Why not a Sportnationals at St Louis ?

Lyn Smith · 10-08-2024, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by MR DERBY CITY

Never happen Lyn. There is only ONE reason why we have a Sportsnats ?..The track is located close to JEEEG s ?

The original Sportnationals was in Bowling Green for years. Then in Indy for a few years. Not that close to the Jegs outlets.

Bobby Lundholm · 10-09-2024, 08:10 AM

Also didn't they have one at No Problem this year as well?

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Originally Posted by Lyn Smith

The original Sportnationals was in Bowling Green for years. Then in Indy for a few years. Not that close to the Jegs outlets.

Ben Holt · 10-09-2024, 08:57 AM

That was sponsored by Laris

Bobby Lundholm · 10-09-2024, 02:45 PM

Right. A response was that there wouldn't be any sportsnationals unless it was close to Jegs. Get another sponsor to have one at St Louis or Brainerd and call it a D5 sportsnationals.

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Originally Posted by Ben Holt

That was sponsored by Laris

Dan Bennett · 10-09-2024, 04:18 PM

FWIW, I was so impressed with Tri State my first trip there I asked Reed (Reid?) about hosting a Sports there. I knew him before that during my musclecar restoration days which he was a part of also.

He laughed, and explained about how NHRA's payment scheme for a SN would cost a significant amount of money more than running a divisional. I don't remember the specifics, but it had to do with the percentage of money going to the NHRA increasing a bunch and the money the track was allowed to keep falling into the basement.

So if a big sponsor could be lined up to help the track at least break even that could work. And having watched the new ownership at St Louis since they've been there, they are pretty good at things like that.

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Ben Holt Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 142 Likes: 3 Liked 112 Times in 40 Posts	Re: Why not a Sportnationals at St Louis ? That was sponsored by Laris

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Dan Bennett Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 439 Likes: 849 Liked 593 Times in 136 Posts	Re: Why not a Sportnationals at St Louis ? FWIW, I was so impressed with Tri State my first trip there I asked Reed (Reid?) about hosting a Sports there. I knew him before that during my musclecar restoration days which he was a part of also. He laughed, and explained about how NHRA's payment scheme for a SN would cost a significant amount of money more than running a divisional. I don't remember the specifics, but it had to do with the percentage of money going to the NHRA increasing a bunch and the money the track was allowed to keep falling into the basement. So if a big sponsor could be lined up to help the track at least break even that could work. And having watched the new ownership at St Louis since they've been there, they are pretty good at things like that.