{"id":1913759,"date":"2023-04-12T16:28:32","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T20:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bubba-wallace-reveals-drivers-were-told-nascar-is-an-entertainment-business-wants-bristol-to-go-back-to-concrete\/"},"modified":"2023-04-12T16:30:28","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T20:30:28","slug":"bubba-wallace-reveals-drivers-were-told-nascar-is-an-entertainment-business-wants-bristol-to-go-back-to-concrete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bubba-wallace-reveals-drivers-were-told-nascar-is-an-entertainment-business-wants-bristol-to-go-back-to-concrete\/","title":{"rendered":"Bubba Wallace Reveals Drivers Were Told NASCAR \u201cIs an Entertainment Business,\u201d Wants Bristol to Go Back to Concrete"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbubba-wallace-reveals-drivers-were-told-nascar-is-an-entertainment-business-wants-bristol-to-go-back-to-concrete%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1913759&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div>\n<p>Bubba Wallace recently spoke with media before a race and revealed that NASCAR officials informed drivers that racing is first and foremost an entertainment business. Additionally, Wallace shared his thoughts that the Bristol dirt race is a novelty that\u2019s been overdone and needs to return to a standard concrete track.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3864\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3864\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3864\">Bubba Wallace via NASCAR YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Wallace said, \u201cI\u2019m ready for it to go back. I feel like it\u2019s run its course, honestly. It\u2019s fun. It\u2019s exciting. First couple of laps it was like, \u2018Oh okay,\u2019 but \u2014 I don\u2019t know, man. I think we\u2019re trying to chase something that is\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He went on to say that after certain driver\u2019s concerns were dismissed, they were told by NASCAR officials that this is simply an entertainment business and the fans want the novelty of dirt racing. This was confirmed by Brad Keselowski, who believes that the fans are the ones that ultimately dictate what is popular and what will remain. Keselowski also indicated that special racing events like this lose relevance after the novelty wears off, and it\u2019s time to do something fresh and new.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4550\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4550\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4550\">Bubba Wallace via NASCAR YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Wallace also expressed his belief that dirt racing does not belong in the NASCAR Cup Series, and that it\u2019s all just a gimmick. In his opinion, the fans do not want to see cup cars racing on dirt, as it does not feel right. He respects what dirt drivers are able to do and has a lot of fun on dirt, but he believes that it&#8217;s time to return to traditional concrete tracks.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\"I Think This Is All, To Me, a Gimmick\" - Bubba Wallace Says Cup Should Not Race On Dirt\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p-oSFWAwF1Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>When asked what he thought of Wallace\u2019s comments, Kyle Busch opined that he enjoys dirt racing and thinks it\u2019s fun but that it should be reserved for dirt-specific cars rather than cup cars. Busch believes that cup cars don&#8217;t belong on dirt tracks and NASCAR could instead organize racing events featuring dirt-specific vehicles for added excitement. <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"I Asked Kyle Busch About Bristol &#038; He Said: \"These Cars Don't Belong on Dirt\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Byt9OyiSaPk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Whether dirt track racing will remain a feature of the NASCAR Cup Series in the future is still not clear. However, Wallace\u2019s comments and those of other drivers suggest that the trend may end as fans and drivers eventually become bored of the gimmick.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bubba Wallace revealed in a pre-race media scrum that drivers were informed that NASCAR \u201cis an entertainment business.\u201d He also shared his opinion that the Bristol Dirt Race is a gimmick and it\u2019s time to leave it behind. Bubba Wallace via NASCAR YouTube Speaking to the media ahead of Sunday night\u2019s race, Wallace was asked<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1913760,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[7322,24229,9264,4284,10779,10774,14890,10072,5114,3737,9263],"class_list":["post-1913759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-is","tag-bristol","tag-bubba","tag-business","tag-concrete","tag-drivers","tag-entertainment","tag-nascar","tag-reveals","tag-told","tag-wallace"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1913759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1913759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1913759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1913760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1913759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1913759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1913759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}