MOTOROLA NHRA LIVE TIMING NOW AVAILABLE ON NHRA.COM

             GLENDORA, Calif. (Feb. 11, 2010) —Live timing from NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series events is coming to NHRA.com. 

            Beginning Thursday, Feb. 11, with the start of the 2010 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series and the 50^th running of the Kragen O’Reilly NHRA Winternationals at historic Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, live timing will be available to all NHRA.com visitors.  Motorola NHRA Live Timing can be accessed through the NHRA.com home page, or at www.nhra.com/livetiming/livetiming.aspx.  

            Motorola NHRA Live Timing will feature live timing from NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series events including all competitors and categories, full listings of incremental times and speeds so fans at home can follow the action as it is happening on the track, updated qualifying and elimination ladders, current weather and atmospheric conditions at the event and complete race archive data back to the 2009 NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway.

            Through the O’Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals in Houston, in addition to the live data, NHRA is making available the complete archive timing data to all NHRA.com visitors.   After this introductory period, NHRA members will have access to the archive data as a benefit of their NHRA Membership.  Non-NHRA members can purchase complete archive data for a special introductory price of $19.95.   All visitors to NHRA.com will have access to free real-time data.

            Additional features that will be added in the coming months include comprehensive downloadable crew chief data from all NHRA Full Throttle and Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series divisional events.  The crew chief package for NHRA members will be priced at $99.95 per year and $168.95 per year for non-NHRA Members.

            The new NHRA.com live timing complements last year’s launch of the NHRA mobile application.   For more information on the NHRA mobile application, go to: www.nhra.com/multimedia/mobile.aspx.

            Live timing will not be available from the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals in Charlotte, N.C., either on NHRA.com or the NHRA Mobile application.