Gordie Bonin
Born(1948-09-30)September 30, 1948
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
DiedNovember 29, 2013(2013-11-29) (aged 65)
Las Vegas, Nevada
CitizenshipDual: Canada, USA
Known forDrag racing; first driver to break 240 miles per hour in the standing-start quarter mile

Gordie Bonin (September 30, 1948 – November 29, 2013), along with Ron Hodgson and Gordon Jenner, made up what is considered one of the best Canadian drag racing teams ever. Bonin was nicknamed "240 Gordie".[1][2]

At the 1978 NHRA Summernationals at Englishtown, Bonin drove the Bubble Up Pontiac Trans Am funny car.[3]

Bonin, along with his teammates, was inducted into the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame in 2000.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ CMHF Citation Archived 2011-02-09 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Canada.com article Archived 2012-11-07 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Burgess, Phil, National Dragster editor. "Summernationals Time Machine, Part 2", written 9 June 2017, at NHRA.com (retrieved 16 September 2018)
  4. ↑ CMHF Citation Archived 2011-02-09 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ Canada.com article Archived 2012-11-07 at the Wayback Machine


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