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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.
This was the best event that we have ever been to. We loved it! I was never a nascar fan until i went and saw the Bristol race and as soon as I heard the cars roaring from a mile away, I was hooked!! We are planing to make many more trips to the Nascar tracks!
it was amazing, and everyone should go atleast once
Bristol has always been the BEST everytime I go. Whether the weather is cooperative or not there is no experience like Bristol and never will be. Go at least once in your life and you will never regret it. This time I met Joe Gibbs and Jimmy Spencer, both nice gentleman by the way. Experience Bristol!!
Johnson was amazing. Finish was great, I was hoping Stewart could have held him off.
The race still wasn't as exciting as days of old but it was still good racing and the best of all....Jimmie Johnson won!!!!!!
I thought it was amazing. It was our first trip to Bristol. We went to Atlanta last year did not like it to much. We would go back to Bristol !!!
awesome track my fav everyone should go to bristol atleast once
We went and had a awesome time.Watching the races on tv is one thing but it is awesome to see it live.
As always , racing at it's finest. just not another track that compares to the excitement of Bristol. We recommend going here if you don't make another race all year!!
Seeing 43 cars on a half mile oval clicking off laps in 15 seconds is truly a sight to behold. This is stock car racing going back to its roots. This is what stock car racing is supposed to be. Bristol puts on 2 of the best race weekends on the NASCAR calendar. If you have never been you owe it to yourself to experience this race track. You will never forget or regret it.