Nemeth ends Boychuk’s reign
at Rocky Mountain Nationals

Words by Larry Crum - Photos courtesy IHRA

Jodi St. Arnaud took the Top Dragster win.

With his 80-year-old mother watching from the sidelines and all of his family and friends cheering him on, Tim Nemeth (below) drove his beautiful 1977 Pontiac Firebird to a win in the AMSOIL Prostalgia Nitro Funny Car class all on championship Sunday at Castrol Raceway. In the process the Alberta native ended Tim Boychuk’s three-year reign at the IHRA Mopar Rocky Mountain Nitro Jam Nationals presented by Good Vibrations Motorsports.

With Edmonton native Boychuk riding a three-year winning streak at his home track in IHRA’s premier event, Nemeth came out of nowhere and blasted to the No. 1 qualifying position and ran that momentum all the way to an IHRA Ironman, giving the man known better as the “Iceman” his first-ever Rocky Mountain Nationals win.