Its an annual event here.....during Labor Day week.......the Super National Races.
National championships are determined in several categories, including modifieds, late model, stock car, hobby stock, sport mod etc.
For over 20 years, the Boone community has been hosting this premier event with the blessing of the sponsoring organization, the International Motor Contest Association, who could, conceiveably, in an instant, move it to any other anxious venue.
IMCA has held firm though......apparently well satisfied with the amenities and hospitality they receive here in Boone, Iowa.
Still, there are local detractors, actual number unknown, who claim, "its too loud" or "there's too many people" or "they clog the businesses" or "they race too late at night" or etc.
Interestingly, no less than the United States Motorsports Association, with help from a pair of PhD Professors of Economics, have conducted an independent survey measuring the economic impact of the event here.
Following are some of the facts determined by that survey. (1) its overall economic impact annually is over $60 million. (2) Over 600 local jobs are attributable to the event. (3) There is a $16,786,757 increase in direct and indirect local area earnings. (4) Over 900 race teams, with representatives of 23 different states, come to Boone. (5) Some 63% of the visitors went on to tour various other destinations in Iowa during their time here. (6) In its one week, the IMCA Super Nationals provides equivalent economic value to an entire season of Iowa State Football.
It doesn't take an old journalist much more than the survey's results to determine this is something good for the community I love. In sports lingo, quite often participants are asked to, perhaps, do something they don't particularly favor but will accept for the "good of all."
In this case, perhaps some of those Super National detractors should consider, "taking one for the team" for this one week a year.
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