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Fast Facts: Karl Kustoms Bristol Dirt Nationals

March 22, 2022, 8:08 am
By Robert Holman
DirtonDirt.com weekend editor

Dates: March 25-26 and April 1-2 (four separate $50,000-to-win events)

Track: Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway (high-banked, half-mile, dirt-covered asphalt oval).

Sanction: XR Super Series and Valvoline Iron-Man Southern Series

Purse: $50,000-to-win, $2,500-to-start ($300,000 points fund)

Tickets: Adult general admission is $40 Friday and Saturday; children under 12 are $5; online ticket sales: racexr.shop/a/tickets/bristol-dirt-nationals/

On the web: racexr.com

Track phone: (423) 989-6900 or (866) 415-4158

Last year’s winner: Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga.

Live streaming: racexr.com.

Notes: The 2022 Karl Kustoms Bristol Dirt Nationals marks the second year the XR-promoted event invades the high-banked, half-mile asphalt track in East Tennessee. … Super Late Models will compete in four $50,000-to-win events: Friday and Saturday, March 25-26 and Friday and Saturday, April 1-2. … Along with its $50,000-to-win nightly purse, the four events carry a gargantuan $300,000 points fund with the winner of the four-race miniseries (which is actually part of the larger XR Super Series) set to win $100,000. … The Valvoline Iron-Man Southern Series will co-sanction the four events. … Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., won last year’s $50,000 Bristol Dirt Nationals finale, while Chris Ferguson of Mount Holly, N.C., won the $10,000 prelim feature. … Dale McDowell of Chickamauga, Ga., won the first dirt race at Bristol in 2000. He earned $20,350. … Devin Moran of Dresden, Ohio, picked up a $25,000 World of Outlaws win at Bristol last season. … Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., is the only two-time Dirt Late Model winner at Bristol. The Hall-of-Famer won both a preliminary feature and the $25,000 headliner in 2001. ... Sport mods and hobby stocks (March 25); 602 Late Models, modifieds and stock cars (March 26); street stocks and factory stocks (April 1); and Crate Late Models, modifieds and hornets (April 2) are on the card also.

Previous Bristol winners (dirt)

Year: Winner, hometown, purse
2021: Devin Moran, Dresden, Ohio. $25,000
2021: Josh Richards, Shinnston, W.Va., $10,000*
2021: Jonathan Davenport, Blairsville, Ga., $50,000
2021: Chris Ferguson, Mount Holly, N.C., $10,000*
2001: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn., $25,000
2001: Jimmy Mars, Elk Mound, Wis., $10,000*
2001: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn., $10,000*
2000: Dale McDowell, Rossville, Ga., $20,350
*denotes preliminary feature winner

(Complete race history)

Weekend purses

Main events
1. $50,000
2. $25,000
3. $12,500
4. $5,000
5. $4,500
6. $3,500
7. $3,400
8. $3,300
9. $3,200
10. $3,100
11. $3,000
12. $2,900
13. $2,800
14. $2,700
15. $2,600
16-24. $2,500

Event schedule

Friday, March 25

10 a.m. - Pit ticket booth opens (dragway ticket booth)

10 a.m. - Super Late Model pre-tech (hospitality tent)

10 a.m. - Registration open

Noon - Drivers’ meeting (infield)

1 p.m. - Spectator parking opens (south entrance)

1 p.m. - Registration closes

1:30 p.m. - Super Late Models enter infield for qualifying

2 p.m. - Competitor grandstand gates open (Gate 13 and pit gate)

2 p.m. - Spectator ticket booths open (Gates 4 and 9)

2 p.m. - Spectator grandstand gates open (Gates 4, 6, and 9)

3 p.m. - Super Late Model hot laps and group qualifying

Track prep

4:30 p.m. - Sport mods enter for consolations

4:50 p.m. - Opening ceremonies

5 p.m. - Racing starts

- Sport mod consolations (10 laps/10 minutes)

- Super Late Model heats (8 laps/10 minutes)

- Hobby stock consolations (10 laps/10 minutes)

Intermission/track prep

- Sport mod feature (30 laps)

- Super Late Model consolations (10 laps/10 minutes)

- Hobby stock feature (30 laps)

Intermission/track prep

- Super Late Model feature (50 laps)

Saturday, March 26

10 a.m. - Pit ticket booth opens (dragway ticket booth)

10 a.m. - Super Late Model pre-tech (hospitality tent)

Noon - Drivers’ meeting (infield)

1 p.m. - Spectator parking opens (south entrance)

1 p.m. - Registration closes

1:30 p.m. - Super Late Models enter infield for qualifying

2 p.m. - Competitor grandstand gates open (Gate 13 and pit gate)

2 p.m. - Spectator ticket booths open (Gates 4 and 9)

2 p.m. - Spectator grandstand gates open (Gates 4, 6, and 9)

3 p.m. - Super Late Model hot laps and group qualifying

Track prep

4:30 p.m. - Stock cars enter for consolations

4:50 p.m. - Opening ceremonies

5 p.m. - Racing starts

- Stock car consolations (10 laps/10 minutes)

- Super Late Model heats (8 laps/10 minutes)

- 602 Late Model consolations (10 laps/10 minutes)

- Modified consolations (10 laps/10 minutes)

Intermission/track prep

- Stock car feature (30 laps)

- Super Late Model consolations (10 laps/10 minutes)

- 602 Late Model feature (30 laps)

- Modified feature (30 laps)

Intermission/track prep

- Super Late Model feature (50 laps)

Friday, April 1

10 a.m. - Pit ticket booth opens (dragway ticket booth)

10 a.m. - Super Late Model pre-tech (hospitality tent)

10 a.m. - Registration open

Noon - Drivers’ meeting (infield)

1 p.m. - Spectator parking opens (south entrance)

1 p.m. - Registration closes

1:30 p.m. - Super Late Models enter infield for qualifying

2 p.m. - Competitor grandstand gates open (Gate 13 and pit gate)

2 p.m. - Spectator ticket booths open (Gates 4 and 9)

2 p.m. - Spectator grandstand gates open (Gates 4, 6, and 9)

3 p.m. - Super Late Model hot laps and group qualifying

Track prep

4:30 p.m. - Street stocks and factory stocks enter for consolations

4:50 p.m. - Opening ceremonies

5 p.m. - Racing starts

- Street stock consolations (10 laps/10 minutes)

- Factory stock consolations (10 laps/10 minutes)

- Super Late Model heats (8 laps/10 minutes)

Intermission/track prep

- Street stock feature (30 laps)

- Super Late Model consolations (10 laps/10 minutes)

- Factory stock feature (30 laps)

Intermission/track prep

- Super Late Model feature (50 laps)

Saturday, April 2

10 a.m. - Pit ticket booth opens (dragway ticket booth)

10 a.m. - Super Late Model pre-tech (hospitality tent)

Noon - Drivers’ meeting (infield)

1 p.m. - Spectator parking opens (south entrance)

1 p.m. - Registration closes

1:30 p.m. - Super Late Models enter infield for qualifying

2 p.m. - Competitor grandstand gates open (Gate 13 and pit gate)

2 p.m. - Spectator ticket booths open (Gates 4 and 9)

2 p.m. - Spectator grandstand gates open (Gates 4, 6, and 9)

3 p.m. - Super Late Model hot laps and group qualifying

Track prep

4:30 p.m. - Hornets enter for consolations

4:50 p.m. - Opening ceremonies

5 p.m. - Racing starts

- Hornet consolations (10 laps/10 minutes)

- Super Late Model heats (8 laps/10 minutes)

- Crate Late Model consolations (10 laps/10 minutes)

- Modified consolations (10 laps/10 minutes)

Intermission/track prep

- Hornet feature (30 laps)

- Super Late Model consolations (10 laps/10 minutes)

- Crate Late Model feature (30 laps)

- Modified feature (30 laps)

Intermission/track prep

- Super Late Model feature (50 laps)

Tickets

Fridays

General admission (adults $40; youth 11 and under $5)
Weekend general admission (adults $75; youth 11 and under $10)
Weekend pit pass (two-day adult $100; youth, veterans and seniors $50)
Weeklong pit pass (adult $280; youth, veterans and seniors $140)
All-access pass (two-day adult $170; youth veterans and seniors $85)

Saturdays

General admission (adults $40; youth 11 and under $5)
Weekend general admission (adults $75; youth 11 and under $10)
Weekend pit pass (two-day adult $100; youth, veterans and seniors $50)
Weeklong pit pass (adult $280; youth, veterans and seniors $140)
All-access pass (two-day adult $170; youth veterans and seniors $85)

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