Sports Nats moves back to Columbus....

[MR DERBY CITY]

I talk to a LOT of racers daily, almost all are from out of town....NEVER has one racer said,.....MJ, I can’t wait to get to COLUMBUS....Unfortunately Beech Bend was victimized by horrible weather forecasts the past two years, if not for that there would have been awesome racer and spectator crowds.....

[Chuck Beach]

I don't think it has anything to do with Dallas or the BG facility, Jeg's sponsors it and they want it in their backyard.

[BRINK]

Originally Posted by Greg Hill

I’ve never heard anyone say National Trail is their favorite track in the country. Lots of folks I know hold Beech Bend as their favorite track .

Hillary loves NT. She always knows what's best for us.

[rocketolds400]

Originally Posted by Rod Greene

Though I have not raced in a while, I have been at both tracks numerous times. Bowling Green by far is the better facility and if Livingston is involved at NT I hope he has learned to treat the racers better. I never liked how I was treated at Woodburn and quit going there.

Well that's discouraging.... I'd say Trails is already weak in the customer services department.


...or maybe I'm just spoiled from racing at Norwalk this year?

[Jon Sarrett]

Originally Posted by rocketolds400

...or maybe I'm just spoiled from racing at Norwalk this year?

It doesn't take long for that to happen!

[James Perrone]

Does anyone understand that
We racers just got a semi national event back to go racing
Can’t you folks see the positive about this
Not sorry that you folks have lost a race in your backyard
Bowling Green as a location and date doesn’t work for D1 racers
Now you folks will See Some Fast Cars Lol. You know More competition
Thanks Jegs for moving the race

[Ty Kwaiser]

Agreeing with Mr. Perrone...

Another look on the positive side......D3 gets another National Open?! and retains the National Event.

Jegs also has used the Columbus-located event to bring hundreds of Vocational High School Students to the races on Friday. Good PR for Jegs, and a way to maybe garner attention to what we do. One year it took me about 4 hours to adjust the valves on my car because so many students stopped by. For someone like me who spends half of my 80+ hour work-week teaching, it was pretty fun to teach these kids. Ty

I love Bowling Green, great people to race with and against and the facility is top notch. For people in the east its a 14+ hour ride on top of one of our largest attended points races in division 1 on a holiday weekend. That makes it tough to attend.

Since the demise of Etown we are very short on national events in the northeast. Having it moved back to Columbus gives the D1 racers another one and a chance to race for class. if they could only suspend the Afhs for that race, that would make it alot of fun Happy to have it back closer

[Greg Hill]

Originally Posted by Chuck Beach

I don't think it has anything to do with Dallas or the BG facility, Jeg's sponsors it and they want it in their backyard.

Chuck you are right on the money. We will go to Columbus, it’s only 2 1/2 hours farther for us and I’m encouraged that the facility is being improved. It will kill the d2 and 4 cars that came to BG.

[Adub464Q]

Originally Posted by James Perrone

Does anyone understand that
We racers just got a semi national event back to go racing
Can’t you folks see the positive about this
Not sorry that you folks have lost a race in your backyard
Bowling Green as a location and date doesn’t work for D1 racers
Now you folks will See Some Fast Cars Lol. You know More competition
Thanks Jegs for moving the race

Columbus seems a bit of a stretch now for the D2 and D4 racers. Nothing but good luck as they move it, but I doubt they see much southern participation.