Bristol Speedway Goes Dirt May 31, 2001 Feature Event

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[@BarChrome]

I live within spittin' distance from the BMS I was there both years for the dirt races. Neighbors within a 5 mile radius were sweeping 3in of red clay off their cars. Our area is rich in racing history. BMS, Kingsport Speedway, Bulls Gap, Beach Nut, Muddy Creek MX, and so many more. We still race for the sport, not the business. "Bring It out and Ring It out"

[@alexbourgeois7863]

Probably a dumb question...BUT...do they actually like. Put layers of dirt on the actual track?

[@chasehenley83]

Bar chrome racing within a hundred miles of Nashville was rich between the 80’s and 2000’s but has died out recently

[@kylethomas5666]

@@alexbourgeois7863 yes

[@toddstine4381]

Hey bro I'll try to help you out I'll grab a couple buckets full of that red dirt bring it back home to Indiana with me love you guys love the dirt!!!

[@BarChrome]

@@toddstine4381 You should get down here, we’ve got a dirt race coming up next weekend @BMS

[@flexygoo1295]

2021 and they're back. But in full on NASCAR this time

[@billybrown6064]

Been involved in dirt racing since the 70es The old saying was dirt is for racing asphalt for getting there!@! Still true even more today. Wow 50 year's where's life gone..

[@tracyjones6284]

I remember back in the 60's when I was a child,NASCAR used to race on both dirt and asphalt tracks. Those are the days I would like to see NASCAR revisit.Today,once a year,the NASCAR truck series races at Eldora.It is called the Eldora dirt derby.33 trucks on that 1/2 mile track.Stuff goes sideways on that track,quick.Those are the days when Bill Gazaway helped run the show.

[@midnightrider5937]

Would rather watch late models any day than NASCAR

[@beowulf3303]

NASCAR sucks these days! I held on and watched until JR retired.....now I’m done! It has become unwatchable!!

[@leoheaton387]

Nascar is too long, i agree too

[@jackdonkey22]

Agreed, plus who wants to watch a race in the middle of the day . Either start races between 11am-noon or 7pm

[@chatterbox8375]

Well they are coming back this year also along with sprints

[@Odin3v]

@@beowulf3303 ok cry baby

[@toddstine4381]

NASCAR back on the dirt in Bristol dream come true which Rusty was here

[@evanwilliams6406]

For some racers, the dirt's for racing, asphalt's for getting there.

[@ThreeRiversRC]

They need to do this every year!

[@race6r]

I think that NASCAR should have a late model race at least 4-5 times a year to see who is the best driver overall.

[@welllsaiddddd]

keep nascar out of dirt tracks

[@FloridaManRacer]

welllsaiddddd trucks at eldora rules.

[@welllsaiddddd]

CnyAutofreak yea , you'd think that if you didnt know what racing is supposed to be.. trucks pull the race cars to the tracks.just like someone thinking nascrap would bring something good to dirt tracks..nascrap has RUINED racing just as ump has with dirt racing

[@hgamerboy815]

John Douglas Racing Video ikr

[@frankfranks2308]

race12m the new cars drive themselves and besides, no normal guy can afford late models anymore.

[@anthonybeswick7985]

This was some great camera work…right up to the point where you missed Bloomquist’s last-corner pass for the win! Anyway, these guys and the WoO Sprints need to come back to Bristol.

[@sarahmulkey9603]

This reminds me of NASCAR Heat 3 but actual late models

[@WombzyR6]

And now heat 4 lol, its great

[@toddstine4381]

🏁🏁🏁🏁 Bristol in the dirt too cool!!!!

[@FloridaManRacer]

i clocked the 00 car at a 16.86 sec lap just to give you an idea of lap times on a .5 mile high bank. Cup cars have a 13.50 ish lap time as the record. an asphalt sprint car did a 12.99 and set the overall track record.

[@bendockstader1008]

actually, the fastest cup cars are about a full second slower than that. kevin harvick has the fastest qualifying time at 14.607 at 131.362

[@bushwhackerinc.4668]

They Rollin son.

[@GoDawgs18]

Can’t wait for the cup race

[@Gonoah2015]

30 yrs ago in Australia they put slicks on and long gears and they raced on our only nascar asphalt oval track, they stopped them half way through the first race due to ridiculous speeds and faster lap times than nascars it got rowdy. I was waiting for someone’s tyre to let go

[@Gonoah2015]

Wow this is awesome from🇦🇺

[@racefan32]

Thanks.

[@dfuller968]

You would of thought they would have drew a bigger crowd for this. Cleanup musta sucked!!!

[@crewguyxiv3756]

Thanks againg for your post..👍

[@crewguyxiv3756]

I was there for the ingenuity 410 spring car race.👍

[@unrestrictedclimb]

BRISTOL BASH WORLD OF OUTLAWS APRIL 8-10 2021!!!! lets gooooooo

[@wesleykey5460]

When go dirt can’t go back 👍🇺🇸🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁😅

[@wesleykey5460]

Yes they trying but in my book 📕 just want be no real deal old school nascar I even tried out 91 in Charlotte for Winn Dixie Richard Petty driving school 🏫 could go rules ha want race anyway Mark Martin got Amen

[@3widepodcast724]

I wasn't even aware that they did that back In the day. They should bring it back.

[@middletennesseepicker6245]

They need to do this,again soon love it

[@whizkidbricks9740]

19 years later...

[@bustedflakes]

That was awesome!! I don't understand why the stands are not more full.

[@all4bspinnin311]

This was back in 2001 when NASCAR was still exciting. I think the stands would fill up a lot better today.

[@lnwolf7563]

I was there the year before and the stands were full.

[@KevinMcAdams26]

This is simply awesome. Bristol almost looks like it should be a dirt track. NASCAR should consider it.

[@miguelmedina6060]

Now in 2021 THEY are gonna do it

[@garyfriedline8541]

This is better than running on the asphalt any day!.....Asphalts for getting to the races,sorry blacktop fans!

[@garyfriedline8541]

No doubt from me!

[@garyfriedline8541]

Morgan Ambrose Because people are brainwashed that NASCRAP IS "The King" of racing sanction bodies..........

[@TOPGUNCANADA00]

might as well leave this as dirt the stands are starting to look more and more like that for the cup races at bristol anyways, people seemed to like it better when it was just single file racing, which i don't understand, i liked it when they had the three grove track.

[@matthewlundrideordie8151]

Here late but will add that fenders are for the wifes car !!!! Not the race car

[@CosmosArchipelago]

Fred Ragers VII you aren't very bright

[@zachpeterson4519]

They should do this again, this is incredible.

[@RiGiDDiRt]

Cant wait to race this Iconic track in NH3

[@fundacherry2754]

So, about these cup cars coming too this... Good luck.

[@FlipperFord13]

That's the plan!

[@robbiejorgensen4142]

If they did this today they'd sell more seats than during a cup race.

[@nathanpike1908]

Yep and my ass would be in one off them

[@AJTheLEGOFan]

hmmmmmmmm

[@Polaris0w0]

@@AJTheLEGOFan HMMMMMM

[@Odin3v]

And yet you are so fucking wrong lol. Cup race had way more sold out during their dirt race.

[@J.B24]

They just announced they'll be doing this in March 2021 for the cup series.

[@J.B24]

@Rugar 22 I thought it was a dumb idea but apparently it's been done before so we'll see.

[@J.B24]

@Rugar 22 The France family has a billion dollars. Let them spend it on hauling dirt.

[@dragonblazer96]

I think this should help the attendance for the spring race. Unfortunately COVID will probably limit 2021's attendance

[@J.B24]

@@dragonblazer96 I honestly don't care for nascar too much nowadays.

[@TheChampIsHere9988]

The lap record was set by sprint car here on dirt and sideways

[@lenniusgato3270]

Well..... Welcome to 2020

[@kevinhuneycutt9691]

Here comes the Cup series in 2021!

[@zacharyradford5552]

It be just like a street stock race same as the trucks at Eldora.

[@EpicFool1]

The Truck Series is racing at Eldora on Dirt very soon

[@timwalker5646]

i wonder how much clay was used to cover the black stuff

[@cdmurphy32]

They have even had football games in bristol

[@stevenallen2463]

it was a raining most of the crowd left early since it was scheduled for Sunday afternoon and ran that night after the track was run in. (look in the pits) i was there it was awsome

[@barcelona2112]

Ahh the mullet. I should've known.

[@travisdickerson7733]

I remember being at this, wasnt a whole lot of people there and they couldnt get many laps in without someone losing a tire

[@frankfranks2308]

Travy D yup. wheels popping every other lap. I was there too. that and they kept counting yellow flag laps like nassqueer

[@nathanpike1908]

They where actually pulling the studs thought wheels. And the whole tire and wheel was coming off

[@Z3SE]

Wouldnt want to have to clean that up haha

[@mustangcobradude29]

too bad they dont do this anymore :/

[@anonymousnamegoeshere4850]

Guess what?

[@mustangcobradude29]

@@anonymousnamegoeshere4850 i know right!

[@JacobNNorton1982]

I have the left rear quarter panel from Scott Bloomquests car in my basement.

[@rickrodgers2563]

Who set fast time

[@lucasoldaker2158]

does anyone know who is driving the 00 car when I was a kid we had a guy from wv that drove a 00 car just like that color scheme and all

[@FlipperFord13]

Freddy Smith

[@elijahwerling4668]

pit road was pretty muddy

[@theoriginalrabbithole]

BOOM-quist!

[@ronaldneville9986]

is Freddy still around? one of my favorite drivers

[@beowulf3303]

I hope Freddie is doing fine! I met him at Brownstowne several years ago and he is a class act!

[@6wh07433]

How about a truck race on dirt at Bristol? Then move up to Nationwide and Sprint Cup. It worked at Eldora.

[@dr.pepper1023]

Guess what bud?

[@Splungers]

Carbon fiber wheels were a "thing" (hot item)in dirt late model racing- until this race. The wheels were disintegrating in the early practices. Never seen them since.

[@anthonyjackson4903]

What is the difference between a late model car and a super late model car?

[@reddirtgeorgia]

Unlimited all aluminum Horsepower and about $50k

[@Cybermash16]

Anyone else just get this in their recommendations?

[@bionicredneck24]

Trucks didn't look right at eldora, but I would go to this

[@thevmanvj]

Let's see it ....and I'm not just talking about a truck race at ELDORA ......NASCAR Cup Cars....on dirt. Replace the Lexan glass windshield with a rock guard....add some grooved tires....give the driver plenty of tear-offs, and let's do this! For this event, and a World of Outlaws Sprint Car race, Bristol Motor Speedway was covered with over 14,000 cubic yards of clay.

[@tommullen7498]

i agree. personally i get a little bored watching the trucks at eldora. they need more banking

[@frankfranks2308]

thevmanvj wooooooooow. Way off. totally different cars. ass fault crap don't go on dirt.

[@GMac0550]

it would be bad for the sport honestly i understand that nascar started on dirt but like larson said its perfect where it is right now in the trucks at eldora and thats where it should stay because if the xfinity or cup cars race on dirt trucks will have no attendance

[@triuman]

That's some racin 👍

[@billywaynehuggins8567]

How much faster are the late models against the cup cars and I've always loved dirt racing

[@GMac0550]

not much faster

[@toddstine4381]

Is Rusty going to climb in a car Rusty Wallace???

[@sk8ter8645]

Really dude. There was like 20 thousand there you have to think that place hold like 120k so yea it doesnt look like there is any crowd.

[@lonewolfxx709]

what speeds are they running at?

[@josh19852008]

Look it up, but I will tell you now there is a reason they never did this again. It was because they were running faster times then the NASCAR drivers were, and they could not let that happen.

[@lonewolfxx709]

josh19852008 Thanks.....that stands to reason since NASCAR has a 3500 lbs minimum weight requirement and these cars are much lighter....

[@josh19852008]

Lone WolfXX Could not explain that to many people back then. They learned though when they took the trucks to Eldora because it made for a really boring race. The Late Models stole the show that night.

[@lonewolfxx709]

Well, maybe these cars and this series are the best kept secret in motor racing in the U.S.....that is sad because this is where so many of the guys got started and yet it is under reported.

[@Dgargaro15]

the crowd usually sits near the top

[@SteveMagr]

Is this the same Bristol that runs NASCAR? Wonder how they put the dirt down so quickly then get it off? From Australia

[@frankfranks2308]

Steve Magr look closely. yes it's that dump covered in a good race surface.

[@samuelanselmo4159]

I raced back in the early 70's..... this used to be full body super modified...had the spoilers on the roof like out laws...and we're faster than this

[@adammathews9246]

Highly doubt it

[@samuelanselmo4159]

I grew up in the early 70's racing dirt track... In the late 80's I built the original Bounty Hunter out of Kentwood La...

[@adammathews9246]

@@samuelanselmo4159 not doubting your racing past or skills. Just the speed. 25-30 years technology goes to them

[@smackythefrog23]

it is... they brought in dirt for 1 special event.

[@racerboy9ify]

smackythefrog23 2 actually. They ran 2000 and 2001 for the Outlaw sprints and the lates

[@Rogue-zm7qd]

Stenhouse will win next years dirt race

[@kiboyr_archive]

Oh my god did they really put that much dirt on bristol O_O

[@thevmanvj]

Yes. Bristol Motor Speedway was covered with over 14,000 cubic yards of clay.

[@frankfranks2308]

KiboyR nooooooo. It's just an inch. yeah they cut a ton of banking out too because the equipment count get up high.

[@nathanpike1908]

Yes I was there it was awesome

[@rob37greenbike]

Only the slow cars let off....... Bristol baby full tilt"

[@christopherburke7422]

Like if you came here for research for The Bristol Dirt Nationals. 🤣

[@johngartner6710]

I'm just trying to figure out what gear to run

[@super98x]

They should leave this dirt year around and run all Nascar races here on the clay. Eldora was a joke, they had it harder than blacktop, what a farce.

[@frankfranks2308]

super98x dirt racing is dead. The yups ruined it. the 80s and 90s cars were faster. That's also because tacky tracks make faster laps. I remember because I grew up at the dirt tracks of the midwest.

[@claxton110381]

@@frankfranks2308 Tacky tracks are for fast cars. Slick tracks are for fast drivers.

[@adammathews9246]

@@frankfranks2308 not even close to today's cars. If you hadn't noticed that's why most all the big tracks are being made shorter. No such thing as a 1/2 mile track in my area. All 3/8

[@chrismcdonaldracing]

You cant blame the trucks for not looking right at eldore most of them drivers where never on dirt dirt racing is a fine skill thats almost lost in nascar now days

[@racefan32]

They must of lost their shirts on this one, No crowd.

[@frankfranks2308]

racefan32 tons of people. most was on the one side.

[@gene1351]

Where's this at??

[@FlipperFord13]

Bristol Speedway Goes Dirt 5 31 01 Feature Event

[@bagnome]

Holy crap, this comments section...

[@wisdomking7717]

This is the best it has been since they ruined it years ago .

[@joedorer1613]

Wisdom King no boo up pop boo Dr no no. Me lit

[@bootsieboris830]

NASCAR should just be dirt and bam problem fixed lol

[@BrianBeamers]

Anyone can race on asphalt. The skilled only race on dirt!!

[@GMac0550]

not anyone can it takes skill to race dirt and asphalt i cant just go out there and control a 1300 to 3000 pound 700 horsepower 221mph stock car

[@RichieWilliams97]

Bristol’s a concrete track, dumbass.

[@andrewcowan9378]

i thought it was pavement

[@frankfranks2308]

I was there. man they popped wheels like a junkie pops pills. They kept counting yellow flag laps so bloomer couldn't win. lame.

[@loriginithan7477]

Apparently your talkin out your ass because bloomer won this race... nice try though

[@jaydub9290]

People that don't know shit about racing: Bristol dirt would be great. People that know racing: Shit will suck just look at the races they had in 01.

[@lorenreece567]

I'd rather watch dirt racing than asphalt any day. I have to agree; nascar is getting very boring.