This is a great idea! Combine the two greatest sports in America. Between the brain-dead and the toothless I can't even imagine the TV ratings. Probably upwards of American Idol. I know, we can even have Big Rube or Clay Aiken sing the Anthem.

Bet you wouldn't be rolling your eyes if he had said Hunter Hayes instead of Aiken.

Field? Pfft...make them play on the asphalt.

Not sure how they'd fit the field inside, but I'd watch for sure.

Furthermore, On Assignment relays how the gridiron met the starting grid in Bristol’s infancy. Carrier used the half-mile oval as bait in 1961 in his attempt to lure an NFL franchise to the area. He built the speedway with enough room to house a football field and arranged for the facility to host a pre-season NFL game between Philadelphia and Washington. However, after losing a substantial amount of money on the game, the owners abandoned that idea and turned their focus to drag racing and eventually to the sale of the track to Baker and subsequent buyers.

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Anyone that ever played at Hanson Stadium knows what that feels like.

Old astro turf rolled over an asphalt lot.

Brutal.

My right knee just thanked you for the memory as I had to have reconstruction after my foot stuck in the turf and my knee bent inwards back in 1989.