Boost Mobile Nightshift Powerslides Into Music City

July 10, 2008 4:35 PM EDT

NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 10 /PRNewswire/ --

WHAT: For the first time in Nashville's history, the city will host Boost Mobile's Nightshift, the country's largest touring extreme motorsports and lifestyle festival, on Saturday, July 26, at Music City Motorplex from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. In addition to dazzling displays of highly customized specialty cars, this one-of-a-kind outdoor festival will feature fast and furious drift demos, super sport bike stunting competitions, high flying Freestyle MotoX showcases, max horsepower dyno challenges, gorgeous models, along with live music and dance performances including a live concert by multi-Grammy winner Delbert McClinton.

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Nightshift Nashville is presented by Valvoline and will mark the fifth stop on the events series' nine-city cross country tour, which includes Austin, Chicago, and New York. More than 8,000 entertainment and motorsports enthusiasts of all ages are expected to attend.

    WHEN:        Saturday, July 26
                 4pm - 11pm

    WHERE:       Music City Motorplex
                 625 Smith Avenue
                 Nashville, TN 37203

ABOUT: Action packed attractions will include the HIN Drift Demos, where professional drift drivers will demonstrate absolute car control by performing amazing high speed drift maneuvers popularized by films such as "The Fast and the Furious".

The Boost Mobile FreestyleMX.com tour will showcase some of the nation's best Freestyle Motocross riders performing death-defying tricks, while renowned stunt riders such as KaneOne will treat audiences to the awe-inspiring art of freestyle street bike stunts.

The XDL National Stunt Riding Championship Competition, held for the first time at Nightshift events, will introduce the crowd to the incredible sport of freestyle stunt riding. Stunt biking is the art of performing tricks -- such as Individual Freestyle, Target Stoppie, Sickest Trick, Tandem and Freestyle Burnout -- while riding on a sport bike.

Valvoline will be hosting its popular Dyno Challenge, as well as exhibiting its one-of-a-kind special edition ROUSH(R) Ford Mustang GT-V, borne from a rare and historic collaborative design effort between Jack Roush, NASCAR legend and renowned designer of the ROUSH series of Ford Mustangs and F-150s, and RJ de Vera, a veteran of the import/sport compact scene who has styled lead vehicles for the film "The Fast and the Furious".

A Nightshift event would not be complete without its signature lineup of the most alluring models in the industry, including Miss Maxim 2007 Erin McKinnon, NOS Energy Drink national spokesmodels Corissa Furr and Alicia Whitten (semi-finalist in the Maxim Top 100 online poll), Boost Babes Pearl Nalani and Erika Medina, along with a bevy of other beauties from the covers of Super Street, Import Tuner, and DSport magazines.

General admission ticket price is $25.00. Advanced online ticket purchase available via http://www.nightshiftevents.com. The event is open to attendees of all ages. For more information, visit http://www.nightshiftevents.com.

About HIN Events

HIN Events is a leading provider of touring automotive lifestyle events. Based in southern California, the company produces Hot Import Nights and Nightshift, the nation's largest and most unique indoor/outdoor car and pop culture festivals. The 2008 Tour will travel to 21 major domestic markets. The events are attended by about half a million automotive and entertainment enthusiasts each year. HIN has also organized international events in Guam, United Kingdom, Puerto Rico, Brazil, among others. In 2007, videogame giant THQ released Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights worldwide, which became one of its highest selling videogames of the year. For more information, visit http://www.HINevents.com.

About Boost Mobile

Based in Irvine, California, Boost Mobile, a division of Sprint Nextel Corporation, (NYSE: S), is a lifestyle brand that offers premium prepaid wireless phones and services. Boost is among the leading prepaid wireless services in the U.S. and now has 4.6 million customers -- the majority of which are under the age of 30. Boost-branded wireless phones and services are available at national retailers, independent wireless dealers and convenience stores. Purchase and experience Boost Mobile on the Web at http://www.boostmobile.com.

SOURCE Boost Mobile Nightshift

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