During the August 11 weekend at Atco, Mike Smith runs in the 7’s while qualifying #2 and taking runner-up in Super Street Outlaw, with a 7.98 @ 164. In Pro 5.0, Don Walsh qualifies #1 with 6.92 @ 198 mph, and Bob McDonald qualifies #2 with 9.04 @ 153 mph in Drag Radial. Despite a 3 psi boost handicap in the pulley-restricted Real Street class, Gabe Large qualifies #4 with 10.35 @ 132, while Curtis Menard runs a 10.38 @ 129 mph in a car set up by Ed Curtis. In Renegade, Nick Trombetta runs a 9.17 @ 148 mph with an automatic transmission, and appears ready to run in the 8’s soon.

September 2002
At the September Fun Ford Finale in Texas, Doug Mangrum runs 6.90’s in Pro 5.0, and Mike Freeman, who had already locked up the Street Renegade championship, runs in the 8’s again with an 8.97 @ 155 mph. In the NMRA finals, both Jimmy LaRocca and Jason Cohen qualify #1 and win their classes, in EFI Renegade and Super Street Outlaw, respectively. By doing so, LaRocca wins the EFI Renegade championship, while Cohen caps a fine season by consistently running in the high 7’s on every single pass during eliminations. In October, Nick Trombetta becomes the third ProCharged Renegade racer in the 8’s, running an 8.97 @ 153 mph during Fords at Englishtown. At the same event, Bob McDonald runs an 8.90 @ 156 mph in Drag Radial. Congratulations to these fine racers for another outstanding season.