Criteria for Crown Jewels?

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

How can Knoxville NOT be considered a crown jewel????

For Sprint cars? Yeah. It is the Crown Jewel.

[MUD MAESTRO]

The Super Bowl.....The World Series.......Indy 500.......Daytona 500...... NHRA Winter Nationals.... and of course The World 100, Dirt Late models only Crown Jewel event but we all luv the rest.

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

The Dream means so much to the sport, it was cancelled in 2001.

[dirt crow]

The Super Bowl.....The World Series.......Indy 500.......Daytona 500...... NHRA Winter Nationals.... and of course The World 100, Dirt Late models only Crown Jewel event but we all luv the rest.

Don’t forget the ncaa championship games and the masters. Lol

[#FALSuperman]

PDC is new to the party, but with the bump up in purse to $30k in recent years & next year $50k, I'd say it belongs on the fringes of that conversation. Also, it draws one of the top 5 late model fields of the year behind Eldora (2) & DTWC & on par with several other crown jewel shows. 72 cars this year & probably north of 80 next year as long as it remains an off weekend for Lucas Oil.

Lucas hasn't scheduled against the PDC since WOO has taken over.
DOD has I believe 7 Crown Jewels listed now with the inclusion of PDC for 2020.

WORLD 100
DREAM
DTWC (LUCAS)
USA NATIONALS (WOO)
SILVER DOLLAR (LUCAS)
NORTH SOUTH (LUCAS)
PDC (WOO) **new for 2020**

Seems like a fair and balanced list (3 Lucas, 2 WOO, 2 Eldora), with all 7 paying out 50K+ for the winner.

[fryefan]

NO, Late Models....Why isn't Knoxville considered a crown jewel for LATE MODELS??????

It is, without a doubt, a crown jewel.

[waaac77]

The Super Bowl.....The World Series.......Indy 500.......Daytona 500...... NHRA Winter Nationals.... and of course The World 100, Dirt Late models only Crown Jewel event but we all luv the rest.

I agree, no sanction, no provisionals which is why the world is THE one. No one gets a provisional into the Super Bowl or the Indy 500. You no qualy you no race cus you didn't earn it. I do believe that the US Nationals at Indy is the Crown Jewel for NHRA. That's all they talk about all year (not trying to open another can of worms just thought that was the case)