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“The thing about dirt racing is that we never put the fastest car on the pole,” Cameron said. “We make the feature winner from the previous week start twelfth, and this is a practice at most dirt tracks. He may win two in-arow, but he’ll definitely put on a show doing it. There’s a bunch of side-by-side racing and that’s all through the pack, usually for the entire race.”
Potomac’s engine rule proved that a dirt track can deviate from the 'standard 700-horsepower dirt late model and still attract the car count and fans it takes to survive.
But before Potomac even considered its rule, Eastside Speedway in Waynesboro, Va., was racing a different breed of dirt late model altogether.
The four-tenths mile track hosts a * dirt late model that can be accurately described as a NASCAR Winston Racing Series late model stock car built for dirt. “The late model stock car class works real well,” said the track’s promoter, 46 year-old Gary Gore.
More than 40 cars in the top-two divisions populate the track’s pits on a weekly basis. “It’s more than enough to run a show,” Gore said, stating that he attracts enough fans so “we make a living at it.”
Gore had an explanation for dirt racing’s popularity. “Part of it could be the outlaw aspect of (dirt track racing), the fact that it’s not as organized as NASCAR,” he said.
“Dirt track racing is the last place to see down-and-dirty racing,” Gore said. “Dirt track racing is much more forgiving for the drivers. It’s a different breed.”
Les Hare, a regular competitor at local dirt tracks, said, “Dirt racing is probably popular because the competition is so tight right now. It’s like the STARS race at Hagerstown (July 27),
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