World Wide Technology Raceway near St. Louis played host to the 16th Annual NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street-Legal Drag Racing and it was a show of Blue Oval power as racers pounded the quarter-mile during three days of racing action.

Despite rain ending the action on Sunday afternoon, race officials were able to squeeze in most of the eliminations, including a handful of finals. The special event, that presents amazing Nitto rings to the champions, is a favorite amongst racers in both the NMRA and NMCA ranks.

Fans also love the event for its vendor midway, UPR Products Car Show and door-to-door racing. In fact, cool weather and sticky track conditions allowed racers to blast to new records in a variety of classes. In addition, it was a wheelie-fest, as the bumper-dragging was non-stop!

Tony Hobson locked down the top qualifying spot after running 4.279 at 167.07 mph in his ProCharged ’90 Mustang

With both the NMRA and NMCA in competition, some classes are combined, which makes for excellent competition. One such is NMRA VP Racing Madditives and NMCA Mickey Thompson Street Outlaw. Local racer Tony Hobson locked down the top qualifying spot after running 4.279 at 167.07 mph in his ProCharged ’90 Mustang. Hobson was solid in eliminations and will race Randy Matlock in his LS-powered ’92 Mustang in the rain-postponed finals.

NMRA Edelbrock Renegade racers were grouped with the NMCA Edelbrock Xtreme Street and it was Joel Greathouse who qualified on pole running 4.522 at 155.15 mph. Greathouse, who is the reigning champ, lasted four rounds and will race Martin Connelley in the finals when they are contested in Norwalk, Ohio at the next event.

Samantha Moore led the charge in JDM Engineering Limited Street. The Michigan drive, delivered a strong 8.212 at 167.09 mph pass in qualifying.

Driving her Holley-powered Mustang California Special, Samantha Moore led the charge in JDM Engineering Limited Street. The Michigan drive, delivered a strong 8.212 at 167.09 mph pass in qualifying. Despite her quick ET, she was unseated, while Chad Wendel and 2020 champion Bill Putnam were the last men standing. They will race the final in Ohio.

A consistent fan-favorite is G-Force Racing Transmissions Coyote Stock. These Fords are powered by the Gen 3 Coyote and every racer has the same tune and the same power. Nathan Stymiest, who won the opening event, ran a record 9.640 at 138.64 mph with his ’92 Mustang to get the pole. Stymiest faltered in eliminations leaving the door open for Randy Soper and Kevin McMullin who will race in the final when it is contested next month in Ohio.

Chad Stevens delivered the mail, air style, behind the wheel of Andy Johnson’s LX Coyote Stocker.

Mark Anderson put on a wheelie clinic in St. Louis and also set the quickest time in Richmond Gear Factory Stock qualifying when he ran 10.101 at 130.63 mph. The Illinois driver will face Justin Fogelsonger of Mont Alto, Pennsylvania in Norwalk to settle the finals.

ARP Open Comp saw close racing over many rounds, but it was James Johnson Jr. and Larry Geddes who raced for the gold. Geddes’s was looking strong with his 10.55-second dial but only produced a 10.724 at 104.19 mph giving Johnson of Westland, Michigan, the edge and the class win. Johnson ran 10.229 at 131.48 mph on a 10.20 handicap.

Adam Cox, of Kentucky faced long-time Mustang racer Charlie McCulloch to settle the class win.

Lee Goetz cut a near-perfect light of 0.001 light in Exedy Racing Clutch Modular Muscle qualifying, but in eliminations it was the Adam Cox show. Cox, of Kentucky faced long-time Mustang racer Charlie McCulloch to settle the class win. McCulloch redlighted away his chance, giving the win to the sleek, gear-jamming Cox, who rowed the gears to victory with a 10.074 at 134.03 mph pass on a 10.01 dial.

HP Tuners Super Stang saw Andy Ransford and his ’06 Mustang take his first-ever NMRA win when reigning champ Kevin McKenna redlighted in the final. Ransford ran 13.559 at 101.23 mph to take the win.

Johnny Lighting heats the slicks on his 8-second Lighting F-150.

Regular NMRA trucker Bob Dill led the way in Detroit Locker Truck & Lightning field qualifying cutting an 0.008-second light. But it was Johnny “Lightning” Wiker and Mike Roup, who out-gunned the field eliminations. Wiker was going for it, but could only run 8.700 at 157.93 mph on a 8.54 dial, while Roup produced an 11.282 at 118.67 mph on an 11.23 dial in for the win.

Lloyd Mikeska was the number one qualifier in RacePagesDigital.com Ford Muscle at and he lasted two rounds before losing in the semi-finals. Meanwhile, Danny Towe in a classic 1970 Mustang faced Clyde Dunphy in the finals. Towe got the job done, earning a trip to the winner’s circle after running 11.866 at just 97.59 mph on his 11.75 dial in.

In addition to the dedicated championship classes, every NMRA and NMCA racer gives street-legal owners the chance to compete in QA1 True Street. This involves a 30-mile cruise followed by a trio of quarter-mile passes. Greg Edwards scored a three-run average of 8.147-seconds for the win, while Tony Karamitsos earned the runner up honors with an 8.245-second average. Finishing first for the 9-second group was Randy Thomas and his ’10 Ford Shelby GT500 and a 9.004-second average. Additional winners included Keith Seymore (10-second), Ernie Keppler (11-second), Del Holbrook (12-second), Rodney Ward (13-second), Amanda Jordan (14-second) and Chris Gaff (15-second).

The next stop on the 2021 Holley NMRA Ford Nationals drag racing series tour is the Inaugural NMRA Ford Performance Nationals at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio, on June 10-13.