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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 based on 906 reviews

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About Bristol Motor Speedway

You can tell a lot about the character of Bristol Motor Speedway from the nicknames assigned to the venue by racing fans. There are four in wide circulation: "The Last Great Colosseum" and "The Bullring" for the track's shape; "The World's Fastest Half-Mile" for its speed (cars complete laps in about 15 seconds); and "Thunder Valley" for its noise. The track is steeply banked and ringed with stadium-style seating. With a capacity of 162,000, it is the third-largest sports venue in the United States and the seventh-largest in the world.

Bristol Motor Speedway History

Bristol Motor Speedway, located in the northeast corner of Tennessee, opened in 1961. It was built by Carl Moore, Larry Carrier, and R.G. Pope on the site of a former dairy farm. They drew their inspiration from a trip to Charlotte Motor Speedway, but the $600,000 Bristol track was a more intimate (and noisier) venue, and in 1969 the track was reconfigured with its signature steep banks. In 1992, BMS replaced its asphalt surface with a concrete surface that is now its other hallmark. It is something of a celebrity, having served as the basis for the fictional Motor Speedway of the South in the Disney/Pixar film Cars.

The speedway is home to races in the NASCAR Cup Series, the NASCAR Xfinity Series, NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, ARCA Menards Series East, and the NHRA Mello Yellow Drag Racing Series. In the Cup Series, racing great Richard Petty holds the track record for most Top 10 finishes (with 37) and most starts (with 60). Darrell Waltrip leads with 12 all-time wins. The all-time winningest car owner at BMS is the legendary Junior Johnson, with 21 victories. Over the course of a week in 2010, Kyle Busch made history by winning three NASCAR national series races in a single race meeting: the Truck Series race on a Wednesday, then the Nationwide Series race, and the Spring Cup Series race.

Reviews

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 based on 906 reviews
  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Incredible

    by Aron on 9/20/22Bristol Motor Speedway - Bristol

    I’ll try to keep this short so you read it all. I’ve been to Phoenix 4 times, Talladega, (old) Atlanta, and Las Vegas all once. Bristol was hands down the best one. The 2022 night race most certainly won’t go down as one of the tracks best races either. It was still incredible. The amount of pre race entertainment was second to none. Hats off to SMC and Toyota for that. I have a few more tracks to check off but will definitely go back to Bristol.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Great Night Race

    by JasperATL on 9/20/22Bristol Motor Speedway - Bristol

    Will rebook for 2023 as its one of the better NASCAR event on the calendar

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Bristol Baby

    by Roger S on 9/20/22Bristol Motor Speedway - Bristol

    The sites,sound,smell its Bristol Baby.. If you are looking to go to a race this definitely is a must!

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Bristiol Saturday night cup rance

    by MRT on 9/20/22Bristol Motor Speedway - Bristol

    Positives . The track looks great . Good race not great ( the track needs to be repaved, and I am sure the switching from dirt to asphalt is not helping. needs to be one way or the other . Nice prerace events Negatives . Not enough transportation to get into and out of the track given how far you need to park . Too many of the concession stands were not open . Internet access needs to be much better was unavailable much of the race .

  • Rating: 3 out of 5

    First ever NASCAR race

    by Peggy on 9/20/22Bristol Motor Speedway - Bristol

    I enjoyed the race put missed the pre-show because I had spent all day trying to get the tickets down loaded and then after the pre-show was over we were finally able to get the downloaded and get in before the fly Over

  • Rating: 3 out of 5

    Great racing

    by Jodyl on 9/19/22Bristol Motor Speedway - Bristol

    The raceing was great all three days. I give the speedway concessions an F! My seats were in the Kilweick terrace. Saturday nights race no concessions stands were open to sell anything on M2 ! I had to go down the stairs to M 1 just buy a beer! Im surprised the race track could not find enough help!

  • Rating: 2 out of 5

    Pleased but one thing is frustrating

    by Buzz on 9/19/22Bristol Motor Speedway - Bristol

    Everything was amazing except for the driver intros. That used to be a highlight now it’s a joke and done way to quickly and you can’t hear their intro song.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Best weekend of my life

    by Brad on 9/19/22Bristol Motor Speedway - Bristol

    Amazing facilities. Had an absolute blast and would recommend to anyone, nascar fan or not.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Wonderfully like old times!

    by Roger Ramjet on 9/19/22Bristol Motor Speedway - Bristol

    I have been going to Bristol every year, for both spring and fall races, since 2006. I’ve seen the highs and lows of attendance during that period. With nearly 100,000 fans at the race on Saturday night it was wonderful to see crowds like I haven’t seen in 10 to 12 years. The weather couldn’t have been better and the action all 3 nights (I attended them all!) couldn’t have been better. There is no place like Bristol on a Saturday night and being a playoff cut off race made the excitement even more thrilling. Bristol does such a good job of being fan friendly and welcoming. I’m getting ready to purchase my tickets for both race cards in 2023 because they are both a “don’t miss” experience!

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Best Race

    by Blaney Fan on 9/18/22Bristol Motor Speedway - Bristol

    Best race you can go to!!! We will be back next year!!!

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    A good time

    by Eddie on 9/16/22Bristol Motor Speedway - Bristol

    Me and my son had a very good time...........!!!!!!!!

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Amazing experience!

    by IG - Guidomeatball on 9/8/22Bristol Motor Speedway - Bristol

    I loved it! The track, the cars and the stadium trucks were awesome

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Best event ever!

    by Smrt homr on 9/8/22Bristol Motor Speedway - Bristol

    Cleetus had the biggest and best event so far! I will be going back as often as I can. The facility was clean and not overly crowded. The food was good but a little expensive. That's happening everywhere these days.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Awesome Event!! Had a Blast!!

    by Shane0 on 9/7/22Bristol Motor Speedway - Bristol

    The Event itself was Amazing!! BMS itself could of done a better job I feel. We were limited to such a small section of the Huge Compound, which resulted in very long lines for Consessions and ect. It Also Crammed everybody together which could have easily been avoided, by just opening up even half of the Arena! Still had a Great time, and the Cleetus and Cars Crew were nothing short of Amazing!!

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Super Cool

    by Stacy on 9/7/22Bristol Motor Speedway - Bristol

    Went for the Cleetus and Cars event, it was awesome. Ticket prices were reasonable. The arena is easy to navigate. Would rerurn here for future events.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Cleetus and cars

    by Xterra32 on 9/7/22Bristol Motor Speedway - Bristol

    This event was our first time attending a racing event. We had so much fun! The venue was clean and not very crowded. The race fans are a different breed, so nice and friendly. I have 3 girls plus my wife so this event was a big roll of the dice for me. The family loved it and our girls all want to be race car drivers now! We came to meet some of our YouTube favorites and left with memories that will last forever. Thank you Bristol and Thank you Cleetus and cars!

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Great

    by Rodger23 on 9/7/22Bristol Motor Speedway - Bristol

    Everything on my phone, it was awesome! From the parking to the gate tickets every aspect was smooth.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Cleetus Bristol 1000

    by Rkbagent on 9/7/22Bristol Motor Speedway - Bristol

    Stadium is awesome! Food was expensive, Stadium trucks rock! Bristol 1000 was awesome. Needed another small event to fill in time. Maybe actual lines made for meet and greet of personalities. VGG is the man!

  • Rating: 1 out of 5

    Bad business practices

    by Bogmanmark on 9/7/22Bristol Motor Speedway - Bristol

    I drove about 500 miles to get there and bought 3 ticket’s online to Saturdays event and the tickets had seat numbers on them.We found our seats when we got there and sit down and then decided to go get t shirts from vendors and drinks from concession stand and when we tried to return to our seats someone else was sitting in our seats and then we were rudely told by track staff that it was general admission sit wherever and after I found three more seats it made me not want to go buy anything else for fear of losing them seats too.Why even have assigned seats if you are not going to enforce seating.There were alot of pissed off people there that day. I like all of the Youtubers but I would never come back if that is the way they are going to run their business at the track.

  • Rating: 1 out of 5

    Terrible Event!

    by J. C. on 9/7/22Bristol Motor Speedway - Bristol

    Cleetus and Cars. This show was horrible. I should have brought a book. I only went because my husband and son wanted to go and enjoy a family outing. I should have watched this on You Tube before I went. Could have saved us some money! We also took our 2 granddaughters they are age 2 and 1. We had to buy them a ticket! Are you kidding me? Do not recommend at all!!!!