What will be the ultimate impact of Bristol Dirt?

[Returning to Dirt]

There has been more talk about dirt racing at the national level than at any other time

https://insidedirtracing.com/turn-2-blog-what-will-be-the-ultimate-impact-of-bristol-dirt/

[johnE]

North Wilkesboro permanently converted to a dirt track and hosting annual NASCAR Cup, Xfinity, and Truck Series events may well come to pass.

5/8 mile.

[Rajflyboy]

As far as cup.. it’s just too gimmicky. For late models and sprints it’s a bit of fun once every 20 or so years. That’s my two cents.

[BloomerWon]

^^^^You got enough to last the week? You're short on sense as it is. ✌😁

[Rajflyboy]

^^^^You got enough to last the week? You're short on sense as it is. ✌Well. You got to explain why I’m wrong.

[T-MAC 39 FAN]

He cant flyboy cus hes full of gibberish & hog wash!🤭🤭

[BloomerWon]

Wrong?? Where did I say you was Rajyflys? I'm innocent here! 🤗

[BloomerWon]

He cant flyboy cus hes full of gibberish & hog wash!來來

No need to explain what your mom is. Everyone's had a turn...
HAHAHAHAHAHA

[Rajflyboy]

No need to explain what your mom is. Everyone's had a turn...HAHAHAHAHAHALeave the moms out unless you want someone to lay the smack down on your candy ... 😜. Now explain why I’m wrong.

[BloomerWon]

No! Hahahahahaha

Come and get my candy... 😛

[BloomerWon]

I'll bring some with me to Peoria... what a ya like? M&M's, Mounds, Almond Joy?? 😊

[Highside Hustler25]

I'll bring some with me to Peoria... what a ya like? M&M's, Mounds, Almond Joy?? 

You wouldn't find Peoria if we floated ya down the Illinois river.

[BloomerWon]

You scared hh? 😊

[dirtcrazy4u]

I'm think you need a sir white, I'm taking a stand. We do have rights to you know.

[Highside Hustler25]

You scared hh? 

Only at yer choice of candy bars. No Zagnut?

[BloomerWon]

Only at yer choice of candy bars. No Zagnut?

Don't blame that on me bud! That dam Easter Bunny left them here!!

[BloomerWon]

Flysb0y "LOVES" him some ZERO bar occasionally 😘

[Rajflyboy]

Yes. Bloomquist is still the goat. Still the greatest Dirt Late model driver ever to exist 👍

[vande07]

As much as I'd like to think this will propel dirt racing and increase the fanbase, purses and overall interest, history says it won't.

When the Outlaws ran at Bristol in the early 2000's (on LIVE at that), it was supposed to propel dirt racing forward with a larger fanbase, bigger purses and more interest by large corporations/sponsorships.

Here we are almost 20 years later and guess what?
Purses remained stagnant (and when you account for inflation have probably decreased)
LIVE TV actually went away for many, many years only to be replaced by streaming (that unless you search it out, you don't know it exists, so no new eyeballs watching)
car counts and the fanbase haven't grown (I'd say if anything car counts and the fanbase have decreased across all divisions of motorsport the past 20 years as the fanbase ages).
as far as sponsorships go, have they grown? watching the cars and teams it doesn't seem to me that it has.

Is it a positive? Yes.

Will it propel dirt racing to the masses and create huge growth? remains to be seen, but typically you can learn the answer by studying history.