2008 NEAL RACING TRANSMISSIONS NEWS ARCHIVE

NRT Customer Kevin Fiscus DEMOLISHED the Drag Radial Record at Bradenton Florida during the Snowbirds race!

He ran the record setting pass during first round and put down some jaw dropping incrementals; 1.278 60', 3.180 330', 4.68@162.42 - 7.066@202.79!!!

That's a new record ET for both 1/8th and 1/4 mile on a Drag Radial!! On the next pass they turned the Twin 88 SMALL BLOCK up just a bit which resulted in a moon shot at about 200 feet out - no doubt if it would have stayed down to earth that pass would have been in the 6's!!!

Wade Exum captured this in car footage of Kevin's Wild Ride, luckily he kept it off the wall -

Congratulations Kevin on your new Drag Radial record !!

Photo Courtesy Chevelle Rob

Rob Valden took the Late Model Racecraft's Twin Turbo Mustang out last weekend to Houston Motorsports Park and ran a 4.6617@164.77 on True 10.5's!

His incrementals were 1.2172 and 3.1527 along with his 4.66 that makes him the fastest so far on True Ten Fives... Now that's a nice way to end the season!

Congratulations Rob!!

Photo Courtesy Nitroart.com

Justin Curry got his new Camaro lined out in record time after switching to a new Hemi Turbo combination. With only a short amount of testing on the new car Curry went out and set a new Super Street Record 4.675@168.82 at the Clash of the Titan's race in Texas November 30th!

Curry defeated another Neal Racing Transmission customer, Kenjo Kelly, in the final round where he went 4.69@169.19 to a redlight in Kelly's lane.

Regardless of the redlight loss, Kenjo captured the Clash of the Titans Super Street Championship for 2008!

Congratulations Justin on your first win in the new car and also to Kenjo for winning the Championship!!!

Photo Courtesy Nitroart.com

SZABO WINS 2008 ORSCA LIMITED STREET CHAMPIONSHIP

Keith Szabo picked up just enough points to edge out Jeff Paulk for the ORSCA Limited Street Championship during the season final race at Carolina Dragway.

Szabo, winner of the last three ORSCA Limited Street races, defeated Paulk in the first round, Kevin Fiscus in the 2nd, then broke during round 3rd against Jeff Cooner ending his quest for a final round win. But to walk away with a season championship still made it a pretty good day!

Darrin Hoyle, another one of our customers, led an action packed race with some wild wheelstands. Hoyle qualified #2 with a 4.731 but fought the wheelie problem all the way to the final round where it cost him the race. Jeff Cooner, his opponent, ran a 4.82 and Hoyle could only salvage a 5.10 on the wheelie plagued pass resulting in a Runner Up finish.

Congratulations to Keith on his 2008 ORSCA Championship and to Darrin on h is R/U Finish!! We would also like to congratulate Jimmy Blackmon on his Runner Up finish in the ORSCA Outlaw 10.5 Championship!

Photo Courtesy ORSCA

HUETTEL AND KELLEY ROCK OTTA SEASON FINAL

NRT Customers Kyle Huettel and Kenjo Kelly were out blowing away the Limited Street Records at the OTTA race in Evadale, Texas November 16th.

Kenjo Qualified #1 with a 4.671@163.76, fast enough to top his old record but was unable to back it up due to engine problems. Huettel on the other hand Qualified #2 with a 4.71@157.67 and was able to back it up in following rounds giving him the official record.

Kenjo was able to survive long enough on his hurt engine to get enough points to win the 2008 OTTA Class Championship but had to put it on the trailer early. Huettel went on to defeat Lablanc in the final round of the race and runnered up in the points battle!

Congratulations to both Racers from everyone here at Neal Racing Transmissions!

Photo Courtesy NitroArt.com

STRIPLING GRABS ULTIMATE STREET WIN AND NEW RECORD

The Houston Ultimate Street Record was reset again last weekend at the final race of the season in Evadale, Texas by Trevor Stripling. He beat his own previous record of 5.160@140.01 with a new best of 5.142@140.32.

Stripling also took home the race win by soundly defeating D. Nugent in the final round with a 5.23@136 to Nugents troubled 12.15@45.91.

Trevor finished the year with a strong #2 in the points battle.

Congratulations Trevor and Team on your successes this year and new record!

Photo Courtesy NitroArt.com

Mark Padgett was able to advance to the NHRA finals in Pomona November 16th after winning the Division 2 Finals back in October.

Mark made the long haul from Dublin, GA and competed for the National Title against bracket racers from each Division in North America. Padgett made it all the way to the final round and scored a great Runner Up finish in a double breakout Super Pro final!!!

Big atta boy Mark!!!

During the PSCA race at Fontana November 9th, the Bothwell Motorsports Team broke their previous Outlaw 10.5 record when they ran a 6.80@203 and then backed it up with a 6.82@210!

Congratulations Team Bothwell!

Photo Courtesy Reflections of Motorsports

SZABO WINS TEXAS Vs. THE WORLD AT EVADALE

Keith Szabo brought a nice $5000 wad of cash with him back to Georgia after winning the OTTA Texas vs The World Race October 18th. Szabo, who laid down 160+ mph passes consistently every pass, defeated Jeff Paulk in the finals where he ran a 4.76@161 to Paulk's 4.80@151 to take the win.

Congratulations Keith!

We also want to give a shout out to Kyle Huttel who was the #1 Qualifier with a 4.75 and we believe might have broke or tied the OTTA ET Record during eliminations with a 4.74 pass! Way to go Kyle...

STRIPLING RESETS ULTIMATE STREET RECORD

One of our Texas Customers, Trevor Stripling, broke his class record recently at the Houston Ultimate Street race in Evadale, Texas. Stripling set the pace by qualifying #1 at 5.176@139.79 which reset the previous class record of 5.24.

Later during the 2nd round of eliminations he upped the ante by running a 5.160@140.01 - the fastest ever pass in his class! Unfortunately Trevor stood the car up during the final round of eliminations or he likely would have been able to take home the win as well.

Congratulations on the Record and R/U Trevor!

SZABO RUNNERS UP AT MONTGOMERY

Keith Szabo came real close to winning the Limited Street Class at ORSCA's Montgomery race. Only .008 separated him from Victory over Jeff Paulk, but it appears 4 victories in a row is just too much to ask for... In eliminations Szabo ran a 4.808 with a .023 light to Paulk's 4.801 with a .022 light - pretty close race in anyone's book.

Szabo had a good points lead going into this race, but the loss narrowed the gap between him and Paulk going into the final race of the year at ORSCA's Season End Race in Jackson, South Carolina.

Congratulations Keith and Good Luck at the next race!

PADGETT WINS SUPER PRO DIVISION 2 SOUTHEAST FINALS

Mark Padgett from Dublin, GA scored a big win at the Atlanta Dragway NHRA Division 2 Southeast Finals October 11th in Super Pro. Padgett defeated Michael Rastall in Round 8 of eliminations with a 4.641 on a 4.64 dial in vs Rastall's 4.689 on a 4.68 dial.

The win gives Mark the ability to advance to the NHRA Finals in Pomona in November where he will receive $3500 for running and an additional $5000 if he wins his class!

Congratulations Mark and Good Luck at Pomona!!!

LAZZARO & HINZMAN SCORE BIG AT SHAKEDOWN

Steve Lazzaro won Heavy Street at the Shakedown at Etown October 5th. Lazzaro qualified from a strong #1 position with a 6.72@217. He defeated Rocky Dilecce in the final round who hurt a transmission and couldn't make the call.

Steve has also won the 2008 OSCA Super Street Championship and holds the MPH & ET Records for the class!

Congratulations Steve on a great year !!!

Dave Hinzman absolutely melted down the Drag Radial record at the Shakedown with a 7.182@200.47 blast during the second round of eliminations.

Dave mowed through the ladder then defeated Buckler in the final round of eliminations. He ran a strong 7.344@198.03 to Buckler's 7.83@163.51 on a hurt engine to take home the shakedown win!

Congratulations to the Team and Dave on your hard fought victory and new record!!!

Photos Courtesy StreetlegalTV

John Urist wrapped up his 4th NMRA SSO Championship in a row at the October 4th race in Bowling Green, Tennessee. John started the race in typical fashion, he qualified number 1 and proceeded to break the SSO ET Record during qualifying with a 7.361 @191.48 pass and backed it up during round 3 of qualifying.

In eliminations Urist defeated Don Burton who suffered from a Nitrous Backfire in the final round with a 7.521@185.13

Another awesome year John! - Congratulations from everyone here at Neal Racing Transmissions!

Photo Courtesy StangTV

BOTHWELL MOTORSPORTS RUNNERS UP AT BOWLING GREEN

The Garrett Turbo sponsored Bothwell Motorsports Team made it all th e way to the final round at the NMRA Bowling Green race where they faced off with Conrad Scarry in Pro Outlaw. They made Scarry work for the win with a 6.954@208.33 pass vs. Scarry's 6.886@217.28.

Congratulations on the runner up finish guys!

Photo Courtesy StangTV

Jim McKelvey has won the 2008 Atlanta Dragway Track Championship in Super Pro. Even though he didn't win a race all year, his consistent performances all year long generated enough points to put him in the lead.

Congratulations Jim!!!

HINZMAN GOES 7.330 IN TESTING!

Dave Hinzman has been busy testing lately and all that hard work him and his team put out is showing results. He recently became the quickest man on Radials when he busted out a 7.330@197 in testing at Milan. No doubt Dave and crew have that Red Mustang flying and there's more in store no doubt!

Way to go Dave and Tom!

Jimmy Blackmon took home the win in Outlaw 10.5 at the ORSCA Make up Race by defeating Tim Lynch in the final 4.60 to Lynchs troublesome 4.88 pass.

After his win on Saturday, he followed up with another one during Sunday's race by beating Joe Newsham, the current points leader.

It was no easy weekend for Blackmon who suffered a serious driveshaft failure Saturday b ut was able to make repairs in time!

Congratulations Jimmy!

Keith Szabo collected his third win in a row during the same event. In the make up race he defeated Eric DIllard to take the win in Limited Street, 4.83 to Dillards "close but no cigar" 4.88.

On Sunday he finished the weekend off in grand style with another win over Jeff Paulk in Limited Street!

Way to go Keith!

Photos Courtesy Pro Photo Productions

SZABO / PEAVY CAPTURE WINS AT SOUTH GEORGIA ORSCA RACE

Larry Peavy won his first ORSCA 5.0 index race at South Georgia Motorsports Park in Cecil Georgia September 7th. Peavy cut a great .015 light on Jermy Ellis in the final with a 5.010 to take the win on a very close race.

Congratulations Larry on your first win!!!

Keith Szabo is back in the winners circle! Keith qualified #4 with a 4.87 then won the Limited Street class by defeating Shane Stack Stack's 4.894 with a 4.891.

Congratulations Keith!!!

Photos Courtesy ORSCA

Gaines Hickman scored another win in Super Pro at Silver Dollar Raceway September 30th. He defeated Kenny Cunrod who lit up the red light in the final round. Hickman laid down a 6.679@102.81 pass with a .040 light on the 6.68 dial in to take the win.

Congratulations Gaines!!!

Photo Courtesy Silver Dollar Raceway

Kyle Huettel defeated Kenjo Kelley to take the win at the Clash of the Titans race in San Antonio! Huettel was #1 qualifier in Super Street and ran a 4.85 to Kelley's 4.92 in the final round of eliminations.

Congratulations Kyle!

John Urist took home yet another win in NMRA's SSO class during the Labor Day race at Columbus. Urist smoked Perry Santini in the final round with a 7.52 to a 9.53.

John's preparing for Bowling Green to defend his championship title at the next race.

Congratulations on the win John and good luck at Bowling Green!

Dave Hinzman has been putting down some wicked fast passes on Drag Radials. At the August Milan Drag Radial race he posted a 7.38@196.55 pass in the heat! Look for MUCH MORE from Hinzman as they continue to get a handle on that bad boy!

Congratulations Dave!

NEAL RACING TRANSMISSIONS NMRA/NMCA SUPER BOWL WINNERS

The Bothwell Motorsports Team took home a big win in Pro Outlaw 10.5 during the NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl July 20th. Previously undefeated Conrad Scarry recorded his first loss in eliminations against the Bothwell Team where both cars had to pedal to get down the track.

The Garrett Turbocharger powered Mustang also ran a 6.86@208 during the second round of qualifying, fast enough for a new class record! They officially backed it up during the third round of qualifying with a 6.890@207.56 during the third round of qualifying. The Bothwell Motorsports Team now owns the Pro Outlaw 10.5 ET & MPH Records for the class!!!

In Super Street Outlaw John Urist took home another win at the Super Bowl. He defeated Samuel Vincent with a 7.531@186.79 to Vincent's losing 7.782@184.37.

Congratulations to both race teams on your wins!

May 31 Steve Lazzaro captured the win in Super Street with his new car at the OSCA Season Opener at Toronto Motorsports Park.

Lazzaro qualified #1 with a 6.85@220, reset both ET and MPH records and broke the competition's backs! Now that's how you do it with a brand new combo!

Steve's car uses a Neal Racing Transmissions Pro Glide and a Neal Chance Pro Mod Converter, contrary to what you might read in some "other" transmission builders advertisements.

Congrat's Steve on the win and successful debut of the new car!

Neal Racing Transmissions Customer Ron Lummus and the Bothwell Motorsports/Garrett Turbocharger Team surprised their competitors during the Fun Ford Weekend "Battle of the Brands" race!

Lummus ran multiple passes low in the 4.50's during the race including a impressive 4.52@166.81 during the first round. He went all the way to the semifinals eventually getting shut down by Grant McCrary.

We want to congratulate the entire Bothwell Motorsports Team on their impressive performance at Atlanta, there is no doubt they are making some impressive progress on their combination!

Photo Courtesy Dragracingonline.com

Jimmy Blackmon defeated Mike Hill at the newly renovated Twiggs/Macon National Dragway Shootout May 25th. Blackmon went 4.51 to Hill's 4.46 to take the win light!

Congratulations Jimmy!

Photo Courtesy John Fore / Drag Illustrated

HICKMAN SILVER DOLLAR SUPER PRO WINNER

Neal Racing Transmissions would like to give a shout out to 17 year old Cole Hickman who one his first Super Pro Event May 17th at Silver Dollar Raceway. Cole hasn't been racing long and it's really cool to see him in the winner's circle so soon. Way to go Cole, may this be your first win of many!

URIST WINS $10,000 WORLD STREET CHALLENGE

John "Fireball" Urist was on his game Sunday May 18th at the World Street Challenge in St. Louis. Urist qualified #1 with a 7.414@189.23 in Street Outlaw which made him the big dog to beat in eliminations.

Urist blasted his way through the pack during eliminations where he meet up with Jarrett Halfacre, the #2 qualifier for the final round. Urist defeated Halfacre in a close race, 7.40@191 vs 7.42@197!

Congratulations John!

Photo Courtesy Stang TV

LUMMUS GRABS PSCA LAS VEGAS NATIONALS OUTLAW STREET WIN

Ron Lummus driving the Bothwell Motorsports Garrett Turbo Mustang won the first PSCA Las Vegas Nationals in Outlaw Street.

Lummus qualified #2 with a 7.379@163.20 then tore through the ladder during eliminations. In the final Lummus faced Zehring, the #1 qualifier, and dispatched him easily with a 7.192@201.31 vs Zehring's 7.642@167.09.

This win is an outstanding accomplishment for the Bothwell Motorsports Team considering this is the 3rd race the car has competed in, and the first one since a complete rebuild over the winter months! Congratulations Ron and Team Bothwell on your first win of the season!!!

Photo Courtesy Gary Vinovich

NEAL REVEALS COMPLETELY REDONE OUTLAW MUSTANG

Keith Neal, owner of Neal Racing Transmissions, revealed his freshly redone Twin Turbo Outlaw 10.5 Mustang at Bradenton for the NMRA Season Opener. Unfortunately the engine management computer had a very rare glitch in it which caused it to break #3 & #8 rods shortly after launch on it's 1st pass of the season. The good news is that they finally found the problem which has been a issue since last year. Keith's busy getting replacement parts and will be burning the midnight oil again getting the car ready for the next race. To keep up on Keith's Outlaw 10.5 racing program visit KeithNealRacing.com

Photo Courtesy Floridaracing.org

URIST WINS SSO DURING NMRA BRADENTON SEASON OPENER

John Urist started out the 2008 season with a big first win at the Bradenton NMRA Season Opener. Urist surprised his competition with a brand new car and wasted no time in getting it working on the money! The three time NMRA SSO Champion defeated Richard Lelsz with a holeshot and a clear victory 7.573 to the losing 7.610 of Lelsz's.

Congratulations John on your first win of the season!

Photo Courtesy Jason - Race Pages Magazine

SHANNON WREN - FIRST TO 200 MPH IN DRAG RADIAL

March 2nd at the Memphis Mid South Shootout Shannon Wren broke the 200 mph record in Drag Radial! Wren went 7.418@200.83 in qualifying cementing himself in the top spot. He beat some quick competition during semifinals and defeated Tommy Brewer in the final round for the win. Congratulations on being the first to 200 and your win Shannon!

Photo Courtesy Devastation Motorsports

BLACKMON WINS OUTLAW 10.5 MEMPHIS MID SOUTH SHOOTOUT

Congratulations to Jimmy Blackmon for winning Outlaw 10.5 at Memphis! Blackmon had the top qualifying speed of 222.36 mph of the event.

Photo Courtesy Devastation Motorsports

Brian Anderson won the 2007 Dynomax Dyno Power to the Wheels Shootout during the 2007 SEMA show and came home with a huge $25,000 paycheck for his efforts! Anderson laid down 1642 hp to the rear wheels through his NRT Pro Series Powerglide and Neal Chance Converter.

Congratulations Brian!!

Photo Courtesy Dynomax

NMRA Drag Radial Racer Kevin Fiscus has made the switch from Brand X to Neal Racing Transmissions and Neal Chance Racing Converters in preparation for the 2008 Racing Season.

Kevin got his new combo installed in time to capture the #1 qualifier position at Orlando last year which shows he's ready to put the hurt to the competition in the upcoming race season.

Fiscus will be joining other Neal Racing Transmission customers in a bid to dominate several NMRA classes this year. With 3 time champion John Urist competing in SSO, DeWayne James and Keith Neal in Pro 10.5 and Fiscus in Drag Radial look to see some exciting racing news on this page during the year!

Photo Courtesy NMRADigital.com

2007 Racing News Archive