Inaugural AHRA Nitro Showdown Expanded to Two-Day Event, May 15-16

AHRA SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. (March 8, 2010) The Inaugural AHRA Nitro Showdown at Desert Thunder Raceway in Midland, Texas has been expanded to two complete days of drag racing action because of extreme interest from sportsman competitors and is now scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, May 15-16.

Saturday’s racing will include the Nitro Showdown highlighted by 8,000 horsepower nitro methane-burning Top Fuel dragsters along with a duel of Jet Cars featuring “Rolling Thunder” vs. “Her-a-cane.” Sportsman racing will continue through Sunday for the more than the combined 250 competitors in the Pro, Super Pro, Motorcycle, Street and Jr. Dragster classes. Pre-entry is strongly recommended for teams because of the high interest in competing at the event as well as limited pit space. Pre- registration forms, a run schedule and event details are available on the AHRA website at http://www.AHRAdragracing.com. Advance tickets are also available on the AHRA site for fans wanting to assure their seat for the main events. “It’s really overwhelming how excited racers are that AHRA has come back to give them a place to race,” said Troy Moe, CEO of AHRA. “Desert Thunder Raceway is such a great facility that we want to take full advantage of the event and give the fans and racers what they want - a great, safe place to race, motivating purses, and an exciting nitro and Jet Car show. It’ll be great family entertainment.” The AHRA is a drag racing membership organization founded in 1956 to sanction racetracks and promote drag racing events throughout the United States and Canada. The company is headquartered in Spokane Valley, Wash., and has a divisional office in Panama City, Fla. The 2010 schedule is highlighted by several drag racing events including: the Reunion Tour, the U.S. Sportsmen Series, the Canadian Sportsmen Tour, and the AHRA U.S. Funny Car Championships. The AHRA also offers several track-specific sanctioned bracket-racing series. For more information, log on to the official website at http://www.AHRAdragRacing.com.