Saturday Night Nitro 2013!

June 15 - July 13 - September 7

Come and watch racing under the lights at Auto Club Famoso Raceway featuring Nitro funny cars, dragsters, altereds and a host of exhibition cars. Watch these nitro burning machines light up the night as they thunder down the concrete quarter mile.

2 Big Nitro Sessions at 8:30 and 10:30 followed by the MavTV/Lucas Oil Jet Dragstrers. Drag racing all day with Nitro all night. The Nitro guys will be testing Friday night and all after noon on Saturday getting ready for the show down on Saturday night.

June 2013 Saturday Night Nitro

With sixteen nitro funny cars in the pits at Auto Club Famoso Raceway, the first of three Saturday Night Nitro events found Dan Horan Jr. and his Ronnie Swearingen-tuned ’66 Mustang funny car grabbing the $3,000 prize. When the evening of racing was over it was Horan’s bracket-like 5.81 performances that put his “Patriot” Mustang in the Famoso Winners Circle with a 5.812, 253.09-mph charge.

The second quickest winning elapsed time of eliminations was recorded by Robert Overholser driving Don Nelson’s “California Hustler” ’77 Firebird with his holeshot 5.815/243.28 mph charge over newcomer Devery Howard in the “Bays & Rupert” Camaro who ran 5.810/246.66 in his losing effort. - Darr Hawthorne (DRO)

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Famoso and Firebird Team Up for AA/Funny Car “Blitz”

Auto Club Famoso Raceway and Boise’s Firebird Raceway have joined together and formed the “Boise-Bakersfield Blitz,” a four-race points-earning series for AA/Funny Cars in 2013.

The four funny car events are two of Famoso Raceway’s Saturday Night Nitro Shows on June 15 and July 13 as well as Firebird’s 43rd NAPA Auto Parts Ignitor on April 26 – 28 and the 42nd Pepsi Nightfire Nationals on August 8 – 11.

Points are earned based upon funny-car qualifying positions in reverse order. For example, in an 8-car show the #1 qualifier earns 8 points, #2 earns 7 points, #3 earns 6 points and downward through the qualified field; a 16-car field is awarded the same way with the #1 qualifier earning 16 points. 10 points are awarded for simply showing up with a nitro funny car and passing tech at each event. A perfect attendance bonus of 5 points goes to those funny car teams who are present at all four events.

At the end of this series, the top points earner receives a Winner’s jacket, $1,000 cash, a 55-gallon drum of nitromethane, 30 gallons of Prolong 70 weight Nitro Racing Oil, a $250 gasoline/diesel gift card and a $250 gift certificate from Stith Printing. The runner-up finisher receives $500 cash, a 55-gallon drum of nitromethane and a $100 gift certificate from Stith Printing. For the participants, a special eight-car show will be part of 2014 March Meet qualifying.

Blake Bowser, Vice President/GM of Auto Club Famoso Raceway and producer of the March Meet, said of the new points system, “With nearly a dozen nitro funny cars heading to Boise for the Ignitor next week and the turnout of racers we had last summer for Saturday Night Nitro at Famoso, I think everyone wins with this points series. The ‘Boise-Bakersfield Blitz’ rewards those participating teams for their attendance, taking nothing away from the Heritage Series. We have seen how popular the funny car class has become for our spectators at both tracks.”

Firebird Raceway General Manager Bill New added, “We are very excited to help launch the ‘Blitz’ for all the nitro funny car teams starting off with the upcoming NAPA Ignitor Nitro Opener next week here at Firebird. Together, the ‘New Crew’ and Bowser family have pledged to add extra incentive into our events. It’s our way of saying thanks to the teams that support our Boise and Bakersfield special nitro events. With the keen sense of nitro history behind our two venues, we thought the timing was just right to introduce the all-new ‘Blitz’.”

For more information and to participate in the new series, contact Blake Bowser at Auto Club Famoso Raceway or Scott New at Firebird Raceway.

Get a 2 day pass and come out on Friday night to watch both days. Friday night drags start at dusk and run till midnight. Stay the night Friday and Saturday with a 2 day camping pass. Dont miss a second of the action.
First 1000 kids get a free hotwheel on Saturday!

TICKETS ON SALE AT THE GATE
Spectators
$15 - Friday only
$20 - Saturday Only
$25 - Friday and Saturday
$30 - Camping Friday and Saturday Night. 2 day spectator pass required
Kids 12 and under free with paid adult

Gates open at 5pm Friday and noon on Saturday
Tickets on Sale Soon!

Nitro Entries contact the racetrack 661.399.2210