For 29 years, the Pure Inventory Muscle Automobile Drag Race (PSMCDR) has been persevering with the custom began by the Supercar Showdown and Musclecar Nationals within the Nineteen Eighties: basic drag racing with inventory (or almost inventory) muscle automobiles. Held each September at Mid-Michigan Raceway in Stanton, the PSMCDR has been attracting the curious and the hard-core.

At this level, it’s a reunion of kinds as a result of so many individuals are “converts” who really feel the pull, attend, after which present up for each subsequent race. The very best half is that each racer emerges from the weekend with one thing discovered about himself/herself. No, the PSMCDR is just not a meditation/mindfulness retreat — it’s an occasion the place you discover ways to enhance your occasions as a result of not solely are you competing with a man or gal in one other automotive, but additionally since you’re competing with your self.

Not everybody can personal a Hemi, so the match-ups are paired by ETs. From there, the winner is one of the best of three. Whereas the preliminary impression could seem considerably boring as a result of you’ve two automobiles pulling comparable ETs, the reality is that every driver is engaged on the artwork of tuning in order that it’s extra than simply response time that determines the winner.

This yr, 109 racers (some from as far-off as Connecticut, Georgia, and Ontario) introduced their muscle automobiles to see what they have been able to doing. Just a few dropped out alongside the best way as gremlins reared their ugly heads, however that’s nonetheless a considerable quantity of eye and ear sweet.

Yours actually is the long-time announcer of the PSMCDR so it’s a bit troublesome to acquire correct footage of the pairings themselves, however right here’s a touch of what the individuals have been doing.