Midgets In The Dome At The America's Center

ISF · 7/31/18, 12:40 PM

I know it's the dog days of summer and we're into the meat of the outdoor racing season, but has anyone heard anything on who has been, or will be, invited to participate in the midget portion of The Gateway Dirt Nationals indoor show in St. Louis, MO this coming November/December. Possibly the invitation portion of the preparation hasn't commenced yet.

Since the Gateway midget participation is by invitation only I believe this event will be a non-sanctioned affair just 2 weeks prior to the USAC National Midget show at Du Quoin which is just 1 1/2 hours East of St. Louis. With The Chili Bowl cranking up just a little over month after the USAC show at Du Quoin this should make for a fun stretch of midget racing thoughout the Christmas Season and shortly after.

Charles Nungester · 7/31/18, 1:14 PM

Their facebook page invites drivers all the time but I don't know who's all replied. Gateway dirt nationals page i think

brsteg · 7/31/18, 1:33 PM

I know Bell was first invite, and immediately replied on Twitter that he accepted.

WinglessLovers · 7/31/18, 1:50 PM

Here are the invitees as of today and as far as I know everyone listed has accepted: Christopher Bell, Tanner Thorson, Brady Bacon, Justin Grant, Logan Seavey, Chase Briscoe, Colby Copeland, Justin Allgaier, Shane Golobic, Holly Shelton, CJ Leary, Michael Pickens, Ronnie Gardner, Ryan Robinson, Tanner Carrick, Donny Schatz, Alex Bright, Kasey Kahne, Tyler Thomas, Joey Saldana, Tucker Klaasmeyer, Sammy Swindell, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Jerry Coons Jr., Tony Stewart, Sheldon Haudenschild, Spencer Bayston, Landon Simon, Chad Boat, Zach Daum, Kyle Larson, Tyler Courtney, Tim Shaffer, Rico Abreu and Kevin Thomas Jr. That makes 35, don't know if there will be more.

Bruce Eckel

nathans1012 · 7/31/18, 2:57 PM

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Originally Posted by WinglessLovers

Here are the invitees as of today and as far as I know everyone listed has accepted: Christopher Bell, Tanner Thorson, Brady Bacon, Justin Grant, Logan Seavey, Chase Briscoe, Colby Copeland, Justin Allgaier, Shane Golobic, Holly Shelton, CJ Leary, Michael Pickens, Ronnie Gardner, Ryan Robinson, Tanner Carrick, Donny Schatz, Alex Bright, Kasey Kahne, Tyler Thomas, Joey Saldana, Tucker Klaasmeyer, Sammy Swindell, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Jerry Coons Jr., Tony Stewart, Sheldon Haudenschild, Spencer Bayston, Landon Simon, Chad Boat, Zach Daum, Kyle Larson, Tyler Courtney, Tim Shaffer, Rico Abreu and Kevin Thomas Jr. That makes 35, don't know if there will be more.

Bruce Eckel

There will supposedly be 40 drivers invited for the Modifieds and Midgets.
The rest will be late models.
This was a Late Model and Modified event to begin with and they got a good field of cars the past 2 years.
Now I think they may have made the event better with the addition of the Midgets.
I think they put a limit on the Modifieds because they where getting so many of them wanting to come.
The first year it was supposed to be 150 late models & 250 Modifieds with a total of 400 cars and about 75% of those entered showed up.
Last year they had about 90 or so in each division.
I think they could have easily have said first 100 cars entered in each division.
The racing have been pretty good for the small track.

ISF · 7/31/18, 5:23 PM

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Originally Posted by WinglessLovers

Here are the invitees as of today and as far as I know everyone listed has accepted: Christopher Bell, Tanner Thorson, Brady Bacon, Justin Grant, Logan Seavey, Chase Briscoe, Colby Copeland, Justin Allgaier, Shane Golobic, Holly Shelton, CJ Leary, Michael Pickens, Ronnie Gardner, Ryan Robinson, Tanner Carrick, Donny Schatz, Alex Bright, Kasey Kahne, Tyler Thomas, Joey Saldana, Tucker Klaasmeyer, Sammy Swindell, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Jerry Coons Jr., Tony Stewart, Sheldon Haudenschild, Spencer Bayston, Landon Simon, Chad Boat, Zach Daum, Kyle Larson, Tyler Courtney, Tim Shaffer, Rico Abreu and Kevin Thomas Jr. That makes 35, don't know if there will be more.

Bruce Eckel

Is there a list on the Gateway Dirt Nationals website that indicates who has accepted their invite? I looked over the website but didn't see any listings of acceptee's.

BrentTFunk · 7/31/18, 6:59 PM

Will all classes run each night, or different night for different cars? Disregard I found it.

7/31/18, 12:40 PM	#1 Midgets In The Dome At The America's Center
ISF Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 3,048	I know it's the dog days of summer and we're into the meat of the outdoor racing season, but has anyone heard anything on who has been, or will be, invited to participate in the midget portion of The Gateway Dirt Nationals indoor show in St. Louis, MO this coming November/December. Possibly the invitation portion of the preparation hasn't commenced yet. Since the Gateway midget participation is by invitation only I believe this event will be a non-sanctioned affair just 2 weeks prior to the USAC National Midget show at Du Quoin which is just 1 1/2 hours East of St. Louis. With The Chili Bowl cranking up just a little over month after the USAC show at Du Quoin this should make for a fun stretch of midget racing thoughout the Christmas Season and shortly after. __________________ Silver Crown Championship Dirt Cars properly driven on a one mile dirt track are classic poetry in motion. Using that analogy, Jack Hewitt is one of the greatest poets of all time.

7/31/18, 1:14 PM	#2 Re: Midgets In The Dome At The America's Center
Charles Nungester Senior Member Race Count This Year: 6 Race Count Last Year: 14 Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 21,261	Their facebook page invites drivers all the time but I don't know who's all replied. Gateway dirt nationals page i think __________________ Charles Nungester

7/31/18, 6:59 PM	#7 Re: Midgets In The Dome At The America's Center
BrentTFunk Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 17,312	Will all classes run each night, or different night for different cars? Disregard I found it. _________________________________________________ Last edited by BrentTFunk; 7/31/18 at 7:02 PM.

7/31/18, 1:33 PM	#3 Re: Midgets In The Dome At The America's Center
brsteg Senior Member Race Count This Year: 8 Race Count Last Year: 43 Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 477	I know Bell was first invite, and immediately replied on Twitter that he accepted.