If there’s one event on the Flowmaster NMCA Muscle Car Nationals schedule where records exist for the sole purpose of being broken, it’s the series annual visit to the always-quick Maryland International Raceway in early June. Last year, in the NMCA’s inaugural visit to the Miller families speed palace in Mechanicsville, Md., records were shattered, and Pro Street ace Bill Lutz continued the tradition as the series returned over the weekend, carrying his twin-turbocharged 1969 Camaro to a pair of new national records and the quickest elapsed time in the history of the class.

In the third and final qualifying session under the lights on Saturday evening, Lutz tripped the 60-foot clocks at 1.017 and covered the first 660-feet in 3.987-seconds at 194.27 MPH on his way to a thundering 5.978 at 247.43 MPH. That effort by the Winchese, Ohio native surpassed the all-time best 5.98 recorded by Chris Rini last fall in Indianapolis and also outpaced his 6.02 in qualifying in Maryland to leapfrog him into the No. 1 qualifying slot. The NMCA/Fastest Street Car Magazine crew captured the footage of the record run – See The Video Here

Because Lutz had run a 6.03 earlier in the day during the second qualifier, he already had the backup in hand to make the 5.97 the first ever sub-six second national record in NMCA history. An earlier trap speed of 246.84 also served as the required backup for the national speed record that’s still a couple digits shy of Steve Matusek’s 250 MPH shot last season.

Just to put an exclamation point on the weekend, Lutz downed the other Lutz – Jeff (no relation) – to earn the Pro Street crown on Sunday afternoon, rolling to a 6.09 at 241.37 MPH as Jeff slowed on the top end.