Jet Cars Blast Into Mission!
Gerry Frechette - August 20, 2007
 Vancouver, B.C., August 20, 2007 – For the first time ever, Mission Raceway Park will play host on Saturday, August 25 to two of the most awe-inspiring vehicles in the sport of drag racing - jet-powered Funny Cars - in The Vancouver Community College Night of Fire presented by Boston Pizza and the Province Newspaper.
Yes, these two full-bodied cars are propelled by actual jet aircraft engines to speeds over 250 mph in approximately six seconds in the quarter-mile, trailed by flame and smoke all the way to the finish line. Jet-powered cars have long been the premier exhibition class in drag racing, and Mission is the place to see these two monsters, Warhawk versus Nitehawk, scorching the track.
The two jet cars are the feature attraction on the Saturday night of a full weekend of racing at Mission. Preceding them in qualifying runs on Saturday will be no fewer than eight Nitro-fueled Nostalgia Dragsters from California, which will then race in eliminations on Sunday afternoon. These cars, themselves capable of hitting 250 mph in under 6 seconds, recall the dragsters of 40 years ago, with their engines in front of the driver, but of course, they are equipped with all modern performance and safety features. The sound of two nitro-fueled cars is too loud to describe, and the smoke and flame they produce is an assault on the senses.
Other classes of racing at Mission will include the RJ Enterprises Canada West Doorslammers Association, the fastest group of stock-bodied cars in B.C., the Canadian Pro Street Association with their outrageous street-legal cars, and the Vancouver Community College Stock/Super Stock racers with their wild, wheelstanding muscle cars.
It’ll be an action-packed two days, with something for every fan of racing. Gates open Saturday and Sunday at 8:00 am. The Jet Funny Cars run Saturday ONLY, at 6:00 and 9:00 pm, preceded by the Nostalgia Nitro Dragsters at 5:30 and 8:30 pm. On Sunday, the Nitro Dragsters kick off the action at noon, followed by all the other classes.
Admission on Saturday is $25 including pit pass, and Sunday is only $20.00, plus $5.00 for pit pass. Accompanied children 12 and under are free.
Mission Raceway Park is located on Highway 11 between the Mission Bridge and the Lougheed Highway.
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