2024 UMP Summer Nationals start Wednesday at Peoria - Who's all racing the 1st week?

[MacDawg]

Shouldn't it be 1-0 Turbo?

[Top Row Analyst]

Terbo-Langenfelder finished ahead of them at 1) Dream Prelim, 2) Dream, 3) Kokomo, and 4) Peoria

[weatherman85]

Terbo-Langenfelder finished ahead of them at 1) Dream Prelim, 2) Dream, 3) Kokomo, and 4) Peoria

Mr. Langenfelder had to feel pretty good about that win last night.

[Top Row Analyst]

Mr. Langenfelder had to feel pretty good about that win last night.

Last night was one of those take them behind the shed types of whipping... Terbo is on the rise! Love him or hate him, it's great for dirt late model racing.

[blncfn57]

$500 to start isn't acceptable??? Wow, how much you think costs to run a night

The big teams claim it costs them $5,000 per race. So even if its only 1/4 of that for the regional guys (which it's not that much cheaper), its still way more then they get for finishing 11-last.

[KTMLew]

HTF 6th fastest group A. 3rd in heat. Guess going back to basic set-up worked for his driving style.

[KTMLew]

HTF 6th fastest group A. 3rd in heat. Guess going back to basic set-up worked for his driving style.

Think HTF started 11th & finished 11th. Huge improvement. Making and finishing a feature has been rare since they got on the Vinny program. Guess they'll have some stuff to sell assuming was different shocks than they were running.

IMO, they are about a 10th place team against good competition. Maybe get rare top 5 on occasion.

[Raceready]

Think HTF started 11th & finished 11th. Huge improvement. Making and finishing a feature has been rare since they got on the Vinny program. Guess they'll have some stuff to sell assuming was different shocks than they were running.IMO, they are about a 10th place team against good competition. Maybe get rare top 5 on occasion.

Hopefully the merch sales will carry them through?

[Dirtbags2020]

I’m going to go ahead and make this prediction pending he can keep his head on straight and finish of the summer nationals championship. Terbo will be the Rocket 1 house car pilot in 2025!! Yeah it’s a bold statement but Mark likes a driver that gets on the wheel to win races and keeps the car in top 5 night after night! Face it like him or not Terbo is the only one that’s actually winning in a Rocket this year consistently.Yes the summer nationals is definitely a weaker version this year but also remember when BShepp dominated it years back it wasn’t that top heavy as well. And Mark obviously took him right after that season so I sure he is watching Terbo closely and just more than his driving to see if he can keep his car intact and mouth shut for the long haul. Only way TMac keeps the seat in rocket 1 is to win the championship in 2024.

[IL LM Fan]

Clem broke the streak.

[Jim11h]

Dirt racing isn't meant to earn living at back of pack. Start money should cover fuel in car and hauler and that's about it, Maybe some pit passes. It's not fans, series, or tracks that made racing so stupid expensive. That fault is blamed on car owners! Top teams saying $5k a night expense are also funded by millionaire owners or sponsors that are using for tax write off for love of sport and bragging rights, not financial gain

[riddle28]

Dirt racing isn't meant to earn living at back of pack. Start money should cover fuel in car and hauler and that's about it, Maybe some pit passes. It's not fans, series, or tracks that made racing so stupid expensive. That fault is blamed on car owners! Top teams saying $5k a night expense are also funded by millionaire owners or sponsors that are using for tax write off for love of sport and bragging rights, not financial gain

most of the stuff he says is idiotic but Chaz made a video yesterday comparing LPGA purses to dirt racing and its hard to call racing a professional sport when the pay is as bad as it is compared to real professional sports. Idk what the answer is to getting it to where it should be but until theres massive crowds, corporate involvement and tv packages that arent this extreme niche im not sure itll ever be a sport the athletes make a good living at.

[TS FAN]

Dirtbags2020 that is an interesting take on Turbo in the Rocket one next year. His maturity seems to be getting better, and IMO that is the only thing that would hold him back. We shall see

[IL LM Fan]

Terbo kept his cool pretty good last night after being taken out while leading his heat. At least while on camera.

[Dirtbags2020]

Yes! Was surprised he didn’t retaliate and lose it.

[Jim11h]

Well I stand by what say because 410 sprints and top DLM teams are only ones making business decisions for their racing typically. The local racer, the bomber, emod, 305 sprint street stock, etc isn't making living typically from racing and they're low payouts typically help pay upper division bills. I've always felt that after winter expenses spent your business goals in racing are to minimize your cost/expenses nightly to maintain in sport maybe I'm incorrect but if you spent 20k fir shocks rebuild motor and other items over winter you did so to enjoy racing. Once season appears you need to minimize weekly costs to stay racing

[kidrock]

Hobbies can be expensive............