Bill Wallace’s 1981 Mercury Capri.

Following the previous two eighth-mile racing categories, the new-to-NMCA WEST Ultra Street Shootout is a non-championship eliminator that will be contested at all four events this year. The eighth-mile class welcomed nine racers to the Nitto Tire NMCA WEST Spring Nationals, and Mike Silva's '64 Chevy II was the top qualifier with a 5.461. Silva would move through the rounds to meet Bill Wallace and his '81 Mercury Capri in the final round. Silva left the line first and never looked back, taking the win with a 5.461/128.30 over Wallace's 5.631/126.33 pass.

Moving into quarter-mile combat, the Lucas Oil NA 10.5 class saw what could have been a very close, final-round matchup with Ross Wilson and Ryan Bell. Wilson's Pontiac Sunfire charged to an 8.161/162.96 while Ryan Bell's newly painted, little red Corvette stopped the clocks in 8.257 seconds at 163.95 mph. Unfortunately, Bell was -.057 red at the hit, thus handing Wilson the win.

Back in an eighth-mile format, ARP Outlaw 8.5 was stocked with new and old racers alike. In the final round, it was an all-SN95-Mustang affair with Benjamin Davidow's '95 Mustang tripping the win light with a 5.055/142.96, defeating the 5.809/100.11 for the '94 Mustang of Richard Shelly.

Meziere Top Sportsman racers had an extra incentive to win going into this season as the class has been added to the championship lineup. Taking the 2016 points lead is Kelly Harper (far lane) and his '07 Pontiac GTO. Harper faced Gary Ross (near lane) and his '69 Chevy Camaro in the final round, and as Ross's car failed to back up behind the starting line after its burnout, Harper was handed the easy win.