The Fastest Dirt Track Ever Built

[@turbo_marc]

170 on dirt is crazy

[@Boxman5]

Some would say unbelievable on such a short circuit.

[@AU10ZC]

In a corner...... that's beyond nuts

[@timothyhorn1267]

Ong bruh one move all it takes to take u out an another person

[@SocialAutism]

Nightmare degrees of crazy

[@RetroWolf0498]

Late models were doing close to that at the Bristol Dirt Nationals the past few years. In 2001 or 2002, World of Outlaws hosted 410 sprint cars at Bristol on dirt, and they were clocking almost 160.

[@gentlesoul221]

When sprint cars refuse to race on your track due to safety concerns, you know you made history

[@Harrison_Ward]

We finally got em to come

[@16-BITFPV]

That's common in the south. We don't see a lot of sprint cars down here. Open wheel weenies cry and complain about everything.

[@michaelshotts6482]

Eh. World of outlaws refused to come back to race on dirt at Bristol because of safety concerns. They put dirt on Bristol in 2000 or 2001 and raced sprint cars on it.

[@patrickroden4481]

I would've loved to see that officer's face when he looked down on saw 168 on the radar gun

[@GoatyHerps]

Yeah? I ignored that part because a cop is completely irrelevant to the story and makes it obviously just a long carried rumor.

[@charliebrown1134]

@@GoatyHerpswhat are you talking about? Why would it make it obvious that it was a rumor, or make anything obvious

[@Steve.._.]

​@@GoatyHerpsit's ok bub. I don't see anyone here who fcking asked kid 😂 jo one cares if you wanna whine that "cops couldnt ever have done radar!!!!!!" Noooooooooo! 😂😂😂

[@GoatyHerps]

@charliebrown1134 When you add things like, "That thar car done got clocked by the poh-lease" it is pretty safe to assume it is not true. Why was a cop there with a radar gun? Why would he be checkinf speeds of race cars? It's okay to ask questions. In fact, the future of humanity demands it.

[@GHOST7OUTLAW]

​@GoatyHerps in the video, if you paid any attention, he said yhe cop was there working security. It would be pretty reasonable for him to see how fast they were actually going.

[@mdacosta7013]

The 80s what a time to be alive

[@lordfarquad444]

*sniff sniff*

[@ViceVersace]

There was something ‘ecstatic’ about the 80s right? 😂

[@daftwatcher]

​@ViceVersace well kinda. Less rules in racing. F1 was insane at the time and nascar was getting mad fast

[@mdacosta7013]

@@daftwatcher F1 rules are very tight now with track limits R&D and such

[@tezy0193]

​@@daftwatcher not to forget group b rally and 2 stroke bikes in motogp

[@aaronpitts5454]

watch the interview of the guys who drove it. one guy says if they clocked him at 168 then had to be doing at least 180 with a small smirk on his face. a true racer

[@all4bspinnin311]

My dad raced there for years. He said the drivers had a meeting about the speed. The drivers were concerned the dirt track cars werent designed to take an impact into the wall at that speed and someone may get killed. Thats why they cut the track down.

[@michaelcarter8837]

I was there the night chuck Scott hit the was coming off turn 4 it destroyed his car and he was banged up pretty good

[@all4bspinnin311]

@@michaelcarter8837 did you race there back in the day?

[@liltwizz_07]

I literally JUST moved near Brunswick. So glad this popped up.

[@NativeSkater1000]

It’s on 82 and 99 by Friendly Express and DG. Awesome track, seen it today actually. Lol

[@notserpmale03]

Coastal Empire represent

[@feellucky271]

Of course they've changed it now so it's not the same.

[@MrAllTimeGaming36]

Fantastic track!

[@landonpoindexter114]

I grew up in Brunswick

[@SouperGoose62]

I can't be the only one who wants a movie or documentary based on this 😂 friggin insane

[@tbone67gthenderson78]

I remember when the track was like that badass racing back in those days . Them Hava /Tampa series late models were fastest I ever seen there . I miss them bigger tracks.

[@Proto59]

Talladirty.

[@nolanstamper4663]

😂😂😂😂

[@utvpoop]

Dirtona

[@cjearnest203]

Bring that shit back tho

[@ShivanshEdla]

Hell yea 😂

[@cowmann3555]

yeah why not, and instead of a outside wall add ramps so if you make one mistake you better have a parachute

[@MarquisDeSang]

Precious black oil

[@cyberworld9000]

Nah made for bad racing

[@Snarf_Le_Wombat]

SPRAY THAT OIL AND RUN IT BACK SLICKTRACK

[@georgiaracingpodcast344]

I believe the 170 mph numbers are fantasy.

[@scottverge938]

Same, there doesn't look to be enough room to actually get up to that sort of speed.

[@steve0l]

Correct, the gearing in those cars physically cannot make those cars reach those top speeds of 160! obviously, the commentator is just looking for clicks and views. I mean, maybe Max of 100? But that's pushing it

[@joshchilds1473]

They can go about 150 at bulls gap in East Tennessee and Cherokee speedway in Greenville South Carolina. They don't even prep a track like that. Sunday day races back in the day were amazing. Atomic when I was a kid would take rubber and those cars in the 89s 90s flying

[@dethkillerspiral]

and thats why- THIS WAS THE FASTEST DIRT TRACK EVER BUILT IN NIRTH AMERICA

[@EL1TESHARK]

i appreciate s1aps lack of a “youtube accent” he’s all around a grounded dude. if you see him at a track, say “hey”. he was super nice to my friends and i at IRP

[@andreirachko]

“NIRTH” 😂

[@davidadcock1475]

If it was never prepped with the sticky icky it would never come close to that title

[@colossae3241]

This track need to come back as the fastest dirt track event

[@NativeSkater1000]

They still race on it.

[@Ian22011]

@@NativeSkater1000 he probably means the old configuration

[@alexisborden3191]

Damn, they were like 70% of the way to just having the thing be paved lol.

[@likemau5552]

Exactly 😂

[@Sneakyeggs]

If they'd had sprinkled gravel in every time thwy reoiled it. After awhile I'd be.

[@pulaski1]

"Black oil" sounds like bitumen, and if you mix that with sand or gravel you basically have asphalt, so while it might have started out as a dirt track, they more or less asphalted it.

[@todddaniel5642]

Someone recreate this facility with modern safety upgrades! I’d be down to travel for these races.

[@getinit56]

It would kill people still. The cars couldn't handle impacts at that speed if they landed in foam pit.

[@DuddleBug5]

Golden Isles Speedway is my home track. Thank you for mentioning it!

[@Nathaniel3114]

Wayneville on the Glynn-Brantley border right…..

[@deadiction1359]

Fun fact, the picture showcased when he mentions the police officer and the radar gun is Scott Bloomquist's Late Model

[@gorillafilmmakernow]

Love those right turns

[@Guss83]

I grew up on 99 before bladen rd. On nights where the wind was right you could hear the track from my house. I miss those times.

[@PhillyRacer121]

Almost reminds me of racing clay oval rc cars. The clay packs in and gets a serious blue groove down low and becomes hard as asphalt by the mains.

[@johnneedy3164]

There was a track in Albon ,IL that BLUE GROVED it was FAST 😅

[@dprggrmr]

My dad used to race there for the big money races. It was the only track he seemed a little afraid of.

[@Huntinglife41]

My family owned this and waycross back in the day and I can confirm that when this track was oil based it was lightning fast faster than any track to the date!

[@luca2838]

“Jerry was a racecar driver, he drove so goddamn fast”

[@austinblevins6804]

And now the owner only races like 3 times a month when he used to open the track almost every weekend and tried to make more money by letting kia store all their vehicles from the port next to the track, but wont build a drag strip in the now vacant space. I live in Brantley County which is the other county its next to

[@youknoweverything7643]

My mom raced a dirt outlaw latemodel here a few times when she raced and my dad was her pit crew and crew chief and engine builder car builder ect but they said that this was crazzy and a blast and they had to really buckle the car down as in add extra Zeus fastners to the body and made sure the hood pins was adjusted and as tight as possible and that the body pannels had no edges that could get caught by the air and also they made sure that the car was as aerodynamic and as much downforce as possible body wise but atill legal and she said they was flat footed whole way around but made for boring racing cause it was follow the leader the whole race from lap 10-last lap but if the latemodels rab thier feature first then they had side by side racing for the first 10 laps and it was wild lile it was the last lap cause as soon as the line was worked in it was then follow the leader and very hard to pass so you had to pass as much as you coulf at the start of the race. I wish i could have raced on the old surface but closest thing to this i raced at every sat night was mobile intl speedway half mile high bank copy of the old bristol lay out and no walls except front stretch and i have ran a sprint car there twice and the police officer clocked me at 175 mph fown front stretch we never lift at all and it was scary the forst time i ran a sprint there coming from a pro truck and sportsman car which the truck had 405 hp to a 750 hp sprint was a huge jumk but fun and worth it

[@AJXR6T]

Oiled clay is amazing. Some RC tracks are oiled clay and it’s a totally different surface to race on

[@daBEAGLE1017]

Nothing better than late models imfao.

[@marcvercillo6819]

Still the fastest track in the south 4/10 of a mile insurance was reason for down size but the track still fast the late models have to be going either 120 to 135

[@TheRoguelement]

You should have seen the pretty rainbows that used to run off that track in the rain . Those folks down there really knew how to t6ake care of there waterways

[@oxysz]

Thanks for shedding light on dirt racing! Love it

[@nolinohesi3395]

I drove sprint cars in a sim. So fun just finding that sweet spot on the steering, then ya just pin it and micro adjust the wheel.

[@ImgCrisp]

Lancaster motor speedway in SC is also very fast, it’s a 1/2 mile track. World of outlaws races there and we’re hitting 160+ mph. They said they weren’t coming back until they installed catch fences lol

[@grantborman757]

Pretty cool! I worked at an indoor Karting center with a high rubber buildup(super grippy). Sometimes a kart would get an oil leak and if it was not a crazy leak it would actually make the track faster. If the leak got worse it would quickly kill the track but it was really fun to learn that a little oil made the track faster.

[@TaxTheRich_05]

170 on a half mile circle track with very little banking. Theres no way

[@45johngalt]

I mean your almost driving on a piece of rubber.

[@davidadcock1475]

It's amazing how much traction drag prep will give you even on dirt

[@hughirwin8722]

Agreed no way 160

[@joewinkler2168]

Was thinking back on the day the corners were 22* banking in its original configuration.

[@russsmith9042]

I'm just going off what I remember I don't know about the actual length of this track but I used to hear that Cherokee Speedway "the place your mama warned you about" was the fastest track in the southeast? But judging by how black that track is I'm seeing here I think somebody told me a story that's a lot of rubber on that dirt!

[@SoldiesBC]

The title had me thinking this'd be a video about a dirt track that was built in the shortest amount of time.

[@jabber1990]

"lets coat this dirt track with black oil, what could possibly go wrong?"

[@pat36a]

Florida uses oil on some of their track. Dirt has more sand in it, they use the tar oil as a binder.

[@HoltAircraft]

@@pat36a what kind of oil do they use?

[@pat36a]

@HoltAircraft when I was racing back in the 80s, it was asphalt oil. Stuff used to make asphalt. Before it's processed, sometimes it was just used oil on the smaller ones. It was a pain in the ass to wash off. Jacksonville Speedway , Fla. is the only name that comes to mind.

[@donlarocque5157]

​@@HoltAircraftSunflower oil. Geez.

[@pedromlopes12]

​@@pat36aso, technically, putting asphalt oil in the dirt, binding it, shouldn't be called a dirt track anymore!? Right? Sorry for my poor English 😅

[@Mtlmshr]

170MPH in a Late Model! Holy Crap!!! I don’t care who you are but that takes balls of titanium!!!

[@andyking9673]

every ticket that cop ever wrote for speeding should be thrown out

[@mrfixitusa6165]

Why?

[@rfree82]

​@flyneco22 you obviously have no idea. I've seen it with my own eyes. This is my hometown track. World of Outlaw cars were doing 170 mph lap times the year before they destroyed the track

[@TekuTaurus]

damn, I didn't know late models could even go that fast

[@Slingin_Bait]

They didn't. This is just some more BS to add to the rest of the internet.

[@turnersawman]

Never will forget when Buck Simmons was driving my dads car. we went there, and he said that's some scary shit. That's impressive to scare Buck.

[@ErikZarins]

I feel like SRX should race there

[@Graderman3587]

I raced at Grand isle when I was 14 just getting started in what is now super late model,it was extremely fast even with the old 358's 410 and 502 motors only making like 500 HP, These cars we run today make over a thousand HP,I ran Bristol dirt series 2 years ago my sister crashed at 147 mph I was clocked at 177 Scott bloomquest hit 188 in practice laps,You go 3 wide sideways at 160 plus that's racing, Nascar is like watching a train one line

[@ExTiNkT91]

168mph in a late model??? Holy shit. Never seen a late model go that quick.

[@blastfromthepast7119]

They werent

[@16-BITFPV]

​@@blastfromthepast7119🤣🫵🏻🤡

[@Kahsimiah]

If you put another surface on dirt, it is not a dirt track anymore.

[@sherristevens3972]

They are drifting around the corner. That's insane just WOW

[@haydenhull985]

That’s so cool! And absolutely insane going that fast on a dirt track🤣

[@jamesmcallister8124]

Proud to say I live only an hour away. One of the best dirt tracks in America!

[@LarryLucas-ww9te]

Yes it was along with Waycross when it was oil base and painted white lined on the front stretch lol. 21

[@cykablyatman6242]

nascar would probably say no to this, but then backtrack and say "sure fuck it why not?"

[@johnathanmoyer2375]

I want a black oil dirt track in iracing now, an I normally hate driving on ovals.

[@mikebarber7228]

I remember the late models coming out of turn 2 on three wheels ..... even had spectator racing.... then went to front strip drag racing...... 80's n 90's were the best

[@GeauxBigGarage]

"dirt." they just made asphalt without the aggregate. 😂

[@bubbadrew8602]

I love the simple look of these dirt late models.

[@glennpupino4890]

Definitely miss the look of these cars!

[@Pinsonneaultmotorsports]

The look of the dirt late models around the early 90s and late 90s was still being used around here all the way until I would say 2011 or 13. God I miss that style. I still know a few friends that still have old modifieds and old late models

[@vinylpenguin2651]

Glazed over with a mix of oil and dirt airstrip sealant it basically became a concrete track with glue all the way around. It's popular with dirt RC tracks in California and the east coast now.

[@Camh_71]

I wish I was alive to race in the 80s and 90s damn that would be a blast.

[@Formerlywarmer]

Definitely truth here I grew up going to this track and eventually raced on it. It was so sad to see it changed so drastically and now it’s just another dirt track.

[@rfree82]

This track is in my hometown. They had the option to add walls or slow it down. They decided to slow it down. I haven't been back since

[@BryanWolfe21]

hell yeah my hometown track

[@sir_chonky_seal2421]

AYO I live in walking distance of that track, good times there

[@GLAMROCK_WESLEY]

THE FLINTSTONE F1FYLER IS MIKE DUVALL I KNEW HIM HE SADLY DIED

[@FlyinRaptorJesus]

I wish the US was the way it was in the 80s

[@HirokaAkita]

A hundred seventy ON DIRT?! That even might be the fastest dirt track ever in the whole world xD

[@Tylerheffner194]

Wish they made a track like the old one here at GIS !

[@Sc50001]

You've gotta have a large set to tip it in at 170mph😮

[@jaypruitt8639]

I’m from St Simons. Right next to Brunswick. Fun track

[@gaving4188]

There are a few roads in the mountains where I live where they do this. It creates something similar to heavily used asphalt. There are a few holes and ruts but other than that you can send it and you can get some good controlled slides in.

[@RealNoGear]

Georgia doing Bristol Dirt before it was cool.

[@MidnightMechanic]

Ironic that oil gave grip! 😂

[@tsmcbride06]

Jax Raceways was that messy stuff also. 1/2 mile oval had Grand National races there, interesting history. Closed in '04, was located in Jacksonville FL.

[@MynameisDUmass]

Facts and truth, they did some shit like that on one of the latest Nascar games & it this exact feature without a doubt you are going that fuckin fast lol on a tiny track 😅😅😅

[@ChrisPoindexter98]

OMG that sounds amazing, jesus...

[@jcnpresser]

Seen an old bloomquist car, casebolt, O’Neil. I remember watching them guys in the Lucas oil series when theyy come to bardstown ky. Waited out a rainstorm in night during the start of qualifying and O’Neil came out and set the track record. Those cars were so freaking fast that night with all that moisture in the dirt! People have always said they’re faster on dirt than on asphalt!

[@tomholley5464]

They ain't lying I've been on that track

[@lawren-hollienelson9948]

Went to my first Dirt Track race in St. Helens Oregon about three weeks ago. What a riot ! You really have to be sitting there as they pass to comprehend how fast they really are, and that Dirt is like concrete. I'll be going again

[@butchcassidy3373]

I raced there back then and it was fast and fun. And Ferrin was a great promoter to race with

[@AdventurousJC]

160 on dirt tha5s gotta be scary

[@Psy6o]

It's like a solid rubber surface is the best way I can describe it

[@tigermanfann77]

Listen, I am not a legal expert but i do work in the parts business at a junkyard. We have to send off EPA rainwater runoff samples so id say the EPA frowned on dumping oil around the track to "treat" it for dust ... lol .

[@S1apShoes]

Yeah, being so close to coastal wetlands probably doesn't do the local wildlife any favors either.

[@Whit17]

@@S1apShoes Butler Motor Speedway in Michigan did that same thing in the 80's and 90's. The property was placed on the Act 307 contaminated site list. So the place will require cleanup before it can be sold.

[@Bulldawg7]

One of the best dirt facility’s there is

[@scott1708]

170 mph on a half mile... Joeseph Joiner from HTF would shirt his pants!

[@dustyhorne237]

Who knew that track is 10 minutes from my parents house growing up , those races always kicked ass.😊

[@oonmm]

I just wanted to clear some things up for those of you who are watching this and are not into racing: A track does not have a speed itself, so no track can be "fast". What the narrator is referring to in this video is the speed of the cars that used to race on it were going faster than what they did on other tracks. The cars are what is carrying the speed, while traveling along the track - which is always stationary.

[@davidadcock1475]

In the racing world the terms fast/slow describes both car and track like in the video across all series and surfaces

[@huntrellewillis]

Family used to race at Golden Isles a lot, I grew up only 30 mins from Brunswick. The baddest track in the south East, for sure

[@1GaBoy001]

It was a awesome track. We used to put shims under one side of the seat on our super modified. Yes we had drifting long before they called it drifting kids.

[@tunnelvision2day]

Man I grew up going to this track. It's only 15 minutes from where I grew up. I thought it was asphalt when I was a kid.. Do a full length video on the slapshoes! S1lapShoes

[@King1614]

I talked to some guys that raced there. They said the speeds would shake the rivets loose on the bodies so they had to bolt the bodies together.

[@davidbaldwin1591]

Even the eye shows you that 170 was a fluke, like that tree going 18 mph. I've raced on oil. It isn't all that.

[@aaronmcconnell7358]

I lived less than 1/4 mile from the golden isle speedway in 2000, when they would start the race pictures on my walls would vibrate. a total symphony of exhaust.

[@wesleyabbott168]

Some of my friends races there in 90s called racetrack Black Gold.

[@pat36a]

Back in the early 80's i was in circle track dirt racing. We went to this track in Tazewell Tennessee. It was just a bowl cut in between two hills. A 1/4 mile bowl with high bank turns. Nothing on the inside. When they watered it, the water trailer would be sliding down the bank at an angle. The bad part was the outside fence. It was made out of 2" cast iron water pipe. Hitting it, it would break up and spear through the car killing some drivers.

[@garycunningham1313]

My brother wrecked there back in the 90's he was blessed he didn't get killed.

[@donbufke6305]

The old moody mile in Syracuse ny

[@Ramon-oy5fq]

I went there often back in the 80s. Street stock, mine stocks, Could flat foot it all the way around. It was a crazy fact track.

[@akhaotic]

I wonder if my grandads team ever ran here. Are there any drivers, crew, or owners from the southeast area that raced in the 80s that have heard of Custom Chassis. They were out of Columbus, GA. From what i’ve heard they built a lotta fast cars. Won the Dirt Track World Championship one year. I’d love to hear some stories if anyone has any or have heard of them.

[@fletcherwulffracing]

That place looks wild!

[@MichaelThomas-iu5gz]

HELL YEA!! THE SRX SERIES PUT DOWN THE OIL, CALL IT TALLIDAMNASTY!!

[@SaintCrownMusic]

Some guy in the 80's: "Hey guys check out how fast and stable the cars get if we put a shit ton of oil and pressure all over the dirt!" Literally everyone else with a car, driving by on a paved road: "Uh... Wow man, you come up with that yourself?"

[@OofThatsNice]

That's neat and all. But nobody was pulling 170 into turn 1. Absolute B.S.

[@TimothyAverill-ly8hc]

That place used to be bad fast. It was a blast to watch the late models there.

[@adamlafountain5727]

Guys what if we coated a dirt track on a layer of asphalt for an even better dirt track