This is all for you die hard dirt track racers and race fans! For the super nationals being as big as they are. How come espn or at least the speed channel get involved and put it on TV?
It's all a question of money. If IMCA were to come up with the cash I'm sure SPEED would be happy to air a portion of the Supernationals (all 7 days might be asking a bit much).
This year's Knoxville Sprint Nationals are a good example. Cappy and crew had paid for the feature to be shown live on SPEED on Saturday night, but it rained. If they wanted it shown live on Sunday night they were going to have to pony up more cash. They didn't, and SPEED showed reruns of Pinks, and Wrecked, with maybe a few Pass Times, and Pimp My Ride thrown in to truly induce nausea.
If Lucas Oil was somehow involved with sponsoring the Supernationals they'd have a much better shot of being on TV. Between their offroad series, ASCS Sprints, and the Late Models, Lucas Oil pays a lot to have their series' races televised. Most of the actual racing seen on SPEED (and Versus) is sponsored by Lucas Oil.
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