caryking said:

---

Glasswolf said:

---

Just not a big fan of this.

---

I agree Glass

---

I grew up on dirt track and nascar racing. My father raced at the old Wilson county speedway and I've seen petty race at the fair grounds.

80% chance of rain on Saturday. Sunday forecast is partly cloudy with a high of 64.

I wonder if the rain on Saturday causes a mud bowl on Sunday night?

Yeah, looked at the weather for weekend. Maybe they will have some luck.

Saturday, April 16
12:30 a.m., NASCAR Camping World Truck Series: 1996 Coca-Cola 200 (re-air), FS1
4:30 a.m., NASCAR Camping World Truck Series: Final practice at Bristol Motor Speedway (re-air), FS1
5:30 a.m., NASCAR Cup Series: First practice at Bristol Motor Speedway (re-air), FS1
6:30 a.m., NASCAR Cup Series: Final practice at Bristol Motor Speedway (re-air), FS1
7:30 a.m., NASCAR Auto Racing Classics: 1996 Coca-Cola 200 (re-air), FS1
9:30 a.m., NASCAR Race Hub: Best of Radioactive Bristol (re-air), FS1
4:30 p.m., NASCAR Camping World Truck Series: Qualifying at Bristol Motor Speedway, FS2
6 p.m., NASCAR Cup Series: Qualifying at Bristol Motor Speedway, FS2
7 p.m., NASCAR RaceDay: NCWTS at Bristol Motor Speedway Dirt, FS1
8 p.m., NASCAR Camping World Truck Series: Pinty's Truck Race on Dirt at Bristol Motor Speedway, FS1

On MRN:
7:30 p.m., NASCAR Camping World Truck Series: Pinty's Truck Race on Dirt at Bristol Motor Speedway

NASCAR
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Pinty's Truck Race on Dirt, Bristol Motor Speedway Dirt, Bristol, TN
Qualifying FS2, 4:30 p.m.
Race FS1, 7 p.m.
NASCAR RaceDay: NCWTS Setup FS1, 7 p.m.
NASCAR Cup Series
Food City Dirt Race, Bristol Motor Speedway Dirt, Bristol, TN
Qualifying FS2, 6 p.m.

4 PM

65
RealFeel 64
Pleasant
7%


5 PM

66
RealFeel 64
Pleasant
7%



6 PM

65
RealFeel 63
Pleasant
7%




7 PM

63
RealFeel 62
Cool
7%




8 PM

62
RealFeel 60
Cool
6%



9 PM

60
RealFeel 58
Cool
6%


10 PM

58
RealFeel 57
Cool
6%


11 PM

57
RealFeel 55
Cool
6%

Glasswolf said:

---

caryking said:

---

Glasswolf said:

---

Just not a big fan of this.

---

I agree Glass

---

I grew up on dirt track and nascar racing. My father raced at the old Wilson county speedway and I've seen petty race at the fair grounds.

---

Glass, did your dad ever race at Brinkleyville?

NASCAR
NASCAR Cup Series
Food City Dirt Race, Bristol Motor Speedway Dirt, Bristol, TN
Race Fox, 7 p.m.

Bristol Motor Speedway Easter Celebration FS1, 4:30 p.m.
NASCAR RaceDay: Bristol Motor Speedway FS1, 5:30 p.m.
NASCAR RaceDay: Bristol Motor Speedway Fox, 6 p.m.

Sunday, April 17
10:30 a.m., NASCAR Auto Racing Classics: 2007 Food City 500 (re-air), FS1
1:30 p.m., NASCAR Camping World Truck Series: Pinty's Truck Race on Dirt at Bristol Motor Speedway (re-air), FS1
3:30 p.m., NASCAR Cup Series: Qualifying at Bristol Motor Speedway (re-air), FS1
4:30 p.m., Bristol Motor Speedway Easter Celebration, FS1
5:30 p.m., NASCAR RaceDay: NCS at Bristol Motor Speedway Dirt, FS1
6 p.m., NASCAR RaceDay: NCS at Bristol Motor Speedway Dirt, FOX
7 p.m., NASCAR Cup Series: Food City Dirt Race at Bristol Motor Speedway, FOX

On PRN:
6 p.m., NASCAR Cup Series: Food City Dirt Race at Bristol Motor Speedway

Bell Tower Grey said:

---

Glasswolf said:

---

caryking said:

---

Glasswolf said:

---

Just not a big fan of this.

---

I agree Glass

---

I grew up on dirt track and nascar racing. My father raced at the old Wilson county speedway and I've seen petty race at the fair grounds.

---

Glass, did your dad ever race at Brinkleyville?

---

No sir. Just Wilson County, Wake County and the old Wayne County Speedway

Hey Glass.. who was the guy that seamed to win all the time at Wake County Speedway?? Something like Ronnie Hartsfield?

caryking said:

---

Hey Glass.. who was the guy that seamed to win all the time at Wake County Speedway?? Something like Ronnie Hartsfield?

---

Ronnie Hartsfield, yes sir. Ronnie actually just died in Feb 2021. Glen and Walter Simpkins were tough there also. They use to own the track. Back then I believe Wake Cty ran on Friday nights and Wilson Cty ran on Saturday nights.

Thanks, Glass. I probably saw your dad race at Wilson when I was growing up.

Ben Rhodes made a great crorssover move past Carson Hocevar with 4 laps to go to win the truck race last night. He had won both stages and had the dominant ride but screwed up at the end of stage one and missed pit road, so he had to run the same set of tires for stage two. Many of the teams changed tires on that first stop. Rhodes not being able to change tires until the end of the second stage may have helped him because he blew past the field during the last 4 laps to get the lead and win.

Folks can say what they want, but I still feel like the truck series is, and has been for a few years now, the best racing nascar has going right now. Hope the cup cars can put on half as good a show tonight as the trucks did last night.

Glasswolf said:

---

caryking said:

---

Hey Glass.. who was the guy that seamed to win all the time at Wake County Speedway?? Something like Ronnie Hartsfield?

---

Ronnie Hartsfield, yes sir. Ronnie actually just died in Feb 2021. Glen and Walter Simpkins were tough there also. They use to own the track. Back then I believe Wake Cty ran on Friday nights and Wilson Cty ran on Saturday nights.

---

Somehow, my father knew Ronnie, I think. Back in the early 70's, we went to a race and ended up going to the infield and spoke with one of the drivers. I believe it was Ronnie.

Bell Tower Grey said:

---

Thanks, Glass. I probably saw your dad race at Wilson when I was growing up.

Ben Rhodes made a great crorssover move past Carson Hocevar with 4 laps to go to win the truck race last night. He had won both stages and had the dominant ride but screwed up at the end of stage one and missed pit road, so he had to run the same set of tires for stage two. Many of the teams changed tires on that first stop. Rhodes not being able to change tires until the end of the second stage may have helped him because he blew past the field during the last 4 laps to get the lead and win.

Folks can say what they want, but I still feel like the truck series is, and has been for a few years now, the best racing nascar has going right now. Hope the cup cars can put on half as good a show tonight as the trucks did last night.

---

I completely agree with you!!

Who owns Wake County now? We go almost every week when they race, I know one of the brothers died recently, correct?

ncsupack1 said:

---

Who owns Wake County now? We go almost every week when they race, I know one of the brothers died recently, correct?

---

Pretty sure one of the Simpkins kids operates it now

Glasswolf said:

---

ncsupack1 said:

---

Who owns Wake County now? We go almost every week when they race, I know one of the brothers died recently, correct?

---

Pretty sure one of the Simpkins kids operates it now

---

Charlie Hansen runs it now. Good dude from the times I've met him.

WarrenPeace said:

---

Glasswolf said:

---

ncsupack1 said:

---

Who owns Wake County now? We go almost every week when they race, I know one of the brothers died recently, correct?

---

Pretty sure one of the Simpkins kids operates it now

---

Charlie Hansen runs it now. Good dude from the times I've met him.

---

You are correct. The Simpkins stopped running the track back in 2013

He is a good guy. I've meant him a couple of times. I just didn't know who owed the track now. Thanks for the info. They have had some decent crowds the last couple of years.

Yeah, it was about what I expected. Not a fan of the dirt race whatsoever.

Not a fan of the dirt race at night when they had an entire afternoon of good weather on a holiday that completely got wasted while they waited for the evening rain to come in even moreso.

Good racing beats a contrived gimmick every single time. Night race at Bristol officially wasted*.

*Honestly, I'd prefer every race be a Sunday afternoon start time...

Monday, April 18
4 a.m., NASCAR Race Hub: Best of Radioactive Bristol (re-air), FS1
4:30 a.m., NASCAR Cup Series: Food City Dirt Race at Bristol Motor Speedway (re-air), FS1
1 p.m., NASCAR Camping World Truck Series: Pinty's Truck Race on Dirt at Bristol Motor Speedway (re-air), FS2
3 p.m., NASCAR Cup Series: Food City Dirt Race at Bristol Motor Speedway (re-air), FS2
6 p.m., NASCAR Race Hub, FS1
6 p.m., Motormouths, Peacock

Tuesday, April 19
6 p.m., NASCAR Race Hub, FS1
7 p.m., NASCAR Cup Series: Food City Dirt Race at Bristol Motor Speedway (re-air), FS1
10 p.m., NASCAR Cup Series: Food City Dirt Race at Bristol Motor Speedway (re-air), FS2

Wednesday, April 20
1 a.m., NASCAR Camping World Truck Series: Pinty's Truck Race on Dirt at Bristol Motor Speedway (re-air), FS2
6 p.m., NASCAR Race Hub, FS1
6 p.m., Motormouths, Peacock

Thursday, April 21
4:30 a.m., The NASCARcade (re-air), FS2
5 a.m., The Relentless (re-air), FS2
5:30 a.m., NASCAR Race Classic: The 1987 Winston 500 (re-air), FS2
6 a.m., NASCAR Race Hub: Best of Radioactive Talladega, FS2
6 p.m., NASCAR Race Hub, FS1
9 p.m., NASCAR Auto Racing Classics: 2009 Aaron's 499 (re-air), FS2

Friday, April 22
8:30 a.m., NASCAR Race Hub: Best of Radioactive Talladega (re-air), FS2
9 a.m., NASCAR Auto Racing Classics: 2009 Aaron's 499 (re-air), FS2
5:30 p.m., NASCAR Xfinity Series: Qualifying at Talladega Superspeedway, FS1
10 p.m., NASCAR Xfinity Series: Qualifying at Talladega Superspeedway (re-air), FS2

Saturday, April 23
8 a.m., NASCAR Auto Racing Classics: 2010 Aaron's 499 (re-air), FS1
11 a.m., NASCAR Cup Series: Qualifying at Talladega Superspeedway, FS1
12:30 p.m., NASCAR Race Hub: Weekend Edition Talladega, FS1
1 p.m., ARCA Menards Series: General Tire 200 at Talladega Superspeedway, FS1
3 p.m., NASCAR RaceDay: Xfinity Series at Talladega, FOX
4 p.m., NASCAR Xfinity Series: Ag-Pro 300 at Talladega Superspeedway, FOX

On MRN:
1 p.m., ARCA Menards Series: General Tire 200 at Talladega Superspeedway
3:30 p.m., NASCAR Xfinity Series: Ag-Pro 300 at Talladega Superspeedway

Sunday, April 24
1 a.m., NASCAR Xfinity Series: Ag-Pro 300 at Talladega Superspeedway (re-air), FS1
4 a.m., NASCAR Cup Series
5:30 a.m., NASCAR Race Hub: Best of Radioactive Talladega (re-air), FS1
8:30 a.m., ARCA Menards Series: General Tire 200 at Talladega Superspeedway (re-air), FS1
2 p.m., NASCAR RaceDay: Cup Series at Talladega, FS1
2 p.m., NASCAR RaceDay: Cup Series at Talladega, FOX
3 p.m., NASCAR Cup Series: GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, FOX

On MRN:
2 p.m., NASCAR Cup Series: GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway

A CRAZY FINISH ON THE BRISTOL DIRT!

KYLE BUSCH WINS! pic.twitter.com/yAMFlrW3fE

— NASCAR (@NASCAR) April 18, 2022

Last 10 laps was the hardest I’ve ever ran a car in my entire life. Tried throwing a slide job on the last corner and knew as soon as I went into the corner I was spinning out with how much speed I carried… hate that it got Tyler in the process. Appreciate Tyler’s understanding.

— Chase Briscoe (@ChaseBriscoe_14) April 18, 2022

.@Wendys will primary sponsor Beard Motorsports' No. 62 entry with Noah Gragson this weekend @Talladega, where it will promote its $5 Biggie Bag and have a pop-up restaurant in the infield.

.@Wendys will primary sponsor Beard Motorsports' No. 62 entry with Noah Gragson this weekend @Talladega, where it will promote its $5 Biggie Bag and have a pop-up restaurant in the infield. pic.twitter.com/HsyvHfwQnk

— Adam Stern (@A_S12) April 18, 2022

Wolfer79 said:

---

.@Wendys will primary sponsor Beard Motorsports' No. 62 entry with Noah Gragson this weekend @Talladega, where it will promote its $5 Biggie Bag and have a pop-up restaurant in the infield.

.@Wendys will primary sponsor Beard Motorsports' No. 62 entry with Noah Gragson this weekend @Talladega, where it will promote its $5 Biggie Bag and have a pop-up restaurant in the infield. pic.twitter.com/HsyvHfwQnk

— Adam Stern (@A_S12) April 18, 2022

---

I like the looks of that car. Old school looking…

Has Wendy's ever been a primary sponsor for either a car or an event before? I don't recall that they have.

Bell Tower Grey said:

---

Has Wendy's ever been a primary sponsor for either a car or an event before? I don't recall that they have.

---

I don't ever remember them being involved like this.

.@FoxTV earned 4.007 million viewers for Sunday night's Bristol dirt race, the most-watched NASCAR event of any kind at Bristol Motor Speedway since spring 2016.

For the season so far, NASCAR is up 17% from 2021.

.@FoxTV earned 4.007 million viewers for Sunday night's Bristol dirt race, the most-watched NASCAR event of any kind at Bristol Motor Speedway since spring 2016.

🔳 For the season so far, NASCAR is up 17% from 2021. pic.twitter.com/Oqcj7lpbhS

— Adam Stern (@A_S12) April 19, 2022

@IHOP will be a co-primary sponsor this weekend at Talladega through its business relationship with @SmithfieldFoods.

Smithfield is letting IHOP promote its new International Bank of Pancakes loyalty program, which has 'Pancoin' digital tokens that are featured on the car.

🥞@IHOP will be a co-primary sponsor this weekend at Talladega through its business relationship with @SmithfieldFoods.

🔳 Smithfield is letting IHOP promote its new International Bank of Pancakes loyalty program, which has 'Pancoin' digital tokens that are featured on the car. pic.twitter.com/i3B3w8a64Q

— Adam Stern (@A_S12) April 19, 2022

NASCAR says that Saturday's Truck race at Bristol dirt was the most-watched Truck race at that venue of all time, dating back to the inaugural 1995 campaign.

The race earned 1.167 million viewers on FS1.

NASCAR says that Saturday's Truck race at Bristol dirt was the most-watched Truck race at that venue of all time, dating back to the inaugural 1995 campaign.

🔳 The race earned 1.167 million viewers on FS1. pic.twitter.com/QCbTIQfxRN

— Adam Stern (@A_S12) April 19, 2022

Bristol Motor Speedway confirms that it's preparing to hold a spring night race on dirt again in 2023. https://t.co/GIoNhOkY5A

Wolfer79 said:

---

.@FoxTV earned 4.007 million viewers for Sunday night's Bristol dirt race, the most-watched NASCAR event of any kind at Bristol Motor Speedway since spring 2016.

For the season so far, NASCAR is up 17% from 2021.

.@FoxTV earned 4.007 million viewers for Sunday night's Bristol dirt race, the most-watched NASCAR event of any kind at Bristol Motor Speedway since spring 2016.

🔳 For the season so far, NASCAR is up 17% from 2021. pic.twitter.com/Oqcj7lpbhS

— Adam Stern (@A_S12) April 19, 2022

---

Wow good for them. I thought it would be high but not that high.

Wolfer79 said:

---

Bristol Motor Speedway confirms that it's preparing to hold a spring night race on dirt again in 2023. https://t.co/GIoNhOkY5A

---

Yuck.

Not a big fan but by looking at the numbers I can see why they want one again.