HOYLE IS THE 2007 ORSCA LIMITED STREET CHAMPION


Darrin Hoyle finished up his 2007 racing season with both the Limited Street Championship and a new record of 4.775 at Carolina Dragway's House of Hook. Now that's the way to end the season!

Congratulations Darren on your outstanding performance this year!

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FUN FORD WEEKEND CROWNS FRANKLIN STREET RENEGADE CHAMPION

Travis Franklin took home the 2007 championship in Fun Ford Weekend's Procharger Street Renegade Class. Franklin lead his next closest opponent, Ron Cox by a solid 119 points.

Franklin locked up the championship back in August at the Thunder Valley Bristol, TN race by qualifying #1 and wining the race. He continued the year with solid performances at Epping, New Hampshire and Ennis, Texas. Congratulations Travis and team on a fantastic season!

URIST WINS 2007 NMRA SSO CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP


John "Fireball" Urist has earned the first 3 time back to back NMRA Super Street Outlaw Class Championship!

Urist clinched the 2007 title after his win at the NMRA season final in Bowling Green Kentucky. John was the #3 qualifier with a 7.487@193.65 and defeated a tire smoking Don Burton in the final round with a 7.488@192.66 - a great way to put an end to the season with both the class championship and a big win!

Congratulations John on your highly successful season from everyone at Neal Racing Transmissions!

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HAUSE WINS ORSCA 7.0 CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP


Al "The Doctor" Hause has won his first ORSCA Class Championship in the 7.0 class. Going into the last race of the year Al was tied wtih Ricky Pennington in a tight points battle which could have went to either racer. In the last race of the year Al enough points for the win over Ricky by going to the semifinal round which he lost by a hair.

Al has been running a NRT TH400 that was built 4 years ago with a Neal Chance 10" converter which he's been holding off on rebuilding for a while now so we're going to sponsor him a new Powerglide for 2008. We're certain the new glide will help his consistancy and reaction times, so 7.0 competitors better watch out for next year!

Congratulations Al on your championship! We know you worked hard for it and we're real happy to see you take it home!

Darin Hoyle joined Blackmon in the winners circle at Rockingham. Hoyle qualified #1 with a 4.801@156.52mph pass and mowed through the competition defeating Sercy, Paul, and Marcengill in the finals. This win marks the eighth in Civil War series! Congratulations on another well earned victory Darin!

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CAMPISI FIRST SIX SECOND TURBO AUTOMATIC IN AUSTRIALIA

"Thanks Keith for a great transmission" - Robert Campisi -

On the first of August at the AC Delco East Coast Nationals Robert Campisi ran an off the trailer first pass of 7.05@198mph, then backed it up with a 7.04@203mph on his second qualifying pass to qualify first out of 104 cars in his class. Later in eliminations he ran a 6.98@202mph to rewrite both ends of the national record and become the first Turbo Ford to run into the sixes, and the first Turbo AUTOMATIC car to run sixes in Australia.

Congratulations on some awesome passes Robert!!!

HUETTEL WINS $10,000 LIMITED STREET BEAT THE HEAT @ MONTGOMERY

Texan Kyle Huettel drove a long way to Montgomery Alabama for a chance to run Limited Street in the "Beat The Heat" August 17th. You don't drive that far without setting your mind on winning, and that's exactly what the Texan did!

Huettel put down a 4.98@152.74 "who's your daddy" pass in qualifying which put him at the top of the 20 car field, closely followed by #2 qualifier Keith Szabo with a 5.00@154.61. Those numbers foretold the story for eliminations, as Szabo and Huettel both squared off in the final round. Even though Szabo absolutely cut down the tree with a .003 light, problems downtrack meant he could not hold off Huettel's strong 4.93 charge which landed the big fat $10,000 paycheck in Mr. Huettel's lap. Congratulations to both racers from Neal Racing Transmissions!

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NRT CUSTOMERS A DOMINATE FORCE AT ORSCA ATLANTA

Neal Racing Transmission customers worked over their competition at the ORSCA Atlanta Shootout with wins in 7,0, 6.0, 5.30, Modified Street, EZ Street, Limited Street and a runner up in Outlaw 10.5!

In Outlaw 10.5 Jimmy Blackmon runnered up against Steve Kirk Jr. after making it through the nastiest group of Outlaw 10.5 cars on the planet!
Darren Hoyle proved to be unstoppable again at Atlanta in Limited Street where he defeated Jeff Cooner. Cooner ran a decent 5.043 but was no match for Hoyle's 4.901. Darren and his amazing Camaro are featured on the cover of this months Drag Illustrated Magazine!
Brian Murphy took home the trophy and the Money in Modified Street. Murphy edged out Glenn Jones with a 5.530 vs. Jones 5.563. Brian was also the #1 Qualifier.
Glenn Dutton in his wild Chevy II defeated Lester Pitts in the 5.30 class with a 5.315 pass.
Nicky Ewing, a familar face in the winners circle, defeated a redlighting Mike Strickland for the 6.0 class win.
David Brand was also awarded with an easy win in the 7.0 class when his opponent Chuck Hardy lit the big red one in the final round.
NRT also wants to give a shout out to Danny Sample, his new Outlaw 10.5 Trans Am ran a 4.69 on it's 3rd pass down the strip! That might have got a few folks attention - stay tuned for more from this car... Photos Courtesy Pro Photo Productions

PRECISION PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS SHIFTERS NOW AVAILABLE

Neal Racing Transmissions is now a dealer for Precision Performance Products line of Manual and Air Shifters. This is the hottest shifter available bar none - read more about them in our Powerglide Shifters Section...

NASE SETS ET RECORD AT NDRA ST.LOUIS

Don Nase Jr. of Jackson, NJ broke the NDRA Pro Extreme ET record during the June 9th NOPI/NDRA Gateway Race.

Nase went a 6.417@209.75 then backed it up with a 6.42. Donnie runs a 2 liter GM Ecotec 4 cyl Dragster in Pro Extreme with a Neal Glide.

Way to go Donnie and Team on your new record!

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HOYLE TAKES HOME THE MONEY AT ATLANTA ORSCA SHOOTOUT

Congratulations to Darren Hoyle for his win at the ORSCA Atlanta Race.

Hoyle qualified #1 with a 4.801@156.72 and defeated another NRT customer, Keith Szabo, in the final round of Limited Street. Szabo showed he was making big power with 4.88@160.58 but was unable to reel in Hoyle in the final round.

Photo Courtesy ORSCA

NEAL IN PENDING FINAL ROUND NMRA OUTLAW 10.5

Neal Racing Transmissions owner Keith Neal is currently awaiting the chance to complete the final round of the rained out NMRA Ford Nationals in Reynolds, Georgia.

Keith set Low ET at the race with a 7.142@196.07 in his newly refurbished Outlaw 10.5 Mustang and made it to the final round before rain shut down the event.

The final will be deceided at the next NMRA race which will be in Milan, Michigan where Tim Essick will have to try and get around him for the Outlaw 10.5 win. It'll be interesting to see just how bad this combo will be this year with Mr. Tree Killer at the wheel!

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NRT CUSTOMERS WIN AT ORSCA HUNTSVILLE SHOOT OUT


Limited Street
Fresh off his True 10.5 win at Hub City, Darren Hoyle had his game plan all together when his team rolled in the gates at Huntsville. Hoyle proceeded to qualify #1 in the highly competitive Limited Street class with a 4.855@155.12. In eliminations he faced L/S newcomer Lamar Swindoll and defeated him with a 4.941@154.27 to take home the win - Congratulations Darren!

7.0 Index
Congratulations to Andy Schaefer for his first win in the 7.0 class and to veteran Al Hause who runnered up in his white 70 Olds Cutlass.

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URIST DOMINATES SSO AT NMRA BRADENTON SEASON OPENER

Watch Video Interview with John Urist

The NMRA kicked off their 2007 season in sunny Bradenton, Florida with some exciting racing action March 8th. Reigning SSO World Champion John "Fireball" Urist made the long pull from Albuquerque, New Mexico to compete in Super Street Outlaw. Despite a setback with a burnt piston in testing, Urist mowed over Shobe, Lelsz and Burton in prior to the final round where he faced Manny Buginga. Everyone went to the fence to watch the Blower vs. Turbo final round between Urist and Buginga which should have been close, but Buginga blew his transmission after launch giving Urist the win.

Urist is off to a powerful start for 2007 and proves once again why his Mustang wears the big #1 on it's side.

BLACKMON WINS HATTIESBURG FAT TUESDAY OUTLAW 10.5

Jimmy Blackmon qualified #1, reset the MPH record and put Texan Matt "Big Daddy" Jones on the trailer in the Outlaw 10.5 finals at Hub City Dragway's "Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras Blowout" in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Blackmon set an new all time MPH record with a 4.557@174 pass in qualifying. Way to go Jimmy, you're off to a good start this season!

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