toaster” Jones (shown) faced Wally Tuttle, Jr. in the final round. With near identical reaction times, Toaster outran Tuttle to the stripe, 7.64 to 8.08.