It took the fourth race of the season, but someone finally dethroned Jason Lee. After sitting out the last two NMRA races Sean Lyon and Mark Biddle decided that it was time to get back into the BFG Drag radial ring. After a transmission failure in Fridays test session, the remainder of the racing weekend […]
These days, running a 370 inch small block Ford with a single stage of nitrous and a M/T 275 drag radial is usually a pretty good way to get beat when you are racing against multiple stage big block Chevy’s with big slicks. Steve is taking their money at his local tracks though with a […]
Although nitrous has been in the background over the last several years in NMRA Drag radial as the turbocharged and supercharged machines have dominated, Scott Anderson and Steve Thompson are looking to change that. Yesterday, Thompson did so in a big way, running the quickest nitrous pass ever in the first round of eliminations. An […]
For the May ORTC X275 race there was a rules change allowing up to a 94mm turbo so the Panhandle Crew bolted up their new billet wheel Precision turbo and headed to Valdosta with hopes of capturing 4.80 time slips and a win. After missing testing because of a need to change the torque converter […]
Have you ever heard the saying “showing up with a knife to a gun fight?” Well, going into the first ever ORTC Extreme 275 radial race with their existing NMRA combination, that is exactly how Lyon and the Panhandle Performance crew felt. With rules that allow 700 inch, big chief headed big blocks running multiple […]
Terry has had some ups and downs over the past couple of years. With undoubtedly one of the finest cars in any field he competes in, he just hasnât put it all together at the right time. With setting records in ORSCAâs EZ Street class when equipped with the single 94mm turbo and running low […]
Is this the quickest and fastest F1-R car in the country? Enzo & the Lyonâs Custom Motorsports crew bolted on the M/T 325 radials, swapped the rear gear and went to do some 1/8 mile ORSCA racinâ in Montgomery. Using the same Panhandle Performance 342 inch engine and F1-R supercharger combination that was run in […]
Congratulations to Sean Lyon for his performance at the NMRA World finals in Bowling Green. The competition in BFG drag radial has been tough all year but Sean and the Panhandle Performance crew finally put it all together. Their 7.958 @ 177.02 snagged the number one qualifying spot and the class record. Sean went on […]
After a tough fought season and his first 7 second pass in NMRA drag radial trim, Enzo Pecchini ended up with a close runner up points finish to Jason Lee at the final race in Bowling green. During their last qualifying pass on Saturday, Enzo & Sean Lyon wrote NMRA drag radial history by making […]
