One of the most exciting classes in sportsman drag racing for 2016 has been the Holley EFI Factory Super Car category in NMCA competition. The best COPOs and Cobra Jets have been going at it on a heads up basis and the results have been fantastic. With guys like Glenn Pushis ripping hole shots to the final round in Bradenton and Kevin Skinner making the quickest Cobra Jet pass of all time in Factory Super Car form at 8.321/163 you literally never know what it going to happen next in this class. Well, a good thing has gotten better because the NMCA and Holley have announced the payouts for the category and they are really good and really collaborative as well.
The winning car will be paid $1,500 by Holley/NMCA for their efforts. Additionally, the manufacturers will pay their respective winning car $1,000 as well. Additionally, NMCA contingencies pay some $300 per product. So you have $2,500 in your pocket before a lick of contingency is paid and it will spiral up from there. There’s good money and as we mentioned above, this is one heck of a show.
The only thing that could make this class better in the immediate future? The addition of some Drag Packs! The Dodges have not been present at the first two events but with the reality being that there are only a handful of the supercharged drag pack Challengers that have made it out onto the track yet it is understandable. We bet they start showing within a couple of weeks. So far the Fords have one win and the Chevrolets have one win. The season long battle will be killer.
NMCA Announces Purse & Contingency Programs for Holley EFI Factory Super Cars Class
The Factory Super Cars class is a heads-up class for 2008 and newer COPO, Cobra Jet, and Drag Pak factory cars. This new class will be battling it out at all six 2016 NMCA events with a points champion to be crowned at the 2016 NMCA Awards Ceremony.
“We are thrilled to have all three manufacturers participating in this new factory contingency program. All of our racers should be proud to have Jesse Kershaw of Ford, Curt Collins of Chevrolet, and Dale Aldo of Mopar supporting this new class sponsored by Holley EFI,” said Rollie Miller, the NMCA’s General Manager. Robin Lawrence, Holley’s Director of EFI Business Development, also added “We are proud to be able to support such an exciting class of heads-up racing. We already have deep ties with many of the NMCA Factory Super Car teams from NHRA Stock Eliminator, so it was a natural evolution for us to support the class, especially with so many cars in it already using Holley EFI.”
Factory Vehicle Contingency payouts from Ford, Chevrolet & Mopar per event:
Winner = $1,000
Runner-up = $500
Holley EFI Factory Super Cars class payouts per event:
Winner = $1,500
Runner-up = $700
Semis = $200
Quarters = $100
Eights = $50
NMCA class contingency payouts for all other posting sponsors per event:
Winner = $300 per product
Runner-up = $150 per product
Factory Super Cars will compete at all six 2016 NMCA events:
March 10-13: The 14th Annual Ross Racing Pistons NMCA Muscle Car Mayhem race is in the books. Fittingly, the finals featured two Holley EFI-powered cars as Bruno Massel’s 2015 COPO Camaro took down Glenn Pushis’ 2014 COPO Camaro. Both cars utilized the 350 cubic inch/2.9L supercharger combination.
April 7-10: 8th Annual NMCA/NMRA All-Star Nationals presented by Miller Welders, Atlanta Dragway, Commerce, Georgia
May 12-15: 15th Annual NMCA Quickfuel Bluegrass Nationals, Beech Bend Raceway, Bowling Green, KY
June 23-26: 15th Annual NMCA All-American Nationals, Lucas Oil Raceway, Indianapolis, IN
July 28-31: 11th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street-Legal Drag Racing, Route 66 Raceway, Joliet, IL
August 25-28: 14th Annual NMCA World Street Finals, Summit Motorsports Park, Norwalk, OH
Holley EFI Factory Super Cars class rules: http://www.nmcadigital.com/dl/rules/fsc.pdf
