Thursday, April 7, 2011

NMCA True Street

Now some of you may have heard of the National Muscle Car Association's(NMCA) True Street class, if you haven't now you will have. The NMCA's Street Street is a class for Street Legal Muscle cars where, the cars take a 30 mile cruise around town(American Graffiti style) and then make 3 heads up passes and fastest average time wins.
Now there are somethings that makes this class more interesting. After the cruise the Drivers are not allowed to make any, I MEAN ANY! Changes to there cars. They can't fix any problems, or put gas in there Cars or EVEN OPEN THE HOOD!. Your car has to remain the same, from the time you left the cruise, till after your 3 passes. The other great thing about this class, is that there are very mod restrictions, you can use any size engine block, any power adder, any transmission, any rear, any exhaust as long as it has mufflers, and any street legal tires(usually 10.5 tires). The car must have license plates and must be street legal(well, you have to drive it on the street, so yeah that makes sense).
During thr actually event, the event starts with the 30 mile cruise, where there are 2 escort cars, that they have to follow and stay behind one and be infront of the other. They can not pass the front one or fall behind the rear escort. After the 30 mile cruise, who ever did not fall behind(or pass, I didn't forget about you passers) will make there 3 back to back pass, for their time.
At the end of the event, the top 3 fastest averages will win first, second and 3rd place(need me to tell which one gets what place?).
That is NMCA True Street, I myself say it seems like one of the most fun and exciting Nostalgia Drag Racing classes currently. It blends the cruising of the 50's and 60's and it gives it a nice street racing feel to the event. Maybe it will event bring back local legends, and create the old street racing rivalries again. Create Bob Falfa and John Milner, just this time more organized and for cash!

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