NASA Championships Announcement

[Will F.]

NASA Expands Championships To Both Coasts

 

November 4, 2013 5:00 AM — Napa Valley, CA - The National Auto Sport Association (NASA) is pleased to announce an exciting new change to the 2014 NASA Championships presented by Toyo Tires. Beginning in 2014, NASA will transition what has traditionally been...

a single championship event format to that of a dual championship event format hosting its NASA Eastern States Championship at Road Atlanta on August 29 - 31, 2014 and the NASA Western States Championship at Sonoma Raceway on November 7 - 9, 2014.

 

This move will lessen the time required for competitors to attend the NASA Championships as long tows to reach an event on the other side of the country will no longer be necessary. Additionally, NASA will revamp the weekend schedule to provide competitors with a condensed Friday through Sunday format in place of the previous Thursday to Sunday schedule. This change will make the event much easier for a larger number of competitors to attend as it will greatly lessen the time commitment required to compete at the event.

 

"This new format is designed to provide more NASA competitors the opportunity to participate in a Championship level event", said Ryan Flaherty, NASA National Chairman. "We received a great deal of input from our members and considered numerous options available to us and concluded that a dual Championship format would best serve our competitors. A significant number of our members are not able to take a week off work and travel thousands of miles to attend, so it is clear that we needed to do something that provides them with the opportunity to compete in a NASA Championship event each year much closer to their home base. We look forward to hosting the big fields we expect to see at our events on both coasts in 2014."

 

The new dual Championship format will work much like the current traditional event with the exception that there will now be an event on the West coast and on the East coast in the same year instead of alternating between both coasts. Moreover, NASA will move the Championship event to different tracks on a yearly basis, which will add to the excitement and give drivers a chance to try out new tracks each year. Competitors can expect many of the same fantastic benefits available to them in previous years at the new format events next season. From the famous trackside gatherings and wonderfully lucrative contingency programs to the extremely competitive racing, both events will live up to the NASA Championships name.

 

Look for additional announcements regarding the 2014 NASA Championships events in the coming weeks.

[Nascarracer288]

Great call! I was hoping for this format, and I think you will get a good turnout too! I'll be there!

The best part is, by having two separate dates for the East coast and West coast events, those who want to do both still can. I also like the 3-day format.

[jrlz0306]

This is great! Those who haven't been to Sonoma(Sears Point), you'll love this track. Very challenging and technical.

[Brian H.]

Great job by NASA to recognize the need to split coasts.

[ILIKETODRIVE]

The East Coast thread has way more responses lol.

[kbrew8991]

And you west coast guys thought you outnumbered them, heh

 

fwiw I think PTF will be decent on the East Coast one finally - I know of 2 firm committments already, and then there's the GL F folks, and then the Central region PTF guy can get talked into and then I gotta talk any of the 10 or so other Texas region PTF people into going.... should be a good field

[Billy Bass]

I'll be there in ST2 and TT2. I thought Miller was a good track and location for nationals. Not sure why nobody showed up.

[jrgordonsenior]

The East Coast thread has way more responses lol.

 

That's cause we're still out surfing, palying golf and tennis, and enjoying our sunny November weather. You guys are all hunkered down under the snow watching old porn flicks and wishing it was April....