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We have posted up over 500 photos on our media gallery from today's event. Congrats to all the winners.

Gallery link: http://nscra.com/view-event-gallery/...it-out/photos/

hyboost

nice photos!

CHECOKXX

very nice pics.

NSCRA

NSCRA Round 2: July 5th, 2009

July 6th, 2009 – West Palm Beach, Florida – The NSCRA’s Round 2 event at Palm Beach International Raceway was a huge success despite harsh weather conditions and a slight rain delay. Racers from all across the country showed up to battle it out including the Clutch Masters team of Norris Prayoonto, Loan Nguyen and Jonathan Reynolds. All seven heads-up classes featured some of the world’s fastest sport compacts as new NSCRA records were set and shattered throughout the hot day. Racers also looked towards the bounties that were placed on each of the winners from Round 1 as an added payout for each class. Across the way from the drag racing track, local Florida grassroots drifters and time attack racers were out putting on a show in between drag racing rounds.
“One of the greatest highlights of the event was how quickly Palm Beach International Raceway was able to clean up the track after the rain delay. Couple of years ago, that sort of rain would have lead to a cancellation of an event. The NSCRA barely experienced a one hour break in action,” said John Brown of the NSCRA. “The drag racers, drifters and time attack racers came out and supported in full force letting the world know that sport compact racing as a whole is growing at a magnificent rate. The fan base was supportive of all the different motorsports activities that were going on.”

In the South Florida Turbo True Street class, no one would topple and claim Chris Green’s bounty. He was the top qualifier of the class with a 10.081 @ 144.01 mph and claimed the class win over Gerard Carre with a 10.507 @ 145.74 mph to Carre’s 13.370 @ 112.65 mph. Green received the $250.00 bounty that was placed on himself and will be back for Round 3 to see if anyone can claim his crown. “The bounty is a great idea. It gives all the racers a chance to take home some money and gives some extra fun to the winners of each class.” Chris Green commented after winning the class again.

In the Street Compact Naturally Aspirated class, all eyes were on Loan Nguyen in The Driveshaft Shop Honda Civic of Prayoonto Racing and Mark Podkowik, Round 1’s winner. Podkowik had a $150.00 bounty placed on him after winning Round 1 and looked towards defending his win in the intense heat. Nguyen would qualify first with an 11.028 @ 127.28 mph setting up an inevitable meeting with Mark Podkowik in the finals. This heads-up battle lived up to the hype as both these K-series monsters battled it out. Nguyen would lose it at the light however, hitting a .297 reaction time to Podkowik’s .084. Mark Podkowik defended his Round 1 win with a 11.207 @ 124.57 mph to Nguyen’s faster 11.096 @ 125.85 mph.

In Phantom Grip’s Street Outlaw 4-Cylinder class, the NSCRA would see records dropped. Anthony Mossburg in the AWD Motorsports 2003 Evolution would run the class’s first 8-second pass with a 8.754. Jonathan Reynolds in the Supertech Valves Integra of Prayoonto Racing would run off a 165.70 mph pass! At the end of the day, the number one qualifier, Chris Williams with a 9.498 @ 150.88 mph would not make it to the finals, getting taken out by eventual winner Jonathan Reynolds. It almost seemed as if Reynolds was bracket racing, running a 9.251 @ 165.70 mph in the semi-final round to beat Williams and then a 9.215 @ 158 mph pass in the finals over David Marks’ 11.096 @ 132.65 mph. Hopefully we will see Reynolds in the 8-second range at a future NSCRA event!

Street Outlaw 6-Cylinder class would see the return of the Supras with Big Daddy Vijay Ramkissoon in his MK III taking the top qualifying spot with an 8.846 @ 162.41 mph pass. But Chris Gore, Round 1’s winner with a $250.00 bounty on him, would not give up without a fight. The two would eventually meet in the finals in a battle of the generation Supras. Ramkissoon would take the win at this event however, tree’ing Gore with a .102 reaction time to Gore’s .346. It was still a bumper to bumper, door to door race with Ramkissoon taking the win light with a 9.134 @ 158.67 mph to Gore’s 9.116 @ 152.93 mph. Congratulations to the Big Daddy Performance team for capturing the bounty!

The Naturally Aspirated Sport Compact class saw some fantastic rear wheel drive rotary vs. front wheel drive piston racing. Norris Prayoonto in the Clutch Masters Insight would qualify first with a blazing 9.605 @ 141.88 mph pass, but would run consistent 9.5’s all day long while battling it out with the rear-wheel drive rotary-powered vehicles. Prayoonto would claim the bounty on Armando Melendez in the semi-finals round with a 9.525 @ 146.32 mph pass to Melendez’s 10.334 @ 128.32 mph. The finals would pit Prayoonto with Jesus Padilla Jr., but Padilla’s Jr.’s ’85 Mazda would have trouble getting down the track. Prayoonto finished off the day with a 9.534 @ 145.99 mph. Congratulations to the team from Virginia on claiming two of the three class wins.

Turbo Sport Compact saw a mixture of familiar faces and new ones as Hector Garcia’s ’82 Mazda dominated all day long. Junior Espinal would take the bounty on Juan Rodriguez in round one in his ’95 Civic with an upset win at the light. A .374 reaction time to Rodriguez’s .596 was all it took for Espinal to claim $150.00. With 10 racers in The Turbo Sport Compact class, Garcia made the rounds taking a quick light in round 1, a single in round two and running an 8.273 @ 164.23 mph in the semi-finals over Abel Burgos’ 8.763 @ 124.75 mph. The finals would see Garcia and Luis Ferrer Jr. (who was also Round 1’s Modified Sport Compact winner) in the battle of old-school Mazda vs. Toyota. Garcia proved too much for Ferrer Jr. as Garcia runs an 8.173 @ 165.01 mph to Ferrer’s 8.658 @ 150.20 mph. The Turbo Sport Compact bounty on Hector Garcia will be increased for Round 3 thanks to the support of all its racers!

Lastly, the Modified Sport Compact class was filled with eight racers from ’94 Mazda RX-7s of Boris Rojas to Luis Ferrer Jr.’s ’07 Scion tC and Jaime Rodriguez Jr.’s old school Toyota. The story of the day would be Rodriguez Jr.’s resume for the day. Round one would show a 7.481 @ 179.42 mph over Ferrer Jr.’s troubled Scion tC, taking the $500.00 bounty. Round two would bring a 7.477 @ 178.97 mph pass over Boris Rojas’ 9.994 @ 134.24 mph. In the finals, Rodriguez Jr. would continue to impress finishing off what would seem a bracket -racing day for him with a 7.472 @ 178.52 mph pass over Alex Dieguez’s 10.426 @ 101.06 mph. Was he racing ET1 or Modified Sport Compact?! Congratulations to the team from West Palm Beach, Florida!

dlcracing

^ Great recap of the event, much appreciated




are those ... 27.0/10.0-16 ??

0tom@yoparts.com

Big props to NSCRA!

.CUBISH.

26x10x15

jdm inc

iTrader: (11)

Nice coverage!

dlcracing

yeah I figured that ... they just look huge though

nos3tc

any qaulifying shhets and round sheets?

NSCRA

We are currently working in putting in the round by round and qualifying results. It should be done sometime by the end of tomorrow.

Our system is different where we tie all the results to the drivers so that they appear on their driver profile page, so it takes a bit of work.

rota92

You guys have done a lot for us this year, I hope you guys can venture elsewhere around the country. It's awesome to see the website so driver orientated and so professional

HR-1320

How did that red hotrod hatch run? And good work guys. Your dedication is much appreciated

OMG B16

The BRE red EK?

They had problems with their cam angle sensor, they fixed it lateee in the day and had a few problems with their pass but managed a 9.5. I believe the car has gone 9.0's multiple times.

Their car looked good.

.CUBISH.

bre went 9.5 the espinol racing red eg went 9.2

rota92

The EG sounds like it's shaking things out, that car is SOOOO clean

A train

good job to john and the rest of the nscra crew! and yes nscra is speading there wings stay tuned for the formal annoucments!

1qkfodo

i would like to say a big THANK YOU to the whole crew of the NSCRA for putting on some amazing events and for for caring about this sport and the racers in it.

i can't wait till the next event on October 4. see you all there.

O and J Performance

I have talked to John since he started the idea of the NSCRA and I personally could tell you that him and Jose and the whole crew have worked non stop to make sure not only the NSCRA grows as one of the premier organization for sport compact drag racing but also the drivers and the racers also could grow with it.If you look at the site there is a lot of exposure for the racers and also the auto show cars.Now adding drifting and time attack to the mix makes it a an all around automotive event.

We also have to look at the at the dyno days that are going on around the state to promote the shops that are part of the NSCRA and and also there is a shop profile going on as well so not only drivers also the businesses will get there share of exposure as well.In my part I'm just happy to help as much as I can.

nos3tc

theve done a great job especially turbo sport compact it opened the dooe for alot of us old school guys with no high dollar chassis.

Jon V

Great shot...