Event Coverage Nhra unleashed to be broadcast on fox sports net

NHRA UNLEASHED TO BE BROADCAST ON FOX SPORTS NET

GLENDORA, Calif. (April 29, 2010) — NHRA announced today that Fox Sports Net will be the television home for NHRA Unleashed, an event and television series like no other, featuring “Pure American Horsepower” and celebrating the American muscle car and the p***ionate world of NHRA gr***roots racing.

NHRA Unleashed events will be featured nationwide on Fox Sports Net in a series airing on consecutive weeks in November and December 2010. Two half-hour shows will be produced from each of the four NHRA Unleashed events at Atlanta Dragway in Commerce, Ga. (June 11-13), O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis (Aug. 6-8, 2010), National Trail Raceway near Columbus, Ohio (Sept. 10-12) and Gainesville Raceway in Gainesville, Fla. (Nov. 5-7).

The shows will be produced by Disrupt/ive Studios, led by Jack Schaeffer and Stephen Pullin, who have produced the popular PINKS, PINKS ALL-OUT and PINKS ALL OUTTAKES shows.

NHRA Unleashed will air each Sunday, beginning Nov. 7, at 10 a.m. on Fox Sports Net owned and operated regional networks nationwide. The eight-week series will conclude the last Sunday of the year, Dec. 26. NHRA Unleashed will air in a minimum of 75 million households through Fox Sports Net’s regions throughout the United States.

The Disrupt/ive Studios team will do***ent every aspect of these events to highlight the excitement and lifestyle of NHRA compe***ors and fans. For the first time in television history, NHRA Unleashed will bring to the screen an in-depth look at the outlaw racing cl***es, true adrenaline addicts as they pack 2,000 horsepower in a standard production ch***is. Each program will take the audience deep into some of NHRA’s most p***ionate drivers, as hundreds of weekend warriors journey to NHRA Unleashed to win a coveted Wally® trophy.

The broadcasts also will feature exciting stories from off-the-track action, including the Autocross Course, Ch***is Dyno, Show N’ Shine and the “NHRA Unleashed Center Stage.”

Car entries and tickets are now being sold for the first NHRA Unleashed event scheduled for Atlanta Dragway, June 11-13. For more information log on to: http://www.nhra.com/multim<WBR>edia/unleashed.aspx.

Disrupt/ive Studios and NHRA are currently evaluating on-air talent for the shows, which will be announced at a later date.

Headquartered in Glendora, Calif., NHRA has 80,000 members and 140 member tracks worldwide. As the primary sanctioning body for the sport of drag racing in the United States, NHRA presents 23 national events featuring the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series and NHRA Get Screened America Pro Mod Drag Racing Series. Two NHRA-sanctioned bracket racing series provide compe***ion opportunities for drivers of all levels: the NHRA Summit Racing Series and the NHRA Drags: Street Legal Style presented by AAA. NHRA also offers the Jr. Drag Racing League for youth ages 8 to 17. In addition, NHRA owns and operates five racing facilities: Gainesville Raceway in Florida; Atlanta Dragway in Georgia; National Trail Raceway in Ohio; O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis; and Auto Club Raceway at Pomona in Southern California. For more information, log on to NHRA.com, or visit the official NHRA pages on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.

Disrupt/ive Studios Inc, is a full service media production and television development studio based in Los Angeles, CA. Disrupt/ive Studios was founded in 2008 by Jack Schaeffer and Stephen Pullin to expand on its affiliate company, Pullin Television, Inc.’s ability to create compelling media properties and television programming with active and loyal audiences. Pullin Television, established in 2004, has produced all five seasons of the breakaway hit series PINKS ™, three seasons of PINKS ALL OUTTAKES™ and will commence its fourth season of the highly acclaimed PINKS ALL OUT™ for Speed Channel, Inc. this spring. Disrupt/ive Studios is focused on creating and distributing compelling content with both existing fans and developing audiences through innovative television, new media, digital and live event series. For more information log on to www.disruptivestudios.tv.

 

Saw something on the tube the other day it had Pro-mods it was a NHRA event I guess it was an exabition event,it was good to see them.
IMO I would rather see them than Pro-bikes.

 

they gotta do something to peak intrest.simce AA/FC cars all look like cookie cutter nascar cars instead of real cars...........hope its better than pinks..........

 

**** the modern NHRA!

 

Let's hope this is the first step away from ESPN and the dreadful Paul Page!