The stocker categories of American Racing Headers Factory Stock and Race Pages Coyote Stock both featured tough competition, but it was James Meredith and his ’03 Mach 1 on a 10.466 at 125.40 mph blast in Factory Stock and Darin Hendricks with a 10.217 at 130.23 mph run from his ’93 Cobra in Coyote Stock who took the number one qualifying positions. Eliminations were fiercely contested, but the last men standing in their respective classes were Meredith and Shane Stymiest. Meredith also made history as he is now the third driver in NMRA history to have ever gone undefeated for an entire year!

Last season’s points runner up Jimmy Cantrell bested the field in Detroit Locker Truck & Lightning when he cut a 0.005-second light during qualifying. From there, it was all about Randy Conway (shown) from South Rockwood, Mich., and his menacing ’84 Ranger as he turned on the win light in his lane with a 10.565 up against Gerry VanVeen.

Donnie Bowles, the Exedy Racing Clutch Modular Muscle 2015 champion, scored the number one qualifying position when he pulled off a 0.013-second reaction time with his ’05 Mustang. By late Sunday night, Shane Williams was the last man standing when he pushed his ’99 Mustang to run a final time of 11.785 on a 11.76 index to defeat Bowles' 9.971 on a 9.94 index.

John Mummery and his ’07 Mustang hit a 0.027-second reaction time preparing for Roush Performance Super Stang. The final pair to run during eliminations was Chris Parisi of Jacksonville, Florida and Dave Liechty, but the win went to Parisi when he ran a 14.275 on his 14.25 over Liechty’s 11.274 on a 11.20.

The large group of more than 40 cars entered into the Flex-a-Lite Open Comp class offered some serious competition, but Dana Tebay lead the group going into eliminations as she had cut a 0.002-second light earlier in the weekend with her ’65 Mustang. Dennis Corn, however, took the overall win with him back to Northville, Michigan, when his ’88 Thunderbird put in a winning run in the finals with Tim Hamilton in the opposing lane.

Running a 12.521-second pass on his 12.50 index, Lloyd Mikeska was the closest to his number during Race Pages Ford Muscle qualifying. From there, Tom Osterkamp of Hereford, Texas’s relentless run at success was fruitful as he clicked off a 10.042-second pass on a 10.00 dial in with his ’12 Mustang to take the win away from Danny Towe.

Multiple winners are derived from a massive, 140+ QA1 True Street field but Overall Win bragging rights went to Troy Messamore of Madisonville, Kentucky whose 1993 Mustang was the quickest of all. Earning an 8.055-second average with a first run of 8.210 and a second of 7.900, Messamore was the overall winner. Hot on his heels to earn the runner-up title was Jeremiah McGreevy, while Nicolas Shortridge took the win in the 9-second category. Chad Evans was the quickest of the 10-second group, while Tim Bradshaw did the honors for the 11-second racers. For the 12-second average, Randy Rosner was the winner, followed by Jason Epstein for the 13-second group, Kristen Kelly for the 14-second group, and Belinda Moore for the 15-second group.

The new ididit Outlaw True Street class is a part of NMRA’s Grudge Night and is a special street car challenge in the “no time” format. Taking the inaugural title was Tim Oswalt who hails from Tennessee and defeated Raul Torres in the final round to score the inaugural title and a $2,500 payout.

More than thirty entries in QA1 True Street qualified for the TREMEC Stick Shift Shootout, but ultimately established Nicolas Shortridge of San Antonio, Texas as the quickest manually-shifted Mustang of the bunch. The top two stick-shift cars in True Street duke it out in a heads-up race and Shortridge took the win over Mike Niehaus as well as a brand new TREMEC transmission. The turbocharged Cobra ran 9.353 at 151.15 mph in the shootout.