Should LS engines be allowed in Dirt racing?

[@lukk4273]

That bit with the wife seeing your location was hilarious.😂

[@bluecollarperformance1331]

lol, I call her safety mom, and with all the issues we’ve had lately she’s on high alert. She’s the glue that’s held us together here lately. I’m truly blessed to have her.

[@arkansasjon2171]

Hahah, my wife would be shitting too. Love seeing that old shoebox out there racing, super cool

[@bluecollarperformance1331]

It was hands down the coolest car on the property, and he would send it too.

[@homegrownson]

In the 50's, 60' & beyond it was Run what you brung, no matter if a poor guy on a budget or Rich guy throwing cash at everything until it drips off a car. Thats what made it special, having to outsmart someone outspending you and having better gear and many times a staff or crew against you and maybe your buddy or brother. A LS or any other motor that you can fit and make pass a safety inspection should be able to run. Racing is about stepping up, facing the best of the best to Be the Best of the Best, the only thing that Rich guy cant buy is the balls to run fast enough to beat you

[@THullett06]

Enjoyed you coming out the other night… come back and see us again!! Troy, announcer

[@bluecollarperformance1331]

I’ll definitely have to make it back over there. I had a ball and couldn’t have been made to feel more welcome by the staff and racers.

[@dawnhash6068]

We have known Levi since he was young. All about tradition and raising great kids!! Can’t say enough good about him and his family❤

[@bluecollarperformance1331]

They all really struck me as good people. Seeing the family walk down the front stretch after the win clapping was awesome.

[@SaltyMeatHook]

Nice video on dirt track racing!

[@bluecollarperformance1331]

Thank you. I climbed through the window of a dirt car for the first time at 14, and haven’t been the same since.

[@oldgrizz8720]

Loved seeing the 56 Chevy out there. Reminded me of my youth. Sad to see the stands so empty. One dirt track closed where I live but the other one is still open. There is also a really nice asphalt track near by. Racing is getting so expensive that many drives are being forced out. 4 cylinder divisions are growing. I still like the Street Stock division best it is still budget friendly old school racing.

[@clicks59]

Awesome video! I love hometown tracks… I live near All American Speedway which is located in Roseville Ca. It opened in 1957. My dad started taking us there in the late 60’s. I have seriously great memories of the early days there. It has changed a lot over the years. It’s still alive but barely. I remember the trip getting there. Nothing but golden fields in the summer. Lots of wrecking yards. Roseville is a railroad town with lots of history. Man, I wish I could go back in time. Your video reminds me of the simplicity Roseville once had. Thank you for sharing this experience and great job making it. I really enjoyed watching it. Best of luck with your shoulder!

[@bluecollarperformance1331]

Thank you very much. We’re still kind of living in the past here in north central Arkansas, and honestly I wouldn’t want it any other way

[@manga12]

@@bluecollarperformance1331 timecapsles in time and living history is something I like, keeping alive to a degree they way it was is the way it is based on those books on old hot rods and performace cars in the hey day, and even into the 1990's you could still find some of it that were 1950's and 60's leftovers, even eldora while it had the offices in the middle in the 1990's it didn't have all the food trucks the suites and inner fence or jumbotron like today, I love it today as it is its like a mini fair, but it still felt like a local track in the mid 90's first times I went there and it was still the worlds fastest highbanked clay ovel before florida took that record in barbervill, beside teh old style race cars look way neater then the boxes of the 70's onward, but its always been a money game for most, it was just way cheaper back in the day, and as for weeklies few run them anymore, though up till just after the pandemic it was still somewhat common, now for most its several specials only, even kokomo and thats one of the best dirt tracks in indiana some will say, and the two times I went there for winged sprint racing it did not disappoint and lots of wrecks including the great kyle larson, he flipped but was ok messed up his car pretty bad though and was the day before his first indy 500 practice this year, while he was qualifying though I stopped by and was talking with his wife katline and watching his kids play, and hung out with his brother in law brad sweet, thats the thing in dirt even the big stars dont have the untouchable feeling, unlike nascar indycar, 24 hour racing or formula 1 where you cant get close, the dirt and usac you can get right up and in the pits and watch with the families of the drivers even offer to pitch in a little and twice got to help push silvercrown cars up to the grid or roll them so the atv they had or push truck could get to them, my small small part of being part of it once you know the drivers and teams especially when they are from ones area, such as in winged racing zeb wise, and silver crown derek bischak or having been the same places talk about how fun the lakes up there are. but with track closures its harder and harder to find a place to go a few times for the shows you like to see even this year we lost gas city and southbend raceway they problably wont reopen but you never know.

[@bluecollarperformance1331]

@@manga12 that’s why I love that 56 the way I do. I represents hope for the future of grassroots motorsports to me. Like you said, money ruins it most of the time, and I’m excited to see a track with a steadily increasing car count.

[@manga12]

@@bluecollarperformance1331 yea any increse in car count is good even if there are fewer people in the stands, I mean its still gets crowds but they arn't what they used to be with compeating forms of entertainment but there is still an audiance that likes speed and competition just look at e racing that has a good following, and rc racing is in some circles a big thing, I mean they even got a competition at the chilli bowl for it I kid you not.

[@bluecollarperformance1331]

@@manga12 I’m mostly into drag racing these days, and they even have R/C drag shootouts. Sometimes for big money.

[@michaelharrison6978]

Awesome video an that 56 so sexy going around is what i grew up to also in 1971 my aunt an uncle took me to my 1st dirt race my mom said did he behave my aunt said he never took his eyes off them race cars hahaha was hooked. Like the man said buy ing hot rod stuff is out of this world now i have 25k in a big block 565 yea its wicked motor but unreal what it cost. If LS keeps price down it should absolutely be allowed. Love the video brother!!

[@bluecollarperformance1331]

@@michaelharrison6978 thank you sir. I’m kind of the same way. One of the few childhood memories that I have is watching my dad race dirt cars and thinking “I’m gonna do that some day” I ended up doing it pretty effectively for a couple of years, and I raced outlaw dirt karts for a few years. Somehow I always end up back to drag racing, but there is a deep seated love for dirt with its roots way down in my soul.

[@AEyerly]

​@@bluecollarperformance1331 that 56 looked bad going around that track

[@bluecollarperformance1331]

@@AEyerly he’s not afraid to send it

[@MrRatfink56]

Great job Nathan! Yer gittin' almost professional. That 56 reminded me of the cars I watched in the 60s and 70s.

[@bluecollarperformance1331]

@@MrRatfink56 thank you, I’ve been playing with different ways of editing to see what works the best. Eventually I’ll get it figured out.

[@HeadFlowInc]

Maybe they’ll start by allowing the weird 1999/2000 LS engines with the iron heads? Might be only the 6.0 🤔🤔🤔

[@bluecollarperformance1331]

Yeah, that odd ball 6.0 with iron 317’s, and the extended flange on the crank. I think this car is a good example of why the should allow them. For $1k you can have an engine you can compete with, and it obviously didn’t just run all over the 23 degree motors

[@LSX427]

@HeadFlowInc yes. That was my program for the last 2 years. Cast iron headed 6.0. I had the heads tested for flow...247cfm at 550 lift not too bad. At that time I was running the holley split single plane manifold and the gm front distributor and fuel pump drive. This year I went to a more traditional LS set up. L96 with the square port aluminum heads and EFI. Stock truck intake...but using Holley terminator electronics. Just easier to tune...and allows me to get rid of all my mechanical gauges.

[@slowpoke870]

I would like to throw my 2cents in here with the cost of everything skyrocketing that is probably the most cost effective way to get a race engine. I know 40 years ago I tried the local short track and could not come close to what the other fellow drivers with deep pockets they had.

[@bluecollarperformance1331]

It seems like it always becomes a contest to see who can spend their way to the front. I’m all about the budget options. The family in this video proves that grass roots racing is still possible, although I think the next step is allowing the best engine GM ever created. With a junkyard motor and a simple cam swap you can be competitive.

[@lukk4273]

To be honest I didnt know ls engines are not allowed.

[@bluecollarperformance1331]

They aren’t widely accepted yet, but I believe that’s the future.

[@pisstoffcat5136]

I wanna see a unlimited turbo LS class , Traction Wars

[@bluecollarperformance1331]

@@pisstoffcat5136 I’d be right in the middle of that

[@approachingtarget.4503]

The l.s. has made its way into b mods and other diet racing already. The cost has sky rocketed when packages are required by rules. $6500 minimum. Racers can still build first gen small blocks for half that amount. Tracks are closing by the hundred every year. Don't make it more difficult to attract racers and drive up cost. Another step that can be taken is to push out the older drivers and bring in new.

[@bluecollarperformance1331]

@@approachingtarget.4503 I get what you’re saying, but I’m not talking about crate motors, im talking about junkyard notwithstanding a cam and valve springs. Just to a $1000 claim rule on the long block and it should pretty well police itself

[@regdor8187]

If any domestic new car manufacturer produced and sold 200,000 or more of any engine specific configuration, it should be allowed and encouraged....

[@bluecollarperformance1331]

@@regdor8187 I hadn’t thought about it like that, but that sounds like an excellent way to regulate it.

[@LSX427]

My car is ls powered in a dirt superstock class. Factory bodies. 390 Cid max. I have received some pushback but mostly all the racers are all for it and dig my program...my motor is a cam and drop in piston 6.0ls from a junk yard.made 431hp to the tire for less than $3500. Never seen a machine shop. Dirt cheap big power

[@LSX427]

First 2 seasons were carb'd and distributor combinations on a 6.0. This year I got a complete junkyard 6.0 and kept it efi....stock intake, injectors...cam, springs and pistons only mods.431whp 443 ft lbs

[@bluecollarperformance1331]

@@LSX427 that’s the thing, you can do something like that and keep up with guys with high dollar engines. It puts racing at a competitive level back with reach for the average blue collar guy

[@LSX427]

@bluecollarperformance1331 yup. Couldn't agree more. Motors are plentiful in wrecking yards. Literally put a cam and valve springs in them and it's a reliable 7000 rpm race motor. 4.8 will make 375hp....5.3 425-475hp and 6.0 500+.....stock block, crank, rods, rings,bearings,oil pump, rocker arms, heads, intake manifold, injectors, coils, plug wires, starter, water pump, timing chain and gears, valve covers....seriously there is no bigger bang for the buck. The HUGE benefit is there is no machine shops involved. My mods on my motor....+4cc dome pisons.( drop in, no bore) 11-1 compression w 68cc head. Pump 92 octane. 323-236 howards cam, BTR valve springs, holley 92mm throttle body....(only because originally dbw) and a ct525 oil pan I got a smoking deal on...when it pops...150k mile long blocks are available everywhere for a couple grand. A weekends work and back at the track. People need to wake up and step out of the dark ages.

[@LSX427]

232-236 cam

[@outfitsgarage88]

Where is this track at.

[@bluecollarperformance1331]

@@outfitsgarage88 Flippin Arkansas. Just a few miles up the road from Cotter Arkansas, which is known as the trout fishing capitol of the world.

[@outfitsgarage88]

@@bluecollarperformance1331 oh ok. we race at Batesville and Harrisburg at times when we have the car going. Will you be back to Sikeston for NNN this year

[@bluecollarperformance1331]

@@outfitsgarage88 I will, I’m recovering from shoulder surgery, and on July 19 I’m going in for a double hernia repair, so I’m not sure which one of my cars (or trucks) I’ll be bringing, but I’ll be there for sure. I’ve got one car that I haven’t shown on the channel that is the one I’m hoping to bring. I really just depends on my physical limitations as to whether it’ll be done in time or not.

[@outfitsgarage88]

@bluecollarperformance1331 I have to do a little work on my ol 75 C10 to get it up and going again. Hopefully lol

[@bluecollarperformance1331]

@@outfitsgarage88 I met quite a few people there last year that I really enjoyed. I’m looking forward to coming back this year.

[@NakedDave100]

As long as Ford is allowed to run their Crate Motors!!!

[@bluecollarperformance1331]

@@NakedDave100 dude, I’m not going to lie, I don’t normally check notifications this late, but I saw your username and had to. As far as the crate motors, I think they should be left out unless you want to open the door for 1000ho gm crate motors. I think a 5.4 should be allowed just like the 5.3.

[@MississippiDan1]

Absolutely yes, LS engines are over 20 years old already... Even fuel injection should be able to be used

[@bluecollarperformance1331]

@@MississippiDan1 I agree, but I’d limit it to stock ecu so there wouldn’t be any trickery with G meters and traction control

[@MississippiDan1]

@@bluecollarperformance1331 that's some forward thinking and good... Heck yeah

[@johnjessup1457]

Turbo ls no less than 1000hp 😁

[@bluecollarperformance1331]

@@johnjessup1457 I’d be right in the middle of that 😁

[@blackbilly1965]

Yes

[@jrwarner5342]

That car don't live to far from me

[@bluecollarperformance1331]

@@jrwarner5342 the car and the family are both inspirational if you ask me.