New short track series. Stewart & Evernham among board members. Game Changer.

[Josh Bayko]

Ray Evernham was a big part of the Camaro era of IROC behind the scenes. I’m not at all surprised he’s part of a reboot.

[drich24]

Nathan,

I am thoroughly aware of the IROC series from the 70s. I grew up attending road racing events at places like Road America and Brainerd International Raceway to mention a few. I saw the likes of Jackie Ickx, Denny Hulme, Peter Revson, Al Holbert, Peter Gregg, Hurley Haywood, Al Unser, Brian Redman, Alan Jones, Patrick Tambay, Gordon John(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word), Danny Ongais, Willy T. Ribbs, and Gilles Villeneuve to name a few wheel everything from SCCA Can-Am, Trans Am, and Formula Atlantic and endurance racing via the old IMSA Camel GT series. Many of these drivers raced in IROC.

We used to watch the IROC races on ABC’s Wide World of Sports “back in the day.” Again, not enough cars on those tracks back then either.

[TerryM]

Sounds like it’ll be IROC with kit cars and crate motors. That’s how you eff up a great opportunity to showcase super late model dirt racing. Are there even any dirt late model people involved?

[Josh Bayko]

It’s not going to be a dirt late model series, so I have no idea why you think it’d be a opportunity to showcase super late models.

[TerryM]

I never suggested it was going to be a DLM series. But I was hoping it would at least be some type of relative of supers. And this is a DLM site. So ...

But hey, it’s dirt racing on prime time network TV. It’s a start.

[Rajflyboy]

I'm excited to learn more about this series and see it in action (specifically tracks and drivers). It feels like Robby Gordon's Stadium Trucks in stock cars, minus ramps. I like the idea of a variety of tracks, not just Cup Series ovals.

I also immediately thought about Robby’s SST truck series. I like the idea but now I guess we will see if it actually works and they can get a fan following. Will this get me back to liking Stewart again? We will see.

[Rajflyboy]

With Evernham it will probably be cars similar to modifieds (but I don’t think that will sell good on TV)

[dirtcrazy4u]

First is name drivers. You pick 12 no names and nobody out there cares. 45 mins of racing ? Good luck but I don't see it working.

[King1]

If Evernham is involved, I’ll watch it. Anything he has his hands on is a spectacle. Truly one of the greatest minds in Motorsports.

[dirtcrazy4u]

$$$$$ Rick Hendricks $$$$$$. Everham had Gordon and Gordon had Everham. Without each other nobody knows what mite have been. Ray left Hendricks for Mopar money and did nothing, huh different wheelman. Gordon lost Everham and looked like Darrell Waltrip, how many car chiefs ? They both put on this act but inside they really don't care about the other. From a transport driver that worked for hendrick, those 2 wouldn't even look at each other.

[Barbecueboy]

Love the way somebody wants to try something new and all the arm chair Nick negatives already know how it's gonna look before the first lap is run.
I'm really no fan of evernham, but like him or not he is doing something.....and not just talking about doing something.

He should make them run the last 10 minutes in the opposite direction to keep everyone in their toes.

[Bob Hubbard]

Is this series on dirt ?

[WisWildManFan]

Is this series on dirt ?

1/2 and 1/2 eldora and knoxville were both mentioned

[drich24]

I am not saying that it should not be tried. I just don’t know if some of the concepts will work and why.

I will be curious to see if it actually gets any ratings and takes off.

[Josh Bayko]

Is this series on dirt ?

They mentioned that they intend to hold races on both asphalt and dirt.