In 2017 Joe Clemente aske me to team up with him to campaign a car to run in NMCA’s N/A 10.5. Joe has been a long-time customer at Concato Racing so when he aske me to team up with him it was an easy choice. We contracted Charlie & Fred Bauer from C&F Race Cars in NY to build our 6.0 Cert Mustang and they did a beautiful job.
N/A – 10.5 is a Naturally Aspirated Small Tire Class which runs the full NMCA circuit. This year was our first year running the whole circuit and we definitely had our ups and downs but we are moving in the right direction! We were able to run a 7.93 in Commerce, GA where we lost in the final to 2017 and 2019 NA-10.5 World Champion Leonard Long.
We finished 11th in the points for the season missing a few races to next year should yield far better results as we plan on attending every race in 2020.
Car Specs
Owner and driver: Joe Clemente
Partner: Rich Concato
Hometown: Burlington Township, New Jersey, Englishtown, New Jersey
Shop: Concato Racing LLC, Englishtown, New Jersey
Occupation: Retail food distributor & Middle School Teacher & Owner of Concato Racing LLC
Class: NMCA – FST Carburetors NA 10.5
Engine: Small-block Chevy
Engine builder: Tom Martino and Bob Cave of Martino Race Engines
Displacement: 411 cubic-inches
Block: Dart
Pistons: Gitech built to Tom Martino’s specs
Cylinder heads: SBX by CFE
Valvetrain: Jesel
Camshaft: Bullet
Carburetor: Dual by Dale Cubic Racing, Single by Braswell
Fuel brand and type: VP Q16
Headers and exhaust: Headers and collectors fabricated by C&F Race Cars
Transmission: ProFlite
Transmission builder: Dave Smith of ProTrans
Torque converter: Ultimate Converter Concepts billet 7”
Rearend: Ford 9-inch fabricated by C&F Race Cars
Differential: 5.11 by Tommy Lee Performance
Body and/or chassis builder: C&F Race Cars
Suspension: Santhuff’s suspension in Front, Precision Racing Suspension in the Rear
Brakes: Strange
Wheels: Billet Specialties w Exstreme Fab Beadlocks
Tires: Mickey Thompson slicks and frontrunners
Vehicle weight: 2780 with driver
Quickest ET: 7.93 (Commerce, GA) 4.99 (Galot)
Best 60-foot: 1.11 (Galot)
Fastest mph: 173.87 (Atco)
Sponsors: Concato Race Car Wiring, Martino Race Engines, Extreme Fab Beadlocks and C&F Race Cars, Auto-Rod Controls
Crew: Bruce Blair is the crew chief, and the rest of the crew includes Rich Concato, Joe Macaluso, my son, Carmine Clemente and Ricky Concato and Dan Larocca