Thinkin’ Out Loud: NASCAR Needs a Dirt Race, But Maybe Not at Bristol
Maybe, just maybe, it’s time to finally put a real honest-to-God dirt track on the Cup Series schedule.
Dalton Hopkins began writing for Frontstretch in April 2021. Currently, he is the lead writer for the weekly Thinkin' Out Loud column, co-host of the Frontstretch Happy Hour podcast, and one of our lead reporters. Beforehand, he wrote for IMSA shortly after graduating from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in 2019. Simultaneously, he also serves as a Captain in the US Army.
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