Zapato Grande 3 in NMCA

Last weekend the NMCA kicked of its 2013 season at Bradenton. I usually stick to NHRA and ADRL reporting, but as the Venezolean team of Zapato Grande 3 was competing I thought to pass this along to our local drag race fans, who probably saw the red Ford Mustang in action here at Ronde Klip last December.

Danilo Nammour is participating in his first Kooks Custom Headers Pro Street race this weekend.
Unfortunately, he hurt his main engine, a 864 cubic-inch engine, built by Miami-based EIC Motorsports and outfitted with four nitrous systems. The team worked late into the night installing the backup engine, a 780 cubic-inch engine, also by EIC.
In the last year's "Battle of the Best" race in Curacao, Zapato Grande 3 ran the quarter mile in 6.35 e.t. with the 864 c.i. engine on three nitrous systems, and went 4.03 e.t. to the eight mile.

They use a Rossler Turbo Glide transmission to put the power to the ground.

Nammour's weekend turned from bad to worse when during qualifying on Saturday, Danilo Nammour’s ’08 Rick Jones-built Mustang made a hard move to the right just after launch and impacted the wall. As reported in Friday’s race coverage, this had marked Mammour’s first NMCA race.

We hope that Zapato Grande 3 will rebound quickly in time for the next round of NMCA, the All-Star Nationals, scheduled for April 11-14 in Commerce, Georgia.

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Source: Drag Illustrated
Photo credit: Drag Illustrated