Bristol Motor Speedway Dirt Race
Wayne estes bristol s vice president of events and fred king vice president of finance came up with the idea on a trip to las vegas.
Bristol motor speedway dirt race. The problem with it was that had a very hard time getting the dirt out of the track. However many forget the experiment where they actually covered the track with dirt twice in 2000 and 2001 for some very exciting races. Bristol motor speedway formerly known as bristol international raceway and bristol raceway is a nascar short track venue located in bristol tennessee constructed in 1960 it held its first nascar race on july 30 1961. The idea of making bristol motor speedway into a dirt track was hatched in february 2000.
A confederate flag banner similar to one flown over talladega superspeedway last month was flown over bristol motor speedway on wednesday before nascar s all star race. He and i went to vegas after bruton smith bought the track recalled estes. It s been done before. Udtra super late models 30 lap feature paying 10 000 to win bristol motor speedway goes dirt in 2001.
The bristol motor speedway is famous for its close short track racing and the two nascar races that are held there every season. In 2001 bristol motor speedway filled the track in dirt. For this week s world of outlaws throwbackthursday we look back at a highly requested race as the world of outlaws took to the legendary high banks of the bristol motor speedway on june 9th 2001. They then brought in the world of outlaws and made a classic event.
Bristol is among the most popular tracks on the nascar schedule because of its distinct features which include extraordinarily steep banking an all concrete surface two.