BAKERSFIELD CA – Congratulations to Dan Gels for winning the
Burns Stainless Open Comp event at the NMCA West Street Car Nationals at the
Auto Club Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield CA.
Dan Marciano was the event runner-up.
The
NMCA WEST Street Car Nationals, presented by Flowmaster, kicked off its second
season at historic Auto Club Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, CA, the weekend of
April 5-7, 2013. The 1st Annual Lucas Oil NMCA WEST Street Car Nationals
was a huge success with lots of race cars and fans...proving that the NMCA WEST
series has quickly become "the place" to race on the west coast.
All
the cars and all the stars of NMCA WEST were in attendance with many competitors
from all over looking forward to great weather and 1/4 mile action. NMCA
WEST fans came to see all the wild heads-up and wheels-up classes and they
weren't disappointed! Supercharged, nitrous assisted, turbocharged, and
naturally aspirated...the NMCA WEST Bakersfield event had it all.
Particularly strong was NMCA WEST's top class, Garrett Turbo Pro Street
with some of the baddest hot rods in the land racing at 6-seconds, 200+ MPH.
NMCA WEST superstar and former NHRA Pro Stock racer, Joe Lepone, Jr., won
Pro Street and has taken the points lead in the series.
The
best part of the weekend was presenting NMCA WEST class competitors with
Wallys, courtesy of NHRA Unleashed and Aerospace Components. Don Meziere,
the owner of Meziere Enterprises, took home a Wally and is seen below in our
NMCA WEST winners circle.
