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E-mail: djacobs@jrthompson.com 29th Annual Mopar®
Mile-High NHRA Nationals Ready to Rock Bandimere Speedway This Weekend
Center Line, Mich. — The longest running
sponsorship in the NHRA will continue this weekend when the 29th Annual Mopar®
Mile-High Nationals blast off at Bandimere Speedway in A
vast lineup of NHRA Funny Car, Pro Stock and sportsman racers will represent
Team Mopar at Bandimere’s Mopar
will also acknowledge two legendary drag racers whose accomplishments while
competing with Mopar power helped to build the brand’s storied motorsports
heritage. Don “Big Daddy” Garlits will serve as Grand Marshal of the Mopar
Mile-High NHRA Nationals, with Judy “Miss Mighty Mopar” Lilly taking the role
of Honorary Starter. Garlits
is known as the greatest drag racer of all time—a title made fact by the NHRA
in 2001, when he was named number one of the Top 50 drivers from the NHRA’s
first 50 years. He racked up the majority of his 144 national event wins,
eight U.S. Nationals championships and 17 World Championship titles while
competing with a Mopar power plant. Lilly is recognized as one of the female
trailblazers in the sport of drag racing and was inducted into the
International Drag Racing Hall of Fame in 1998. “Mopar
is thrilled to return as title sponsor of the Mopar Mile-High NHRA
Nationals,” said ???. “Mopar’s long partnership with the NHRA and the team at
Bandimere Speedway has made the Mile-High race the premier event for Mopar and
its legion of fans. This year we’re bringing together drivers that carried
the Mopar banner to success in the past, such as Don Garlits and Judy Lilly,
with our HEMI-powered stars of today. These drivers demonstrate that the
performance and reliability of Mopar parts has spawned success on the
quarter-mile for generations of racers, from the past to the present day.” “Bandimere Speedway is
honored to celebrate our 50th anniversary season with Mopar continuing in its
role as sponsor of the Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals,” said John Bandimere,
Jr. “We are thankful of the long-standing relationship we have with all of
the people at Chrysler, and proud to be the ‘Home Track’ for Team Mopar.” Mopar Big Block Party to Kickoff Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals For one night only, the
streets of downtown Golden, Headlining the annual
event, which serves as the “official starter” of the Mopar Mile-High
Nationals, will be an autograph signing for fans from 7 to 8 p.m. Scheduled
to participate are current Mopar-powered NHRA POWERade stars Gary Scelzi,
Allen Johnson, Ron Capps, Jack Beckman, Jerry Toliver, Melanie Troxel, Tommy
Johnson Jr., Larry Morgan, V. Gaines and Max Naylor. Garlits and Lilly are
also scheduled to sign at the event, as well as Mopar’s drivers from the Team Mopar race cars and
Chrysler LLC vehicles will be on display at the event, with Chicago-based
rock cover band Maggie Speaks supplying the sounds from the Mopar Stage for
the fourth year in a row. Kenny Sargent, host of the SpeedFreaks Motorsports
Radio Show, will emcee the event. Race Central T.V. and Race Central Radio’s
Host Kurt Hansen will bring his ESPN Radio program to the Mopar Big Block
Party. The motorsports Television and Radio insider will host a live remote
and talk with Team Mopar drivers live from the Big Block Party. Admission to the Mopar
Big Block Party and autograph signing is free of charge. Local restaurants
will offer event goers food and beverages available for purchase at booths
set up on the streets of Downtown Golden. 29th Annual Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals event details The
Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals will kickoff with the Mopar Big Block Party on
the streets of Downtown Golden, For
more info on the NHRA, log on to http://www.nhra.com. For info on the
SpeedFreaks Motorsports Radio Show or for information on Race Central T.V and
Race Central Radio, visit http://www.speedfreaks.tv
or http://www.racecentralmedia.com. 70 Years of Mopar When
Chrysler bought Dodge in 1928, the need for a dedicated parts manufacturer,
supplier and distribution system to support the growing enterprise led to the
formation of the Chrysler Motor Parts Corporation (CMPC) in 1929. Originally used in the 1920s, Mopar (a simple contraction of the
words MOtor and PARts) was trademarked for a line of antifreeze products in
1937. It was also widely used as a moniker for the CMPC. The Mopar brand made
its mark in the 1960s – the muscle car era. The Chrysler Corporation built race-ready Dodge
and Today, Chrysler LLC’s Global Service & Parts division is
responsible for the manufacturing and distribution of nearly 250,000
authentic Mopar replacement parts, components and accessories for Chrysler,
Jeep® and Dodge vehicles sold around the world. To assure quality,
reliability and durability, all Mopar parts and accessories are designed in
strict adherence to Chrysler Engineering standards. # # # ON THE INTERNET Visit
Chrysler’s Media Services Web site at http://www.media.chrysler.com
for additional Chrysler and Mopar news. For additional information about
Mopar, log on to http://www.mopar.com or http://www.moparspeed.com. |
