Congrats to Team VMS Racers for Wins at NMRA/NMCA PowerFestival

It was hot fun in the summertime as the Holley NMRA Ford Nationals travelled to the Wolverine State to join the NMCA Muscle Car Nationals for a weekend four days of drag racing at the Inaugural Arrington Performance NMRA/NMCA Power Festival Presented by Force Engineering. Attracting more than 500 total race cars to the Fastest Track in Michigan, US 131 Motorsports Park, the event saw brief bouts of wet weather, but prevailed to crown champions in all the heads-up and index categories.

After switching to a ProCharger P-1X supercharger in time for this weekend, Samantha Moore didn’t miss a beat. She qualified at the to of the JDM Engineering Limited Street pack with an 8.38 at 165.68 mph — an amazing feat for an off-the-shelf street blower. The co-owner of Vector Motorsports didn’t stop there, as she took that performance to the final round, where she pulled away from Michael Lewandowski to take the win with an 8.42 at 165.81 mph to his 8.92 at 15162.

Limited Street #1 Qualifier & Limited Street Event Winner: Samantha Moore

Limited Street Event Runner-Up: Mike Lewandowski

Modular Muscle Event Winner: Matt Harget

It came down to the number-two qualifier and the number-12 qualifier in Exedy Racing Clutch Modular Muscle, but the higher qualifier prevailed. In a role reversal, Adam Cox was slow on the tree in the final and Matt Harget took that edge all the way to the stripe for the win. This year is Matt Harget’s first full season with the NMRA, and prior to the St. Louis race he contacted JDM Engineering Limited Street competitor and co-owner of Vector Motorsports, Samantha Moore, to put a tune up in his 1979 Mercury Capri. Moore was able to improve the performance of Harget’s Gen 1 Coyote engine, and he went from a personal best of 10.62 to a 10.22 all in one shot with a tenth of a hundredth improvement in his 60-foot time as well. Bennett Performance manages Harget’s ladder bar suspension setup, and UPR Products supplied the various components to make the Coyote swap work well. Harget starts today’s Exedy Racing Clutch Modular Muscle eliminations from the #2 position thanks to a perfect 0.000-second reaction time in qualifying.