The physical demands to wheel a sprint car in competition are extreme, even if for a shorter period of time than in a Formula car. The skill level to drive sprint cars is as high as there is in any form of motorsport. Racing on dirt is not a foreign concept either see rally racing on every continent on the planet. Sprint cars have a well-established presence on three continents. And no, the footprint of sprint car racing is not as global as that of rally or Formula racing. So why not add sprint car racing to the discussion? No, sprint cars are not the picture of environmental friendliness that Formula E’s vacuum cleaners on wheels are. Even if the judges were unaware/intentionally ignorant of the fact. And let’s not kid ourselves, seeing that the Olympics features competitive cycling events, motorsport has definitely been practiced in Olympic competition. Road & Track actively contemplated the inclusion of Formula E for inclusion in the upcoming Olympics in Japan. Rally racing has long been linked to a potential inclusion in the Olympic games. It’s not like the question of making motorsport an Olympic sport hasn’t come up before. Should Sprint Car Racing be added to the Summer Olympics? #Olympics Keeping a finger on the track’s social media, they posed an interesting question this weekend regarding sprint car racing that I went down a rabbit hole contemplating. Good problems to have, and hopefully our good friends at Flo Racing will turn their documentary cameras on the venue in the same vein of their excellent coverage of the soon-to-be-closed East Bay Raceway Park back in February. Expecting to be closed, the track staff went out and found work elsewhere, while selling off pieces of track equipment that likely will be needed now to carry on the racing season. The story of said speedway will be fun to follow this spring.
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Fortunately, as chronicled in Sunday’s Thinkin’ article, the venue has a new lease on life that will allow the desert racing community to finish out the 2021 season while seeking a new home for dirt racing in the Phoenix area. Last weekend I made a point to catch the “Last Dance” at Arizona Speedway, thinking that was going to be the very last race on one of the best dirt racing ovals in the United States. So forgive me for going the quick hit route this week.
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Plus, thanks to the amazing work of the medical community, my parents are now both fully vaccinated, meaning today marked the end of our COVID bubble and my return home after 13 months living out of a suitcase. Big story, sure, but I’m frankly Bristol’ed out.
DIRT TRACK RACING SPRINT CARS DRIVER
Jonathan Davenport is the hottest driver in dirt racing and the favorite to win the weekend’s upcoming Bristol Bash for the World of Outlaws Late Model Series.