One of our favorite drag racing organizations in the the country, the Southeast Gassers Association (SEGA), will enter its 13th season under new leadership.
Former IHRA Pro Modified world champion and nostalgia racing pioneer Quain Stott announced Sunday via social media the sale of SEGA to the series’ 2022 A/Gas champion and championship runner-up in 2021 and 2023, Leslie Horne.
“[SEGA] was started to help preserve drag racing history, the right way, and to give myself and many others a place to race in a real drag race,” Stott began. “Eleven years later I was inducted into the North Carolina Hall of Fame because of what the SEGA has done to preserve drag racing history. I have enjoyed millions of fans and racers thanking me through email and personally over the 12 years for building the best nostalgia racing organization in the world. But as hard as I tried and as successful as I was I still lost the respect and appreciation of a big percentage of the racers. My business decisions were mistaken for greed in the last few years and that has been weighing heavy on my mind.
“Knowing this would happen as it always does in this type business I still tried hard to keep pushing forward even though I was not popular in the eyes of the masses and I felt that was holding back the growth of the SEGA. It’s crazy how someone can start something from the ground up and make it successful for many years then all of the sudden people start thinking you need to be replaced, but it does happen and it has happened here. So with this in mind I made the decision the first of this year to start looking for someone with good business sense to take my place so the SEGA could advance to the next level. Many offers came my way and many meetings took place over the course of the year. It finally came to an end Saturday evening , November 25th, at about 3:30 p.m. when Leslie Horne and I shook hands on a deal for him to be the proud new owner of the most successful nostalgia organization in the world.”
Leslie Horne aboard his “Chick Magnet” ’55 Chevy that captured the 2022 A/Gas championship.
“Be assured there are plenty of contracts in place that will keep the SEGA as pure as it has always been and to keep key employees in place so things will run as smooth as it has in the past. I feel that Leslie has the financial support, the business sense and the energy to take the SEGA to the next level.
I can’t take all of the credit for the success it has seen, because…
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