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Parma Heights, Ohio (30 January 2012) – The highly anticipated Don Garlits birthday “Rat Roast” on Saturday, February 11, during the NHRA Winternationals has gained the support of several sponsors. Ten companies have purchased V.I.P. tables for the event, hosted by the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) to benefit the Quarter Mile Foundation.
These include:
Full Throttle/The Coca-Cola® Company
Hedman Headers
Jeg’s High Performance
Joe Amato Racing
Hilger Performance, LLC
Mopar Service & Parts (Chrysler Group, LLC)
Source Interlink Media, LLC
Specialty Equipment Market Association
Summit Racing Equipment
Total Performance Motorsports
The Garlits “Rat Roast” will take place at the Sheraton Inn – Fairplex adjacent to the Los Angeles County Fairplex facility. The event has limited ticket availability, as the event is approaching a sellout.
The Roast will be one of the highlights of the season opener of the 2012 NHRA/Full Throttle Drag Racing season – the 52d Annual O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Winternationals, presented by Sure Start Batteries, which runs February 9-12, 2012 at the Los Angeles County Fairplex in Pomona, Calif.
The Quarter Mile Foundation is recognized as a 501(c) (3) not-for-profit educational charity organization, formed in March, 2010. To the present, the foundation has captured 100 interviews and over 120 hours of the sport’s and performance industry’s pioneers on digital video; telling the stories of drag racing’s and the automotive aftermarket’s humble beginnings and the creation of what is today one of the largest motorsports in the world.