[nathans1012]

I think Eldora has held a million to win race twice. Once with Late Models, and once with sprint car < (not sure if it was wing or non-win - I think it was the MOPAR Million).

*JUST WONDERING*
Would it work again? That is the question I ask all of you here on Indiana Open Wheel.

Maybe a Million to win or a MILLION dollar total purse? What are your thoughts?

Not to be rude and not sure what you other folks think but with Stewart owning Eldora. It would help if he talks about the race when he's interviewed on t.v.; it could help promoter the race.

With Roger being the new promoter I think a race like this would have a big chance of succeeding . The only thing to worry abput is the economy and would it keep people away? < Not sure because this could be one of those race people just want to attend.

QUESTIONS OF GOOD OR CONCERN
What would be the best EVENT format?
Would the economy keep people away?
What would be the draw backs of holding a race of this caliber?
Would a few commercials on t.v. help promote the race?
With those sponsor billboards on the back stretch would those sponsors help promote the race?
Would a race like this at Eldora Draw a good field of cars?
Is Eldora the best track to hold a race like his?
Could it work?
Would a race like this work again (Be A Success)?

IS IT POSSIBLE A MILLION TO WIN RACE COULD HAPPEN AGAIN ON A DIRT TRACK?
YOUR THOUGHTS?

[SteveD]

Twenty shows paying fifty thousand would strech the fun out. Maybe forty shows paying twenty five. How about a hundred shows at 10K each.

[treecitytornado]

The Eldora Million was won by Donnie Moran in 2001, after it was rained out at the end of 2000. He actually is the only short track winner of a million dollars. Jac Haudenschild won the Mopar Million Sprint Car race in 2003 and he took home $200,000, out of the Million dollar total purse. That was awesome that year, I missed the big show, first time at Eldora and still took home around a Grand for the weekend!

Would love to see Tony use his resources to make another Million dollar total purse Non-Wing Sprint Car race happen!

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[dirt330]

Tickets $250.00
Pit pass $75.00
T-shirts $50.00
Parking $25.00
Beer 12 oz. $15.00
Racing PRICELESS
I think it will work

[D.O.]

You should invest YOUR money and DO IT!

[bigq11]

The tickets for the Eldora Million for the late models were in the $80.00range, actually I think it was $85.00. Don't remember what it was for the MOPAR MILLION, but I was there for both. Sat through 3 days of rain, and even a little snow, for the origional October date of the Million. It was run the next year in place of the Dream in June. Good times!!!

[ISF]

I too was there for both the late model million and the Mopar Million or non-wing sprint car version. The late model million was somewhat uneventful for a race of such magnitude. My most vivid memory from that weekend was watching Jack Hewitt blow an engine while leading his heat which, if he had gone on to win it, would at the very worst have put him in the first 3 rows of the 50 mile A-main. There were a handful of laps left and Ol' Jack was drivin' away from 'em. It was really a disappointment for us in the stands so I can only imagine how Jack felt. That heat victory would have given us some stout ammunition to use on all my friends who were staunch mud taxi fans but it wasn't to be.

The Mopar Million was some great racing all the way around with the early to mid-race action of the A-main being some great stuff with Russ Gamester, Dean Jacobs, Dickie Gaines and Haud dukin' it out and then Haud drivin' away in the latter stages.

Don't know if a million dollar race could be feasible in the present economic environment. I'm just glad we were able to attend the two that have already taken place.

[treecitytornado]

Haud only drove away for awhile, Stevie Smith nearly beat him to the line, in his one and only Non-Wing Feature event! It was awesome!

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[Wallsracing]

ELDORA SPEEDWAY
13929 SR 118 New Weston, OH 45348 (937) 338-3815

USAC SPRINT CAR SPECIAL EVENT RACE RESULTS: September 19-20, 2003 - Rossburg, Ohio - Eldora Speedway - "Mopar Million Sprint at Eldora"

FIRST HEAT: (12 laps - Held Sept. 19) 1. Huntley, 2. Darland, 3. B.Hayden, 4. Naber, 5. Kruseman, 6. Miller, 7. Ted Hines, 8. Ferguson, 9. Vaughn, 10. Heydenreich, 11. Kenens, 12. Tracy Hines, 13. K.Wissmiller, 14. Starks. NT

SECOND HEAT: (12 laps - Held Sept. 19) 1. Malone, 2. Doty, 3. Danny Smith, 4. Scheffel, 5. Walker, 6. Shuman, 7. Pletch, 8. Pifer, 9. Pool. 10. Thomas, 11. Fry, 12. Buckwalter, 13. Hockett, 14. Bloom. NT

THIRD HEAT: (12 laps - Held Sept. 19) 1. S.Smith, 2. Yeley, 3. Tyler, 4. Franklin, 5. Rager, 6. Slone, 7. S.Allen, 8. T.Allen, 9. Turner, 10. Wilmot, 11. Burthay, 12. Neely, 13. G.Wilson. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (12 laps - Held Sept. 19) 1. Rose, 2. Jessup, 3. Cox, 4. Brent Kaeding, 5. Stanfill, 6. Davidson, 7. Elliott, 8. Gentry, 9. Carmichael, Sr., 10. Anderson, 11. Longworth, 12. Davies, 13. Matus, 14. Drake. NT

FIFTH HEAT: (12 laps - Held Sept. 19) 1. Haudenschild, 2. Gaines, 3. Stanbrough, 4. Droud, 5. Dustin Smith, 6. Christian, 7. Hess, 8. Whitney, 9. Lee, 10. Orr, 11. M.Cunningham, 12. Boyer, 13. Spille. NT

SIXTH HEAT: (12 laps - Held Sept. 19) 1. Vennard, 2. Kane, 3. Gardner, 4. Scott, 5. Parsons, 6. Cottle, 7. C.Smith, 8. Hatton, 9. Nemire, 10. Beaber, 11. Ruble, 12. Rutherford, 13. Fink, 14. Besecker. NT

SEVENTH HEAT: (12 laps - Held Sept. 19) 1. Jacobs, 2. Brecht, 3. Gordon, 4. Jones, 5. Ivy, 6. Clark, 7. Walden, 8. Howard, 9. Roush, 10. J.Cunningham, 11. Stapp, 12. Peperak. NT

EIGHTH HEAT: (12 laps - Held Sept. 19) 1. Chaney, 2. Stinson, 3. Bud Kaeding, 4. Ziehl, 5. M.Wissmiller, 6. Reid, 7. Robinson, 8. Steele, 9. Mosley, 10. Laser, 11. Marvel, 12. Gross, 13. Pierce. NT

NINTH HEAT: (12 laps - Held Sept. 19) 1. Gamester, 2. Griffin, 3. Rilat, 4. Shanks, 5. J.Wilson, 6. Briscoe, 7. Coons, 8. Gerster, 9. Hery, 10. Welpott, 11. Shively, 12. Dori, 13. Faas. NT

TENTH HEAT: (12 laps - Held Sept. 19) 1. Noffsinger, 2. Gaunt, 3. Westfall, 4. Surniak, 5. Petty, 6. Cone, 7. Coers, 8. Cline, 9. Wolters, 10. R.Hayden, 11. Duffy Smith, 12. Stone, 13. Vogler. NT

F-MAIN: (15 laps - Held Sept. 20) 1. Marvel, 2. Shively, 3. Neely, 4. Rutherford, 5. Stapp, 6. Gross, 7. Buckwalter, 8. Duffy Smith, 9. M.Cunningham, 10. Davies, 11. Longworth, 12. Boyer, 13. Peperak, 14. Stone, 15. Ruble, 16. Burthay, 17. Dori, 18. Kenens, 19. K.Wissmiller. NT

E-MAIN: (15 laps - Held Sept. 20) 1. Laser, 2. Beaber, 3. Rutherford, 4. Shively, 5. Welpott, 6. Wolters, 7. Turner, 8. Marvel, 9. Hery, 10. Anderson, 11. Carmichael, Sr., 12. Neely, 13. R.Hayden, 14. J.Cunningham, 15. Mosley, 16. Orr, 17. Lee, 18. Thomas, 19. Wilmot, 20. Fry, 21. Vaughn, 22. Roush, 23. Nemire, 24. Heydenreich. NT

D-MAIN: (15 laps - Held Sept. 20) 1. Cline, 2. Coons, 3. Elliott, 4. Gerster, 5. Walden, 6. Hess, 7. Howard, 8. C.Smith, 9. S.Allen, 10. Whitney, 11. Robinson, 12. Shively, 13. Rutherford, 14. Gentry, 15. Hatton, 16. Ted Hines, 17. Beaber, 18. Steele, 19. Ferguson, 20. T.Allen, 21. Pool, 22. Laser, 23. Pifer. NT

C-MAIN: (20 laps - Held Sept. 20) 1. Reid, 2. Cottle, 3. Kruseman, 4. Cline, 5. Cone, 6. Elliott, 7. Parsons, 8. J.Wilson, 9. Christian, 10. Stanfill, 11. Miller, 12. Ivy, 13. Slone, 14. Dustin Smith, 15. Davidson, 16. M.Wissmiller, 17. Gerster, 18. Coons, 19. Shuman, 20. Pletch, 21. Rager, 22. Clark, 23. Petty, 24. Briscoe. NT

B-MAIN: (20 laps - Held Sept. 20) 1. Tyler, 2. Stanbrough, 3. Bud Kaeding, 4. Danny Smith, 5. Brent Kaeding, 6. Jones, 7. Gordon, 8. Westfall, 9. Rilat, 10. Naber, 11. Droud, 12. Cox, 13. Scheffel, 14. B.Hayden, 15. Kruseman, 16. Cline, 17. Gardner, 18. Reid, 19. Shanks, 20. Scott, 21. Ziehl, 22. Franklin, 23. Surniak, 24. Cottle. NT

A-MAIN: (40 laps - Held Sept. 20) 1. Jac Haudenschild, 2. Stevie Smith, 3. Dickie Gaines, 4. J.J. Yeley, 5. Rob Chaney, 6. Bill Rose, 7. Dean Jacobs, 8. Tracy Hines, 9. Jonathan Vennard, 10. Russ Gamester, 11. Kevin Doty, 12. Dave Darland, 13. Ricky Gaunt, 14. Marc Jessup, 15. Danny Smith, 16. Mike Brecht, 17. Todd Kane, 18. Tyler Walker, 19. Richard Griffin, 20. Critter Malone, 21. Jon Stanbrough, 22. Brad Noffsinger, 23. Kevin Huntley, 24. Brian Tyler, 25. Bud Kaeding, 26. Jimmy Stinson. NT

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** Carmichael, Jr. flipped during practice. Hunnicutt flipped during practice. Droud flipped during qualifying. Winker flipped during qualifying. Ruble flipped during qualifying. Tracy Hines flipped during the first heat. Bloom flipped during the second heat. Hockett flipped during the second heat. Pierce flipped during the eighth heat. Pifer flipped during the D-Main.

A-MAIN LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-19 Jacobs, Laps 20-28 Gaines, Laps 29-40 Haudenschild.

[BrentTFunk]

I liked the way they did the Mopar Million, but it dosen't really matter what I think, it only matters if the person with the track is willing to put the race on. Even for a guy like Tony Stewart this is a big risk. Who knows some where in the sale contract Earl may have said you can't do the million again. I know he was awful proud of those races, and said they were one time only.