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Шаблон:Infobox NRHP Firebird Raceway is a motorsport racing venue in the western United States, near Eagle, Idaho, in the Boise metropolitan area. The raceway opened Шаблон:Years or months ago in 1968 under management of racing enthusiasts Bill and Ellanor New, and it has remained under ownership of the New family.

A longstanding member track of the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA), the raceway has been named NHRA Track of the Year three times.[1] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2018, the first dragstrip to be included on the register.[2]

Just west of Highway 16 between Star and Emmett, the elevation is approximately Шаблон:Convert above sea level.

History

Firebird Raceway was incorporated on May 11, 1968, by Ronald Ashley, J.S. Chapman, and J.W. Korn.[3] Bob Riggle and his Hurst Hemi Under Glass were featured on opening day, July 28, 1968.[4]

In 1969, the raceway hosted one of six Northwest Regional World Championship drag meets.[5] Later that year the raceway hosted the first annual Nitromethane Invitational Championship, a Top Fuel event.[6]

The annual NAPA Auto Parts Ignitor competition began in 1971,[7] and the Pepsi Nightfire Nationals began in 1972.[8]

Director Don Almeido's documentary, Firebird Raceway 35th Annual Pepsi Nightfire Nationals, was released in 2007.[9]

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