UMP DIRTcat Summer Nationals 2023 Schedule for LM & Mods.

[noballsnobabies]

With a national series, the track is still on the hook for the purse but they are banking on more fans and more income with name drivers instead of "Jeff Willard from Mount Carroll, IL" I never heard how the summernationals track/sanction dynamic was but i know its a HEFTY gamble for tracks to host a national series.

A weeknight SN race sanctioning fee is $2500 on top of the purse. Then DIRTVision streams it to the fans and the track gets nothing. The problem is if there is a 20% chance of rain or more than a 45 minute trip everyone stays home and watches, again the track gets nothing. This is why you see the less popular non latemodel tracks on the schedule as they don’t know any better.

[Dirt Clod]

Sam the Scam - Great one Umpdirt1 🤣

[MittenMadman]

Something a lot of guys not from Michigan might not notice but Michigan is down 3 races from last year that just so happened are owned by the same guy. Stands were packed and had 35-45 cars at all. I called this last year when he bought Thunderbird. Heard he wrote some bad checks to Sam. He stated a couple times in some livestreams that he was in over his head with 3 tracks. Crossing my fingers this guy doesn’t put Michigan Late Model racing back a decade with his bonehead decisions.

[Hoosier_Dirt]

Seems like an awful lot of "popular" late model tracks on the schedule that seem to know better. Not sure how that comment is relevant.