Ultimate Car and Youth Culture Festival Kicks off 2006 Season in San Jose; Hot new talent flocks to Hot Import Nights event to compete for top honors in categories including custom car design, video gaming, dancing, DJing, modeling and more.IRVINE, Calif. -- Action Media premieres its all new 2006 XM Satellite Radio Hot Import Nights “HIN” redirects here. For other uses, see HIN (disambiguation). Hot Import Nights (HIN) is an auto show comprised of mainly tuner import cars. The show originated in California, but now tours various cities in the United States. (HIN) season on Feb. 25 at the San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. Convention Center from 5 p.m. to midnight. For 2006, HIN takes the ultimate custom car festival to a new level by creating a show that celebrates all elements of youth culture with competitions in several burgeoning youth lifestyle scenes including several types of dance competitions, a year long Miss HIN pageant with winners in 13 cities, video game tournaments, DJ competitions and of course the ultimate custom car contest. D1 Grand Prix The D1 Grand Prix (Japanese: D1グランプリ in katakana, D1 guranpuri in romaji, abbreviated as D1GP and subtitled Professional Drift) is a production car drifting series from Japan. USA will bring their elite fleet of sideways drift cars to San Jose before they hit the track on the Irwindale Speedway Irwindale Speedway is a motorsports facility located in Irwindale, California. It features banked, paved 1/2 and 1/3 mile oval tracks. It is mainly used for USAC sprint car and regional NASCAR races. March 4, while returning sponsor Valvoline will present Super Street Cars on Tour with the BRS BRS - Big Red Switch. This abbreviation is fairly common on-line. Time Attack FD, Tein Wide Body Civic and C West Carbon Fiber S2000. Show visitors can get up-close and personal with the hottest, trendiest cars in the customized world, straight from the pages of the top tuner magazines. San Jose will be the first city to experience the all-new 2006 season format with three separate entertainment stages. The XM Satellite Radio Stage features DJ Lady Tribe and b-boy competitions, and the Mazda Nightclub welcomes back Miss Lisa at the turntable and local DJ John Magic from B93 Fresno. And, as a new 2006 addition, the Femme femme adj. Slang Exhibiting stereotypical or exaggerated feminine traits. Used especially of lesbians and gay men. n. 1. Slang One who is femme. 2. Informal A woman or girl. Fatale Fashion Stage highlights the trends of up-and-coming designers. In addition to the top show cars from around the globe and never-before-seen designs coming from soon-to-be discovered local talent, the 2006 series will feature the new Rockstar National Glo-Go Dancer Competition where Glo-Go dancers show off their go-go skills in city-to-city competitions against local dance teams and the search for Miss HIN 2007. Miss HIN 2007 will truly be the "queen of the scene," as each city will crown their own queen who will then compete for the reigning title of Miss HIN 2007 against other local winners at the show finale in Miami. HIN International Spokesmodel Ursula Mayes, Miss HIN 2005, will host the Queen of the Scene competition. Ursula will be seen elsewhere this year as one of Maxim's "Sexiest 100" and on the new NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. program, "Deal or No Deal". Miss HIN 2006, Amber Lancaster, will make her first public appearance as Miss HIN 2006 in San Jose. A former Seattle Seahawk's Sea Gal, Amber was Miss Hawaiian Tropics and last year's Miss Makita. "HIN has evolved into much more than a car show and competition," said Mike Munar, VP Marketing for Action Media. "We've created a forum for young talent to express themselves across almost all elements of youth culture from car design to modeling to dancing, and even video gaming video gaming n. 1. Gambling by means of interactive games of chance played on a video screen. 2. The playing of video games. . We've found that HIN has helped launch careers of models and tuners alike." The Bombshell Models are also back in 2006 to challenge anyone willing to take them on at the poker tables for BombSearch, the poker-playing competition that will test the card skills of local ladies across the nation in the search for the next Bombshell Model. In addition to Hot Import Nights, the 2006 season will feature two new show formats that take a deeper look into the exploding car scene with Nightshift and VIP Auto Fashion. Nightshift delivers more motorsports action including drifting, drag racing drag racing Form of motor racing in which two contestants race side by side from a standing start over a straight quarter-mile strip of pavement. Winners go on to compete against others in their class until only one is left undefeated. , sportbike competitions, manufacturer demo rides and more. VIP Auto Fashion presented by Meguiar's brings hundreds of world class luxury and European show cars to compete for prestigious awards in nearly 40 all-new judging categories ranging from Super-Car, Exotic and Luxury to Celebrity Car and even Best Superbike The term Superbike is used to describe sport bikes with displacement of around 1000cc. Superbikes have have lightweight frames and are powered by high performance engines. Their design is more focused on race track performance than rider comfort. . XM Satellite Radio's Hot Import Nights is presented by returning sponsor Valvoline Synpower, in addition to returning sponsors Dunlop Tires; Meguiar's; Mazda; Circuit City; Chevrolet; Subaru; NGK NGK Nederlandse Gereformeerde Kerk (Dutch Reformed Church; South Africa) NGK New Greek NGK Nihon Gaishi Kaisha (NGK Insulators, Ltd. Nagoya, Japan) Sparkplugs; and media sponsors Modified Magazine, Modified Luxury & Exotics, Super Street; Import Tuner; Sport Compact Car; Rides; MPH; Performance Auto & Sound Magazine; Road and Track; and Car and Driver magazine. New 2006 sponsors include Rockstar Energy Drink; Shell V-Power; Atomic Loud Speakers; and the National Guard. More information on HIN can be found at www.hotimportnights.com. About Action Media and Vision Entertainment Action Media, parent company of Vision Entertainment, is the leading media and event company targeting the Gen X-Y audience, integrating lifestyle events including cars, music, video games See video game console. and fashion. Producing more than 20 annual events in the top North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. markets, Action Media and Vision Entertainment are now one of the leading communities for every positive aspect of youth culture. The current portfolio of Vision Entertainment events includes Hot Import Nights, VIP Auto Fashion Show, Nightshift, the RC Expo (RCX RCX Robot Command Explorer RCX Robotic Command Explorer (Lego Mindstorms Robotics Invention System Kit) RCX RF Cross Connect RCX Remote Command Execution ), Fresh Tracks Snow and Skate Expo and Holiday Havoc. Action Media's online assets now include partial ownership of IGN IGN Ignored (Status) IGN Institut Geographique National IGN Ignition IGN Instituto Geografico Nacional (Spain) IGN Imagine Games Network IGN In-Game Name (gaming) .com, as well as Online Showoff show·off n. 1. The act of showing off. 2. One who shows off. and Model Showoff. 2006 Hot Import Nights/Night Shift and VIP Schedule HIN San Jose San Jose Convention Center February 25 NS San Diego Qualcomm Stadium March 18 HIN Chicago McCormick Place March 25 HIN Washington DC Dulles Expo Center April 22 HIN Boston Bayside Expo Center April 29 HIN Charlotte Merchandise Mart May 13 HIN Indianapolis Indy Convention Center June 17 HIN Atlantic City AC Convention Center June 24 HIN Orlando OC Convention Center July 8 NS Chicago Soldier Field July 29 NS New York Shae Stadium August 12 HIN Los Angeles Los Angeles Convention Center August 19 NS Las Vegas Sam Boyd Stadium Sept 9 HIN Seattle Stadium Expo Sept 30 HIN Dallas Dallas Conv. Center October 7 NS San Mateo San Mateo Expo Center October 14 NS Phoenix Cardinals Stadium October 21 VIP Los Angeles LA Convention. Ctr Nov 18 HIN Honolulu Blaisdell Conv. Center Dec 2 HIN Miami Miami Beach Conv. Dec 16 |
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