Eldora World 100 vs. Knoxville Nationals Sprint Car

[MACNGRAVY]

Just curious as to which event is bigger? The sprint cars at the Knoxville Nationals or the Late Models at the World 100 at Eldora. Car counts, attendance, and so on...

[Paulus28]

Just curious as to which event is bigger? The sprint cars at the Knoxville Nationals or the Late Models at the World 100 at Eldora. Car counts, attendance, and so on...

I would say the Nationals but it starts on Wednesday. The purse for the nationals is much higher. Winner gets $150,000.

[ChrisNunn]

Purse
Purse Breakdown for the 2012 53rd Knoxville Nationals

Wednesday and Thursday:

Quick time overall: $1,000

Heats: 1. $150.00 2. $125.00 3. $100.00 4. $90.00 5. $80.00
6. $70.00 7. $60.00 8. $50.00 9. $50.00 10. $50.00

C Feature: 1. $150.00 2. $150.00 3. $150 4. $150 5. $250.00 6. $200.00 7. $175.00
8. $150.00 9. $140.00 10. $130.00 11. $120.00 12. $110.00
13. $110.00 14. $100.00 15. $100.00 16. $90.00 17. $80.00
18. $70.00 19. $60.00 20. $50.00

B Feature: 1. $200.00 2. $200.00 3. $200.00 4. $200.00 5. $600.00
6. $550.00 7. $500.00 8. $475.00 9. $450.00 10. $425.00
11. $400.00 12. $375.00 13. $350.00 14. $325.00 15. $300.00
16. $275.00 17. $260.00 18. $250.00 19. $240.00 20. $225.00
21. $200.00 22. $200.00 23. $200.00 24. $200.00

A Feature: 1. $12,000.00 2. $10,000.00 3. $7,000.00 4. $6,000.00
5. $5,000.00 6. $4,000.00 7. $3,500.00 8. $2,500.00 9. $2,000.00
10. $1,750.00 11. $1,500.00 12. $1,400.00 13. $1,300.00
14. $1,250.00 15. $1,200.00 16. $1,150.00 17. $1,100.00 18. $1,050.00 19. $1,000.00 20. $1,000.00 21. $1,000.00 22. $1,000.00 23. $1,000.00 24. 1,000.00

Friday:

B Mains: 1. $800.00 2. $800.00 3. $1,200.00 4. $1,100.00 5. $1,000.00
6. $950 7. $900.00 8. $850.00 9. $825.00 10. $800.00
11. $775.00 12. $750.00 13. $725.00 14. $700.00 15. $675.00
16. $650.00 17. $625.00 18. $600.00 19. $575.00 20. $550.00
21. $525.00 22. $500.00

A Main: 1. $4,000.00 2. $4,000.00 3. $4,000.00 4. $4,000.00 5. $5,000.00
6. $4,000 7. $3,000.00 8. $3,000.00 9. $3,000.00 10. $3,000.00
11. $3000.00 12. $2,500.00 13. $2,400.00 14. $2,300.00 15. $2,200.00
16. $2,100.00 17. $2,000.00 18. $1,900.00 19. $1,800.00 20. $1,700.00
21. $1,600.00 22. $1,500.00 23. $1,400.00 24. $1,300.00

Speed Sport Knoxville World Challenge: 1. $10,000.00 2. $5,000.00 3. $3,000.00
4. $2,500.00 5. $2,000.00 6. $1,800.00 7. $1,700.00 8. $1,600.00 9. $1,500.00 10. $1,400.00 11. $1,300.00 12. $1,200.00 13. $1,100.00 14. $1,075.00 15. $1,050.00 16. $1,025.00 17. $625.00 18. $600.00 19. $575.00 20. $550.00 21. $545 22. $540 23. $535 24. $530

Saturday:

Best Appearing Crew: 1. $1,000 2. $500 3. $300

E Feature: 1. $600.00 2. $600.00 3. $600.00 4. $600.00 5. $800.00 6. $775.00
7. $750.00 8. $725.00 9. $700.00 10. $675.00 11. $650.00 12. $625.00
13. $600.00 14. $575.00 15. $550.00 16. $475.00 17. $450.00
18. $425.00 19. $400.00 20. $375.00 21. $350.00 22. $325.00

D Feature: 1. $800.00 2. $800.00 3. $800.00 4. $800.00 5. $1,200.00
6. $1,100.00 7. $1,000.00 8. $950.00 9. $900.00 10. $850.00 11. $825.00
12. $800.00 13. $775.00 14. $750.00 15. $725.00 16. $700.00
17. $675.00 18. $650.00 19. $625.00 20. $600.00 21. $575.00
22. $550.00

C Feature: 1. $1,000.00 2. $1,000.00 3. $1,000.00 4. $1,000.00 5. $2,000.00
6. $1,750.00 7. $1,500.00 8. $1,400.00 9. $1,300.00 10. $1,250.00 11. $1,225.00
12. $1,200.00 13. $1,175.00 14. $1,150.00 15. $1,125.00 16. $1,100.00
17. $1,050.00 18. $1,000.00 19. $950.00 20. $900.00 21. $850.00 22. $825.00

B Feature: 1. $1,000.00 2. $1,000.00 3. $1,000.00 4. $1,000.00
5. $8,000.00 6. $7,000.00 7. $6,000.00 8. $5,000.00 9. $4,000.00
10. $3,500.00 11. $3,000.00 12. $2,500.00 13. $2,250.00
14. $2,000.00 15. $1,750.00 16. $1,500.00 17. $1,450.00
18. $1,400.00 19. $1,350.00 20. $1,300.00 21. $1,250.00
22. $1,200.00 23. $1,150.00 24. $1,100.00

A Feature: 1. $150,000.00 2. $75,000.00 3. $37,500.00
4. $26,000.00 5. $21,000.00 6. $20,000.00 7. $19,000.00
8. $18,000.00 9. $17,000.00 10. $16,000.00 11. $15,000.00
12. $14,000.00 13. $13,000.00 14. $12,000.00 15. $11,000.00
16. $10,500.00 17. $10,000.00 18. $10,000.00 19. $10,000.00
20. $10,000.00 21. $10,000.00 22. $10,000.00 23. $9,500.00
24. $9,500.00

[LITE-INN]

corp money vs non corp money

[Clayton_Wetter]

SO you are saying that Knoxville is a corporation and/or has corporate backing? Please explain.

[vande07]

SO you are saying that Knoxville is a corporation and/or has corporate backing? Please explain.

I'd like to hear that too.

If anything, Tony has the "opportunity" for more corporate involvement than ANY track across the USA.

The fact that he cannot get someone on board to help boost the purses tells me that the corporations are "leery" of the events held there or feel the "fans" don't fit their demographics and it would be wasted $$$$.

[LITE-INN]

http://video.search.yahoo.com/video/...ntsearch5&tt=b need I say more

[slick01]

They, as previously said, are comparing apples and oranges. The Knoxville Nationals stands alone as the best dirt event.

[LITE-INN]

They, as previously said, are comparing apples and oranges. The Knoxville Nationals stands alone as the best dirt event.

yep great for winged dune buggies

[fryefan]

They, as previously said, are comparing apples and oranges. The Knoxville Nationals stands alone as the best dirt event.

It is the best by far. The Chili Bowl is also a bigger event than the World 100.

[DestinyUnbound]

It seems that everywhere the sprints go they sell out. For some reason they are just a bigger draw and people are oooed and awwed by their extreme speeds through the corners. I like LM's better but I love watching sprints, until they crash... then there's a 45 minute delay.