This event Premiered on the SPEED channel on Friday (3/11/2011) at 5:00pm PT with encore shows to follow (read article to see air times). During and after the show, A live chat was hosted by Optima Batteries and Pro-Touring.com, which included
some of the 51 drivers from the 2010 Challenge. During the live chat session, I browsed through the Pro-Touring website to find a road racing community that expands across the country with over 25,000 members (6,200+ are currently active at the time of this writing). The webiste hosts tons of information relating to road racing, projects, and much more.

Be sure to watch the next showing of the Optima Invitational on SPEED channel!

National Air Dates for the 2010 OPTIMA Ultimate Street Car Invitational TV Special!
>>Click here to view the press release
The 2010 OUSCI TV Show is scheduled to be seen on SPEED during the following times:
• Friday, March 11, 2011 at 8 p.m. ET
• Friday, March 11, 2011 at 11 p.m. ET
• Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 11 a.m. ET
• Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011 at 8 p.m. ET
• Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011 at 8 p.m. ET
*Re-air dates and times are subject to change.
- source: http://www.optimainvitational.com/
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OPTIMA Batteries invites you to join them in the live chat. Please forward this information to others!
To participate in the live chat:

• Please visit http://www.pro-touring.com at 9 p.m. ET and click “Chat Room” (Larry, the owner of Pro-Touring.com has opened the site, so you do not have to become a member to participate)
• To log-in, enter your desired username and click “Login,” you DO NOT have to provide a password
• Note: OPTIMA encourages you to use your real name and not an alias
• Introduce yourself to the room, click “send” or hit enter to post your message
• Ex: Hi, everyone. It’s John Smith of Camaro Performers.
• Larry Callahan, the owner of Pro-Touring.com will moderate the live chat

To log-out click the button on the far right of the chat screen. If you hold your cursor over the button it will say “Logout”

You may e-mail any questions you have for drivers during the broadcast to larry@pro-touring.com, and we will do our best to incorporate the questions into the chat. A full list of participating drivers will be posted on the OPTIMA Batteries PowerSource blog Friday, March 11 at 12 p.m. CT.

While the OUSCI TV Special brings the racing action to life, the live chat will offer fans a way to interact with the real-life stars of the show! Please let us know if you plan to participate, so we can give Larry Callahan a heads up.

Thank you for your support,
The OPTIMA Ultimate Street Car Invitational Planning Committee