WELL WELL WELL. The first NASCAR dirt race in 43 years has concluded and I think there is only one thing that can be said. Show me the dirt!!! The Camping World Truck Series at Eldora, it was some of the best racing that this sport has seen in years. Constant side by side action with beating and banging all around. NASCAR made a great move taking a chance on this race and everything fell into place. Austin Dillon who started a miserable 19th managed to keep his nose clean as he dove through the field to win the first ever Truck series dirt race, and by his excitement level you would have thought he won the Daytona 500. Dillon had a contest on his hands though as he held off dirt ace and NASCAR young gun Kyle Larson who beat and banged with his team mate Ryan Newman to capture second.
There were smiles every where after the race, because a show had been put on. over 20,000 fans from forty-eight states, packed into the tiny town of Rossburg, Ohio. Every fan left satisfied but not every driver did. The drivers who were not able to transfer into the main event through the qualifying races were heart broken as they new there shot at history was over.
Hats off to NASCAR and track owner Tony Stewart as they made this amazing deal happen. I am positive that this race will become an icon of the series and the sport. I even think that more of these races are to come, and they are welcomed as long as the racing is good.
-Stephen Appell
-stephenappell.com
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