ATTENTION SPORTSMAN RACERS: Looking for the Most Motor for your dollar?

Nesbitt Performance Engines 582 Pro-Filer

Graham, NC: As the trend in sportsman racing is to go faster and faster with an emphasis on efficient, reliable, cost effective horsepower, the professionals at Nesbitt Performance Engines in Graham, NC are happy to introduce a new high horsepower engine that is both consistent and economical in today’s big dollar bracket racing and index racing environment.

Nesbitt’s answer is the engine builders new Champion Series 582. The engine, which features a steel Dart Block and Oliver Steel Rods has produced quarter mile ET’s in the 6.90’s in a 1900 lb. 4-link dragster.

“I think our Champion Series 582 is the perfect bracket motor,” said owner (and successful bracket and class racer in his own right) Brett Nesbitt. “The 582 isn’t a $40,000 engine, but it features all the best components, and it allows competitors to be one of the faster cars in the bracket wars and .90 categories. I’ve been running this 582 in my Race Tech 4-link car for over a season now. I use a Hughes “Soft Hit” converter and it runs high 4.40’s and low 4.50’s in eighth mile bracket racing. With a more aggressive converter, I’ve been 4.37 @ 159 on motor. The car has run in the 6.90’s on the quarter mile and has been 8.90 @ 187. I’ve got over 200 runs on the motor, and haven’t changed anything but the oil.”

The Nesbitt Performance Engines Champion Series 582 features a Dart billet cap short deck block, Oliver billet rods, Callies Crankshaft, Ross custom pistons, Pro-Filer Heads with titanium valves, T&D Shaft Rockers, Jesel Belt Drive, Billet Oil Pump, a custom grind 7/4 swap camshaft, an aluminum oil pan, 7/16” tapered pushrods, .903” lifters, bead-lock valves, ATI Balancer, SFI Flexplate, Pro-Filer Intake manifold, MSD Crank Trigger and Distributor, and a single APD 1250 carburetor. The engine sells for $26,000.

“We designed this package for the sportsman racer. Sure, we’ll build any motor a customer wants--custom engine building is our market, so we do a number of all-aluminum 632 inch and larger motors. But for the weekly bracket racer looking to go fast, the 582 is hard to beat. It’s a steel motor, which you can argue makes more sense in a dragster anyhow because it puts more weight on the rear tires, it makes great power, and the additional money in the engine goes into the parts that normally wear out. It’s a wet sump motor, and it’s a very low maintenance piece. Of course a guy can save money by cutting corners, but by using the belt drive, the big lifters & pushrods, bead-lock valves, T&D shaft rockers, etc. we’re eliminating the weak links in these motors and creating a really durable, reliable piece in addition to a fast motor.”

“I race a lot myself, and while I don’t claim to have all the answers, I certainly feel like I can lead our customers in the right direction,” explained Nesbitt. “We sell these motors complete: carb to pan with the ignition system and everything. They’re dyno tuned and ready to race. I can even sell you a converter with the motor, and I’ll be able to tell a customer within a couple hundredths what they’ll run when they go to the track. That way it’s a pretty simple deal for them. Bascially, we say ‘Here’s your motor, here’s the carburetor, the timing is set, put this converter in it, and you’ll run 4.49--or whatever. It’s easy on the customer.”

For more information on Nesbitt Performance Engines Champion Series 582, or their complete line of competition racing engines, contact the company at 336-229-1344. You can also visit them online at www.NesbittPerformance.com.

5-1-07

Nesbitt Performance Engines Customers Enjoy Banner Weekend at Farmington Dragway’s Big Bucks Bonanza!

Steve Witherow, Jr.

Farmington, NC: Nesbitt Performance Engines of Graham, NC would like to take this opportunity to congratulate a number of their customers on their outstanding performances at the Big Bucks Bonanza at Farmington Dragway last weekend.

Steve Witherow, Jr. put forth a dominating weekend performance in his Nesbitt Champion Series 565 powered Race Tech Dragster that started with a $10,000 victory in Friday’s main event. Fellow Nesbitt Performance Engines customer Travis Harvey advanced to the semi-final round of that event with his similarly equipped Champion Series 565 powered Race Tech machine. Later than evening Darrell Collins won a $3,000 Hi-Rollers Gamblers event with his Nesbitt Performance Engines powered dragster.

In Saturday’s $50,000-to-win main event, five of the last ten cars in eliminations featured Nesbitt Power, including quarterfinal finishers Witherow and Wesley Washington, Jr., as well as Brett Nesbitt, Rick Mann, and Harvey. The trend continued in that evenings two Hi-Roller races, as J.P. Hickmon made a final round appearance with his Champion Series 565 powered Mullis Dragster, and E.J. Womack earned a Hi-Rollers runner-up with his Nesbitt Performance powered machine. Additionally, Nesbitt Performance customers Jerry Brewer, Donny “Hollywood” Urban, Jeff Groat, and Jimmy Jones each made semi-final appearances in Hi-Rollers races throughout the weekend.

Sunday’s finale brought more of the same as Nesbitt Performance Engines dominated the late rounds of the event. In the semi-final round there were no other engine builders to be found in the staging lanes, as Steve Witherow, Jr. continued his amazing weekend with two entries in the event with three cars remaining. The third entrant was none other than Nesbitt Performance Engines own Brett Nesbitt, as his 582 powered Race Tech dragster ran consistent 4.50 E.T.’s all weekend. Witherow knocked off Nesbitt in the semi-final round, earning a rare Win & Runner-Up finish in the star-studded event.

Once again, the staff at Nesbitt Performance Engines would like to congratulate each of these drivers and thank them for choosing Nesbitt Performance for their high horsepower needs. To learn more about Nesbitt Performance Engines and the cost effective, efficient, high horsepower racing engines the company has become known for, visit them online at www.NesbittPerformance.com or call 336-229-1344 today!