U.S. Tobacco Co. Renews Sponsorship of Skoal Showdown
Quote selected text Published June 28th, 2006 in MainNHRA announced today that Skoal Racing has agreed to a multi-year extension of the popular Skoal Showdown, a lucrative bonus event for Funny Car competitors featured during the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals, the world’s most prestigious drag race held every Labor Day weekend at O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis.
“We are excited to announce that Skoal Racing has extended the Skoal Showdown and its commitment to the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series,” said Gary Darcy, senior vice president for sales and marketing, NHRA. “The Skoal Showdown is a very prestigious program for our Funny Car racers and an extremely thrilling and competitive program for NHRA fans to enjoy each season.”
The year’s eight best Funny Car teams qualify for the Skoal Showdown, which offers a race day purse of $147,000, including $100,000 to the winner. The Skoal Showdown features a total payout of $239,000, which includes $92,000 in No. 1 qualifier bonuses paid to the quickest Funny Car qualifier at each of the 23 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series events leading up to the Skoal Showdown.
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