Was Bristol a success this week?

[foxfire2dirtracing]

Flyboy

Ole Flyboy said “it was pretty much a fail”- so that’s all that matters!
I’m sure he wasn’t there or paid to watch the ppv.
He thinks Cherokee at Gaffney is “awesome.”

I was at Bristol both nights and I definitely don’t consider it a failure. Yes-it could use some tweaking in some areas!! Overall, I give it a 7.5 score.

[ClampedUp]

Do you really want NASCAR getting their hooks in dirt track racing. All one has to do is look at what Brian France and his shills have done to NASCAR and every other form of racing they've got controlling interest in.
Everyone wanted the "Next Level". Be careful what you wish for......

[Raceready]

Do you really want NASCAR getting their hooks in dirt track racing. All one has to do is look at what Brian France and his shills have done to NASCAR and every other form of racing they've got controlling interest in.Everyone wanted the "Next Level". Be careful what you wish for......

NO THANK YOU ! ! Back in the 60's Nasky signed many Lucrative weekend tracks to be sanctioned by them. As soon as the little guys running the tracks signed their lengthy contracts they soon found out that Nasky all of the sudden changed their nights of operation. Tracks that ran on the weekend were given Tuesday and Wednesday night dates when the common man didn't either have time off work or money left before payday to attend each race. They destroyed the operation of the affordable local tracks in order to force the layman to have to go to the big national events to see a race.

[Switchback29A1]

I guess success vs failure all depends on whos view point were looking at. If were talking about raceXR, its hard to say yes or no without knowing what it cost everyone to bring the dirt in, insurance, and what they took in. As someone who was only able to go for saturday, i will say im glad i was able to be there and see it after hearing about it from the early 2000's. I understand the more divisions they brought in, the more cars/people would come and increase revenue, but its hard to say the whole week wouldnt have run smoother with less divisions. Ive been to tracks all over the country and ill say this was the first time ive ever bought a pit pass ($50) and then needed ANOTHER pit pass ($30) to get into the actual infield. Essentially $80 for a 1 day pit pass was steep to say the least, but the worst part was it was the racers who showed up to support the event that took the brunt of that hit. Secondly the amount of wrecks that happened due to cautions not being thrown just to try and keep the show moving are inexcusable. Those guys in the modified race sat stuck together on the back stretch for nearly an entire lap and the caution wasnt thrown until they were basically being run into. Could i see them doing it again next year, absolutely. Do i also think youll see the same trend as 2000/2001 where the car count dramatically drops, also yes.

[0cents]

No coolers were allowed?

You could bring in items in a clear type bag.
I was surprised at the amount of people that did not take advantage of that and were buying those high priced beers like crazy.

[d-glenn]

No coolers were allowed?

Clear plastic bags were allowed for your beer, no coolers...

[dirt crow]

I’m glad I wasn’t at it. Had a better time in Knoxville pitching bags. Outlaws will be way better. Top drivers. I like it.

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

I guess success vs failure all depends on whos view point were looking at. If were talking about raceXR, its hard to say yes or no without knowing what it cost everyone to bring the dirt in, insurance, and what they took in. As someone who was only able to go for saturday, i will say im glad i was able to be there and see it after hearing about it from the early 2000's. I understand the more divisions they brought in, the more cars/people would come and increase revenue, but its hard to say the whole week wouldnt have run smoother with less divisions. Ive been to tracks all over the country and ill say this was the first time ive ever bought a pit pass ($50) and then needed ANOTHER pit pass ($30) to get into the actual infield. Essentially $80 for a 1 day pit pass was steep to say the least, but the worst part was it was the racers who showed up to support the event that took the brunt of that hit. Secondly the amount of wrecks that happened due to cautions not being thrown just to try and keep the show moving are inexcusable. Those guys in the modified race sat stuck together on the back stretch for nearly an entire lap and the caution wasnt thrown until they were basically being run into. Could i see them doing it again next year, absolutely. Do i also think youll see the same trend as 2000/2001 where the car count dramatically drops, also yes.

Bringing the dirt in was done for the Nascar events. This event just capitalized on the fact the dirt was there. The possibility of an event next year depends mostly on the success of Nascar's events.

[foxfire2dirtracing]

I agree with dirtcrow- I think the Outlaw show in April will be much better. I was there both days this past weekend and I honestly think the track preparation throughout the week was expiermenting with what they needed to do for the NASCAR weekend.

[dirty-white-boy]

800 plus total cars across many different classes got to race at Bristol Baby!

Nobody was airlifted...

The headline race winner came from 10th and the race had 4 different leaders (not follow the leader like many had predicted)

Rowdy showed up after winning truck race in Atlanta, tagged the tail of the B and made the big show and almost had a top 10. Not many guys who race DLM every week could pull that off
(I am not a fan but you cannot deny his talent)

It blows my mind as to why Shepp was not there chasing 50k. Not the first time he has sat out big paying races. Hats off the Superman for missing a points race and winning 2/3 of the what it pays to win the points in just one night!

Promoters sold lots of tickets, pit passes, entry fees and PPV subs.


How was it NOT a success.
Prove me wrong!

[foxfire2dirtracing]

You are 100% correct dirty-white-boy! I believe all the negativity came from those who had no intention of going and needed an excuse? So-let the bashing begin!

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

800 plus total cars across many different classes got to race at Bristol Baby!

Nobody was airlifted...

The headline race winner came from 10th and the race had 4 different leaders (not follow the leader like many had predicted)

Rowdy showed up after winning truck race in Atlanta, tagged the tail of the B and made the big show and almost had a top 10. Not many guys who race DLM every week could pull that off
(I am not a fan but you cannot deny his talent)

It blows my mind as to why Shepp was not there chasing 50k. Not the first time he has sat out big paying races. Hats off the Superman for missing a points race and winning 2/3 of the what it pays to win the points in just one night!

Promoters sold lots of tickets, pit passes, entry fees and PPV subs.


How was it NOT a success.
Prove me wrong!

BShepp practiced there beforehand. They probably decided it was more important to run normal tracks and try to regain speed.

[weatherman85]

Totally agree dirty-white-boy. The racing Friday night wasn't that good and Davenport even pointed out in Victory Lane Sat night how happy he was with the promoters listening to the drivers to stop completely re-prepping the track after every race nearly. I left Friday night thinking, okay, this is just a novelty show so I can say I went and it was really cool to see Super Lates zipping around Bristol on dirt.

The racing on Saturday though was WAY better throughout the whole day. The little battle between Bloomer and Larson in their heat race was exciting. Kyle Bush's drive through the filed in his B-Main. One more lap and he would have had a tussle with ole Guard Rail............I mean GR. A lot of people don't like K. Bush, but man they're were a LOT cheering around me for him during that B main. Would have been interesting to see how a tussle between him and GR went. Then the main was awesome. Thought Fergy was going to run away with a clean sweep but then Larson ran him down and got by. Bloomer was clearly fast as he was firing up right away on restarts. He and Larson had a tight race for a few laps. I didn't even notice that Davenport had been moving up from 10th until he blew by bloomer and Larson like they were sitting still. Certainly not a boring race at all.

[EvelB7]

As a racer in a support division class I will say that we did feel like an 'act in the circus'. That being said, to try and run that many races and cars, moving them in and out, rain, etc. was a huge undertaking that I do not feel comfortable throwing rocks at them. I knew going in it was a crap shoot, we had fun and rolled the car in the trailer on its own Saturday night. I will pass my 'advise' on to them and they can do what they want with it... Also A+ to Mr. Carlton and crew, made tech straightforward and easy.

[stock car driver]

First time I EVER paid to watch a dirt track race in my life.... 22 seasons of racing before hanging it up after the 2015 season.

Id do it again.

If I could suggest anything it would be dont limit the 602 class entries, and run that class every other race... wow talk about junking a lot of cars.


I also think super lates should have a tire rule, one tire. It would make for closer racing.......