How Cool is this, Reminds me of the old Bowling Green Sportsnationals,

[Michael Kilduff]

Originally Posted by fredjohnston

Can't figure out what is so great about this. NHRA has these type of races going on for several years now. They are called JEGS Sportsnationals. They are a big success and they pay great money to win.

The only way this will work for IHRA is if they pay a decent (alot) amount of money to win, in cash and not rely on the 6-8 contingency sponsors they will probably have in 2011. In 2010, unless the IHRA race was in your backyard, the prize money wasn't worth pulling out of the driveway.

It would be great if Summit Racing stepped in to make these IHRA races a 'Summit Sportsnationals'. Summit already sponsors the weekly bracket series at IHRA tracks, would make sense to sponsor the Sportsnationals on the 'I' side and help make them a big success.

I will add on that I order parts from Jegs and Summit, but if Summit steps up for these races I will buy from them exclusively, at least within reason.