Bristol news and photos featuring the last great colosseum and all 160,000 seats. Bristol Motor Speedway is a 1/2 mile high banked concrete oval race track which features NASCAR events.
‘Bristol Bite’ will be applied again this weekend
BRISTOL, Tenn. (April 11, 2018) – Bristol Motor Speedway officials announced today that the application of the traction compound to the lower groove, what many in the industry now refer to as “Bristol Bite”, will again be utilized for the 2018 Food City 500 weekend.
Read MorePolling is underway, here are the results so far
Bristol Motor Speedway is doing things a little different this year when NASCAR returns to the track on April 15th. Driver intros are a show in and of itself.
In the past, drivers have always chosen their intro song.
Read MoreFour tracks will feature the $100,000 Dash for Cash bonus
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The popular Dash 4 Cash returns to the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2018 with full-time series drivers competing for a $100,000 top prize at each of the program’s four events.
In addition to the Bristol Motor Speedway,
Read MoreShort track champion driver Chad Finchum will debut at Bristol Motor Speedway
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — They say if you dream, to dream big – because someday your dreams might come true.
To say that Chad Finchum of Knoxville is excited would be an understatement, because after all, the 23-year-old is scheduled to make his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series debut at Bristol Motor Speedway in the Food City 500 on Sunday,
Read MoreDale Earnhardt Jr and Jeff Burton make passionate requests for more short track racing in NASCAR
About a week ago, Kevin Harvick and Tony Stewart kicked off a debate on short track racing in NASCAR. They pointed out the obvious disconnect between NASCAR and the short track racing crowd.
We all see this.
Read More“I frankly, don’t really care a whole lot about the rest of them. I just wanna do good.” Chase Elliott on his young competitors.
In 1988, Bill Elliott went to victory lane a Bristol Motor Speedway. The was his 24th win in the NASCR Winston Cup Series and his first at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Read MoreUnleash your inner Spider-Man at Bristol Motor Speedway
BRISTOL, Tenn. – Remember when Spider-Man would use his powers and spidey-sense for all sorts of tricks, including the ability to wall-crawl? Now you can do just that (and in a Spider-Man costume if you’d like!) at The Last Great Colosseum.
On Saturday,
Read MoreTry It Tiny partners with Bristol Motor Speedway for at track rentals
A new and unique way for race fans to experience luxury, home-style accommodations at the Food City 500 is coming in 2018 with the introduction of Bristol Motor Speedway’s Tiny House Village.
Bristol’s Tiny House Village is a dynamic new partnership between Try It Tiny,
Read MoreDale Earnhardt Jr: “It killed nearly all of the fake debris yellows”
Yesterday, a video surfaced on the Reddit NASCAR page. Said video featured a montage of drivers disliking the idea of segment racing. The 2012 video was a look into the future, only none of us realized it at the time.
Read More2018 Short Track Nationals updates: Schedule changes, purse increase and more
Key Changes Include: Schedule Modifications to Allow Late Model Feature Each Night, Purse Increase for Super Late Models, and most Late Model Haulers to Move to the Infield
BRISTOL, Tenn. – After a thrilling inaugural Short Track U.S.
Read MoreElliott Sadler has an alternative PJ1 viewpoint to his boss, Dale Earnhardt Jr
PJ1, it’s a talking point. Good or bad? Every track, some tracks, no tracks?
Those are the questions. The concerns were highlight last weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway. On Friday, it was a mess. It was black ice,
Read MoreBristol Motor Speedway placed a bid to operate Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville
Yesterday, it was reported that Bristol Motor Speedway had interest in promoting Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville. The current promoter Tony Formosa, also placed a bid to remain in control of race track operations. Additionally, Alexander Racing and Alabama Track Venture also placed a bid.
Read MoreMultiple bidders for promoter role at Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville
These two tracks have a history. In 1969, Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville went under a reconstruction period. The new corners featured 35 degree’s of banking.
In the same year, nearby Bristol Motor Speedway also introduced a reconstructed surface. The banking at Bristol,
Read MoreBristol was such a fantastic race – Yet, other than 2015-16 – It was the least watched Bristol race since 2000
August 19th, 2017 at Bristol displayed everything you wanted in a NASCAR race. It had excitement, a bit of drama and a multi car battle for the lead in the closing laps of the race.
Read MoreDale Earnhardt Jr approached by new drivers that grew up as JR Nation fans – “It was weird. That was cool. Very cool. Yes, I liked it.”
Two weeks ago, Dale Earnhardt Jr pulled double duty. He ran both the NASCAR Cup Series event as well as the NASCAR Xfinity Series event at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Read MoreNASCAR is testing a lot of things – Composite bodies, spec engines, new tires
This weekend, NASCAR will be rolling out the composite bodies at Richmond Raceway. The flange fit body is a cost saving measure that NASCAR is testing for 2018.
At Richmond this weekend, it’s only an option.
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