NHRA has announced the continuation of its relationship with The
American Forces Network (AFN) to deliver the unique sights and sounds
of NHRA POWERade Drag Racing to the men and women stationed overseas.
"The American Forces Network (AFN) graciously thanks the NHRA for
providing our men and women in uniform stationed overseas with race
coverage for the 2007 season,” said Jeff White, executive director of
the AFN Broadcast Center. “The NHRA on AFN is a tremendous morale
booster for our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines serving in harm’s
way. The most deserving audience in the world are our troops in remote
and hostile locations defending our way of life against terrorism, and
providing humanitarian support to those in need. We thank the NHRA for
helping us bring them home during these telecasts.”The U.S. Armed
Forces, along with DoD civilian employees and their families, will be
able to follow the NHRA’s POWERade Drag Racing Series all season long
on AFN and the U.S. Navy’s Direct-to-Sailor (DTS) television service to
ships at sea.In an agreement with the NHRA and ESPN, Inc., the AFN
Broadcast Center plans to provide tape delayed distribution of ESPN2’s
television coverage of the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series on its AFN
| sports and AFN | prime channels, along with the U.S. Navy’s DTS
television service. For more information about AFN, log on to:
http://www.afrts.osd.mil/ or http://www.myafn.net/