NHRA NEWS: POWERADE SERIES EVENT MOVES FROM COLUMBUS TO NORWALK

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: NHRA Communications Dept., (626) 914-4761

NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES EVENT TO MOVE TO NORWALK RACEWAY PARK
IN NORTHERN OHIO

National Trail Raceway to continue very active racing schedule to meet
the needs of the racing community in central and southern Ohio 

GLENDORA, Calif. (Aug. 29, 2006) - In an effort to optimize its current
23-race NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series season, NHRA announced that it
will relocate the Pontiac Performance NHRA Nationals from National Trail
Raceway in Hebron, Ohio, to Norwalk Raceway Park, just outside Toledo
and Cleveland beginning in 2007.   

"National Trail Raceway will continue to be a very active drag racing
facility and one that will host a full schedule of racing throughout the
season," said Tom Compton, president, NHRA. "But in an effort to
optimize our schedule, we feel the move to Northern Ohio will expand the
reach of our schedule to new metropolitan areas such as Cleveland,
Toledo and Detroit."

Although the series won't return to the quarter-mile facility east of
Columbus, that won't mean the stars of the NHRA POWERade Series won't
make a visit to the track in 2007.  Next year National Trail Raceway
will stage a summer extravaganza featuring some of the stars of the NHRA
POWERade Drag Racing Series.  The date of the event will be announced
along with the track's 2007 racing season schedule at a later date.

National Trail Raceway broke ground in the fall of 1963 and the 320-acre
facility has hosted drag racing events ever since.   In 1996, NHRA
purchased the track and over the last 10 years has made significant
improvements to the historic facility.  The track serves a very strong
sportsman racing community in the Columbus and southern Ohio area and
will continue to operate with a full slate of scheduled events to
accommodate the needs of the sportsman community in the region.  

National Trail Raceway will continue to play host to an NHRA Lucas Oil
Drag Racing Series Divisional event as well as the popular JEG'S NHRA
Northern SPORTSnationals designed to showcase NHRA's sportsman
categories exclusively.   In addition, the facility will run the NHRA
Summit Racing Series, NHRA O'Reilly Auto Parts Jr. Drag Racing League,
NHRA Street Legal Drags presented by AAA, and many weekly programs
including the JEG'S E.T. Super Quick Series.

Headquartered in Glendora, Calif., NHRA is the primary sanctioning body
for the sport of drag racing in the United States. It presents 23
national events through its NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series. NHRA has
80,000 racers and members nationwide and 140 member tracks.
NHRA-sanctioned sportsman and bracket racing series' provide competition
opportunities for drivers of all levels. NHRA develops the stars of
tomorrow by offering the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, NHRA Xplod
Sport Compact Racing Series, NHRA Summit Racing Series and the NHRA
Street Legal Drags presented by AAA. NHRA also offers the O'Reilly Auto
Parts Jr. Drag Racing League for youths ages 8 to 17.

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