{"id":49049,"date":"2024-10-23T16:24:31","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T20:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dirtcar.com\/?p=49049"},"modified":"2024-10-23T17:44:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T21:44:00","slug":"because-its-charlotte-world-short-track-championship-series-directors-talk-support-prestige-of-mega-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dirtcar.com\/news\/because-its-charlotte-world-short-track-championship-series-directors-talk-support-prestige-of-mega-event\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018BECAUSE IT\u2019S CHARLOTTE\u2019: World Short Track Championship Series Directors Talk Support, Prestige of Mega Event"},"content":{"rendered":"
The World Short Track Championship<\/em> has grown to become the East Coast\u2019s largest and most prestigious dirt track racing event on the fall calendar with over 500 cars racing in 10 different divisions last year.<\/p>\n But what is it about this supersized event at The Dirt Track at Charlotte<\/a> \u2014 now only nine years old \u2014 that creates such a turnout?<\/p>\n \u201cBecause it\u2019s Charlotte,\u201d said Jason Walls, Series Director of the Mid-East Racing Association<\/a>, which sanctions four divisions at the event. \u201cOn the local short track dirt racer, The Dirt Track at Charlotte is Daytona, it\u2019s Indianapolis.<\/p>\n \u201cIt just means so much for everybody because a lot of the racing that goes on in this region is because of what goes on at Charlotte Motor Speedway \u2014 all the connections it has to the outside racing world. It\u2019s so big of a stage for everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n The ninth edition of the event hits the 4\/10-mile, red dirt oval of Charlotte next Thursday\u2013Saturday, Oct. 31\u2013Nov. 2. Walls is one of many series directors bringing their regular competitors to the event, including Adam Stewart of Crate Racin\u2019 USA (CRUSA)<\/a>, Scott Morgan of the Monster Mini Stock<\/a> \/ Thunder Bomber Association<\/a> (MMSA), and multiple other Southeast-based organizations.<\/p>\n