{"id":6095,"date":"2024-05-30T08:14:22","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T08:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/?p=6095"},"modified":"2024-05-30T21:14:49","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T21:14:49","slug":"all-in-play-for-winters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/?p=6095","title":{"rendered":"All in play for “Winters”!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Next weekend\u2019s NDRC season-ending Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway, XPRO Nitro Funny Car will see its championship chase come down to a final battle between defending champ Morice McMillin and title leader, Justin Walshe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After taking out the last round victory, his third of the season, Walshe tops the points ladder heading to Australia\u2019s largest championship drag racing event \u2013 the Gulf Western Oil Winternationals (June 6-9) \u2013 on 457 points ahead of McMillin\u2019s 429, with Brandon Gosbell in third place on 359 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Going into the NDRC season finale – Justin Walshe<\/strong> holds a slim points margin.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Walshe might have the form going into the finale, but he is doing all he can to ignore the pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am trying not to think about the championship to be honest, but obviously, it is floating around inside my brain,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith the way the points work, it is really not that big of a leap for Morice to make, it could all be lost in one round of racing, so I am just focusing on taking each round as it comes and whatever will be, will be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSydney was an excellent round for us, but Morice \u2013 even though he didn\u2019t make the A-Final \u2013 still had three wins and the low ET bonus points, so he is on my tail and always following me no matter what I do. He is definitely a formidable competitor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhile I am trying to keep the championship noise quiet as we prepare, we are absolutely pumped as a team to be going to the Winternationals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is our favourite meeting of the year, the one everyone gets butterflies about and where you are so proud to put on a crew shirt and be a part of it all. We can\u2019t wait!\u201d he concluded, while thanking Harts Paint Supplies, Aeroflow, Rocket Industries, Axalta Coating Systems and 3M Australia for their support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McMillin echoed Walshe\u2019s thoughts on how anything could happen next weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think it is very exciting that Justin is ahead in the points, he has come on really strong this whole season, but I can say that we plan to end that run at the Winternationals!\u201d smiled McMillin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Morice McMillin<\/strong> won last year what was Australia’s fuel FC championship title – under the (now defunct) 400 Thunder Drag Racing Series circuit sanction.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLast year it came down to the last run of the season to decide the championship, so I know the team knows how to work under pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis time with Justin\u2019s lead we will also have to make sure we keep him out of the final, so I am going to be relying on others to help me out on that as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are very excited about the new track and the new surface; it makes for a pretty even playing field. Thanks has to go to the Willowbank Raceway track prep lead by Justin Simpson for all the late nights they are putting in to make the Winters happen,\u201d added McMillin, while also thanking his team, Aeroflow and Rocket Industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NDRC title chase will conclude at Willowbank Raceway across 6 to 9 June for the Gulf Western Oil Winternationals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Top Fuel, XPRO Nitro Funny Car, Top Doorslammer, Top Fuel Motorcycle, Pro Alcohol, Pro Stock, Pro Stock Motorcycle and FuelTech Pro Mod all in the one place for four huge days, plus the Eastern Conference final for the Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship at this event, there will be everything to play for at \u2018The Winters\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Posted by Jigsaw Communications
Photos by Bruce Biegler<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Next weekend\u2019s NDRC season-ending Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway, XPRO Nitro Funny Car will see its championship chase come down to a final battle between defending champ Morice McMillin and title leader, Justin Walshe. After taking out the last round victory, his third of the season, Walshe tops the points ladder heading to Australia\u2019s largest championship […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[173,9],"tags":[176,53,180],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6095"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6095"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6100,"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6095\/revisions\/6100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}