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@nascarcasm: Most ‘Bristol’ moments from 2021 dirt races
By @nascarcasm | Published: April 13, 2022 21
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Bristol Motor Speedway is crazy enough, and adding dirt to the mix only makes it crazier. Here are a few extremely "Bristol" moments from last year's inaugural Bristol Dirt Race.
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Fellas, four-wide rarely works on surfaces that aren't asphalt but you do you.
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The trucks are different from the Next Gen cars, so these are not sequential Swiffers.
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Truck repair in the pits is very delicate work. Requires the precise hands of a surgeon.
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"Not much damage, he should be able to drive that back to the ... AND nevermind."
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Oh well great -- now there's dirt everywhere.
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Ever seen a large dog run across a tile floor and then try to come to a sudden stop? It's like that.
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When you go to the dirt track, dirt winds up in unexpected places, on both the truck as well as those in attendance. You'll wash behind your ear in two weeks and find more. It's persistent. Sort of like a souvenir.
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Look terrifying? I guess Chase Elliott enjoyed this save so much that he started running more dirt races in his off-time. Racers are weird.
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There was contact between the No. 11 and the No. 48 -- certainly not a precursor to anything that would happen later in the 2021 season.
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Brings back harrowing memories of my first eyebrow wax.
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Denny Hamlin pulls a bump-and-run on Alex Bowman. Clearly this was just a byproduct of dirt racing and Alex wouldn't remember it at all after the race ended.
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You do what you gotta do to maintain visibility in the dirt, even if it's a helmet visor over glasses.
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The wrecks on dirt are different. They're more like watching a bunch of folks from Florida trying to drive in snow for the first time ever.
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Just a friendly meeting between teammates, nothing to see here.
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Watch Martin Truex Jr. in the top left barely make it through unscathed. Absolutely amazing. Oh, but it really sucked for everyone else in the GIF.
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How are these cars modified to run on the dirt? Let's go to the NASCAR on FOX cutaway car ...
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(Resists urge to play "Dust In The Wind" by Kansas ... )
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You gotta do what the boss says, but the dude in the Discount Tire fire suits realizes there's no point to this sweeping whatsoever. It's like putting your swimsuit in the dryer before jumping back in the pool.
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Contact between Kyle Larson and Christopher Bell was expected, given that neither one has a great deal of dirt experience.
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And dirt legend Joey Logano takes home the trophy, just as we all anticipated. Careful with the burnout -- we don't want to kick up too much dirt.