Confirmed NFCA Cars and Drivers
for the Mission Raceway National Open

NOTE: Despite what may be posted on the Division Six site that this race is a double header, it is NOT a double header.

Admission/Race Prices

• NHRA Class cars: $150.00 CDN.
• Friday Test & Tune $50 (Open to Open racers only, no preregistration required)
  
• Bracket Cars: $150.00 CDN.
  
• Jr Dragsters: $25.00 per day
  
• Camping $15 CDN
  
• Crew - Friday: $10.00, Sat/Sun $20.00 per day (includes pit pass)
  
• Spectator Friday: $10.00 includes pit pass
  
• Spectator Saturday: $25.00 includes pit pass
  
• Spectator Sunday: $25.00 includes pit pass
  

Racer Gate Times:

• Thursday 12:00 p.m. till 10:00 p.m.
• Friday 8:00 a.m. till 10:00 p.m.
• Saturday 7:00 a.m. till 5:00 p.m.
  
• Sunday 7:00 a.m. till 4:00 p.m.
  

Spectator Gate Times:

• Friday 8:00 a.m till 5:00 p.m
• Saturday 8:00 a.m till 8:30 p.m.
• Sunday 8:00 a.m till 4:00 p.m

PLEASE NOTE PRICES FOR THE 2008 SEASON MAY BE UPDATED AS DECISIONS ARE MADE. ALL PRICES POSTED ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

Look for the new event shirts this weekend!

National Open TV ad Video

Natl Open Nitro update: Jay Mageau does not have all the tin work complete on his new Corvette body, so they'll be testing in Edmonton Friday and if all goes well will be at MRP with a NITRO '57 SHOEBOX this weekend!

Event Preview

Mission Open shaping up to be AWESOME!!
This weekend's Lucas Oil NHRA National Open is coming together to the point where this could be one of the best races we've ever seen here. The weather is cooperating, and the entry list is simply stellar.

Nitro Nostalgia Funny Car should take up right where it left off last year when Terry Capp quite simply destroyed the record books. With a night session this time around look for those marks to fall again. You can bet Bucky Austin (photo) will have something more to say this year than last as The Northwest Hitter has gone on to become the dominant car in the category. Toss in a dozen or so more including some new pieces such as Twig Zeigler's Plymouth and the pits are gonna be turned into a nitro fiberglass forest!

More nitro in the form of the two wheel variety will also make for an amazing show. Lead by perennial champion Ron Houneit and the new sensation Damian Cownden of Victoria, winner of the Edmonton national event earlier this month and the potential of seeing the Top Fuel Harleys in the low six second zone at possibly 220 mph is high indeed! A full field of eight bikes will make this more than just a warm up for the big CMDRA race here August 9/10.

The alky cars always put on a show here, racing families like the Sitkos of Edmonton, the Parkers of Oregon, and a bunch more locals layin down some great runs. Of note the IHBA nostalgia alky floppers will not be here this year.

Then there is Pro Street, which for 2008 has record-breaking potential like never before. Not since the days of Braid and Murray has a street car race been more anticipated than this one. The quickest and fastest street cars the northwest has ever known are all coming out for the first time in a long time.

Garrett Richards and the gang from TPR will be here in the world's fastest pickup truck, Brian Lane who laid down an unofficial 6.49 here just one month ago, Draggin Don Murray in his stout new turbo Corvette, Trevor Wilms in a new 706 inch nitrous '04 Corvette, Rash Dhaliwal looks to have the new alky system in his Mustang sorted out with some six second passes a few weeks ago, and we hear rumors that Dal Sangha's newly skinned Ford may also show. Will the new Moznik Camino be here? Will Dale Pedersen bring that awesome Buick down from the great white north? Will any of the other US cars make an appearance? Whatever happens this will be the BIG ONE for street cars in the northwest for 2008.

Toss in all the door cars and dragsters in Top Comp, Stock/SS combo and a bunch more NHRA and bracket troops and you have the makings of a classic summer weekend at MRP. Bring your sunscreen, bring your deet, bring your cooler and have some fun at the biggest National Open in Mission history!