Bristol on Dirt pre race thread

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Kiante said:
I see Reddick as a favorite because of that. Reddick, Larson, Bell, and Briscoe are my most likely to win this.

More practice for those mentioned before all had a lot of practice laps and showed up on the time sheets in a solid way.
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I'll be keeping a close eye on Stenhouse. Second on the board for the best 10 lap run and he can wheel a dirt car. Heat races should be fun today.

 
Tim_Richmond_Fan said:
I'll be keeping a close eye on Stenhouse. Second on the board for the best 10 lap run and he can wheel a dirt car. Heat races should be fun today.

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Oh yes, Ricky did not care for the car in the first practice, but it seems like the second they dialed the car in.

I like the fact there were two practice sessions as well, very refreshing to see.
 
Kiante said:
Oh yes, Ricky did not care for the car in the first practice, but it seems like the second they dialed the car in.

I like the fact there were two practice sessions as well, very refreshing to see.
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Ricky's gonna wheel it around tomorrow, I'am actually excited to most see him race. This is his element, if he stays and keeps it out trouble, he'll be my Credit One Bank One To Watch
 
Kiante said:
I see Reddick as a favorite because of that. Reddick, Larson, Bell, and Briscoe are my most likely to win this.

More practice for those mentioned before all had a lot of practice laps and showed up on the time sheets in a solid way.
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It’s interesting that you said Blaney was the fastest 30 lap average.
He was the only one I noticed who worked to find speed in the middle of the track.
 
It's hard to trust any of those stats too much. Most who are at the top went out first with new tires on a prepped track. The ten lap average is another story when you have guys clicking off quick times after running 20 laps or more.
 
Old 97 said:
It’s interesting that you said Blaney was the fastest 30 lap average.
He was the only one I noticed who worked to find speed in the middle of the track.
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I'm unsure of the amount of tire wear or fall-off, but Blaney was making the middle lanes work as you said. Never know, it might be the ideal lane at some point tomorrow instead of being right next to the wall.

I want to see if lane choice truly has an effect for the truck race.
 
Old 97 said:
Hendrick pulled a backup car out of the NAPA trailer yesterday.
I haven’t heard anything about anyone going to a back up. Possibly to get parts and pieces to fix Larson‘s car after he walled it??
Also, Gilliland looked VERY impressive in the 38.
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Yes, pulling parts I believe for Byron
 
Going to call it right now...Christopher Bell wins, and I become a dirt fan. Can't wait.
 
I would think there will be less cautions because the track isn't going to be all bottom feeders, they have a multi groove track to work with.

I'm going with the dark horse 5 spin Elliott in the trucks tonight over Buddy Kofoid.
 
DIDIT said:
So the trucks are faster than the cup cars this weekend?
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Yes, they have been setting trucks up on dirt for years and have figured out how to go faster. This is year 1 of this car and race 1 on dirt
 
Tim_Richmond_Fan said:
Heat races should be fun today.
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I'll be watching but I'm ambivalent. In the limited number of heat races I've seen*, they usually finish close to the same order they started, excluding those knocked out in accidents.

* Two rounds of Trucks at Eldora, Trucks and Cup here last year, and maybe a handful of other series / circuits / surfaces in person.
 
Charlie Spencer said:
I'll be watching but I'm ambivalent. In the limited number of heat races I've seen*, they usually finish close to the same order they started, excluding those knocked out in accidents.

* Two rounds of Trucks at Eldora, Trucks and Cup here last year, and maybe a handful of other series / circuits / surfaces in person.
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For me, it all depends on format. I like this format because it is basically a pill draw for starting spots in the heat which mixes it up and puts better cars and drivers throughout the field making it fun to watch them attempt to charge to the front.

In a format where the drivers qualify for a starting spot in the heat, meaning 99% of the time the fast cars/drivers start at the front with the slower cars at the rear, then I agree that that format tends to be follow the leader.

It's a pretty big debate on the dirt side. Some prefer pill draws and some prefer qualifying. Sprint cars tend to have a good compromise in which they will qualify for starting spots in the heats, but will invert the top 4-6, which leads to exciting heat racing. Late models and mods tend to run a more straight up heat race after qualifying.

All of that to say, I'm cautiously optimistic that this format can produce exciting heat races. We are leaving our rental and headed to the track. Hope you all have fun watching wherever you are watching from.
 
Kiante said:
I'm unsure of the amount of tire wear or fall-off, but Blaney was making the middle lanes work as you said. Never know, it might be the ideal lane at some point tomorrow instead of being right next to the wall.

I want to see if lane choice truly has an effect for the truck race.
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I have a buddy that’s a chief engineer on a Truck team. When I talked to him last night he said that without exaggeration tire aware was almost zero.
Not sure about the cup side but I do know that Blaney put on four new ones before he made that long run.
 
Tim_Richmond_Fan said:
For me, it all depends on format. I like this format because it is basically a pill draw for starting spots in the heat which mixes it up and puts better cars and drivers throughout the field making it fun to watch them attempt to charge to the front.

In a format where the drivers qualify for a starting spot in the heat, meaning 99% of the time the fast cars/drivers start at the front with the slower cars at the rear, then I agree that that format tends to be follow the leader.

It's a pretty big debate on the dirt side. Some prefer pill draws and some prefer qualifying. Sprint cars tend to have a good compromise in which they will qualify for starting spots in the heats, but will invert the top 4-6, which leads to exciting heat racing. Late models and mods tend to run a more straight up heat race after qualifying.

All of that to say, I'm cautiously optimistic that this format can produce exciting heat races. We are leaving our rental and headed to the track. Hope you all have fun watching wherever you are watching from.
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Hell we won so many damn races when I was doing late models we qualified then they made us draw a pill that has numbers 5-10 that they would invert and we always drew a 10. Imagine that.
 
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