"Live From" Virginia Nationals

[butch8908]

Sorry about your problems. Get straight and be ready for Columbus. Great pictures of SS. Thanks for sharing. Thanks for all you do.

[Larry Hill]

Ken you do great work on all of your "Live From's"............. The level of your work is unmatched and we all thank you.

Patsy and Larry

[Tom Goldman]

Originally Posted by BKSG1198

I hate to say it but I think this was the plan from the beginning, look at it this way less overhead for the track & NHRA with one less day, you don?t need 20 people directing traffic or parking, don?t need 10 people doing tickets or selling shirts. Tracks that are smaller or get a smaller crowds this might become the norm in 2025 if VMP is successful. I know VMP is big but since they got rid of the right side grandstand in favor of camping, not sure if they hold more or less now. The one thing I always heard since VMP got their NE back then not back then back again was they never made money on it. Now let?s face it 2 years ago I believe it rained the whole weekends except Sunday so I?m sure it was a wash, we also don?t know what deals were made with VMP to host the NE, they could have said lower your fees and we?ll host the race, with losing Denver & Topeka they might have had to work something out but we will never know. I?m telling you now don?t be surprised if you see more of these type events if it?s a success, if they sell out Sat & Sun it?s a big feather in the cap for them to plaster it all over Social Media and TV.

Not only was the right side of the track lined from start to finishline with wall to wall campers, at $900 to $1200 A SPOT ,3 ROWS DEEP. ...they also opened up the pit side to campers from the new equipment garage all the way to the score boards, at $500 to $700 a spot. ... Contrary to what others observed ,I thought there were quite a few spectators there on Friday ,especially in the afternoon . Probably due to the Pro Mods getting their first qualifier at 5:00 in the afternoon. Saturday ,the place was packed. I left at 2:00 and they were still coming in . With the track temps over 145 at the peak of the day they probably should have scraped the track more frequently because after the SS cars were all spinning, they scraped the track and Super Gas went out with no problems.

[BKSG1198]

Originally Posted by Tom Goldman

Not only was the right side of the track lined from start to finishline with wall to wall campers, at $900 to $1200 A SPOT ,3 ROWS DEEP. ...they also opened up the pit side to campers from the new equipment garage all the way to the score boards, at $500 to $700 a spot. ... Contrary to what others observed ,I thought there were quite a few spectators there on Friday ,especially in the afternoon . Probably due to the Pro Mods getting their first qualifier at 5:00 in the afternoon. Saturday ,the place was packed. I left at 2:00 and they were still coming in . With the track temps over 145 at the peak of the day they probably should have scraped the track more frequently because after the SS cars were all spinning, they scraped the track and Super Gas went out with no problems.

If it still holds true from when I worked at MG before Kyle bought it, I believe any of the camping in house - so like at MG the Suite side / Right side near the scoreboards that are normally 5-8 deep NHRA gets a good chunk of that profit (think it's 60-70%), also parking they get 60% of the $10 or $20 they charge. I know the camping over near the office in the actual Campground is controlled by the track, so they make that, but the costs aren't as high because you're not right up against the track. It sounds like they will be back to VMP next year, they were telling people to renew their tickets for 2025.