{"id":2645,"date":"2017-08-10T16:33:41","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T16:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/?p=2645"},"modified":"2017-08-10T20:58:36","modified_gmt":"2017-08-10T20:58:36","slug":"a-canadian-record-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/?p=2645","title":{"rendered":"A Canadian Record Run!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/NFFC-GBM3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2642\" src=\"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/NFFC-GBM3.jpg\" alt=\"NFFC-GBM3\" width=\"500\" height=\"236\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Canadian Nitro Nostalgia Funny Car class history was made last weekend during the Mopar Canadian Nationals held at Grand Bend Motorplex.<\/p>\n<p>Part of that 18th annual event featured a booked in 4-car program of Nitro Nostalgia Funny Cars which drew in some serious circuit hitters from the USA, including Mike McIntire Jr., Paul Romine, Gary Kraus and Greg Jacobsyer.<\/p>\n<p>All those racers produced some highly impressive times and speeds on the very well prepped race track surface.<\/p>\n<p>Veteran Romine (from Indiana) qualified his Mustang #1 with a 5.596 at 257.28 mph and advanced to the final only to be stopped by McIntire Jr who unloaded the <em>quickest and fastest time<\/em> ever for the class seen on Canadian soil \u2014 an astounding, <em>5.520 secs and 259.44 mph<\/em>, to win.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2641\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/NFFC-GBM2.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2641\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2641 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/NFFC-GBM2.jpg\" alt=\"NFFC-GBM2\" width=\"500\" height=\"359\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2641\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mike McIntire Jr<\/p><\/div>\n<p>That swift run by McIntire Jr.&#8217;s &#8220;McAttack&#8221; &#8217;70 Camaro, in fact exceeded the 5.530 secs at 259.14 mph record set by Bobby Cottrell in Bucky Austin\u2019s car at Mission Raceway in BC just two weeks ago.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2643\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/NFFC-GBM4.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2643\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2643 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/NFFC-GBM4.jpg\" alt=\"NFFC-GBM4\" width=\"500\" height=\"313\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2643\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Greg Jacobsyer<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2640\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/NFFC-GBM1.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2640\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2640 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/NFFC-GBM1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2640\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gary Kraus<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2639\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/NFFC-GBM-4.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2639\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2639 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/NFFC-GBM-4.jpg\" alt=\"NFFC-GBM-4\" width=\"500\" height=\"344\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2639\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul Romine<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Posted by Bruce Biegler<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Photos by Bruce Biegler &#8211; Brennan Shortall &#8211; Darwin Kent<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian Nitro Nostalgia Funny Car class history was made last weekend during the Mopar Canadian Nationals held at Grand Bend Motorplex. 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