CNN Presents: Dirt Track Warriors
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- Опубліковано 22 гру 2013
- With 800 tracks in 49 states, 30 million fans, and a billion dollars a year in revenue, dirt track racing is the biggest sport you've never heard of. In this energetic hour, CNN takes you inside this full-speed world of "bad fast" cars to meet the stars, watch the races, and join the millions for whom dirt track racing is a way of life. Before NASCAR became the largest growing spectator sport in the nation, drivers raced on dirt - and still do. In tracks across the country, competitors ranging from long-timers to weekend warriors, local mechanics to consummate pros race roaring racing machines engineered nearly from scratch before legions of committed fans
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Well, that was the best thing to ever air on CNN.
Roger Poindexter I agree
Roger Poindexter 2nd Agree!!!!
I have heard that pretty soon (2020) dirt racing will be bigger than NASCAR. You can’t get better than dirt racing, these are real people that worry about being able to afford certain things, just like the spectators do. The price of a ticket to the World 100 is $40-60, compared to the Daytona 500 where a bottom row front stretch seat can cost $300.
@@bradfuhrmann5768 your dream is coming true
Hands down
You see more racing in an 8 lap heat race at dirt track than you do in a 250 lap NASCAR race
Amen!!!!! Asphalt's for gettin there and Dirt's for racing.
It ain't racing if it ain't on dirt. There's an asphalt track 2 miles from me. Racing every Friday night. Haven't been there for years. It's not dirt.
@@lorenreece1665 rockford speedway in illinois is great racing even though its asphalt, they get very wild on the track but dirt definitely wins.
If you don't like dirt track racing it's your dumb asphalt 😎
Can’t believe I just now watched this. This was my first year to go to a dirt track race.
You guys need to revisit this with a follow up series. Good stuff
I drive a semi truck for a living, and I dearly wish my son had been able to spend all his time with his father.
Altough this is old so glad that they are finally acknowledging dirt track racing! Although here is more than just late models that need to be acknowledged in dirt racing!
Great piece here. Surprised when I seen where it came from.
32:59..... Even got ol Larry Mac as a spectator. Just goes to show everyone that "asphalt is for getting there, AND DIRT IS FOR RACING"!!!!!
or is ot asphalts for racing and dirts for farming? lol
@@theacgkidIT wad a joke. You're the only one to obviously get it. Lol
WOW, so cool they actually featured wayne county, my home track. Thanks for recording and posting this McKinney!
Fast foward to 2022 and bloomquist is an also ran, Richards too. Heck everyone not named Davenport, Madden, Sheppard is whereever they show up
Scott Bloomquist= LEGEND
"ill work on some tires tonight, be ready for tonight". Translation: "im going to go soak the living hell out of these tires
Kevin Corbat 😂😂
Kevin Corbat hahaha I was at the ceder lake nationals last year and bloomquist was suspended for treating tires
@@drewpearson8824 hell, he has to win some way.
it is cool to see dirt racing get this kind of attention the first time i went was when i was 6 years old and i have been hooked since try to go as muchas i can
The CTWS race at Eldora is my favorite nascar sanctioned event hands down....
Who remembers Ronnie Johnson a.K.a. The Chattanooga Flash!
I used to watch him and Bloomer run in east TN when I was younger, tracks like Crossville, Atomic , Smokey Mountain....
He was a great wheel man, mechanic, and truck driver.
Met him at the original Atomic Speedway. I was a cnc machinist. Liked him so much that I made in a tag. Cnc cut. I often wonder if he still has that tag. Always a very nice guy who would take time to talk to everyone. Come to think about it, most all dirt track racers take time to talk to their fans. And in case anyone thinks I'm bullshi**ing, that tag had the "RJ-5" cut in it. He ran that # for a while.
@@cumminsrealpower680 that is so cool, I remember seeing purvis, Johnson, bloomquist, all those guys before they made big. I'm talking mid 80's at atomic, crossville, smokey mountain...
That's my old stomping grounds. All of those tracks. But also, the bad fast Tazewell Speedway was/is one of my favorites.
@@cumminsrealpower680 yes that was one I went to in the 80's, can't believe I forgot to mention it, I actually called and they are rained out tonight, I live in lafollette so I go to tazewell. I remember in the 80's that track seemed way more banked than now. I remember when the haulers would go into the pits it looked like the trailer would just flip over the puller...lol but again I was a kid...
Dirt's in my blood literally. I've grown up with it being at the track since I was four. Hell I've soaked some fuel up when pumping for my dad's parts company before he sold it. He's done it for twenty years this year and I will follow in his foot steps start as. Street stock to super and then up to Big Lates all in Minnesota, Driving in Wissota classes and race for the win at the Wissota 💯.
Your old man will be proud of you brother 💪
this is the real deal!
just awesome !
big boys with their big toys ... Dirt Track Racing, the best that racing has to offer ... 32:57 yeah ... :)
ah old CNN with no politics and with racing
Makes Nascar look like a bunch of spoiled babies. Dirt Drivers are the mechanic, driver, pit crew, crew chief, sponsor, drive the haulers all in one, they don't just fly to the track, and hide in there motorhome away from the fans all day while everyone else does there work.
some do. tony stewart flew into my hometown track to run a modified race. he got his ass kicked too. didnt even finish. he flew in again and raced a sprint car. he finished 2nd in that one, though. point is, he showed up in a helocopter.
Jamie fucoph well tony has the money to do that, most dirt track racers don't have the money
I was my own crew when I raced. I was the bank the driver of the hauler racer everything lol. I had ppl help before but I learned I got more done by doing it myself then trying to explain to someone what I wanted done. Drove semi otr. Leave Monday morning back Friday morning, get the car ready go race, sometimes work all night Friday to build a motor or whatever to race Saturday. I sold everything in 2017. Got to be to expensive. Probably why I’m always wore out now. The racing yrs caught up to me lmao
@@jamiefucoph2625 Tony not only had the money, but he has a busy schedule.
Did scotts car @ 8:11 say HAWKEYE TRUCK DRIVING SCHOOL??? if so, thats crazy how my favorite dirt late model driver has that sponsorship on his car and thats where i went and got my class A CDL's to drive a truck back in 2012. Its located in waterloo, Iowa!!! I live in upstate South Carolina!! I got on a greyhound bus and it took like 22 hrs to get there... but anyways...just thought that was pretty cool!
Hawkeye Trucking. Not sure if it's affiliated with the driving school. That Hawkeye Trucking has been with Bloomer a long time.
14:51 well, we got our answer didn't we?
I dont know what it is about beauticians and dirt track racers. Lol. I love it though
Right the list is insane lol
Jimmy bendishaw jr is the best dirt race car racer i ever seen nast in a street stock
alot of people underestimate how un-godly loud it is inside those cars when it loks like you just barely scrape the wall......take it form someone whos been there in a crate late model its LOUD..sounds like the car is being ripped apart..
But you can still hear someone behind you and feel their presence even though it is un godly loud
i like how they keep saying anyone can do it. yea, woo latemodels, anybody can do it!
Ya all u need is about 60k for the car then another 20k for the extra motors to replace the first 2 you gonna blow not to mention 10k for tires and fuel
I lie the part when the said you watch your cousin or mechanic race at local tracks then at the big races you see your heros like scott bloomquist or chub I get to see my cousin race at big races my cousin is chub frank
I watched Mr skull and bones win this race on 3 wheels and tires
EL-motherfuckin-DORA!
Love it dirt in my food and drinks I live for th
That
Scott has his haters no doubt but the guy has a good attitude
I wish to be a dirt track driver it means the world to me. but I have no money the closest thing I have to a race car is my go kart that I race in my friends back yard. I go see late models, hobby, and stock cars every week end. I've been bugging my dad since I was 8 to get me in a car. everyday I feel a sickness I'm my body, it just drives me crazy. id give anything to drive a car and I hope when I'm older someday I can be a dirt track warrior
Same
I know this is an older post but I hope you are racing if not save some $ and buy a second hand mini or hobby stock and go racing you just need to get on the track and get laps in.good luck racing there'll always be a need for drivers at the short and regional series(my opinion the best racing)🏁🏁🏁🏁
@Womb Raider yes, I do iRacing. Closest thing to real racing I’ll get to. You will find out how easy this is not.
I just can't believe CNN was able to go that long without talking about Trump...
Mary's low cut shirt
In my opinion this piece come out a bit late for the prime of dirt (larry moore, duvall, smith, Johnson, etc) and JEFF PURVIS is The Legend of Dirt Racing. Scott rarely beat Jeff , granted Scott was just up and coming and then jeff moved to asphalt while both in their prime, but the Pheonix #15 rolls in and everybody else is racing for 2nd place! Jeff won everything, everwhere. even lost count so many NDRA and major series wins. not counting winning about every other night at Clarksville, Winchester and about all of the Mid South if there was any pay involved.
I had the pleasure of meeting Freddy Smith right after he won The Dream, at the GVS shop.
kinda ironic they call it WORLD 100 when hey only race in the states by american drivers but a few of use over here in europe like that class of racing
At the time, (1971), when the race was created. It was the biggest dirt race in the world, with the largest pay out to the winner. That was the goal of the race. It has stuck, to this day
I love short track racing. But for me I prefer asphalt quarter or half mile track.
why does everyone choose the #1 car seams to be bad luck to me
So it should be World 100 weekend but it isnt because of COVID. :(
I have MET CHUB!!!
My dad took me to his garage before. It was amazing.
I’d love to race these cars there but other than that...
they didn’t do Eldora very good in this piece.
It’s CNN though.
I wouldn’t expect them to do good.
Try iRacing.
@@voodoo7008
Is that a 3rd or 5th gen?
40 or 17??? 🤔
Or none of thee above? Lol
@@voodoo7008
I’d love to be able to get 1 of those real live racing units.
A nice $11k
Those are so Dope.
@@CSDonohue11 I use an RSeat racing rig, Fanatec wheel, and pedals. Then there is the VR. Tomorrow, the big block mods, and Cedar Lake drops. My rig, and new PC set me back about 5k. Does not make me a good racer, because I’m average, but have a damn good time.
@@CSDonohue11 2nd Gen 23. 40 cal.
anyone know why Eldora speedway is called Eldora? sounds mexican
i heard its named after a relative of earls
He named it after the Eldora Ballroom he bought two years before the track was built.
19:13 I know Bloomquist has an ego.............But to copy & paste Tom Cruise's face under Scott's Sasquatch hairdo? If that's not some kind of violation....there needs to be one.
I thought the dream was the biggest race for late models Maybe not
Biggest money. The World is prestige.
Dream pays more but there’s not one driver on the planet that would rather win the dream than the world
Why would bring only one car to the biggest race in the sport when you have at least one other back at the garage? Money?
Bloomer? He probably has at least 5. Once the car was entered, that’s the car you run. No backups.
And you're very comfortable with the one you brought
chub frank is my older cousin I go to his shop almost every day that I don't have school
Hunter Jordan we get it chub frank is your cousin you said it like 10 times 😂
Chub Frank is not my cousin, but I own one of his die cast.
sunsetspeedwaymovie.com. takes a look at Omaha's old Sunset Speedway.
Screw the NBA. Let me see Lebron shames do what Bloomquist does!
Nick G scott bloomquist is a cheater there's proof my cousin chub frank is so much better
If you don't have facts you need to stfu. Just making the comment doesn't make it so.
@@hunterjordan5572 Bloomer is the man,over 600 victorys
Nick G. You mean cheat. Lol
@@bobbyhood3109 when you cheat, your chances of winning increase. That's the only thing he's good at.
Bloomquist the best Michael Lake is the future.
Biggest sport you've never heard of? not all are as clueless as CNN. some of us were raised on DIRT Racing, even in New York State. Again CNN you are late to the party.
Blue collar racing, sure, if you have an extremely green wallet. The haulers, and what's in the trailers, for a first class team probably exceeds a million dollar$. If you put on a 10K$ to win race they'll show up in droves. They ain't racing on their winnings for that kind of chump change. Everyone knows what it pays to win, but nobody knows what 5th place pays.
Its blue collar racing when you go to the small events where the car are about 5000 using crappy old trailers and tools pouring ever damn dime you make into it. Thats some blue collar stuff thre
505197 sell some tee shirts that helps.
These guys did not start at the top. Dues were paid.
Maybe for the slow cars with fenders. THEY SUCK .
This was right before tony I buy china junk stewart bought Eldora and debanked it. Ruining the track. So much for high banks of Eldora. Sad