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March 31, 2021 written by Phil Allaway
Last weekend was a big weekend for NASCAR as they held their first dirt race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Unfortunately, it turned into a literal quagmire due to precipitation.
This ended up being the sixth spring race at Bristol for the NASCAR Cup Series in the last eight years to be delayed in some way, shape or form. Just brutal. Bristol just can’t buy a break. That’s why the attendance has fallen off a cliff for the race. I have no idea why they decided to move the race back up three weeks into March. Last year is an outlier because of COVID-19, but the race was two weeks later in 2019. For 2022, NASCAR needs to move this race weekend back into April. It’s like they forget sometimes that Bristol Motor Speedway is in the mountains. It’s not like Nashville or Charlotte. It can get cold there this time of year, and that’s far more critical with a dirt track than it is a paved track. It’s the same reason why they couldn’t do any o
Young Columbus racer celebrates successful 2020 season
Evan Shatto of Columbus just completed the most successful season of his young racing career to date in 2020. The 14-year-old, who is a freshman at Columbus East High School, collected 17 feature wins this season.
Shatto split time this year driving for his parents Eric and Nikki Shatto and Greg and James “Porkchop” Jones. He captured the Jennings County Outlaw Karting junior 3 track championship, where he was undefeated this season.
Shatto, who started his racing obsession six years ago racing radio-controlled cars, has been racing go-karts for the past year-and-a-half, mainly at Columbus and North Vernon. He followed in his father and brother’s footsteps.