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Sports National at South Georgia ?

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Yes they did move it. South Georgia in July should be pleasant.........

IHRA you now have my attention. Announce rules package and a healthy purse structure and you will outdraw NHRA Sports Nats in South Georgia.

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Speechless.

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I wonder how many people will have to be treated for heat exhaustion during this event

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One of them won't be me, Mike. I ain't going in July.

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They can relocate a division 3 race to division 2? but they did https://www.nhra.com/news/2025/jegs-...TDrwXYsILYOFnr

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July in South Georgia , makes sense to me . JEGs , what are you thinking ??

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too far for me plus the weather if i recall is terrible plus i believe when i went there the traction was no good and bugs were everywhere of course it has
been a while lol

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That is Reynolds you are thinking about. SGMP usually had great traction and can?t remember any bug issues there. Here in d2 we race in the heat during the summer months. No big deal. We. Re real happy to get the Sportsnational race down here.

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Good I was not sure of the correct track thanks for correcting me now are the pits in great shape, no dirt ot gravel I hope

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Thats odd, they list the SPORTSnationals with a double event but the double at SGMP is scheduled for the end of May?? Or are they running a single division race plus the SPORTSnationals? That would mean 3 races in 4 days!

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The double divisional at SGMP remains the same, then a few months later there will be a divisional and a Sports National as well. 4 races total but 2 months apart

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SGMP is super nice. Great parking everywhere with lots of asphalt and if it fills up the rest is nice grass. Good staging lanes and grandstands as well. Home of Lights Out and No Mercy, the place is known for its superior track surface and ability to hold enormous races.

See below lots and lots of asphalt parking along with ample grass surrounding the shutdown area and behind the starting line.

https://i.postimg.cc/43PMjJB5/IMG_7116.jpg

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SGMP is a nice facility, traction is great, plenty of asphalt & the grass areas are pretty good. It's too bad a well attended event with class eliminations moved 800 miles away. NTR was fairly central to the Midwest and certainly div 3 car counts alone are always strong. Stock has had a 128 car field every year since the event came back.

I understand it had to be a challenge to find a place to move it considering every track's schedule has long been complete, but... geez.

I know I & my gang of 5-6 other misfits won't be going.

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My first thought when I saw IHRA buying National Trails was NHRA would move to Sportsnationals to Bowling Green, Memorial Day weekend, already having a National open there, just make it back into Sportsnationals,seems simple,but I'm sure it probably isn't that simple.
Hopefully, South Georgia is just for 2025.

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Back in 1990's. I recall a division 2 race at Moroso in West Palm in beginning of July. We went once as a destination/vacation type event and it was absolutely miserable!!! So hot!!!!

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Attention in the pits! With yesterday's announcement of the JEGS Performance Sportsnationals heading to South Georgia Motorsports Park, we've been getting a ton of questions, many of them the same. Here's a FAQ to clear up some of the questions.
- Is this 2 races?
Yes, we will start Speedweek with the JEGS Sportsnationals and finish the week with a Division 2 LODRS event.
- What about class eliminations?
We are finalizing the details, but the intention is to have STK/SS Class during the Sportsnationals portion of the event
- Alcohol Cars?
We will not be running alcohol at this event, Division 3 is rescheduling their LODRS portion of the event, and their plan is to include Alcohol in that event as originally intended.
- What about the Double LODRS at the end of May?
That event is still on the schedule, this is an entirely different event as a whole. Plan on all three races for the 2025 Division 2 LODRS schedule
- What about Juniors?
We will NOT add SDS Juniors to this LODRS event, with it being opening weekend of the 2025 Eastern Conference Finals, it's not fair to the parents to have to make that choice and miss out on Bristol.

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Where will there be a Division 3 event with Stock and Super Stock class eliminations to replace the Colombus race? Don't say US Nationals. The US Nationals has quotas. All the other class eliminations events in the other divisions don't have quotas.

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There is quite a bit of paved pit area. Get here early if you want a good spot. They have some spots with power there too if you don?t want to run a generator. Cost a few extra bucks for that. One of the better tracks for pit area.

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Thanks I am the ultimate "Pit Snob" it all started when in 1963 ,1964 and 1965 when the track i ran had dirt all over the place I have never gotten over the bad pits syndrom lol

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all pavement !

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I was at PRI and sat in on the Track Operators round table they had and let me tell you if SGMP doesn't have a National Event in the next 2-3 years it will be surprising, Raul the owner is committed to that track and making it the best there is, I know he's been getting some push back from the city for noise and that might be the hold up but with them doing that Peach Speed Deal in Oct with TF, FC and PS, I think this is just the tip of them getting a National.

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SGMP is a nice facility but is not ready for a national event at this point. There is not much spectator parking. and probably not a big enough pit area for a full national event. They might have enough raw land to make it happen with some upgrades. if they did have and I hope they do get a national event there it would have a low quota due to the limited size at this time. Its perfect for a divisional race right now.