{"id":27680,"date":"2014-06-28T22:11:01","date_gmt":"2014-06-29T02:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montrealracing.com\/wp\/?p=27680"},"modified":"2014-06-28T22:13:54","modified_gmt":"2014-06-29T02:13:54","slug":"fier-detre-quebecois-a-cause-de-eurokracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montrealracing.com\/wp\/wp\/2014\/06\/fier-detre-quebecois-a-cause-de-eurokracy\/","title":{"rendered":"<!--:fr--> Fier d&#8217;\u00eatre Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois \u00e0 cause de Eurokracy<!--:--><!--:en-->Eurokracy Makes Us Proud to be From Quebec  <!--:-->"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--:fr-->Quebec gets a bad rap for many things: high taxes, terrible roads, corrupt politicians etc. One thing that cannot be put into that category is our car scene \u2013 specifically the Euro scene. That fact was evident after the fourth edition of Eurokracy which took place today at Napierville Dragway, located 20 min south of Montreal.<\/p>\n<p>Over its four-year existence, Euokracy has demonstrated significant growth. The first edition filled Autodrome St-Eustache in the pouring rain back in 2011. The second year was also held at Autodrome St-Eustache albeit under better conditions. Last year they made the move to Napierville and rocked the place. This year was simply astounding in terms of attendance. The entire grounds were filled to capacity to the point where drivers had to be told to find parking elsewhere and walk to the track. We can safely say that Eurokracy isn\u2019t just the biggest Euro show in Quebec, it\u2019s the biggest show in Quebec, period.<\/p>\n<p>Euro enthusiasts made the trek from all over the Northeast and invaded the tiny town of Napierville, Qc which is home to the track. It\u2019s the only show in Quebec which draws significant amounts of people from out of province and out of country. We haven\u2019t had a show of this significance since the now defunct SCP show last held at the Olympic Stadium five years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Eurokracy even sought the expertise of famous automotive photographer Sam Dobbins who is the founder of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.morethanmore.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.morethanmore.com<\/a>. Dobbins travels all over US and Canada, photographing the finest Euro vehicles and was on hand to document and judge the show.<\/p>\n<p>Spectators were treated to a plethora of vendors, a burnout competition, \u00bc mile drag racing, show \u2018n shine and our favourite: the Neckbreaker which is exclusive to Eurokracy. The Neckbreaker is essentially car limbo. While you may think it\u2019s a silly and without a purpose, it adds another element of flare to the show and is very entertaining to watch.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s going to be hard to top today\u2019s extravaganza but the organisers know their stuff and will be preparing almost immediately for next year. With four years\u2019 experience under their belt, we have no doubt the fifth anniversary will be incredible.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg_displayed_gallery mceItem\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.montrealracing.com\/wp\/nextgen-attach_to_post\/preview\/id--28125\" \/><!--:--><!--:en-->Quebec gets a bad rap for many things: high taxes, terrible roads, corrupt politicians etc. One thing that cannot be put into that category is our car scene \u2013 specifically the Euro scene. That fact was evident after the fourth edition of Eurokracy which took place today at Napierville Dragway, located 20 min south of Montreal.<\/p>\n<p>Over its four-year existence, Euokracy has demonstrated significant growth. The first edition filled Autodrome St-Eustache in the pouring rain back in 2011. The second year was also held at Autodrome St-Eustache albeit under better conditions. Last year they made the move to Napierville and rocked the place. This year was simply astounding in terms of attendance. The entire grounds were filled to capacity to the point where drivers had to be told to find parking elsewhere and walk to the track. We can safely say that Eurokracy isn\u2019t just the biggest Euro show in Quebec, it\u2019s the biggest show in Quebec, period.<\/p>\n<p>Euro enthusiasts made the trek from all over the Northeast and invaded the tiny town of Napierville, Qc which is home to the track. It\u2019s the only show in Quebec which draws significant amounts of people from out of province and out of country. We haven\u2019t had a show of this significance since the now defunct SCP show last held at the Olympic Stadium five years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Eurokracy even sought the expertise of famous automotive photographer Sam Dobbins who is the founder of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.morethanmore.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.morethanmore.com<\/a>. Dobbins travels all over US and Canada, photographing the finest Euro vehicles and was on hand to document and judge the show.<\/p>\n<p>Spectators were treated to a plethora of vendors, a burnout competition, \u00bc mile drag racing, show \u2018n shine and our favourite: the Neckbreaker which is exclusive to Eurokracy. The Neckbreaker is essentially car limbo. While you may think it\u2019s a silly and without a purpose, it adds another element of flare to the show and is very entertaining to watch.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s going to be hard to top today\u2019s extravaganza but the organisers know their stuff and will be preparing almost immediately for next year. With four years\u2019 experience under their belt, we have no doubt the fifth anniversary will be incredible.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg_displayed_gallery mceItem\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.montrealracing.com\/wp\/nextgen-attach_to_post\/preview\/id--28125\" \/><!--:--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quebec gets a bad rap for many things: high taxes, terrible roads, corrupt politicians etc. One thing that cannot be put into that category is&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":28126,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[691,1621],"class_list":["post-27680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-showcoverage","tag-eurokracy","tag-eurokracy-2014"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montrealracing.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montrealracing.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montrealracing.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montrealracing.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montrealracing.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27680"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.montrealracing.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28129,"href":"https:\/\/www.montrealracing.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27680\/revisions\/28129"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montrealracing.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montrealracing.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montrealracing.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montrealracing.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}