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Topic: Knoxville Raceway Hosts Eleven FVP National Sprint League Shows in 2016!
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Posted By: Bill W on October 12 2015 at 02:49:03 PM
Knoxville Raceway Hosts Eleven FVP National Sprint League Shows in 2016!
Knoxville, IA (October 13, 2015) – The FVP National Sprint League will continue its strong alliance with the Knoxville Raceway in 2016. “The Sprint Car Capital of the World”, Knoxville Raceway, in Knoxville, Iowa will host eleven NSL events in 2016. That will include a large two-day event July 1 and 2. Knoxville Raceway will continue to offer their hefty $100,000+ 410 Knoxville Championship Cup Series point fund plus contingencies. The shows will occur in conjunction with the Jackson Speedway, who will host the NSL on Friday nights.
The NSL enjoyed a successful inaugural season in 2015, and shared one thing with Knoxville Raceway…its champion. Danny Lasoski won his tenth Knoxville Raceway track championship as well as winning the NSL title. Knoxville hosted four NSL events in 2015. Lasoski took two of those wins, while Terry McCarl and Justin Henderson took the others.
Knoxville Raceway will play host to a large NSL two-day event on July 1 and 2 as well. NSL members participating in 100% of the series’ events will also be racing for more purse money next season!
The 2015 FVP National Sprint League included some of the best drivers in the world. Among its ranks were Lasoski, seven-time Knoxville Raceway champion, Terry McCarl, two-time Knoxville champ, Brian Brown, 2014 Knoxville titlist, Ian Madsen, two-time “King of California”, Tim Kaeding, seven-time IRA champion, Bill Balog, two-time USAC sprint and midget champion, Bryan Clauson, five-time Huset’s Speedway champion, Mark Dobmeier, Knoxville one-lap track record holder, Brooke Tatnell, 2015 Knoxville Nationals World Challenge winner, Lynton Jeffrey and many more!
Knoxville will join Jackson Speedway in Jackson, Minnesota as frequent homes for the NSL in 2016. Jackson will host twelve NSL 410 and 360 events, primarily on Friday. The Jackson Nationals will now be run over three days, September 2-4. This major event will include NSL 360 and 410 drivers from across the country!
Around a dozen additional events will be added to the NSL schedule. Many of those events will be co-sanctioned with other sanctioning bodies.
Larger Purse for NSL Members
The NSL will continue to offer a large point fund to drivers and owners participating in 100% of NSL sanctioned events.
NSL members participating in 100% of NSL events will also be racing for more on race night! NSL drivers with 100% participation will receive the following minimum feature purse at NSL events…
1. $5,000 2. $3,800 3. $3,200 4. $2,500 5. $2,000 6. $1,900 7. $1,800 8. $1,700 9. $1,600 10. $1,500 11. $1,000 12. $900 13. $850 14. $825 15. $800 16. $775 17. $750 18. $725, 19-24. $700.
The minimum feature purse for non-100% NSL participating drivers is…
1. $3,000 2. $2,200 3. $2,000 4. $1,500 5. $1,000 6. $800 7. $775 8. $750 9. $725 10. $700 11. $675 12. $650 13. $625 14. $600 15. $600 16. $600 17. $600 18. $600 19. $600 20. $600 21-24. $500*.
Knoxville NSL Dates
Saturday, May 21, Knoxville Raceway
Saturday, May 28, Knoxville Raceway
Saturday, June 4, Knoxville Raceway
Saturday, June 18, Knoxville Raceway
Saturday, June 25, Knoxville Raceway (Mid-Season Championship)
Friday, July 1, Knoxville Raceway
Saturday, July 2, Knoxville Raceway (Fireworks)
Saturday, July 9, Knoxville Raceway
Saturday, July 23, Knoxville Raceway
Saturday, July 30, Knoxville Raceway
Saturday, August 27, Knoxville Raceway (Season Championship)
Stay tuned to www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com, for more information on the 2016 season! For more information on the FVP National Sprint League, visit www.NationalSprintLeague.com!
About FVP
Built on a commitment to quality and delivered with unmatched service, FVP has been the confident solution for customers worldwide. FVP products, distributed by Factory Motor Parts, are engineered to provide OE quality that is equal or superior in performance to national brands at a competitive price. FVP offers batteries, radiators, condensers, hub assemblies, automotive filters, antifreeze, DEF, oil, ATF and automotive chemicals. FVP is also the title sponsor of the 55th Annual Knoxville Nationals and Sprint Car Driver, Brian Brown. Find a local parts professional near you on FVPparts.com to experience the confident solution. Visit them online at www.FVPParts.com!
Bill Wright
PR Director
FVP National Sprint League
[email protected]
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I think this is a very poor schedule that,if implemented, will cause a groundswell of dissent with the local non NSL racers. The dual purse idea will agitate drivers and the last thing sprint car racing needs now is more turmoil. It appears to be more of a vendetta against Brennan than a well researched,well explained and agreeable working concept. The Marion County Fairboard,not known for making wise decisions in the past, should immediately regroup and rescind from this ploy that could seriously harm their Saturday night program.
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The to different purses is absoutely bull shit. Not all drivers can afford to travel. Also an out sider coming in for the weekend, What is he paid. Who the hell makes these decisions.
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Posted By: jah42 on October 13 2015 at 09:50:22 AM
The to different purses is absoutely bull shit. Not all drivers can afford to travel. Also an out sider coming in for the weekend, What is he paid. Who the hell makes these decisions.
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Pretty simple the outsider makes the same amount as last year.
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October 13, 2015 at
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Posted By: staggerman on October 13 2015 at 11:20:11 AM
Pretty simple the outsider makes the same amount as last year.
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Yes the outsiders and locals make the same, and yes the outsiders and locals didn't get tow money last year which is fine. However, last year the nsl was actually a regional series where the teams deserved tow money for all the traveling. Now they are a 2 track series with a few big money races thrown in throughout the year. And now they are bringing their "series" to 70ish% of knoxville schedule and telling the locals that they aren't good enough for extra money. Knoxville has the nationals and a "weekly" race series, aka "weekly" teams and drivers. Not everyone can afford to travel and race 2-3 nights a week and so because of that they get paid less money? How is that not complete bullshit? If a weekly team beats one of the well funded nsl teams at kville for the feature win, there is a good chance his check will be smaller than a NSL member, if you dont see how thats insulting to the weekly racer, you are out of your mind.
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October 13, 2015 at
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I think I understand their reasoning for paying hire money to everyone that runs 100% of the races, you want everyone at every show. But am I wrong to think this will cause even more seperation in quality of teams. If I don't have the money for the extra fuel, tires and extra nights on my motor. So now I gotta spend even more to try and make more. So if I am a lower budget team and show up to a NSL race and have a great night and finish 4th, the guy who has made every race finishes 10th makes the same money? The teams that have money are going to make more and the lesser teams will race for less?
What I see happening, the NSL will have a lot of cars until June. Once you have a bad night or two, you will be out of the points race and the Knoxville points race. So why spend all the money chasing it when you can now pick and choose.
I don't want to sound like a debbie downer, I just don't get it. Please, someone from the NSL explain why. I want to support it but it seems unfair.
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Posted By: sprntcar7 on October 13 2015 at 11:54:30 AM
Yes the outsiders and locals make the same, and yes the outsiders and locals didn't get tow money last year which is fine. However, last year the nsl was actually a regional series where the teams deserved tow money for all the traveling. Now they are a 2 track series with a few big money races thrown in throughout the year. And now they are bringing their "series" to 70ish% of knoxville schedule and telling the locals that they aren't good enough for extra money. Knoxville has the nationals and a "weekly" race series, aka "weekly" teams and drivers. Not everyone can afford to travel and race 2-3 nights a week and so because of that they get paid less money? How is that not complete bullshit? If a weekly team beats one of the well funded nsl teams at kville for the feature win, there is a good chance his check will be smaller than a NSL member, if you dont see how thats insulting to the weekly racer, you are out of your mind.
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So, is that different than when the Outlaws come to town and they get $500-1000 in tow $$ per car without turning a lap on the track?
Or when a racetrack pays a certain driver "show up" money for what is percieved as a "weekly event" (this used to be common) and as Terry McCarl said a couple months ago: "I can be bought". If that doesn't tell you that it still happens for certain drivers, I don't know what does.
It isn't. To me, this is a way for the NSL to boost their car counts for those events where there are no 410 cars regularly (think about it, they had a couple races this year with less than 20 cars in attendance). If they can increase the # of full-time followers from 4 to 10, maybe those 16 car fields become 24 car fields (which is good for the tracks).
I agree, yes, not everyone can afford to tracel and race 2-3 nights a week, but I'll counter that with the question: Why can't they? Is it because purses are too small (this is the most often used answer on this message board)? if so, this gives those teams a chance to race for more $$$ (not just more nights, more $$$. 10th place in weekly racing is $700, 10th place for NSL is $1500. Does that extra $800 make it more appealing for a team that races weekly to now run 2 nights a week? My guess is it does for many teams.
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Here, let me dumb it down for you guys that don't understand it.
In 2016 the NSL teams that show up to 100% of the shows will be payed out a bonus each night depending on where you finish at the scheduled Jackson and Knoxville races, unless it is a special better paying show.
Here are the bonuses:
1st - $2,000
2nd - $1,600
3rd - $1,200
4th - $1,000
5th - $1,000..............ect.
Even if they go half the season before they miss a race the bonuses they receive until that point will more than likely be better than most end of the year point funds they have received before.
So please explain, how this is bullshit?
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Posted By: vande77 on October 13 2015 at 12:31:55 PM
So, is that different than when the Outlaws come to town and they get $500-1000 in tow $$ per car without turning a lap on the track?
Or when a racetrack pays a certain driver "show up" money for what is percieved as a "weekly event" (this used to be common) and as Terry McCarl said a couple months ago: "I can be bought". If that doesn't tell you that it still happens for certain drivers, I don't know what does.
It isn't. To me, this is a way for the NSL to boost their car counts for those events where there are no 410 cars regularly (think about it, they had a couple races this year with less than 20 cars in attendance). If they can increase the # of full-time followers from 4 to 10, maybe those 16 car fields become 24 car fields (which is good for the tracks).
I agree, yes, not everyone can afford to tracel and race 2-3 nights a week, but I'll counter that with the question: Why can't they? Is it because purses are too small (this is the most often used answer on this message board)? if so, this gives those teams a chance to race for more $$$ (not just more nights, more $$$. 10th place in weekly racing is $700, 10th place for NSL is $1500. Does that extra $800 make it more appealing for a team that races weekly to now run 2 nights a week? My guess is it does for many teams.
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Yes it is different, the outlaws are still racing for the same money as the locals minus the tow money. As I said, I don't have a problem with tow money, if you haul across the nation or the mid-west you should be reimbursed for traveling expenses. Now we are splitting up purses for a team to travel from jackson to knoxville for the bulk of the summer. And obviously that extra money is an incentive, but it's not as simple as seeing a purse and just deciding to go race all the time. It takes a ton of money to get prepared to run those amount of races, and when you are financially able to do that, the extra money is great, however that extra money is not enough to buy the equipment it takes to be able to do it. You have to start out well off financially and that's not possible for everyone, so let's penalize them and pay more money to the well funded teams and less to the less funded teams
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Posted By: sprntcar7 on October 13 2015 at 01:25:21 PM
Yes it is different, the outlaws are still racing for the same money as the locals minus the tow money. As I said, I don't have a problem with tow money, if you haul across the nation or the mid-west you should be reimbursed for traveling expenses. Now we are splitting up purses for a team to travel from jackson to knoxville for the bulk of the summer. And obviously that extra money is an incentive, but it's not as simple as seeing a purse and just deciding to go race all the time. It takes a ton of money to get prepared to run those amount of races, and when you are financially able to do that, the extra money is great, however that extra money is not enough to buy the equipment it takes to be able to do it. You have to start out well off financially and that's not possible for everyone, so let's penalize them and pay more money to the well funded teams and less to the less funded teams
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They aren't paying less the less funded teams, they are paying them the same as they always did.
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Posted By: vande77 on October 13 2015 at 01:31:21 PM
They aren't paying less the less funded teams, they are paying them the same as they always did.
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Obviously that's something I understand, they also paid all the teams the same, now we are paying more to certain teams.
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It is really fairly simple. Those who do not want to commit racing 100% of the NSL series, will for go the additional incentive that is now being offered. I dont see it any different than what the WoO does with provisionals, tow money, etc.
Just my $0.02
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Posted By: NEslider on October 13 2015 at 01:42:04 PM
It is really fairly simple. Those who do not want to commit racing 100% of the NSL series, will for go the additional incentive that is now being offered. I dont see it any different than what the WoO does with provisionals, tow money, etc.
Just my $0.02
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Different in the fact that an outsider still RACES for the same money as the outlaws every night. Yes they don't get tow money because they don't follow the series, fine. But to have 2 seperate purses,each night, in which there is a $13,000 difference is a slap in the face to weekly/local racers.
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Posted By: sprntcar7 on October 13 2015 at 01:48:19 PM
Different in the fact that an outsider still RACES for the same money as the outlaws every night. Yes they don't get tow money because they don't follow the series, fine. But to have 2 seperate purses,each night, in which there is a $13,000 difference is a slap in the face to weekly/local racers.
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That being said. Your weekly/local guy should consider running the series.
NSL is all midwest. Not coast to coast like the Outlaws. So if this incentive is for those traveling (in the Midwest) I would assume it would help some of those smaller teams start traveling with the series and get more pay out of it ( to make up for said additional traveling costs).
Not argueing, this is just how I have interpreted the press release.
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Paging Mr. Brennan:
Please eat some crow and reconsider your moving the racing program to Saturdays at the former Huset's speedway. Go back to Sundays, work WITH this deal the NSL has put together and everyone could benefit! Racers, Promoters, Fans, Owners would all love the choice to run 3 nights on a weekend within a 6 hr drive I would sure think...
Signed,
Common Sense
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Ford I agree with your statements above. In terms of Husets, I fankly think they don't feel they can draw enough people for a Sunday night show to justify that purse. I think that is one of the main reasons for Husets move to Saturdays is to increase attendence, which they will need to pay the purse. With Jackson no longer running sprints on Saturdays, they are pretty much the only game for 200 miles in any direction of Sioux Falls. I see Husets attendance going up on Saturdays from what a weekly Sunday show has been drawing. I may be completely wrong, but we won't know until May.
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I would take the over on 15 410's by a long ways, assuming that the definition is a 410 cubic inch engine, not "only something manufactured by Kistler or Ott and costing upwards of 50k"
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Posted By: Rubbermade on October 13 2015 at 01:22:28 PM
Here, let me dumb it down for you guys that don't understand it.
In 2016 the NSL teams that show up to 100% of the shows will be payed out a bonus each night depending on where you finish at the scheduled Jackson and Knoxville races, unless it is a special better paying show.
Here are the bonuses:
1st - $2,000
2nd - $1,600
3rd - $1,200
4th - $1,000
5th - $1,000..............ect.
Even if they go half the season before they miss a race the bonuses they receive until that point will more than likely be better than most end of the year point funds they have received before.
So please explain, how this is bullshit?
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Let me try dumbing it down for you as well, a guy wins all 23 races at Jackson and knoxville, $46,000 bonus. If a guy wins that many races, he obviously would win the points which paid 70 grand this year, so right there is 24 grand short on top of no tow money, so 300x23=6900, so that on top of the 24 grand is $30,900 in lost money due to no point fund or tow money in 2016. So essentially, nsl regulars are racing for less money overall, and locals are racing for less money per race vs. nsl teams, lose lose situation to me, but I could possibly be too dumb to understand
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Posted By: sprntcar7 on October 13 2015 at 02:51:55 PM
Let me try dumbing it down for you as well, a guy wins all 23 races at Jackson and knoxville, $46,000 bonus. If a guy wins that many races, he obviously would win the points which paid 70 grand this year, so right there is 24 grand short on top of no tow money, so 300x23=6900, so that on top of the 24 grand is $30,900 in lost money due to no point fund or tow money in 2016. So essentially, nsl regulars are racing for less money overall, and locals are racing for less money per race vs. nsl teams, lose lose situation to me, but I could possibly be too dumb to understand
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Who said there isn't a point fund?
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Posted By: sprntcar7 on October 13 2015 at 02:51:55 PM
Let me try dumbing it down for you as well, a guy wins all 23 races at Jackson and knoxville, $46,000 bonus. If a guy wins that many races, he obviously would win the points which paid 70 grand this year, so right there is 24 grand short on top of no tow money, so 300x23=6900, so that on top of the 24 grand is $30,900 in lost money due to no point fund or tow money in 2016. So essentially, nsl regulars are racing for less money overall, and locals are racing for less money per race vs. nsl teams, lose lose situation to me, but I could possibly be too dumb to understand
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Essentially the "locals" ran for less money this year then as well if we use your thinking. Spread out the point fund over each race for the NSL guys, and include the tow money and they were running for more money. Right?
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