Pro Stock Superbowl

[Sean D, shondoo]

Sean,

I think there used to be a purse when GM supported the Pro Stock Superbowl. That might have something to due with the attendance. I am sure someone will chime in with some facts on this.

I never gave that a thought. Thanks for that, Paul. It will be interesting to hear the facts on that.

Sean D

 

[Greggo]

Here is a link I found. I can't remember the last year the event was held at Baytown before moving to Las Vegas.

 

[none]

My understanding of when the event was moved to Vegas is that there was no cash from Pontiac involved. Fred Simmonds who ran the Pontiac program was a BIG Pro Stock advocate and strongly encoraged the GM teams to participate. He also contributed to the promotion of the event. I believe the trade off was some free test days for the teams, and they put on a show so the track could recoup the cost via ticket sales. Kind of like the West Palm Nitro test/event last week.

I don't know what the Houston arrangement was but would guess it was about the same.

I believe it ended up being a losing proposition or maybe a break even at best for the track, and most of the teams would really rather test than race and it just went away. One thing I know for sure, if it had been a profitable deal for the teams and the track, they would still be doing it somewhere.

Just for the record, I'm not stating this as gospel, but I do have pretty close ties to LVMS and this is how I believe it went down,

Alan

 

[NYNitro86]

is there any video from lvms. the cam aint up apparently...

 

[none]

From The Tower at LVMS on USTREAM: Live webcam from the tower at the Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

 

[NYNitro86]

there we go! *tries to do a backflip but wisely doesn't*

 

[Bubba]

The camera has dipped and we can't see the et in the left lane!

 

[none]

Fixed!

Alan

 

[Jeff]

Much better, thanks!

 

[Bubba]

Thanks!

 

[Pop]

Any results posted or listed somewhere?

 

[Rat]

Any results at all?

 

[mike]

3.92 and a 3.91 from Cory Mac.

 

[Rat]

3.92 and a 3.91 from Cory Mac.

That's a really good run for the spring date there, not the fall. If they do that in the spring here watch out.

 

[Bullet]

The Pro Stock Superbowl is one of my favorite Pre-Season events. I can't wait to go next year. Do they have event shirts?