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THURSDAY, JULY 19, 2012
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Power and speed at MRP Canadian National Open comes to Mission BY DEAN MURDOCH Record contributor
The Lucas Oil Canadian National Open at Mission Raceway will overload your senses with power, speed and excitement this weekend. Jet Equipment Canada and TDN Constructors group present one of the most popular and fastest growing classes in all of motor sports: Nitro Funny Car. These fiberglass replicas have close to 4,000 horsepower underneath the body and burn fuel at a rate of 10 bath showers turned on simultaneously — five gallons in less than six seconds (these
cars reach a speed of 250 mph in 5.8 second down the quarter-mile strip). Nitromethane is the fuel they burn and if you compare it to everyday gasoline in an engine, you have 400 per cent more horsepower just filling up the tank with this special fuel. It costs $20 per gallon as well. The front four rows of cars of a NASCAR race have the combined horsepower of one Nitro powered motor. There are five Canadian and five American teams entered for the class this weekend. Tim Boychuk from Edmonton has won the event the last three years and he comes to Mission
looking for a four-peat with a new crew chief. Two or three other Canadian teams have the same goal and have the power to do it too. Chilliwack’s Tim “The IceMan” Nemeth is on the verge of his first big win and Nathan Sitko from Edmonton wants the same. His family is three generations strong in the sport with grandfather George racing in the early 1960s. Jay Mageau ran his career best two weeks ago in Edmonton, and the track at Mission produces more horsepower that Edmonton’s SEE ENJOY PAGE 19
Folks’ll want to see this International folk musician Buffy Sainte-Marie returns to the 25th annual Mission Folk Music Festival on Saturday at Fraser River Heritage Park. The four-day festival kicks off tonight with a gala concert at the Clarke Foundation Theatre. Catch Bucky Austin’s NW Hitter Nitro Funny Car at the Lucas Oil Canadian National Open at Mission Raceway Park this weekend. SPEEDZONE MAGAZINE PHOTO
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