GATEWAY DIRT NATIONALS. Already ton of cars registered. 80 Late Model & 150 Modifieds

[HoosierDirtFan]

Gateway Dirt Nationals
St. Louis, MO
www.gatewaydirt.com

According to the news link on the website there are already 80 UMP Super Late Models & 150 Modifieds registered. They are capping the entries at 150 Late Models & 250 Modifieds for a total of 400 cars. That is the maximum the convention center can hold.
Here is the Link - http://www.gatewaydirt.com/2016/03/1...teams-quickly/

[Barbecueboy]

Man I hope those numbers are legit.....even if preliminary.


Not sure it passes the sniff test quite yet , but I sure hope it does..........

[a25rjr]

Man I hope those numbers are legit.....even if preliminary.


Not sure it passes the sniff test quite yet , but I sure hope it does..........

I think you should go and setup a barbecue stand.....show them mid-westerners some good Southern bbq! lol

[stlracing]

Speaking of BBQ, St. Louis has two excellent BBQ places not too far from downtown.. Pappy's & Bogart's .. You won't be disappointed in either of those places!

[FourDeepInTheFluff]

After living in Memphis my whole life I have been acclimated to BBQ since early on. Made the mistake of trying some Kansas City BBQ. After that I vowed to never try BBQ anywhere other than Memphis. With that said... I am looking forward to some Route 66 eatery though.

[Barbecueboy]

I think you should go and setup a barbecue stand.....show them mid-westerners some good Southern bbq! lol

When we travel we normally have the equipment in the rig to do so..........as you well know, lol.

I love checking out all the different regions of BBQ goodness..........never been through the St. Louis area though and am anxious to try the local fare.

Going to be tough to beat some of the Carolina's, Georgia,and Tenessee BBQ I've been able to try........

Throw Texas in the with the brisket and beef ribs and IMO those states are the holy grail of good que.......IMO.

I'm sure there is plenty of great stuff out there every where......you just got to look for it.

[Cardirt0]

Here in champaign il we had this place open 3 days a week, some old Black guy from down south has run it for years. He died so good BBQ here has Died.. Lived in Baton Rouge for 8 years so got Spoiled...

[old fan]

Its all a matter of taste and what you came up with I like Ethys in Offallon mo

[ptown]

150 modifieds.....I don't like the sound of that!

[AllenK]

When we travel we normally have the equipment in the rig to do so..........as you well know, lol.

I love checking out all the different regions of BBQ goodness..........never been through the St. Louis area though and am anxious to try the local fare.

Going to be tough to beat some of the Carolina's, Georgia,and Tenessee BBQ I've been able to try........

Throw Texas in the with the brisket and beef ribs and IMO those states are the holy grail of good que.......IMO.

I'm sure there is plenty of great stuff out there every where......you just got to look for it.

BBQ Center in Lexington,NC is the best my wife and I have ever had. Cool restaurant too. We sampled several of the awesome BBQ restaurants in Lexington one night on vacation. Got really stuffed,and swore I would never eat BBQ again. The next night we went to Carolina Speedway,and we stopped at the BBQ King in Charlotte LOL. That place is awesome too.

I think 150 modifieds is a very low estimate. They will come out of the woodwork for that kind of money,and for the uniqueness of the event. Could be some long nights.

80 late models would be nice,but you sure don't see that kind of car count much these days.

[old fan]

150 modifieds.....i don't like the sound of that!

whats wrong with that

[nightmare_begins]

The website says the limit on mods is 250 and supers 150. Could definetly see 200+ mods there. Theres a ton of supers in that area....I wouldnt be surprised to see 100+ supers. Have to take into account the uniqueness of the event. Everyone likes to do something for the first time. Think back to bristol and what those car counts were like. Plus i think with the size of the track you may have a very strong weekend warrior turnout. Either way my tickets are bought and December cant get here fast enough!!

[Viper91]

Cardirt0 you don't like LI'L Porgy's

[edavis71]

Where is the list for cars entered???

[Fredfred Burger]

whats wrong with that

Lets do the math shall we. If they fill up both classes, there will be 400 cars. FOUR FREAKING HUNDRED.......INDOORS. A weekly track gets lets say 120 cars.Lets be generous and say the show is done in 4 hours. That's 30 cars an hour. 400 cars will take 13 hours to run. The chili bowl spends 4 days running 300 something cars. I smell a rat. Backdoor sanchez is returning from his indy invitational hump n dump. i considered competing, i was gonna go watch. I wont bother going. Mark my words it will be a DISASTER. BLO ME

[huskerdirt]

Where is the list for cars entered???

Not listed yet.... But the teasers say it's pretty good.

I imagine they'll release it soon. Expect to have drivers from near and far on it.

[old fan]

Lets do the math shall we. If they fill up both classes, there will be 400 cars. FOUR FREAKING HUNDRED.......INDOORS. A weekly track gets lets say 120 cars.Lets be generous and say the show is done in 4 hours. That's 30 cars an hour. 400 cars will take 13 hours to run. The chili bowl spends 4 days running 300 something cars. I smell a rat. Backdoor sanchez is returning from his indy invitational hump n dump. i considered competing, i was gonna go watch. I wont bother going. Mark my words it will be a DISASTER. BLO ME

you haven't seen the schedule have you many of the prelims are on Thursday http://www.stlracing.com/community/i...events.228410/ and that is where the entry list stops doesn't man they will get that many though that's the max the place can hold

[Josh Bayko]

I have a feeling the car counts aren't going to be as good as the pre-entry list. I mean, it's the week before Christmas, and the offseason is getting shorter and shorter ever year. Dudes are going want to spend time with their families over the holidays and use that time to recharge the equipment for 2017.

[zeroracing]

Barbequeboy, pappys is supposed to be the place to go for ribs in Stl. I go to STL often for work but have not had a chance to swing in their yet, it is close to downtown.

[SprintFun]

I would be a lot more interested in going if it was only late models. 250 modifieds? They'll be there until new years running.

Edit: They should make it a modified invitational of like 60.