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Xtreme Street, NMCA
Posted July 18 2008 02:03 PM by Mike_Galimi 
Filed under: Editorials, Michael Galimi

Big old muscle cars are a big part of the Xtreme Street fun.

NMCA Xtreme Street is a throw back to the old days.  


I know, this is Muscle Mustangs and Fast Fords and I should be talking about Mustang and Ford stuff. But I am here at the NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing and the Xtreme Street class is just too cool.  It is a throwback to the old days of NMCA Super Street when the cars resembled something real. The new NMCA owners (Pro Media Companies) designed a class when they started the series 8 years ago called Xtreme Street. It was designed to be like the old Super Street days when cars ran real 10.5-inch slicks and were purpose-built Outlaw 10.5 chassis combos.

The Xtreme Street class in Joliet is not disappointing as low 8-second times rule on real 10.5-inch slicks, no wheelie bars, and conventional type engine combinations. It is a mix of muscle cars and new rides. I like the old cars that bring it to the line with all-steel cars with the chrome trim and cool stuff that makes these cars still real and true to their street brethren.


A '70 Challenger lined up against Bob Kurgan's '86 Mustang GT while the next pairing had a '70 Nova pulling next to a '70 Camaro in a heavyweight slugfest. This class is fun with the variety of cars and the fact that older body styles can still compete with the slicker and more aerodynamic late model cars.

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