47th Annual Knoxville Nationals Entry Forms in the Mail
Monday, March 26, 2007
Entry forms for the 47th Annual SuperClean Knoxville Nationals have gone out to the 130 drivers and teams that competed in the 2006 Nationals. Each package includes a DVD of the Speed Channel live broadcast, the 2007 event promotional information, the increased purse payout and a new Nationals driver/team profile form.
With the purse over $900,000, the winners share at $150,000, 2nd at $75,000 and 3rd at $37,500, Knoxville Raceway expects one of the most competitive fields in the history of the event. The unique 4-day format, including a complete race program each night, pays out $90,000 each on Wednesday and Thursday, $148,750 on Friday and $582,275 on Saturday.
This will bring more media coverage and fan interest, not only for the historic sprint car fans but MotorSports fans of all types. To support the increased interest, Knoxville Raceway will begin advertising and promotion in April built around the heroes, the drivers, through print, radio and TV on a local, regional and national basis. In keeping with Knoxville’s long standing rules, only those drivers that have submitted an entry form and required fees will be included in the advertising and promotion. According to Ralph Capitani, Director of Racing, “We want the fans to know exactly who they’ll see racing when they buy tickets and make travel plans from across the North America and around the world”.
Fans and media will again have the opportunity to visit www.knoxvilleraceway.com to see everything about the event including daily updates on who’s entered, details of the unique “purse & points” format that sets the field for Saturday, schedules and happenings each of the 4-days and driver profiles. There’s even a section on the history of the Nationals with details of the last 21 events, from time trials to heats to the features.
New for 2007 on the Knoxville Raceway web site, visitors will be able to look at video clips of past events from the Knoxville Nationals to the Knoxville Late Model Nationals and Midget Nationals. “With over 106 million hits, 1 million+ unique visitors, 30 million page views and an average time online exceeding 22 minutes on race nights in 2006, we want to continue to provide factual and timely information as well as an entertaining experience every day”, said Bruce Neimeth, Director, Business/Event Development.
Buying tickets to the 47th Annual SuperClean Knoxville Nationals has never been easier, with the updated online ticketing system at www.knoxvilleraceway.com. Fans can select the event, look at actual seats still available in each of the 31 seating sections in the front and back grandstands. With almost 25,000 seats available each of the 4-nights, there are still a number of very good seats available on a 4-day basis. Effective May 1st individual night seats will go on sale.
For more information, contact Bruce Neimeth, Director Business/Event Development at: brucen@knoxvilleraceway.com or (641) 842-5431.
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