Cody Sommer news and updates surrounding the motorsports entrepreneur. Sommer is the man behind the Gateway Dirt Nationals. He is also the promoter of Mansfield Motor Speedway.
More banking and a new inside wall for the 2019 Gateway Dirt Nationals
For the past three years, I’ve ventured into The Dome in Downtown, Saint Louis, Missouri. Inside sits my favorite race track.
In 2019, the super late models, dirt modifieds and dirt midgets will enter the building on the first week of winter.
Read MoreCody Sommer: “I haven’t been in a race car in eight years and most people don’t even know I’ve ever been in a race car.”
You can watch the video of the Cody Sommer test session at the Gateway Dirt Nationals below
On Tuesday ahead of the 2016 Gateway Dirt Nationals,
Read MoreBest Performance Motorsports will debut their new dirt midget racing operation this week
Partnership to begin at Gateway Dirt Nationals, November 29 – December 1
INDIANAPOLIS (November 26, 2018) — It was announced today that reigning Lucas Oil WAR Wildcard Series Champion Landon Simon will drive for Best Performance Motorsports in 2019.
Read MoreThe Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series is heading to Kokomo Speedway on September 20, 2019 for the Kokomo Speedway Late Model Shootout
If you ask dirt late model fans which dirt track should host a LOLMDS race, the majority answer is usually Kokomo Speedway.
Now, that will happen in 2019.
Read MoreThe grandstand section directly below the window was cleared, causing a brief delay in the show
File this under ‘odd things that don’t fit into a category’
The Dirt Million at Mansfield Motor Speedway in Mansfield, Ohio has been highly anticipated for almost a year now. Over the past months the purse was crowd funded by avid dirt track racing fans looking to bring bigger things to their beloved dirt tracks.
Read MoreWhy Mansfield, Ohio? And more specifically, why an old asphalt track?
After the success of the Gateway Dirt Nationals Cody Sommer went and bought a race track. The Charlotte, NC resident didn’t just buy a dirt track. Instead, he went a more complicated route.
Cody Sommer purchased an old retired NASCAR track in Mansfield,
Read MoreHere’s how Benjamin Mott jumped from outside the top 25 and into the top 4 in driver reward points
There will be no Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series provisionals handed out for the 2018 Dirt Million at Mansfield Motor Speedway this weekend. Instead, the provisional starting spots are handed out via driver reward points.
Read More7 straight campaign videos reward Ryan Gillmore with an invite to the Gateway Dirt Nationals
In downtown St. Louis sits The Dome at Americas Center. Inside that dome sits the greatest race track in the world. A 1/5-mile bullring dirt track will be ready to go, indoors and in the middle of winter.
Read MoreThe staff of the Gateway Dirt Nationals are attempting to talk management of The Dome into allowing more banking for 2018
The first year of the Gateway Dirt Nationals saw a track that was hooked up and full of moisture. Holes in the surface sent cars flying through the air down the front straight while still on the throttle.
Read MoreMansfield Motor Speedway owner rebuttals the opposition of safer barriers; Open to hosting a NASCAR dirt race
Mansfield Motor Speedway was essentially an abandoned NASCAR track. From 2004-2008, the track hosted the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. That was the safer barrier era.
By 2005, nearly all NASCAR track featured safer barriers.
Read MoreFriday’s Lucas Oil Late Model event at Sharon Speedway postponed; Mansfield Motor Speedway purse increased
BURGHILL, OH (April 19, 2018) – The forecasted unseasonably cold temperatures along with a heavily saturated facility has forced the postponement of Friday night’s Steel Valley 50 at Sharon Speedway until Monday, July 2.
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Director,
Read MoreThe Dirt Million purse has been boosted ahead of website launch – 2018 Dirt Million presented by Arizona Sport Shirts
The Dirt Million now presented by Arizona Sport Shirts
MANSFIELD, OHIO — The Dirt Million was announced last fall and since has quickly received the eyes and ears of the dirt racing industry.
Read MoreMidgets and Open-Wheel Modifieds will compete in unique invitational format
St Louis, Mo — The VP Racing Fuels Gateway Dirt Nationals will continue its rapid rise to must-attend status in the dirt-track world in 2018 with midget racing joining the lineup for the blockbuster event at The Dome at America’s Center in downtown St.
Read MoreThe 2018 Dirt Million driver registration page is now open for the Mansfield Motor Speedway event – It’s in the best interest of the driver to register early
As stated in the video below, it’s in the drivers best interest to register early.
Why? Once the Dirt Million website goes live,
Read MoreCody Sommer: “I think a lot of people feel the Dirt Million is just about donations. It’s much more.”
Cody Sommer is the man behind the Gateway Dirt Nationals. The indoor dirt late model race has reset the bar of what a dirt late model event can be.
Now,
Read MoreThe Gateway Dirt Nationals brings $3.1 million to the city of St. Louis
The Gateway Dirt Nationals might be the biggest dirt race in the world from a dollar figure. If it’s not the most attended, it’s close and it will be in the coming years.
Eldora Speedway has a seating capacity of 18,000.
Read MoreOn that caution, it was a game of inches
There’s a lot of people who feel Tanner English was wronged at the Gateway Dirt Nationals last night. Below is an explanation of the events and a look at the rulebook.
Bobby Pierce, Tanner English and Tyler Carpenter were all running nose to tail for the lead on the bottom of the race track.
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