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EAGLE, Neb. – The competition is already guaranteed to be top-rate at the seventh annual RaceSaver Nationals Aug. 29-Sept. 1.
But Eagle Raceway and event promoter Roger Hadan hopes to see even more entries for the event with the Big Wings, Big Excitement billing.
“We’ve got right around 100 drivers from 16 states pre-entered for this year’s event,” noted Hadan. “A lot of them have competed here before. They know what a prestigious event RaceSaver Nationals is. They want to come for the racing as well as the post-race atmosphere.”
“Defending champion Kevin Ramey and 2017 winner Jason Martin have already entered,” he continued. “It would be great to see them get to race against more of the 2019 IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car national contenders.”
Today (Tuesday, Aug. 20) is the final day drivers can pre-enter at the discount rate of $15.
Pre-tech starts at 9 a.m. and practice starts at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29. Qualifying for Saturday’s $1,000 to win Jake Ita Memorial Race of Champions starts at approximately 9 p.m.
Racing starts at 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 30, and Saturday, Aug. 31, and at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 1. Friday and Saturday qualifiers pay $700 to win and a minimum of $250 to start; nine cars advance to the $2,500 to win main event from those races and from last-chance qualifying on Sunday.
Non-qualifiers earn a minimum of $450 if they start a race each day. Non-qualifier sponsors and vendor contributions add to the payout for Sunday “C” through “F” features, about an extra $100 or more per finishing position.
IMCA also sponsors the “B” feature non-qualifiers. The “B” feature pays $1,000 to the first non-qualifier and last place in the “B” pays $500. Mach-1 Sport Compacts join the Friday card, Karl Kustoms Northern SportMods run Saturday and IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks on Sunday.
Pit parties follow Ita Memorial qualifying on Thursday and race programs Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Dr. Danger, aka the American Daredevil, will perform four-wheel stunts during intermissions throughout the weekend.
Four-day spectator passes are available for the discounted price of $45 until Monday, Aug. 26. Grandstand admission is $2 on Thursday, $15 on Friday, $18 on Saturday and $20 on Sunday. Kids ages 6-12 are $5 and five and under get into the grandstand free Friday through Sunday.
Pit passes are $15 for the Thursday practice and $30 each day Friday through Sunday. A four-day pit pass will be available to purchase on Thursday for the discounted price of $90.
RaceSaver Nationals will be broadcast by IMCA.TV.
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