SteveH
09-11-23, 06:51 AM
IndyCar to run $1 million all-star race at The Thermal Club in 2024 (https://apnews.com/article/indycar-allstar-race-thermal-1-million-b6ca1a3bb4277d468f3e9713c690b4a6)
If I recall, the 2023 pre-season test there did not have fans. But it looks like a lucky few will have access next year.
There will be limited tickets available for non-Thermal members to access the event on the 17-turn, 3.067-mile layout. Located at the base of the Santa Rosa Mountains, The Thermal Club boasts luxury homes, a motor sports village and gourmet restaurants and in 2017 was named facility of the year at the Professional Motorsports World Expo in Germany.
No points will be awarded and the event will have a format unlike anything else on the IndyCar schedule. There will be a draw party to begin the event that will embed members of The Thermal Club with a race team and driver.
There will be a qualifying session and two heat races in which the top six from each heat advance to the main event. The top five finishing teams will split their earnings with The Thermal Club members, including the $1 million prize awarded to the champion.
"embed members of The Thermal Club with a race team and driver" cool, a pro am event :rolleyes::laugh:
If I recall, the 2023 pre-season test there did not have fans. But it looks like a lucky few will have access next year.
There will be limited tickets available for non-Thermal members to access the event on the 17-turn, 3.067-mile layout. Located at the base of the Santa Rosa Mountains, The Thermal Club boasts luxury homes, a motor sports village and gourmet restaurants and in 2017 was named facility of the year at the Professional Motorsports World Expo in Germany.
No points will be awarded and the event will have a format unlike anything else on the IndyCar schedule. There will be a draw party to begin the event that will embed members of The Thermal Club with a race team and driver.
There will be a qualifying session and two heat races in which the top six from each heat advance to the main event. The top five finishing teams will split their earnings with The Thermal Club members, including the $1 million prize awarded to the champion.
"embed members of The Thermal Club with a race team and driver" cool, a pro am event :rolleyes::laugh: