Doug Johnson Makes The Switch To NMRA Coyote Stock

The “silly season” of news and rumors doesn’t just cover the NHRA, it encompasses the sportsman-level series like the NMRA and NMCA as well. It seems like not a week goes by without us hearing of yet another entry into what appears to be the hottest class to populate national-level racing in some time, the NMRA’s Coyote Stock eliminator. Doug Johnson, former NMRA Modular Muscle, NMRA Pure Street and NMCA Mean Street competitor, has thrown his hat into the ring with an announcement yesterday.

“I will be returning to my roots in NMRA where I started in 2002. With the unfortunate demise of NMCA Mean Street in its current or whatever form, I needed to find a new home and it was an obvious choice. I have been a big fan since day one of the Coyote Stock movement and now I have the opportunity to join in on what is going to be the best class around. The level of experience and dedication in this class is going to be off the hook. I have already commandeered the chassis parts needed from Team Z Motorsports and will continue to pile up the parts I need to transition over,” he explains.

The longtime racer counts crew chief Tony Macdonnell among the key elements of his program, and is looking forward to competing in a class where the engine is taken out of the equation. Coyote Stock competitors must use a sealed spec 5.0L Coyote engine from Ford Racing Parts, but they are allowed to modify many parts of the chassis and related component systems in an attempt to find more performance. The most telling part for Johnson? “No more tearing into the engine – I’m retiring from that fun!,” he says.

Coyote Stock appears to be the wave of the future for many Ford sportsman racers. At last count, there were over 30 engines sold, and we know of a few more competitors that have not pulled the trigger on the engine purchase yet but are outfitting their cars for competition.