2014 NASA Nationals Annouced

[kbrewmr2]

http://www.nasaproracing.com/2013/11...nships-to.html

East Coast Nats @ Road Atlanta Aug 29-31
West Coast Nats @ Sonoma Nov 7-9

[AllZWay]

That is pretty interesting...but dual National Champions sounds a bit odd.

[Fbody383]

That is pretty interesting...but dual National Champions sounds a bit odd.

Crap... I penciled that in on the calendar; might need some Orange and 16s at Nationals.

[kbrewmr2]

Erhmagherd change! LOL!

I'm optimisitic that this will increase turnout, and that winning one or both will mean just as much as winning one when there was only one.

[BlueFirePony]

Need to get Kyri and my brother-in-law to schedule time off in August - best laid plans of mice and race car drivers. That's a pretty long tow to Cali from anywhere in Texas (+6-7 hours longer than Miller?)

[kbrewmr2]

Houston - RAtl = 846mi, 12hr 4min
Houston - Sonoma = 1945mi, 27hrs

Dallas - RAtl = 834mi, 11hr 59min
Dallas - Sonoma = 1748mi, 25hrs

I'm spending what I'm going to save by not driving an additional 2200mi round trip on more sticker tires and beer and going to Road Atlanta. YMMV.

[Suck fumes]

Once again central U.S people get shafted. Having two races kind of takes away the prestige of being a champion cause the better guys may only go to one event. They should have a national weekend for ONLY past champions! That would be cool.

[BlueFirePony]

Once again central U.S people get shafted. Having two races kind of takes away the prestige of being a champion cause the better guys may only go to one event. They should have a national weekend for ONLY past champions! That would be cool.

Expecting that Texas folks could pick either Nat, while its not a King of the hill thing, having a Championship within a day's driving definitely makes it easier for folks from Texas to get a bite of the apple. And RA is on a lot of peoples lists of preferred tracks. Now we (royal "we" until I replace BFP) have TWO championships - the Summer Shootout and the East Coast Nats (uhmmm..yeh, that's is kinda weird). Please tell me that regional points allow you to pick which one you go to...if its Texas = West coast only then yeah that sucks the big one!

[michaelmosty]

First impression is this sounds weak...

[kbrewmr2]

I was kinda "dang half championship" at first until I read this (and agree with it)

Let’s be honest here, it’s hardly ever a national championship anyways. At this level few people can afford to take off a full week, tow 2000+ miles for a plastic trophy. Most times the only drivers that showed up were the ones closer to the track the championship was being held at. This was painfully obvious at this past national event where several classes didn't even run because no one showed up, and even the ones that did were painfully low on participation and missing most of the east coast drivers.

It would be different if this was a pro series.

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the Race of Champions later on sounds really fun... put a bunch of class winners in MX5 Cup Cars and duke it out:
http://www.nasaproracing.com/2013/11...mpions-ch.html

They should have a national weekend for ONLY past champions! That would be cool.

Easy to say when you've already got yours.... and then there's the whole where do you hold it thing, etc, etc