When we think of drag racing, most of us think of it as an all-American sport. However, drag racing is famous all over the world. Even in Canada, where probably most of us think is covered with snow all year long. At least at this time of year, the snow has melted, and it’s time to hit the drag strip.

While most Pro Mods have made the switch to big block Chevy and Hemi powerplants, Meroniuk’s Mustang stays true to the breed with a 415-inch small block Ford engine with a pair of Borg Warner 72mm turbochargers from Works Turbo providing the boost. The engine uses a Dart Iron Eagle block with a Lunati crank, Oliver rods, Diamond pistons, TEA-ported Trick Flow High-port heads, an Edelbrock intake with a Wilson Manifolds elbow and 105mm throttle body, and RH Race Cars headers and turbo plumbing.

For Prince George, British Columbia’s Darrin Meroniuk, this Pro Mod 1967 Mustang is how he gets in on the action. The chassis was built by RH Race Cars, located in Kewlona, British Clumbia. RH Race Cars builds many Pro Mod cars that race both north and south of the Canadian border, and this car has its 4-link rear and sway bars. Another heavy-hitter shop Meroniuk worked with on the body is Tim McAmis Performance Parts. Responsible for tuning and driving the car is The EFI Store’s Brian Macy.

Macy already tuned the 415-inch, twin-turbocharged small block Ford combination, and it made 1,389 horsepower on 25 pounds of boost. Macy tuned the car using a FAST XFI engine management system, with an XIM ignition, and a FAST XR1 coil-on plug arrangement, while the combination uses an Aeromotive belt-drive fuel pump. Macy will control boost via the FAST system.

Macy is headed north this weekend to tune and drive the car for Meroniuk at Mission Raceway Park in Mission, British Columbia for the track’s DoorWarz III. The event has Pro Mod/Pro Street, Outlaw 10.5, Top Sportsman, drag radial, and open comp classes. Macy’s plan is to make a few shakedown runs, and depending on how those runs go, that’ll decide how he proceeds. If the car performs well, and he’s comfortable with the car, more than likely the guys will enter it in Pro Mod. If things don’t go well in the first few passes, the guys will regroup, make a few more test hits, and reconvene at a later date.

Macy thinks the Tim McAmis body is the third one produced. It is truly a work of art, that much we know. The paint and body work was done by Gary Johnson, and the color is, ahem, Johnson red.