Clarification Needed - Pro Invitation Race in Florida

[Bobby Fazio]

Rounds are posted on my Facebook page if you want to watch them.

[Fireofficer74]

Wasn't entry fee for S/SS $1000?

[J.R. Haddad]

Yes.

Originally Posted by Fireofficer74

Wasn't entry fee for S/SS $1000?

Heard rumor parking for rigs was expensive??

[KennyAnderson]

No charge to park rigs, and 4 crew passes were included in the entry fee. They had trackside motorhome parking at 1k a pop... sold out. There was on site not trackside mh parking also, I don't remember the price but it wasn't cheap. Overall a pretty damn good experience. There was a few small bumps in the road but for their first go they get a thumbs up from me. There are some rumors floating around about more of these events. Good to see! Wes Buck spoke at the sportsman chip draw and said we don't want to take anything away from or be another NHRA. There is plenty to go around and to say this event was successful is an understatement.

Thanks for the clarification Kenny. Sounds like it will be successful!
First event is always a learning curve.

Originally Posted by KennyAnderson

No charge to park rigs, and 4 crew passes were included in the entry fee. They had trackside motorhome parking at 1k a pop... sold out. There was on site not trackside mh parking also, I don't remember the price but it wasn't cheap. Overall a pretty damn good experience. There was a few small bumps in the road but for their first go they get a thumbs up from me. There are some rumors floating around about more of these events. Good to see! Wes Buck spoke at the sportsman chip draw and said we don't want to take anything away from or be another NHRA. There is plenty to go around and to say this event was successful is an understatement.

[Ron Ortiz]

They ran Stock, Super Stock and Top Sportsman finals after the pro finals. They had more than enough opportunities to have the sportsman finals set up before the pros.

Great weather, great racing, a real good show, two real good bands, capacity crowd.

[Dan Bennett]

I'm happy to see it went pretty well for an inaugural event and overjoyed at the purse.

But I'm still confused about sportsman entries. I saw quite a few names on the Stock and SS list that I don't remember seeing before and I follow each race pretty closely.

Maybe I missed it, but was the criteria for entry ever explained? I saw lots of top level racers, but there were a bunch I didn't see, including those from the general area. Was it just a question of paying the bucks and showing up?

[Ron Ortiz]

Spoke to a T/S racer who said there were quite a few east coasters who weren't interested as they usually run the 1/8th mile and this was 1/4 mile, plus the entry fee was up there, but it was a 50K payout.
There were good racers invited, a lot of hitters, but it was a matter of who you know, which is cool, if you know. If you put together a top 30 in each category, it would be awesome, and it would include a whole lot of racers who aren't racing presently but would still be able to drive better than most.

[doglover44]

It was a good event thought it went well for being a 1st time race hope they do another one sometime