2014 NMRA Keystone Drag Racing Series - Heatwave at Route 66 Raceway - Mustang 360
The largest Street Legal Drag Racing sanctioning bodies, NMRA and NMCA, participate in what is called the Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing, and Nitto Tire sponsors it. The concept is a simple. It is Team NMRA against Team NMCA, and the one with the most wins is declared the victor of the Super Bowl. The team members each receive a Nitto Tire Diamond Tree championship ring made of gold with diamonds, emeralds, and rubies in the form of drag racing’s famous Christmas tree. The neat thing about the Route 66 Raceway stop is that fans get to see the entire NMRA lineup from the screaming ATF Street Outlaw racers to the very competitive index-fields of Detroit Locker Truck & Lightning, Flex-a-lite Open Comp, Roush Super... There is also a big Tremec True Street field, which includes the 30-mile cruise and three consecutive runs (or, in this case, a rain-shortened two-run competition). Cal Hayward won Tremec True Street with a stellar 8. 01 average, but he had run as quick as 7. 86. He slowed on his next run to an 8. 16, backing the average into the eight-second zone and narrowly missing history for the first seven-second average. Rain cut the True Street short, and competitors were ranked on a two-run average instead of the normal three runs. Source: www.mustangandfords.com
