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We know, it seems like just yesterday that you were loading up the trailer and heading to Memphis for the 3rd Annual LSX Shootout, but friends, it is time again to start preparing your cars. With the help of the NMCA and GM Performance Parts, we have been busy hammering out details for what promises to be the best LSX Shootout to date. With four full days of fun (October 7-10, 2010) this is a must see event, so make sure you tell your boss that you need some vacation time. The first major change this year is the venue. We’re going to St. Louis, Missouri, home of the Gateway Arch, Anheuser-Busch and Gateway International Raceway! If you’ve never been, prepare to have a good time! Gateway International is both an NHRA and NASCAR certified racetrack, which means it is a first-class host. With all-concrete parking, no one is going to get stuck in the grass and fans can expect a killer view from any of the grandstands. After the race, dowtown St. Louis is just minutes away, which means the party can continue well into the night! Just remember, what happens in St. Louis, stays in St. Louis! Second up, the NMCA has upped the prize packages this year, giving major incentives to come out and race. Don’t believe us? Check out the Drag Radial purse - $3000 to win, a coveted winners jacket, a killer plaque and a GMPP LSX Block! Runner up gets 1,500-bucks and a plaque! We have also stepped up with classes, adding a new Real Street class, which we hope will allow a ton of heads-up fast racing on a 275 Drag Radial or a 10.5 slick. Not looking to race? No worries, the LSX Shootout has one of the largest Manufactures’ Midways in the country for LS stuff and we have upped the car show this year, with new classes and sponsorship by Camaro5.com just for the 5th Gen fans. Still not convinced that you NEED to be at this race? Well, check out the full press release below and then post up and let us know what you think! Or, skip all of that and go right to the source, NMCA Digital and check out the new rules! Annual GM Performance Parts LSX Shootout Announced! The NMCA and GM Performance Parts are pleased to announce that the 4th Annual GM Performance Parts LSX Shootoutwill take place at Gateway International Raceway near St. Louis, Missouri, the weekend of October 7-10, 2010. The event, held in conjunction with the NMCA World Finals, is the largest LS gathering in the U.S. The LSX Shootout features awesome heads-up racing for the fastest LS-powered cars in the world, index-style and True Street racing for competitors of all levels, and a giant all LS-powered car show. This is “the” LS event of the year, with over $50,000 in cash and prizes, and it’s brought to you by GM Performance Parts. Presenting sponsor, GM High-Tech Performance magazine, will produce the official LSX Shootout Fan Guide and publish regular event press releases leading up to the LSX Shootout. The LSX Shootout’s heads-up classes include Drag Radial, All Motor, and Real Street…all of which are wheels-up and hardcore. New for 2010 the LSX Shootout will celebrate the return of the Camaro with two classes just for 5th Gen muscle cars! Camaro Performers magazine is sponsoring the 5th Gen Camaro Challenge, an index class for new Camaros only, and GM High-Tech Performance will sponsor a heads-up 5th Gen Camaro Shootout on Sunday consisting of the fastest cars from the Camaro Challenge class. The Shootout also features two classes for mild to wild street-type LS-powered vehicles, LSX Rumble and True Street Challenge. The LSX Rumble class allows racers to pick their index, matching their street machine up against some of the fastest cars in the country. All racers competing in LSX Rumble may also compete for free in the True Street Challenge class on Saturday. Travel through the countryside then bring your LS-powered musclecar, truck or SUV back to the track for a three-run showdown to determine who has the baddest LSX-powered True Street car in the world! All class winners will receive big bucks, an LSX block, and the coveted winners jacket courtesy of GM Performance Parts and their host dealer, Scoggin -Dickey Parts Center. New for 2010…GM Performance Parts will present special cash and prizes to the fastest LS-powered individual makes and models with their World’s Fastest LS Challenge. Who has the world’s fastest Camaro, Firebird, Corvette, GTO, G8, Cadillac, or Truck/SUV? GM Performance Parts wants to find out and will award each winner $250, a custom LSX Shootout winners jacket, and a bonus $250 prize if the car has a GM Performance Parts LSX Bow-Tie block. Camaro5.com will join forces with the GM Performance Parts LSX Shootout in 2010 to help celebrate the Camaro’s triumphant return by sponsoring several 5th Gen Camaro car show classes and awards. The LSX Shootout’s special 2-day car show will also have classes for all other factory LS-powered muscle cars and trucks/SUVs with over 50 awards. Awards include: best 5th Gen Camaro, best LS-powered 4th Gen Camaro, Firebird, GTO, Corvette, Cadillac, truck/SUV and vintage LS-powered specialty vehicle; best paint, interior, engine, and stance; editor’s choice awards from GM High-Tech Performance, FSC, Camaro Performers, and Camaro5.com; Top 10 LS Muscle Cars; LSX Best of Show awards on Sunday only. The huge TREMEC LSX car show is just one more way you can participate with your LS-powered vehicle at the GM Performance Parts LSX Shootout. For more information, specific class rules & purses, car show questions, event information, ticket pricing, vendor space, and hotel arrangements, log on to www.nmcadigital.com/lsx or call 714-444-2426.
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