NAPA AUTO PARTS IGNITOR RETURNS TO FIREBIRD RACEWAY

BOISE, ID – Firebird Raceway will host the NHRA Northwest Division for the 46th Annual NAPA Auto Parts Ignitor presented by Peterson Chevrolet Buick Cadillac on April 29 – May 1. The event is one of 45 scheduled across the country where drivers in the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series earn points leading to divisional and national championships as well as a chance at a share of the year-end purse of more than $519,000. Additionally, the event will play host to the NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Series and the Nostalgia Nitro Funny Car class.

Headlining the Ignitor will be the return of AA/Nitro Funny Cars in the Stinker Stores Nitro Knockout. As the oldest drag racing event in the Pacific Northwest when Don “the Snake” Prudhomme won the inaugural event back to 1971, the Ignitor is the second stop in the NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Series. This year’s field includes the #1, #2, #3 and #5 ranked Funny Cars in the national standings, along with many of premiere teams in the west.

Lucas Oil categories include Comp Eliminator, Super Stock, Stock Eliminator, Super Comp, Super Gas and Super Street. The division’s Top Sportsman Series, Rig Rentals Top Dragster Series and the Sportsman Motorcycle Series presented by Harley-Davidson will also run in conjunction with the event.

Gates at Firebird Raceway open at 8 a.m. each day. Qualifying and time trials start Friday at 9 a.m. and continue Saturday at 9 a.m. Comp Eliminator qualifies at 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Friday and at 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. Nostalgia Funny Car qualifies on Friday at 4 pm, and Saturday at 1 and 5 pm. Eliminations Sunday at 9 a.m. Round 1 of Nostalgia Funny Car is Sunday at 1 p.m.

Tickets for the Ignitor are $15 Friday, $20 Saturday and $20 Sunday for adults. Children 15 and under are admitted free.

For more information call Firebird Raceway, (208) 938-8986, or visit www.FirebirdOnline.com.