Rumors – NMCA 2011 Tracks
Aug 30
Dave's Reports The rumors have been flying on what tracks NMCA will be running next year.
One rumor is that Maple Grove is out. Nice track — but terrible draw and the PA State Police have been targeting trailers 28′ and longer, or with lettering — and giving tickets for no CDL.
Bradenton Sux — and all of the racers hate the track, the drive, and the sand in their carbs. Recent rumor was that Commerce, GA was going to replace it.
Then Zmax happened. Talk around the pits is that even combining NMCA and NMRA — the economics doesn’t work for Zmax. The event had the track and track personnel 100 times better this year than last year — but it still was a ghost town. Not enough racers for the far East tracks. So the rumor is that Commerce is going to take the place of Zmax. That might mean that replacing Bradenton gets put on the back burner (how about HRP or Gainesville for the first race!).
Gateway appears to be dead meat. Smart money is saying that they’ll announce their closure after the NMCA race at the end of September.
Word is that the bad luck on rain in Bowling Green in March/April might get that race moved to later in the year.
So by my count you have three races (Maple Grove, Zmax, and Gateway) going away, with Bradenton having racers wish it would go away — and only Commerce being talked about coming on board. I think NMCA has learned its lesson on East Coast races not drawing racers — so we’re safe from having that shit hole ATCO rearing its ugly head.
NMRA tested Houston last November, and they and NMCA are testing it this November. It isn’t a really fair test since they do it when most northern racers have their cars in moth balls and it is a non-points event — but maybe they’ll take that into consideration. You need a Southern track to start the year and end the year — and Houston Raceway Park is an excellent track — especially in March or October.
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