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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