Gordie Bonin

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| birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1948|09|30}}

| birth_place = Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada

| death_date = {{Death date and age|mf=yes|2013|11|29|1948|09|30}}

| death_place = Las Vegas, Nevada

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| citizenship = Dual: Canada, USA

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| known_for = Drag racing; first driver to break 240 miles per hour in the standing-start quarter mile

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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".[http://www.cmhf.ca/member_GORDIE_BONIN.html CMHF Citation] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110209100040/http://cmhf.ca/member_GORDIE_BONIN.html |date=2011-02-09 }}[http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/driving/story.html?id=75cb4df8-a4dd-4aab-9ce9-7be72351c574&p=1 Canada.com article] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107151808/http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/driving/story.html?id=75cb4df8-a4dd-4aab-9ce9-7be72351c574&p=1 |date=2012-11-07 }}

At the 1978 NHRA Summernationals at Englishtown, Bonin drove the Bubble Up Pontiac Trans Am funny car.Burgess, Phil, National Dragster editor. "Summernationals Time Machine, Part 2", written 9 June 2017, at [https://www.nhra.com/news/2017/summernationals-time-machine-part-2 NHRA.com] (retrieved 16 September 2018)

Bonin, along with his teammates, was inducted into the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame in 2000.[http://www.cmhf.ca/member_GORDIE_BONIN.html CMHF Citation] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110209100040/http://cmhf.ca/member_GORDIE_BONIN.html |date=2011-02-09 }}[http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/driving/story.html?id=75cb4df8-a4dd-4aab-9ce9-7be72351c574&p=1 Canada.com article] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107151808/http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/driving/story.html?id=75cb4df8-a4dd-4aab-9ce9-7be72351c574&p=1 |date=2012-11-07 }}