Dirt Late Model racing becomes NASCAR!

[play4kps]

What has always made dirt late model racing the biggest sport nobody knows about was the fact that the Locals could compete with the big names. And fans loved rooting for the guys from their area! And they were loyal to them, when the big names come in, everybody was clinging and hoping for the upset! those days are gone. Nascar always had an elitest type feel to them, a closed group, the average Nascar fan knew nothing about racing and went for the wrecks, They were Dale SR, Dale JR and whomever else is winning. Other than that they could care less, and look at Nascar today! For years DIRT fans always said Nascar was garbage only 8 cars have a chance at winning and Nascar died when Dale SR passed. Everything that made dirt late model racing huge is almost all gone. Local tracks are dropping supers at an alarming rate, or car counts reduced to single digits. 2 touring series sponsored by companies that are wreaking havoc on the sport. 95% of the racers cant afford 8 -10 thousand dollar shock packages, normally given to the front runners of both touring series. and a lot of other things also. I mean you go to the world 100 and there are less and less of a selection of racing shirts, heck 60% of them are Eldora shirts, the drivers used to help fund their race program with shirts and other things. And honestly its almost sickening that people just jump on the Bloomquist, Pierce, Owens and Davenport bandwagon. Big deal, anybody can root for the winner. Pierce has illegal tires, He was still at the World, Scott pulled that shoulder stunt, he was still there, come on there is a full functioning emergency room in the infield, the Greenville hospital story is garbage. Dirt racing is bending over backwards for a select few racers, reguardless of what they do! People gripe and moan about the sport dying, complain about drivers cherry picking, and now when the lower classes have big paydays you got guys like Scott and who knows who else bringing their unlimited budget and promotional parts on their cars to take the big money from them! I mean every time I get on 4m its always what is Bloomquist, Bobby or JD doing. Its like no other driver exist. To show you the state of dirt racing, all you have to do is look at Marlar, they win the WOO championship and hes looking for a ride. I dont know if there is anything to do to fix it! But please guys and girls support your local track and drivers. There is more dirt late model racing than Lucas, WOO and the World and Dream! Im not trying to be a jerk or single out racers, its obvious.

[3 wide]

Well most of what you wrote is correct but the main problem with local tracks is that 90% of them either got a one lane race track or they want to race all night I've preached about it for years and now it is catching up with them if you've got a race track you better put on a show that don't last all night.

[Phatdaddy]

I'm thankful that one aspect of NASCAR/Indycar/F1 that hasn't seeped into DLM racing yet is big multicar teams.

[dirt crow]

Any post over 7, 8 lines I don’t read. No time for it.

[latemodelman]

what has hurt is the money to compete if the cars were 30,000 race ready you would see local tracks have a crap load of late models and car counts around 200 for the World 100. Racers and teams did it

[MI Dirt Fan]

Maybe that gosh darn PRI show with it's must have fancy gadgets and knick knacks everyone just has to have has something to do with it...

[wfofan]

Play4kps you are mostly right...But the world as a whole is so fukked up not many care about the truth or anything else...

[play4kps]

Wfofan, you are 100% right.

[play4kps]

I think the crazy spending started a long time ago. But the real down turn came with the highly funded rocket house car. And then the Longhorn craze, guys were changing chassis like crazy! And then the high dollar shock companies and everything else penetrated the touring series and were giving them to the top runners for promotional purposes and in order for others to be competitive, they were stuck having to spend or finish in the back or loading up before feature! People have this misconception that if crates went away every driver would return to supers, thats no true at all, they would be done or race street stocks!

[chupp n bloomer fan]

It is not on Rocket, Longhorn, Bloomer, etc to control cost. It is on the series/sanctions to keep these guys in check and not let the inmates run the asylum. And that has failed immensely. Racers will do whatever they can to win if they are allowed too. Including shooting theirselves in their foot. So you make a set of rules, you enforce them, and that is that. No matter who you are, tough sh!t. And it isn’t that way.

[ImCryn2]

Have to agree with CNB

[hucktyson]

They should have hired an outsider to control tech not a guy who’s friends with and has beers with all of the series regulars. From what I witnessed the series regulars have zero respect for the tech process

[chupp n bloomer fan]

Huck

Yes. Someone as impartial as possible. Not someone tight with half the field. And who will enforce the rule book and have good guys helping him doing the same.

[play4kps]

I understand that but in all fairness to Francis, Lucas had a few crazy rules before him, like the if you dont stop on a caution even if you cause it, you get your spot back, I never understood that rule! Some racers will do whatever it takes to win, as long as its in their budget, some have bigger budgets. But you got to remember the title sponsors will do what it takes to have their name on the winning cars. Example, they are willing to give Pierce, Bloomquist or Davenport a 8 to 10,000 dollar shock package at no cost, hoping to have their name mentioned in victory lane. Its things like that that is taking a toll on the sport, And as long as they are advertising and giving money to Lucas and WOO, nothing will ever change.

[play4kps]

And lets face it, it that was Bloomer or Pierce at Big e, they would have overlooked the Weiss incident and they would have been racing. Eldora probably makes a pretty penny on the Bloomquist and Pierce shirt sales! I would bet 60% of the people buying the Bloomquist, Pierce and Eldora shirts at the world, know little or nothing about the driver and even less about the sport, they just want to be seen wearing the shirt of the winner.