Dietrich finished fifth in both 360 Sprint Car races he started at Volusia last January. (Trent Gower Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cIt just makes it better for us to go down there and get some laps in before 410s start up the week,\u201d Dietrich said. \u201cWe don\u2019t have the race in Georgia like we\u2019ve had in years past, or the race at Ocala like we have in years past, so it\u2019s always good to get some laps [at Volusia].<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd it\u2019s probably even better for us, being that we\u2019re not having to leave one track and go to another. We can just go to Volusia and camp out for a week or so.\u201d<\/p>\n
While Dietrich is eager to get the local 410 Sprint Car season started back home, the action around Pennsylvania does not begin until March. Racing two weekends at Volusia also gives he and his team the additional benefit of getting ahead of their competition at home by turning laps and wrenches at the track before most others.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just enjoy going to Volusia and starting the season off, having the crew back around the track and in the trailer, and just getting back into the swing of things,\u201d Dietrich said. \u201cVolusia hospitality is very good, and honestly the fan base has grown so much over the years, just more and more. Every year, it seems like there gets to be more and more fans walking through the pit area.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s good for the racers and good for the teams to get down there and get gelling before things really get kicked off back here in Pennsylvania.\u201d<\/p>\n
With his many years of experience racing around the 1\/2-mile ovals of Pennsylvania \u2014\u00a0Port Royal Speedway (Port Royal, PA); Williams Grove Speedway (Mechanicsburg, PA) \u2014 Dietrich is well-versed in the high-speed nature of tracks like Volusia. But does he view his weekly experience on the big tracks as an advantage over the touring stars of ASCS?<\/p>\n
\u201cNot at all\u2026 not at all,\u201d Dietrich said. \u201cWe just don\u2019t have anything here in Pennsylvania like Volusia. Volusia is probably about as close to Eldora as it is anything, if I had to give an opinion. It kinda races somewhat similar as far as the shape of it \u2014\u00a0not saying we get up on the fence like we do at Eldora or anything like that \u2014\u00a0but it definitely has some similarities as far as how round it is, and you don\u2019t really drive very straight around the track.\u201d<\/p>\nDietrich (right) on the World of Outlaws podium with winner David Gravel (center) and runner-up Buddy Kofoid (left) in 2023. (Trent Gower Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nDIRTcar Nationals<\/em> kicks off a brand-new era in ASCS National Tour history with the first, full-length schedule constructed under the new ownership of World Racing Group, who purchased the organization in March 2024<\/a>. While Dietrich does not compete often in the 360 ranks, he expressed a positive outlook for both ASCS in its new home and the division as a whole.<\/p>\n\u201cI think having ASCS down there is definitely going to help the situation with the 360s, and in Florida as well,\u201d Dietrich said. \u201cTo have ASCS involved and taking over Volusia will be really, really good for 360s as a whole \u2014\u00a0maybe even across the whole country. Kinda gets them another good track and another good forefront where they get the publicity they should be getting.\u201d<\/p>\n
See Dietrich and several other 360\/410 Sprint Car invaders take on the ASCS regulars in the National Tour\u2019s debut at Volusia Speedway Park \u2014 Thursday\u2013Saturday, Jan. 30\u2013Feb. 1.<\/p>\n
Tickets are on sale now at DIRTcarNationals.com\/tickets<\/a>. If you can\u2019t be there to watch in person, stream every lap live on DIRTVision<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania 410 Sprint Car standout making first ASCS appearance outside Knoxville<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":6616,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[565,389,3,48],"class_list":["post-6613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-ascs-national-tour","tag-danny-dietrich","tag-dirtcar-nationals","tag-volusia-speedway-park"],"yoast_head":"\n
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