The green flag drops at the first National Dirt Racing Association (NDRA) race. No matter where people go, on a small road in a small town, people will find a small dirt road. Expressways are mostly always located in urban areas where large numbers of people live. After a weekend of racing, the teams go to the garage to repair the car. Despite the fact, these races had existed since before 1978; Each time Mr. Robert Smawley introduced the NDRA, and later Mr. Bill France introduced NASCAR, more and more people paid attention to the sport of racing. Dirt track racing is exactly what it says; dirt racing is a type of automobile racing that takes place on an oval dirt track (“What Dirt?”). The National Dirt Racking Association was established in 1978 by Mr. Robert Smawley. Smawley was born and raised in Kingsport, Tennessee. Smawley promoted his first race in Newport, Tennessee. He gave the winner (the first to finish the 100-lap race) $10,000 ("In"). In 1923, Mr. Johnnie Hoskins started the first track race. He introduced track racing with motorcycles. Hoskins started speedway in Australia (“History”). The best year in NDRA history was 1980. There were 449 different drivers from twenty-nine different states. They raced on thirteen different tracks. The NDRA was the only national circuit for late model off-road racing (1980). When the NDRA started, the first person to own a car with three numbers was Leon Archer. Archer said “the NDRA was the best thing that ever happened to dirt track racing” (NDRA). Being part of a racing team requires enormous responsibility. An interview was conducted with Mr. Ricky a few weeks ago and he explained what he did as a driver. “The team be... middle of paper......s. February 23, 2011. September 28, 2013. Martin, Bruce. "Storybook end: Young Bayne unlikely to win Wild Daytona 500." National speed sport news. February 23, 2011. September 28, 2013. “NASCAR Fast Facts.” CNN Library. February 6, 2013. www.cnn.com/2013/09/06/us/NASCAR-fast-facts/index.html. “NASCAR Race Car Tracks.” How it works. July 30, 2007. www.auto.howstuffworks.com/auto-racing/NASCAR/race-tracks/NASCAR-tracks.htm “NASCAR.” The free dictionary. www.thefreedictionary.com/NASCAR. “NDRA pays. » NDRA DIRECTORY: Covering 1978, 1979 and 1980. “Track Facts”. Eldora Motor Speedway. www.Eldoraspeedway.com/visitor-info/track-facts. “Victory Junction.” Victory Junction. www.victoryjunction.orgWeeks, Ricky. Personal interview. September 17, 2013. “1980: The NDRA's Best Yet.” » NDRA DIRECTORY: Covering 1978, 1979 and 1980.