Major Events

36th Annual BOISE ROADSTER SHOW presented by Les Schwab Tires (March 6-9, 2008) at Expo Idaho
Idaho's largest motorsport's event, the Roadster Show offers a unique blend of over 250 machines in competition for four days and nights at Expo Idaho (at the home of the Western Idaho Fair). Celebrating its 36th year in 2008, the Roadster Show continues to be recognized as one of the nation's premiere ISCA (International Show Car Association) championship auto shows. If you are interested in entering our car show, please drop us a line and well forward an entry form application. Brochures are available for cars, bikes, models, pedal cars, art & photo, and commercial space.

13th Annual SPRING WARM-UP & SWAP MEET (April 12, 2008)
Firebird opens the Drag Racing Season with the biggest automotive Swap Meet in the five-state intermountain west. In addition, the Spring Warm-Up & Swap Meet will offer non-stop test `n tune grudge racing.

37th Annual NAPA AUTO PARTS IGNITOR presented by Dan Wiebold Ford-NHRA Division 6 Lucas Oil Drag Race Series (April 25-27, 2008)
The longest running professional drag race in the northwest is the NAPA Auto Parts Ignitor presented by Dan Wiebold Ford. Dating back to `71, the NHRA (National Hot Rod Association) has presented Lucas Oil Drag Race Series featuring national and divisional points and records. Over 400 competitors will compete for a purse of better than $125,000, including cash and contingency. The Division 6 Northwest Opener will showcase AA/Nitro Fuel Dragsters, along with a dozen other eliminators in the chase for the NHRA national championship. Special thanks to Ashley Furniture for endorsing Military Appreciation Day for all card holding military personnel.

SNAP-ON TOOLS 27th Annual OLDIES BUT GOODIES DRAGS (June 7-8, 2008)
Featuring cars 1978 and older, the Snap-On Oldies But Goodies Drags features a terrific line-up of gasser's, hot rod's, custom's, truck's, street machine's and the like. The featured class is the Spangler Bros. Auto Body AA/Gas Supercharged Coupes and Sedans. This special event is certainly filled with tons of non-stop good `ole family fun.

31st Annual PENNZOIL FOX HUNT presented by Jacksons Food Stores (June 21, 2008)
The 31st Annual Pennzoil Fox Hunt presented by Jacksons Food Stores will take place on Saturday night, June 21st. This special one day "Night of Thrills" features the dramatic sights and sounds of the electrifying Jets presented by Bill Buckner Dodge. A terrific line-up of sportsman Gold Cup racing (on both Friday and Saturday nights) will also be on tap for this mid-summer sizzler, along with the West Coast Top Sportsman Association.

36th Annual PEPSI NIGHTFIRE NATIONALS (August 7-10, 2008)
The state's premiere motorsport's national championship, the Pepsi Nightfire Nationals will return this August even bigger and better than any year previous. Literally the Who's Who in the sport of drag racing have been a part of what is recognized as Firebird's "Signature Event". The featured stars include AA/Nitro Fuel Altereds presented by Western States/CAT, AA/Fuel Dragsters presented by Valvoline, AA/Funny Cars by Carls Jr., and West Coast Pro Modifieds by Larry Miller Sundance Dodge. In addition, the excitement of wheelstanders and Jets will light-up the night-time mega event. The weekend is highlighted by the Key Bank Saturday Night Thunder (the biggest night of the season) where all the Pro Stars compete in their final, last ditch qualifying attempts. The Idaho Lottery Prime Time Finals on Sunday evening will culminate the 4-day & night race. In addition, hundreds of racers battle in the National Dragster Bracketeer Challenge presented by Meridian Automotive & Machine offering a combined purse topping $170,000. CHF and Idahos News Channel 7 present the Friday Family Night during the Nightfire, which will take place on August 8th.

NHRA DIVISION 6 SUMMIT E.T. FINALS (August 29-31, 2008)
Firebird will play host to one of the largest participant events in the entire western United States and Canada. Nineteen NHRA member tracks and over 600 racers will converge on the Firebird facility to try and win the Summit E.T. Finals over Labor Day weekend. The event rotates from year to year between northwest race tracks and this marks the third time the event comes to western Idaho. A total of 54 racers per track will qualify to compete at the E.T. Finals. Engaged in the Drive for Five, Firebird racers will be vying for a fifth team title in 2008.

NAPA Auto Parts HALLOWEEN CLASSIC XV presented by Peterson Toyota (October 15-19, 2008)
The 15th Annual NAPA Auto Parts Halloween Classic presented by Peterson Toyota returns over five days and nights on the third weekend of October. No other event all season long matches the sheer volume and quantity of racing that takes place during the last racing stop of the season. Full of all kinds of surprises, the Classic has become one of Firebird's grandest happenings. From trick or treating to kid's games, and four nights of camping, it is literally a drag racing marathon of fun. The Club Challenge Quality Trailer Sales Runoffs will take place Wednesday evening, while the wild Air Firebird Wheelstanding super show returns center-stage on Saturday night. The event will also crown a Classic Grand Champion, which is comprised of the events four major eliminator winners. The Top Gun Shootout presented by Wyoming Ethanol will return, too, as the baddest 16 open wheelers take on the quickest 16 full bodied rides. In total, the Classic posts a cash and merchandise purse topping $40,000 as better than 600 racers attend our season closing boo bash.

BOISE MUFFLER & SPANGLER BROS. AUTO BODY present the GOLD CUP POINTS SERIES (April-October)
Spanning the April to October calendar of events, Firebird Raceway offers thousands of competitors an opportunity to run for the Gold Cup Championship Points Series presented by Boise Muffler & Spangler Bros. Auto Body. Week-in and week-out, a multitude of races comprise the season- long points competition. Racers will wage battle in the Kidd Performance & Dyno Super Pro, Valley Crankshaft Pro, United Oil Sportsman (the Street category), Woodys Pro Snow/Bike, and Meadow Gold Junior Dragster classes attempting to score track titles, which will be awarded at the Firebird Award's Banquet on November 22, 2008.

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