Day One Coverage of the 2008 NMRA Nitto Nationals - 5.0 Mustang & Super Fords Magazine

2008 NMRA Nitto Nationals - Day One

writer: Patrick Hill
photographer: Patrick Hill

The 2008 NMRA season has kicked off with a bang here in Bradenton, Florida. From John Urist's new Fox-body racecar, to the absence of the Pro 5.0 class, in day one we've already seen that the 2008 season is gonna be as exciting as ever! Check out the pictures below and the following pages, and watch later on tonight after we post some pics from the annual Hooters kick-off party!

	1987 Ford Mustang GT - Factory Hero If you were to figure the average age of all late-model Mustang enthusiasts, we bet it would hover around the 30-year mark. Of c... more
	1992 Ford Mustang Hatchback - Pure Performer It certainly takes a little something extra to be a champion. In John McGowan's case, it took a year of testing, tuning, buildin... more
	Ford Mustang Notchback - Basic Blackout There is something so basically evil about black 5.0 Mustang coupes-simple in design, devastating in performance, and a color th... more
	2003 Ford Mustang Saleen - Power Trip First, a confession: Despite being a regular around these pages, I don't get much seat time in Saleen Mustangs. With its corpora... more
	1987 Ford Mustang LX - Keepin' It Real Editor Turner recently stated his disbelief that there's now a Skinny Kid-built chassis and a Glidden-powered car in Real Street... more
	1990 Ford Mustang GT - Crush 'Em Sometimes it's all in the hands of fate. Did you win this week's multimillion-dollar lottery or just waste another five bucks? D... more
	1996 GT Vick Hart: Super Cuts While her husband, Spence's, Mustang was receiving engine and chassis upgrades, Vicki Hart wanted to give drag racing a try in her own '96 GT. With Vicki (a hair stylist) behind the wheel, the... more
	1989 Ford Mustang GT Intake Installation - Air Apparent Check out Edelbrock's direct repmacement performance intake manifold kit for your 5.0 Ford Mustangs!... more
	1987 Ford Mustang LX - Love at First 'Stang Check out this 1987 Ford Mustang LX show car that has won countless awards and probably countless more to come!... more
	1986 Ford Mustang GT - New And Improved You always hear about products being touted as "new and improved." For example, some video games now come with such realistic graphics, you actually feel as if you're inside the monitor or TV, living... more

2008 NMRA Nitto Nationals - Day One

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