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Originally Posted by BrentTFunk
I could see the High limit races being All Star sanctioned to help car counts. Kind of a series within a series. I don't see a big change in the All Stars foot print.
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It’s all speculation at this point but I also can envision a “series within a series” schedule with races paying the winner $20,000 and up High Limit shows with their own point fund. Teams that are willing and able to travel can do so with the HL shows. And the ASCoC schedule remains status quo with the majority of races in Ohio, PA.
Jeff Knittle announced on Twitter (X) yesterday that he has been contacted by Brad Sweet and Kyle Larson and made official that the Dean Knittle Memorial race will be a High Limit race next year. The Dean Knittle Memorial, held at Portsmouth Raceway Park, is the highest paying ($25,000+) race on the ASCoC Ohio Speed Week schedule.
Also, the WoO West Coast swing might be in real jeopardy. Sweet and Larson promote Chico. Kevin Rudeen, an ASCoC car owner, co-owns Skagit. Possible Chico’s Gold Cup and the Skagit Nationals become High Limit races? I heard a lot this year about WoO drivers and crews burned out after the Knoxville Nationals. I’m not sure there’s much enthusiasm from the WoO teams about towing West anymore. They already stopped going to California in the Spring. HL fills the void?
Just have to wait and see when more announcements are made.