07/09/2019
What is the Intercontinental Pushrod Nitrobike World Championship? It is a race put on by racers for racers to support Top Fuel Harley Drag Racing. Nate Gagnon and his Big Kids Racing team have slowly been building the West Coast T/F ranks up for the last 3 years. His passion for the sport of T/F Harley racing is second to none. So guess what happens when your good friends are current and ex. T/F Harley champions from around the world and your home track is M.R.P and it loves T/F Harleys racing. You throw a huge NITRO BURNING HARLEY race and invite the WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!! And that is what Nate Gagnon and his Big Kids Racing team did. Historic Mission Raceway Park lies approx. 25 feet above sea level along the banks of the mighty Fraser River in Mission B.C. Mission Raceway Park has a 1320 foot concrete drag strip and is 60 feet in width and a shut down area of 2880 feet in length. Mission’s current T/F Harley E.T. record is a 6.24 set on July 9th 2014 by Damian Cowden and the current T/F Harley M.P.H. record a 234.55 M.P.H. set on July 9th 2014 by Tommy Grimes. I’m sure these records will fall. So if you have a T/F Harley and you want to race M.R.P. is the place to be on July 19,20 & 21 2019. $20,000 purse, 16 bike ladders will be set. Quickest E.T. will be the number one qualifier and so on down. Payouts for top 8 bikes. $500 entry fee for rider and 5 crew. Test & Tune Friday July 19 2019. 3 rounds of qualifying Saturday July 20/2019 qualifying round times T.B.A. Eliminations Sunday July 21/2019 First round Eliminations 12:00 pm. These are the confirmed champion that will do battle at historical Mission Raceway July 19,20 & 21 2019
Nate Gagnon. Canada, Canadian & European champion, Jay Turner. USA, NHRA & IHRA Tii Tharpe. USA, NHRA champion, Samu Keppainen. Finland, Scandinavian and European champion, Mike Scott. Canada, Canadian & IHRA champion. COME RACE THE BEST TO BE THE BEST
