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BULLISH TO UNVEIL IMPORT DRAGSTER AT NDRA SEASON OPENER
HACKENSACK, New Jersey (March 9, 2005) - Reigning 2005 NDRA (NOPI Drag Racing Association) XBOX Cup Pro Compact Champions Bullish Motor Racing announced today that the team will be joining the NDRA in unveiling their Import Dragster program at a press event during the race weekend the NDRA’s 2005 season opener at Firebird Raceway in Phoenix, Arizona, March 19-20. The revolutionary top-alcohol based rail dragster will compete in the NDRA’s exciting new Pro Extreme Compact category – the next level of import and sport compact drag racing.
Sport compact drag racing, and its import drag racing forerunner, has been at the epicenter of the Generation Y ‘tuner scene’ that has spawned a 3-billion dollar aftermarket customization industry. The quickly growing sport has attracted much attention within the motorsport world with production-based 4 and 6-cylinder powered cars that produce as much as 1,600 HP through turbo charging and state-of-the-art engine electronics. The NDRA’s Pro Extreme Compact category will place the most powerful import and sport compact engines into the quickest and most revered of drag racing platforms – rail dragsters.
“I can’t begin to express how exciting this is for the Bullish Racing family, our sponsors, and our fans,” said Bullish team owner and driver Ara Arslanian. “The import-powered dragster and the NDRA’s Pro Extreme Compact Class are the next logical steps in the evolution of import and sport compact drag racing. This sport has always been about pushing barriers. We did our share with the first 9-sec factory six-speed Supra, and then the first sport compact to run a 6-second pass. Now, we’re looking to take turbocharged import power into new territory - beyond the 6-second range.”
Bullish will be announcing a title sponsor and a family of associate sponsors for the Bullish Import Dragster ahead of the unveiling, but will leave the technical details of the dragster – including powerplant specifications unique to the program – for the NOPI reveal. NOPI president Michael Meyers will join Bullish team owner and driver Ara Arslanian at the ground-breaking unveiling.
“Having our reigning Xbox Cup Pro Compact champion unveil his new Import Dragster at our first race is a great start to the 2005 season,” said Michael Meyers, President of NDRA. “One reason for the growing popularity of our sport is that drivers like Ara Arslanian are constantly pushing the envelope and showcasing a ‘new breed of speed’. The much anticipated Pro Extreme Compact dragster class promises to be the hottest class with the fastest times in 2005.”
In addition to the unveiling, the Bullish Racing team will also have their 2005 specification StreetGlow-sponsored Solara on hand at Phoenix to begin the defense of their 2004 Pro Compact title as well as seek an unprecedented third-consecutive driver’s championship for Arslanian. Details of the unveiling will be posted on the team’s website (www.bullishmotorracing.com) to coincide with the Phoenix press event.
Editor’s Note: Members of the media interested in attending the event are encouraged to contact Kevin Macvaugh, Bullish Motor Racing, (201) 342-8374 or Seth Rubin, Alan Taylor Communications, (212) 714-1280.
About Bullish Motor Racing
Bullish Motor Racing, based in Hackensack, New Jersey, is a premier professional sport compact drag racing team competing in both the NHRA and NDRA sport compact drag racing series. Owner/driver Ara Arslanian competes in a tube-framed Toyota Solara powered by a 1,600 horsepower production-based, turbocharged 3.0-liter inline-6 engine. In the past three years, the team has amassed an unprecedented 4 championships with their third consecutive NDRA Championship coming last year. In addition to the national titles, the team also currently holds and has held quarter mile ET and MPH world records in the NHRA and the NDRA, as well as numerous track records. www.bullishmotorracing.com
About NDRA
The NDRA (NOPI Drag Racing Association) is the hottest and most innovative sport-compact drag racing series. The country’s top drag racers are also competing for more than $140,000 in prize money and for the Xbox Cup, the year-end trophy awarded to the top points winner of the series. The NDRA combines the highest payouts per event in professional drag racing with the lifestyle of the sport-compact scene, including the appeal of swimsuit competitions, the adrenaline-rush of burnout contests and the thrill of live entertainment. The NDRA was the collaboration of NOPI executives after they saw a high interest from the company’s young customers for something more out of the NOPI NATIONALS Motorsports Supershow.
Official 2005 Bullish Motor Racing Team Sponsors
Title Sponsor
www.streetglow.com
Associate Sponsors
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