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Extreme Motorsports Festival Promises Adrenaline-Charged Spectacles and Entertainment

June 3, 2008 – New Yorkers will be treated to the sight, sound, and motion of Boost Mobile’s Nightshift on Saturday, June 21, from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m., when the event returns to Belmont Park Raceway for its annual New York extravaganza. The event is the country’s largest touring extreme motorsports lifestyle festival and will feature dazzling displays of tricked out rides and bikes, high speed drift demos, stunt bike competitions, high flying Freestyle MotoX, skateboard trick showcases, and max horsepower dyno runs. Nightshift New York will mark the ninth stop on HIN Events’ 21-city 2008 tour. More than 10,000 entertainment and motorsports enthusiasts of all ages are expected to attend.

Among the action packed attractions will be 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: Tokyo Drift” and “Initial D”.

The Boost Mobile FreestyleMX.com tour will showcase some of the nation’s best Freestyle Motocross riders performing death-defying tricks.

The XDL National Stunt Riding Championship Competition, held for the first time at a Nightshift event, will introduce motorsports enthusiasts to the incredible sport of freestyle stunt riding. Stunt biking is the art of performing tricks while riding on a sport bike. XDL is the first institution to successfully organize it into a competitive sport. As seen on Speed Channel and MavTV, XDL tournaments are invitation only and feature up to 30 of the country’s best stunt riders who compete in categories such as Individual Freestyle, Target Stoppie, Sickest Trick, Tandem and Freestyle Burnout.

Not to be outdone, some of the world’s best freestyle skateboarders including JJ O’Donnell and AJ Kohn will be wowing the crowd with intricate tricks and fancy footwork.

Boost Mobile Nightshift New York will boast an impressive collection of masterfully modified cars such as the Ghostbusters’ ECTO-1, one of the most iconic cars in Hollywood history, The Army National Guard “Citizen Soldier” 2008 Nissan Altima Coupe, designed by Sergeant Nicholas Ashby in tribute to U.S. soldiers serving in Iraq, and the sleek Bridgestone BMW wide body Z4 M Coupe by Canepa Design. More than 300 tricked out vehicles totaling over $15 million in value will be shown, ranging from Japanese to Euro and from high-end luxury to wild and exotic, and boasting the latest in aftermarket trends, tech gadgets and tuned performance.

Valvoline will be debuting its special edition ROUSH® GT-V Mustang, 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”. The car will be awarded to a lucky finalist of the “2008 Valvoline Challenge Quiz” in December. RJ de Vera will be on hand at the event for interviews.

A Nightshift event would not be complete without its signature lineup of the most alluring models in the automotive industry. Miss Maxim 2007 Erin McKinnon will be available for autographs and photos at the HIN

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Model Central, along with a bevy of other beauties straight from the pages of Super Street, Import Tuner, and DSport magazines.

Visitors will get a taste of the fastest and most powerful machines on the planet, by visiting the DSA (Do Something Amazing) Tour area, presented by U.S. Air Force. The tour will feature an F-16 Fighting Falcon jet fighter aircraft, along with an extreme equilibrium simulator, an interactive gallery and interactive kiosks.

Revelers will also be treated to unique product displays from title sponsor Boost Mobile, presenting sponsor Valvoline, and additional sponsors including NOS Energy Drink, GM Tuner Source, Pioneer, Envizio, Bridgestone, and National Guard. The innovative Pioneer Dome will feature top DJs and showcase Pioneer’s mobile audio products through 360 degrees of video and music in a 50-foot dome-shaped structure.

Belmont Park Raceway is located at 2150 Hempstead Turnpike, Elmont, NY 11003. General admission tickets are $30.00. The event is open to attendees of all ages. For more information, visit www.nightshiftevents.com.

Those interested in advertising and sponsorship opportunities may contact Daniel Campbell or Rick Stark at HIN Events, at 949.789.7439, ext. 237 or ext. 206, respectively.

Boost Mobile Nightshifts 2008 Tour Schedule

April 12 – Nightshift Austin (Travis County Expo Center; Austin, TX)
June 14 – Nightshift Landover (FedEx Field; Landover, MD)
June 21 – Nightshift New York (Belmont Raceway; New York, NY)
July 12 – Nightshift Charlotte (Cabarrus Arena & Events Center; Concord, NC)
July 26 – Nightshift Nashville (Music City Motorplex; Nashville, TN)
Aug. 9 – Nightshift Pomona (Pomona Fairplex; Pomona, CA)
Aug. 23 – Nightshift Chicago (TBD)
Sept. 20 – Nightshift Pleasanton (Alameda Fairgrounds; Pleasanton, CA)
Oct. 18 – Nightshift Phoenix (Firebird Raceway; Phoenix, AZ)

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 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 www.boostmobile.com.