The 2000 season starts this weekend at Golden Isles Speedway in Brunswick, Ga., with the 100-lap feature scheduled today. It's the first of 44 events in a series started by Jimmy Mosteller from Smyrna as a regional circuit for Saturday-night racers. Purses are high enough to allow drivers to race full-time. This year, the series is poised to take a giant leap in exposure. N.C. Texas Motor Speedway also has plans to build a dirt track.
People love to see race cars go sideways.
But I got back into racing because I had a lot to live for. I wanted to do something for dirt racing before I died. Mosteller since has retired from his job as a vice president of the cigar company that sponsors the series, and Mike Swims, vice president of Dixie Speedway in Woodstock, Ga., is head of the series. Dirt racing is seen as a good learning experience for prospective Winston Cup drivers. Dirt tracks are the place to learn that.