The Painless Performance Outlaw Fuel Altered Association and MalloryPrint.com Southwest Heritage Racing Association took over the all concrete North Star Dragway eighth mile in Denton, Texas for a full day of old school drag racing at the Spring Nostalgia Nationals on Saturday, April 6th.  This highly anticipated event featured sixteen fuel altereds in the OFAA series and a pit full of nostalgia drag cars competing in the five SHRA series classes in action.

The OFAA series proudly welcomed the return of Painless Performance Products as the title series sponsor and also secured Good Vibrations Motorsports, Wizard's Warehouse, North Texas Diesel, Competition Sales of Dallas and 3rd Coast Commissioning Service as bonus program sponsors for all nine events on the 2013 tour.

The Painless Performance Outlaw Fuel Altered Association and MalloryPrint.com Southwest Heritage Racing Association took over the all concrete North Star Dragway eighth mile in Denton, Texas for a full day of old school drag racing at the Spring Nostalgia Nationals on Saturday, April 6th.  This highly anticipated event featured sixteen fuel altereds in the OFAA series and a pit full of nostalgia drag cars competing in the five SHRA series classes in action.

The OFAA series proudly welcomed the return of Painless Performance Products as the title series sponsor and also secured Good Vibrations Motorsports, Wizard's Warehouse, North Texas Diesel, Competition Sales of Dallas and 3rd Coast Commissioning Service as bonus program sponsors for all nine events on the 2013 tour.

Action on the track was as thrilling as expected with nitro fumes, wheel stands and centerline to guardrail excitement.  In the first round of eliminations, number one qualifier Chris Trussell and his nitromethane burning "Assassin" 1923 T bodied fuel altered advanced to the final round with a 3.90 at 188 mph winning pass.  Joining him in the money round was two time defending series Champion Jimmy Jones and the "Texas Tremor" blown alcohol team.  Jones defeated Mary Reep in the opening round with a 3.92 at 174 mph.

As the cars crept into the beams for the final round, a favorite was hard to choose.  All eyes were on the ambers as the tree came down and Jones took a slight starting line advantage.  Trussell and Jones were side by side, Trussell with flames reaching for the sky as Jones started to pull ahead and at the stripe Jones took the win light with a 3.87 at 185 mph to Trussell's 3.99 at 181 mph.

For Jones it was a win that stood out above the rest as his competitors were to thank for his success on this night.  Jones discovered a broken frame rail upon unloading his car on Saturday afternoon and with the help of Allen Meyer, Terry Brian and Kebin Kinsley the car was repaired in time to make the show and eventually take the win.  A true example of racers coming to the rescue of their fellow competitors in a time of need, a common occurrence in the OFAA series.

"I'd like to thank everyone who helped our team get the car repaired for the race, without them we would have missed the race completely.  It's a good feeling to know you've got some many friends in the pits and when someone needs something, you’ve got the guy you might soon be running in the other lane there helping you get ready for the round.  My crew did an outstanding job and none of this would be possible without my partner Paul Kelley.  We got it done tonight, but it wasn't easy, there's a lot of competition in the OFAA and this year will surely be a challenge," said Jones.

The Painless Performance Outlaw Fuel Altered Association has a weekend off before rolling north to Thunder Valley Raceway Park in Noble, Oklahoma for round 2 of 9 in the 2013 series tour.  Jones holds a slight point lead over Trussell with plenty of points hungry competitors ready to share the spotlight.  For more information visit www.ofaa.net.

The debut of the Southwest Heritage Racing Association went off with a bang as grassroots nostalgia drag racers from across the southwest and from as far as Colorado and Minnesota came to participate in the series' inaugural event.  The SHRA features two sportsman classes and three nostalgia eliminator index classes and with support from Mallory Screen Print & Embroidery, Good Vibrations Motorsports, Harry's Hot Rod & Truck Accessories, Triple C Agency, North Texas Diesel, Competition Sales of Dallas and AlkyDiggers, the racers were eager to hit the strip.

The Southwest Heritage Racing Association's next event will feature the Nostalgia Eliminator classes where they will headline the Texas Motorplex's "Old School Showdown" on Saturday April 20th.  For more information visit www.shraracing.com.

In the final of Hot Rod, Bill Cogswell claimed the top spot on a holeshot (.524 rt) after dialing a 6.48 and running a 6.50 at 103 mph in his 1971 Ford Pinto. His opponent, Timothy Lyons in his 1965 Biscayne, had the better package with a dial of 8.86 and time slip of an 8.87 at 75 mph (.569 rt), but Cogwell's reaction time proved the difference at the top end.

The Nostalgia Bracket class featured a first year driver James Armstrong in a 1923 T bodied injected altered up against Travis Resar's 1929 coupe. Resar's nerves might have got the best of him as he went well under his dial (8.99 on a 9.41 dial) while Armstrong went straight and true down the eighth mile to claim the win light, the first of his career, with a 6.08 at 117 mph on a 5.68 dial.
Nostalgia Eliminator 3 (5.30 index class) brought a pair of injected altereds to the line for the final round. Veteran drag racer Ron Muncy crept into the beams in his 1923 T bodied altered facing Doug Morrison's bantam bodied entry. Morrison's 5.43 at 120 mph held off Muncy's 5.63 at 121 mph earning Morrison the first victory in the NE3 class this season.

Nostalgia Eliminator 2 (4.90 index class) saw Richard Brady and Junior Kolar advance to the final round, Brady in an injected front engine slingshot against Kolar's altered. Brady had this one from start to finish as he left the line first and posted a 5.00 at 130 mph to Kolar's 5.41 at 119 mph, earning the Mallory & Brady team the win and the points lead after the season opener.
Closing the SHRA program was the final round of Nostalgia Eliminator 1 (4.65 index class) featuring Steve Matthews against Chris Stouffer. This pair of silver blown front engine dragsters came to the line ready to battle for the win and Ardmore, Oklahoma based Matthews' led from start to finish posting a nice 4.72 at 147 mph to take the nod over Stouffer's 4.88 at 141 mph.

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