A long offseason is coming to an end this weekend for the Northeast Outlaw Pro Mod Association (NEOPMA), which will make its 2024 season debut at Maryland International Raceway\u2019s 16th annual Atomizer Racing Injectors Door Wars presented by ATI Performance Products, April 26-28. Door Wars is NEOPMA\u2019s first of two races at MIR and first of five points-earning events on the 2024 calendar.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re always excited to kick off a new season at Maryland International Raceway,\u201d said John Mazzorana, founder and president, NEOPMA. \u201cMany of our teams have already been out this season, like our 2023 champion, Derek Ward, winner of the World Series of Pro Mod, but we also have a lot of teams that will be seeing the track for the first time this weekend. We\u2019re expecting a strong car count and good weather, so it should be a fantastic race. I encourage the fans to come out and join us for a good time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fans can expect to see NEOPMA\u2019s standout drivers like Ward, as well as two-time series champion Mike Decker Jr. and his son, Mike \u201cHollywood\u201d Decker III, Tommy Gray in the \u201cUndertaker\u201d Corvette, Matt Deitsch, Andy Jensen, James Beadling, Dave Texido, Bubba Greene, and Nick Montana. Canadian drivers like Jay Santos and Cedric Beaulieu, as well as Brazil\u2019s Roderjan Busato, will represent the international Pro Mod scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAssuming the weather is good, I would say we\u2019ll see a few guys running in the 3.50-second range like Derek Ward and the Deckers,\u201d Mazzorana said. \u201cSome of the new guys coming in are very fast too, so we should have a pretty quick field. It will be a good mix of the power adders too \u2013 blowers, turbos, and nitrous.\u201d<\/p>\n
Throughout the weekend, NEOPMA will pay tribute to Chris Miller, whose untimely passing struck the MIR community and drag racing world in general. Miller was one of the sons of track owner Royce Miller, and after working at the track for many years, he served as the co-owner of Miller Brothers Productions, the Xtreme Dragbike Association, and the World Cup Finals.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re going into this weekend with mixed emotions,\u201d Mazzorana said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to dedicate this race to the memory of Chris Miller. We\u2019ve been holding events at MIR since the early \u201890s, and quite honestly, Royce Miller is one of the people we love the most. Losing a child is probably one of the worst things in the world. We want the Miller family to know we\u2019re here for them.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 2024 NEOPMA season is made possible by ATI Performance Products, American Racing Headers, Jerry Bickel Race Cars, VP Racing Fuels, USA Auto Supply Inc., as well as club member sponsors Fred Scriba and Kurt Steding.<\/p>\n
Along with NEOPMA action, Door Wars will include the Warriors Outlaw Drag Racing Team, MPC Real Street, the DMV N\/T Heavy Hitters, and J&R Promotions Top Sportsman Quick 16, as well as the 1320 Fabrication ET Series presented by East Coast Collision classes Top ET and Mod ET.\u00a0<\/p>\n
NEOPMA Pro Mod qualifying at Door Wars will kick off Friday with one session at 8 p.m. Qualifying continues Saturday at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. One round of eliminations will be contested at 8 p.m. Saturday, while eliminations will continue Sunday at 11 a.m.<\/p>\n
For more info on the NEOPMA and MIR\u2019s Door Wars, visit\u00a0www.NEOutlawProMods.com<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0www.GoRaceMIR.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n This story was originally published on April 25, 2024. <\/p>\n The post NEOPMA Pro Mod Drivers Ready to Start 2024 Season at MIR\u2019s Door Wars<\/a> first appeared on Drag Illustrated | Drag Racing News, Opinion, Interviews, Photos, Videos and More<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A long offseason is coming to an end this weekend for the Northeast Outlaw Pro Mod Association (NEOPMA), which will make its 2024 season debut at Maryland International Raceway\u2019s 16th annual Atomizer Racing Injectors Door Wars presented by ATI Performance Products, April 26-28. Door Wars is NEOPMA\u2019s first of two races at MIR and first […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92515\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}