Bristol Motor Speedway

Location:

151 Speedway Blvd

Bristol, TN

Ticket Information:

Speedway ticket office (423) 764-1161

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Track Layout:

.533 Mile long

progressive banking ranges from 24 - 30 degrees in turns

6 - 10 degrees of banking on the straight

Important Track Dates:

Track Built: 1961

First NASCAR Race: 1961

Track Changed to Current Size: 1969

First Night Race: 1978

All-Concrete Surface: 1992

Track reconfigured with progressive banking: 2007

Owner:

Speedway Motorsports Inc. (Bruton Smith)

Racin' The Way It Ought'a Be:

The August race at Bristol Motor Speedway is the toughest ticket to get in all of NASCAR and there is a reason for that. The tight high-banked half-mile concrete oval is pure racing excitement.

The high speeds and close quarters makes for a lot of pushing and shoving on the track, and sometimes in the pits. Adrenaline (and tempers) run high as often the only way to pass is to shove the guy in front of you out of the way.

If you've never been to Bristol you simply have to see it in person at least once in your life. There's nothing else like it.