Nelson Competition News release Sept 29 2012
South Georgia Motorsports Park   No Mercy III

The team of Robert Rodgers and Kirk Hatley certainly was to be reckoned with in Ultimate Street at No Mercy III taking the number one and two qualifying spots Rodgers set every record in the history of the class, while on his way to recording the win with a stellar 5.07 @ 141 mph. Great job in setting both ends of the record and a big win this weekend at SGMP.

Huge Congratulations go out to Scott Husted with his win in the highly contested field of heavy hitters in outlaw Drag Radial. Scott ran a string of 4.60 passes capping it off with a new personal best of 4.58 @ 171.21 mph. leaving SGMP with the check and top mph. for the class.

Sean Ashe and team ATF continued their hard work and rapid improvements this weekend in extreme 275 recording a new personal best of 4.68 @ 153 mph. with their F-1X powered Nelson Competition SBF Entry

Congratulations go out to Jimmy Marino driving Craig Keirnan`s beautiful 1968 Camaro. Jimmy recorded the team’s best run to date in his 3rd round match up with the eventual winner Tim Lynch, with a 4.31 @166 mph. run, Incremental numbers were 1.01@ 60ft. 2.82@ 330ft 4.31 @ 166 mph a great run with his Nelson Competition 632!

Speed and Truck World Pro Mod

Congratulations Dino and Mike Stavrinos for their recent win over Mike Hill at SGMSP.The Speed and Truck World 68 Pro Mod Camaro is driven by Mike Stavrinos and powered with an ultimate Kris Nelson Pro Mod nitrous engine.

NMCA Milan Michigan, August 26TH 2012

Congratulations to Phil Smith & Team Midnight, who piloted his 2002 Nelson powered Trans Am to victory over the David Hutnick, in Aeromotive Xtreme Street. The final round saw Smith run a stellar 7.95 at 176 MPH to Hutnick's 8.33 at 173. Phil was also the number one qualifier and is leading the points chase in the Aeromotive Extreme Street class after the two wins this season

Congratulations to Jason Carter and Eric LaFerriere number one Mickey Thompson Super Street qualifier 6.60 ET @ 232 mph

Congratulations Sean Ashe and the ATF team for the win in 275 Drag Radial with a winning time of 7.45 ET @189mph

NMCA Super Bowl Joliet, Illinois

In Mickey Thompson Super Street 10.5W, Eric LaFerraire faced Dave DeMarco in the final with LaFerraire holding off DeMarco in a 6.86 221 MPH win to a slowing 7.95 by DeMarco Congratulations to Eric LaFerraire and Jason Carter for their outstanding performance and win July 15th 2012 at the NMCA Super Bowl held at the Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, Illinois

Congratulations to Tony Nesbit on a Carrier best ET of 6.65 @ 210 Mph lap in his Nelson Powered Super street Corvette which put him in the number two qualifying slot right behind Mike Murillo.

Congratulations to Phill Smith the number one qualifier in his Nelson Powered Extreme Super Street Pontiac Trans Am

Nelson News else where

Congratulations to Eric Kenward on a stellar 4.82! Eric took his x 275 Nelson Powered Malibu wagon tuned by Kevin Neal to a personal best of 4.82 @ 147mph in Holly Springs,Miss. Expect to be seeing an updated personal best as Eric ran a string of 4.80s during this meet.

NMCA Extreme Street at Maryland International Raceway Park on June 9th

Congrats to Phil “Corndog” Smith and team midnight for their win in the NMCA Extreme Street at Maryland International Raceway Park on June 9th. The win capped off a great weekend with the new B&B Race Cars built Pontiac Trans Am. Phil’s new ride is powered by his Nelson Competition built 525 cid nitrous engine backed by a PTC torque convertor and a Proformance turbo 400 by Dave Klaut Congratulations to Phil and his entire team. Be on the look out for big things coming out of Corndog as his new engine is in the development stages at Nelson Competition. His new Nelson Power will make the blower cars fear him.

2012 US Street Nationals, January 27-29

First of all thanks goes out to the guys from Mickey Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels for their outstanding performance during the past two weeks of tire testing and for their continued race support at the 2012 US Street Nationals held at Bradenton Motorsports Park, Bradenton Florida.

Mickey Thompson is a major sponsor of assorted classes and events around the country. Tom Kundrik (left) and Carl Robinson have been here all week for tire testing and are on hand this weekend observing and helping out the racers.

2012 US Street Nationals, January 27-29

OUTLAW 10.5

Congrats!!! Frank and Peg for your well earned win in outlaw 10.5 The team at nelson Competition.

Frank Meshaw had a wild ride this afternoon getting out of shape and winding up in a scary situation on two wheels after the 330 cones. he did a great job on the save, and a lot of good fortune as well. Based out of Palm Bay he and Peg Fratena make as many area events as possible between NMCA events. Lucj went his way in the final against Candido Sanchez who lost traction early in the run allowing Meshaw to drive by. Sponsors and help for the team include TRZ Motorsports, Hank Hill's Hooked up and Gone Race Cars, Chris Nelson from Nelson Competition, Jason Gatlin from ATF Transmissions and Mickey Thompson tires.

2012 US Street Nationals, January 27-29

OUTLAW 632

Outlaw 632 runner up Mike Schmidt runs out of Sunrise, Florida with his 2002 Camaro and runs a Nelson Competition 632 ci. big block Chevy under the hood. He ran as quick as 4.63 today to get around Eddie Whitlow another Nelson big block in the second round after getting edged out on the tree.

2012 US Street Nationals, January 27-29

OUTLAW 10.5

Robert Abbot managed a 4.33 @ 176 with his blown 2002 Camaro in his win over Bryan Markiewicz. Hooked up and Gone Race Cars handles the chassis set up. Robert is the latest threat to 10.5 outlaw racing with a Nelson Competition 540 cuin supercharged Billet Aluminum engine currently tuned by Todd Tutterow

2012 US Street Nationals, January 27-29

OUTLAW 632

Rodney (Smoke) Campbell set the pace in OL 632 in his first outing with this Camaro owned by Jerry Charles. A Nelson Competition built 632 with three kits from Speedtech provide the record setting power. 4.58 @ 158.20 Low ET Top Speed

Nelson Horsepower seemed to dominate the popular Outlaw 632 class today with a total of six cars qualifing in the full sixteen car field . Five of them in the top eight.

Congrats for the outstanding performance .# 1 Rodney Campbell/ Jerry Charles owned 68 Camaro,# 3 Jimmy Marino / Troy Blake owned 68 Camaro # 4 Mike Schmidt 02 Camaro, # 5 Eddie Whitlow/Jim Joyce owned 69 Camaro,# 6 Rob Brisco 71 Nova, # 9 John Lastinger 69 Camaro

2012 US Street Nationals, January 27-29

X 275

Vero Beach, Florida based Eric Kenward turned it up for the last session as the track came around and recorded his personal best ET with a 4.90 @ 144 to take number onequalifier.Kenward runs full TRZ suspension, a SBC from Nelson Competition and Wilson Pro Flow nitrous. Helping out this weekend is Attilio Derosa and Todd Brash.

2012 US Street Nationals, January 27-29

X 275

Brian Keep is fresh off a win at last weekends Tomato Nationls in Immokallee, Florida. A small fire in the shutdown there burned some of the nitrous plumbing so he is only running one kit this weekend, his 5.11 was good for eleventh on the ladder.

2012 US Street Nationals, January 27-29

OUTLAW 632

Jimmy Marino put this Camaro owned by Troy Blake in third spot with a 4.64 @ 154.

The first annual Nelson Competition Charity Christmas party for the Hope Children’s home located in Tampa was a great success. Over 150 customers, suppliers, friends, four children and the administrator from hope children’s home gathered at Nelson Competition this past Saturday for the cook out and car show. The donations consisted of over one hundred toys from bicycles to basketballs and gift cards for the older children. Mr. John Tatum and the four boys from Hope Children’s Home thanked everyone for attending and for tiding. John went on to say how the gifts were greatly needed during the holiday season for the 63 children from ages 2 to 19 who reside at the Tampa location. If you would like more information as to how you can help these most grateful children go to the web site at www.hopechildrenshome.org

The first annual Nelson Competition Charity Christmas party for the Hope Children’s home

Bradenton FL. October 24 2011 Outlaw Drag Racing Championship

2011 Outlaw Drag Racing Championship Oct.23rd Bradenton Fl. Mike Schmidt the number one qualified in Outlaw 632 worked his way through the field and met up with the Jim Joyce roofing Camaro driven by Eddie Whitlow for the finial. What a race this was as both cars use Nelson Competition Nitrous assisted big block Chevrolets for power. Schmidt hit the stripe first with a 4.66 to Whitlows 4.70 Congratulations to Mike Schmidt and Eddie Whitlow for their outstanding performance               

Bradenton FL. October 24 2011 Outlaw Drag Racing Championship

Jesse Violante shown here with engine builder Chris Nelson run OL 10.5 and NMCA Super Street 10.5 W. Jesse ran some 4.30's last weekend at SGMSP before losing the transmission. So this weekend with a borrowed transmission and converter from Billy Adams' Team Midnight Racing the same problem plagued Jesse in the third round of eliminations. Congratulations go to Jesse and his team for the outstanding effort and all the hard work put forth at the last two races.              

Bradenton FL. October 24 2011 Outlaw Drag Racing Championship

Scott Husted from Holiday, Florida has his ODR/Limited Street Mustang out. The car is usually good for low 4.7's to 4.6 second passes with a twin turbo charged BBC from Nelson Competition. Scott qualified # 5 with a 4.691 sec at Bradenton this past weekend Congratulations Scott for the outstanding back to back runner up performances both at SGMSP on 10-16-2011 and at BMSP on 10-23-2011

Nelson Competition News. 10/17/2011

Nelson competition employee Mike Valerio was inducted into the East Coast Drag Times Hall of Fame this past weekend in Henderson North Carolina. Master of Ceremonies Bret Kepner and Hall of Fame members recognized Iron Mike as one of the pioneers of pro stock drag racing during its evolution from a cross between a super stocker and a modified production race car. They also thanked him for his contributions to the sport of drag racing and the industry. Mike is also reguarded as one of the best innovators and fabricators the performance industry has known and is the founder of Competition Engineering now a Moroso company. At age 66 Iron Mike is still actively crafting new innovative drag racing products as well as a new purpose built XTF Chevy Camaro for the 2012 ADRL season.

NMCA 2010 World Finials Oct 24th Mike Fratena was the man to beat in the BF Goodrich street radial this past weekend Oct 24th at the NMCA world street finials held at Gateway International Raceway near St Louis Mo. On the way to winning this years championship Fratena`s stellar performance not only produced a win in the tough Street Radial class, but at the same He also managed to set a new NMCA et record of 8.544 . Fratina also holds the NMCA MPH record at 165.44 set earlier this season at Milan Michigan. Mike relies on Nelson Competition for the power and reliability it takes to win championships. Congratulations to Mike and his team for such a great effort.

NMCA 2010 World Finals Oct 24th Frank Meshaw was able to capture the Mickey Thompson Super Street 10.5 point’s championship by defeating Jimmy Robbins in the semi final with a 6.818 to a 7.832. Meshaw also holds the currant NMCA mph record at 218.83 set on July 17th 2010 at Joliet IL. Frank relies on Nelson Competition for the power and reliability it takes to win championships. Congratulations To Frank and his team for such a great effort

2010 Outlaw Drag Racing Championship Oct.17th Bradenton Fl. Mike Schmidt the number one qualified in Outlaw 632 worked his way through the field and met up with the Jim Joyce Camaro driven by Eddie Whitlow for the finial. What a race this was as both cars use Nelson Competition Nitrous assisted big block Chevrolets for power. Schmidt hit the stripe first with a 4.71 to Whitlows 4.77 Congratulations to Mike Schmidt and Eddie Whitlow for their outstanding performance

2010 Outlaw Drag Racing Championship Oct 17th Bradenton Fl. Chad Opaleski who qualified #1 in no boost outlaw stock suspension also won the class.