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TREMENDOUS LINE-UP OF EVENTS ON DECK FOR FIREBIRD’S 45TH SEASON OF NHRA DRAG RACING
2012 Track Schedule is
Released Online!
We have been extra busy this off-season getting all the
final pieces to the puzzle in place for what promises to
be one of the best schedules in Firebird history.
Looking back in time, many of you know we’ve typically
released our calendar of events in late-February. We’re
very excited to give everyone a chance to block out
their favorite events (and it’s only January for
goodness sake!) significantly earlier than any time in
track history.
The color brochure will follow in a few weeks and will
be mailed in February, so don’t despair—you’ll be
getting a full blown track schedule a bit later down the
road that you can keep at home, in your car or at your
office.
Starting in April and continuing through October, we
feel the 2012 Schedule offers a wonderful array of
quality family-orientated and action-packed events.
Headlined by the grand daddy of `em all, the Pepsi
Nightfire Nationals returns August 8th thru 12th. The
planning wheels are already in motion for what is
promising to be an extra special weekend of racing as we
continue our alliance with the NHRA Hot Rod Heritage
Racing Series. From the day the Nightfire ended last
August, we have been steadfastly putting all the
ingredients together for what is shaping up to be one of
the largest events of its kind in Idaho racing history.
The Nightfire will be highlighted by a full 16-car field
of AA/Funny Cars, a strong field of AA/Fuel Dragsters,
the West Coast Outlaw Pro Modified Doorslammers, and the
nationally-acclaimed Bracketeer Series. Without
question, this race will continue to earn the right to
be recognized as Firebird’s “signature event” this
August.
Many familiar and highly popular races return to the
Firebird racing docket ranging from the six-race Fairly
Reliable Bob’s Club Challenge Series to the United
Dairymen High School & Alumni Championships starting in
late-April and wrapping up in September.
We are also thrilled to jump start the Division 6 Lucas
Oil Drag Race Series with the longest-running major drag
racing meet better known as the Ignitor. The 42nd Annual
Nitro Opener recognized officially as the NAPA Auto
Parts Ignitor presented by Dan Wiebold Ford will help
launch a busy month of May. And customary to this
event—the spring-like conditions will no doubt offer
plenty of lightning quick opportunities for racers to
earn points and make record attempts in the cool
Spring-time air. The event will also feature an
open-qualified field of AA/Funny Cars, as racers earn
important points in the NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Series at
the next stop following the March Meet, the official
Heritage kickoff in Bakersfield.
We’re also making plans to bring full field of
Firebird’s best racers to the “Battle in Seattle”, the
host site of this year’s Summit E.T. Finals. A total of
58 racers will earn a spot on the defending championship
Firebird team and head to Kent, Washington, over Labor
Day weekend.
Looking a little further down the road, the major event
schedule will close with a bang, too, as the 19th
edition of the NAPA Halloween Classic returns on October
10th-14th.
Last but certainly not least, be sure and mark the dates
March 8th-11th on the planning calendar, too. The
O’Reilly Auto Parts Boise Roadster Show presented by Les
Schwab Tires always helps to kick off the motorsporting
calendar in the Treasure Valley at Expo Idaho. Best of
all, Firebird will have a booth in the show again this
year and you can learn all the latest news and
information as the countdown kicks into gear for the
fast approaching race season.
So don’t wait any longer, go ahead and click on the
SCHEDULE button at the top of our
website and you can see the entire 2012 Schedule in
detail. Enjoy!
Image above by David Fudge Photography
