NSRA Autocross 2025 42nd Mid-America Street Rod Nationals
By Kevin Webb NSRA Autocross Director
T he first NSRA Autocross event of 2025 was both fun and challenging for participants of the 42nd Mid-America Street Rod Nationals held May 23-25. The folks at AutoXperts Promotions LLC put on a great show, with a total of 572 runs around the course over two days of competition. Friday had lots of first- time drivers, including Kailey Waggoner with her 2024 Toyota Corolla GR six-speed! The folks at AutoXperts provided ride-alongs and timing for the event, with Ron Schoch and Dan Koch show- ing everyone how to run a fast, but safe, lap cocooned in a loaner helmet from Simpson Racing Products. Even NSRA photographer Louie Mayall tried a lap in his ‘33 Ford roadster he drove all the way from California, and he was surprised how much fun Autocross was! All the runs at this year’s event were very competitive between the drivers, with times consistent both Friday and Saturday. The rain Saturday morning washed off the track, and by noon we were run- ning again, with the grandstands showing more spectators than ever. The NSRA Autocross ‘shoot-out’ required the two fastest drivers in each of the five classes to go head-to-head, each running two laps with the
combined fastest time being the winner. In the 1908-63 class Harvey Perry in his ‘32 Ford Vickie was required to do two perfect runs without hit- ting any cones to win his class. Heading up in the years, in the 1964-95 class Rick Holden and his ‘68 Camaro went against Leif Petterson and his ‘77 Datsun 208Z with Rick grabbing the win. In the 1996 and newer class the win went to Pierson Brashears in his ‘97 Honda Civic. Brian Busbea in his ’92 Chevy pickup ousted Ian Langner and his ‘51 Chevy 3100 in the Truck class. The Women’s class was one of the most competitive with Kailey Waggoner and her ‘24 Toyota against Janetta Slayton in her ‘99 Corvette. Both drivers, going into the finals, were within .300 of a second apart, but Janetta ran the faster time and clinched the win. Our friends with the Springfield Police Department even joined in on the fun, visiting the track and making a few runs themselves. A word to the wise, don’t try to outrun a certain female officer, she was fast! The NSRA thanks our spon- sors, Gateway Classic Cars, Ridetech, and Simpson Racing Products, for helping the NSRA and AutoXperts bring high performance driving, for safety and fun, to thousands of new enthusiasts.
Louie Mayall ‘33 Ford roadster
16 AUGUST 2025
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