|| *Comments on Bristol Motor Speedway:* View the most recent comment <#105> | Post a comment <#post> 1. Eric posted: 02.20.2010 - 9:01 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Bristol was an asphalt track before 1992. It is one of the highest banked tracks on the Nascar circuit. Bristol was known for its wrecks before it became a two groove race a couple years. The Bristol night race is considered one of the more marquee races on the cup schedule. Darrell Waltrip has the most wins at the trick. At one time, Darrell won 7 straight races here. Dale Earnhardt Sr. has the 2nd most wins at this track. 4 of Dale Earnhardt Sr.'s biggest moments of his career happened at this track. Here are the 4: 1.) Dale Earnhardt Sr.'s 1 first win was here. 2.) Dale Earnhardt Sr. winning the spring 1985 race despite not having power steering for most of the race. 3.) Dale Earnhardt Sr. wrecked Terry Labonte in Summer 1995 race at the checkered flag. Terry Labonte was one of the few drivers that went to victory lane with a car that was wrecked very bad. 4.) Dale rattled Terry Labonte's cage by spinning Terry out for the win. 2. Cooper posted: 03.14.2010 - 3:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bristol Motor Speedway, originally known as Bristol International Raceway and Bristol Raceway is a NASCAR short track located in Bristol, Tennessee. It was constructed in 1960, and held its first NASCAR race on July 30, 1961. Despite its small size, Bristol is among the most popular tracks in NASCAR due to its distinct features that include extraordinarily steep banking, an all concrete surface, two pit roads and amphitheater-like seating. 3. Frank Dean posted: 03.24.2010 - 11:12 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Bruton Smith has got to fix his mistake.... the racing a bristol is not what we anticipate for a short track. 4. Cfob posted: 04.11.2010 - 3:01 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Yeah, how dare Bruton make a track with near constant two and three wide racing for 500 laps. 5. Neal posted: 07.01.2010 - 9:13 pm Rate this comment: (1) (2) Cfob - If we wanted to watch 3-wide racing while sipping wine and enjoying brie we'd watch a race at Auto Crap Speedway. Want proof Bruton ruined Bristol? 28 years of sellouts and a ticket waiting list 2-3 YEARS long have come to an end. 6. Tom posted: 08.12.2010 - 10:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Yeah they ruined Bristol. No more bump and run. 7. Michael Daly posted: 08.17.2010 - 1:01 am Rate this comment: (0) (6) The most overrated track in the sport, Bristol was once known as a neck-killer and the track where relief drivers were paramount. The racing in spots was okay but it was usually one of the least competitive races on the tour other than a three-season spurt (1989-91) where there were several stunningly competitive races. The bump and run is stupid. They tried to improve it with progressive banking but progressive banking does not work as advertised anywhere. 8. us 4 u posted: 11.08.2010 - 6:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bristol held its first NASCAR race on July 30, 1961. 9. us 4 u posted: 11.09.2010 - 8:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) In 1989 Michael Waltrip went into the turn 2 wall and disinegrated on impact. 10. CFob posted: 03.08.2011 - 2:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Still don't get why people would rather see a driver nearly have to wreck another before he can pass him over a legitimately competitive race with multiple grooves and side-by-side racing consistently. 11. Neal posted: 03.24.2011 - 8:12 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) CFob - Because the "old" Bristol reminds us of a Saturday Night short track feature race. The new Bristol reminds me of a wine-swilling, brie eating snoot-fest. It's a friggin' short track for god's sake, there's supposed to be beating and banging. 12. Butch from Rockingham posted: 06.09.2011 - 4:47 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) This place is proof that if it's working then don't try and fix it! The track is emailing me and calling my phone to sell tickets for BOTH races, up until last year it was just for the fall race. They threw away a goldmine! They should put it back the way it was, I would. I called Daytona and asked why are they not selling tickets for the backstreatch for the July race, they informed me that the sales were down. I appreciated the honesty but why not just drop the prices? Sell the back stretch tickets as general admission and let you sit wherever for 35 bucks? I'd take all my kids down there and have a good time, I'd get my kids to bring a friend and rent a van. They would sell out if they would drop the prices, Indianapolis keeps their prices at a reasonable price and I've been there a bunch of times. The place is the grand ole place of racing, I love going there. Crap hole Charlotte has the highest tickets prices, even for the all star race? Instead of adding a big tv you need to drop the prices of the tickets. American greed will eventually be doing a show on someone in NASCAR top brass, or track owners because these are the greediest group of people their is. 13. Anonymous posted: 07.25.2011 - 3:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bristol is still, a single lane track, you cant make any decent time on the inside, you can pass as many cars on the inside at the new bristol, as on the high side at the old bristol, all they did when they reconfigured bristol was take the edge that made the place great, now its a half mile version of what we see everywhere else, beating and banging, but not crashing is what seperates bristol from other racetracks. Bristol was a bullring, not anymore, good thing martinsville racing is as good as ever, Bristol and Martinsville should swap grandstands, 160,000 at martinsville, 60,000 at Bristol 14. Austin posted: 07.28.2011 - 8:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Michael Waltrip's crash was in 1990 not 1989. 15. Brad posted: 08.20.2011 - 9:04 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) I'm more looking foward to watching the snoozefest that is Michigan tomorrow than I am for watching Bristol next week. The last good race at Bristol was the Spring race in 07. There were so many memories up until that point. The crashes, the fights, Earnhardt and Labonte, Stewart and Gordon, Harvick and Biffle, Gordon and Kenseth, etc. I could go on and on, but I cant think of a single exciting thing that has happened since except for the little crybaby Busch getting mad at Edwards in the Fall race in 08. I'm sure Bruton Smith could afford to reconfigure the track to the way it was before 07. The racing was great, the seats sold out and it was pure excitement every lap. 16. Mr X posted: 08.27.2011 - 4:38 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) its very simple, the old bristol was a razor blade, the new bristol is a butter knife, you can cut yourself with either, but one hurts a little more. i'm not saying i like the wrecks but beating and banging is what seperates bristol from every other track. cars in victory lane these days at bristol look like they've just run charlotte, the car in bristol victory lane should have both bumpers, and all four corners caved in, if you want to watch a good race at bristol, youtube the 2000 spring race, lots of green flag racing, only 4 cautions in the first 300 laps, 18 lead changes, dale earnhardt made an amazing charge through the field, and had a good battle with gordon, and rusty's 50th win 17. martin-n-rusty posted: 01.19.2012 - 7:58 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I dunno if its the way the drivers race. It could of been supported too because before they renovated Bristol, everybody complained that the races at Bristol were starting to get boring, and nobody was as willing to lay a bumper on someone like they used to. A while back, I was of the opinion that it's just the way that drivers raced one another today, but if you look at a race at Sonoma, they just beat the living hell out of one another there, moreso than any Bristol race in any incarnation, so it can't be that. Other than the concrete, this version of Bristol is pretty much what was being ran back before the first concrete version of Bristol (when it had asphalt, it was progressively banked, just like today). 18. Tom S. posted: 03.14.2012 - 1:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Just a shame what they did to this track. I used to love it, now it's just another race. I wish there was a way to get them to change it back because I really miss the old style of racing here. 19. RaceFanX posted: 03.16.2012 - 8:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bristol is the only track currently on the Cup schedule to have hosted both the NASCAR Sprint Cup series and the World of Outlaws. The dirt track heroes raced their sprint cars at the track in 2000 and 2001 after the track's concrete surface was temporarily covered into a dirt track using layers of earth trucked in for the event (and a bottom layer of sawdust). 20. Alex posted: 03.28.2012 - 8:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) THEY RUINED IT!!!!!!!!!! Bruton Smith asked fans and drivers for their opinions and changes will be made for the August race. 21. Talk4Tar posted: 04.25.2012 - 12:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Congratulations NASCAR fans, you killed some of the best racing in NASCAR. I'll eat crow if I'm wrong, but I don't think you'll see an overwhelming change in attendance. 22. joey2448 posted: 04.25.2012 - 10:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) SMI announced that they are going to grind the top groove (30 degrees banking) down to what the bottom groove is (26 degrees), so the banking is uniform throughout. But I think they should grind the bottom groove, so the banking is steeper, like what it used to be. 23. bduddy posted: 08.22.2012 - 10:15 pm Rate this comment: (1) (3) I hope all the whiners are happy. They've ruined the good racing we briefly had at Bristol. Congrats. 24. rob posted: 08.27.2012 - 10:03 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) thought i'd post here instead of with the hundreds that posted under the race comments. i like the new bristol. reminds me of salem and winchester. IMO, mission accomplished. 25. Anonymous posted: 04.13.2015 - 10:53 pm Rate this comment: (3) (2) Dear god some of you are stupid beyond all comprehension and in a nutshell everything that is wrong with NASCRAP today. Bristol was a guaranteed sell out event for YEARS and YEARS. Even those of us who live local could barely get tickets. This new watered down mess is nothing like the Bristol that created the legend. Would some of you please get the f**k out of my sport and go back to watching something else so the one's of us who grew up watching Nascar and actually caring about racing can get OUR sport back. 26. Anonymous posted: 04.19.2015 - 12:21 pm Rate this comment: (2) (2) One driver leading every lap in a race a Bristol. All of you arguing how the new layout is better, any ground you have to stand on is GONE. Hope the football game they are hosting next year works out, cause this place is done as a racetrack. 27. Anonymous posted: 04.20.2015 - 12:42 am Rate this comment: (1) (2) Never seen so many empty seats , even on a rainy day. RIP Bristol. 28. Evan posted: 12.09.2015 - 5:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Before the changes, the track was always a recipe for exciting racing. The racing was always very intense and drivers always had to deal with lapped traffic, and each other. The track requires a lot of talent and patience to get around, and even the most seasoned veterans can get eaten by Bristol's tight corners. To this day, I don't know why the wanted to change the track's grooves, I guess the owners and operators didn't want drivers denting those finely tuned race cars, but whatever. I liked the track before the changes. 29. RaceFanX posted: 12.09.2015 - 6:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "To this day, I don't know why the wanted to change the track's grooves" The old pavement was crumbling apart. They had to repave the track so when they did they took a stab at trying something new to make passing easier with the goal of improving the racing. It didn't work out but they had to do something. 30. Thedupontman posted: 04.27.2016 - 6:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) The battle of Bristol the College Football Game will have more fans at the Game then the 2 Cup Races combine. 31. BMan0213 posted: 04.27.2016 - 6:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Unless they're adding seat on the track for the game i highly doubt that. While the attendance spring race at Bristol has gotten bad the night race has still been pretty packed. 32. 02Justin10 posted: 08.18.2016 - 10:38 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Loving that new grip strip on the bottom lane in the turns! The truck race last night had shades of pre-ruined/fall 2007 races. I think each summer they need to keep doing whatever they did to add that grip. Now I think Richmond should get a grip strip in the 2nd lane in the corners. That would make RIR much more interesting. 33. Evan posted: 08.23.2016 - 9:25 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Winning at Bristol * You have to have a durable car, but you also have to take care of it as the close confines don't allow much room for error. You will often see drivers with at least a scratch or two, some become a lot worse than that. Unfortunately, though sometimes there is no avoiding a spinning car. * The track is notorious for being tough on equipment. Parts break here more than any other due to the to the fast nature of the track and the concrete surface and the close proximity to other cars. * Things happen very fast, being alert and staying out of trouble is they key at Bristol as well as survival. The race track is short and if a driver gets laps down, they can make them up quick and rebound quite nicely due to the free pass rules and having a fast car. * Don't speed or make mistakes on pit road as this being a short track, a mistake can be costly and put a driver 2 laps down rather than one, in most cases. * The track is tough on rookies that haven't seen it before and usually if there is a rookie driver in the seat they get humbled pretty quickly. * Keep control of your emotions. With the close confines, it isn't uncommon to see drivers upset with one another or calling out other drivers after the race on their driving. Drivers that don't like the least bit of bumping and rubbing don't do well here. And sometimes the antics can send drivers, crew members, and other personnel to big black and yellow/red truck to speak with NASCAR. This track can bring out the best in guys and the worst in guys. 34. rw posted: 12.06.2016 - 5:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) CARS Tour is scheduled to come here in 2017! Awesome news. 35. RaceFanX posted: 12.14.2016 - 7:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bristol will host the inaugural U.S. Nationals of Short Track racing in May 2017. The event will be held the weekend before Memorial Day and feature three divisions of late models, modifieds, street stocks, and compacts in action with co-sanctioning by CARS, CRA, the Southern Super Series, Vore's Compact Touring Series, and the ICAR Top Speed Modifieds. The Super Late Models will be the premier race. 36. SK posted: 01.16.2017 - 6:49 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) A tidbit on Jayski posted in 1999 (after the Lowe's Motor Speedway naming was first finalized) explained that Exide Batteries received a proposal to put their name on Bristol Motor Speedway in 1996. Quote, "the company didn't see the value in it." 37. Sebastien posted: 04.11.2017 - 8:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Anyone knows why both 1976 races and the second 1977 race were 400 laps only please ? 38. SMIFF TV posted: 04.11.2017 - 8:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) If I'm not mistaken, they were shortened due to the gas crisis going on at the time. 39. RaceFanX posted: 04.22.2017 - 4:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bristol has long held the nickname "Thunder Valley" with the humorous definition of competition here being like "racing jet planes in a gymnasium." The track property includes both the famous NASCAR oval and the NHRA's Bristol Dragway, home of the Thunder Valley Nationals. The Pilot Flying J Battle at Bristol here in September 2016 did indeed set a new record for the most people ever to watch a college football game as 156,990 fans packed in to watch Tennessee defeat Virginia Tech 45-24, the two teams specifically selected since Bristol is about halfway between the two powerhouse universities. The record topped a University of Michigan-Notre Dame game in Ann Arbor, Michigan at the famous Big House in 2013 that saw over 115,000 in attendance. 40. joey2448 posted: 04.23.2017 - 3:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Former driver and current TV announcer Jeff Burton explains why the old 1992-07 version of Bristol was the best: http://nascar.nbcsports.com/2017/04/23/burton-nascar-drivers-should-remember-that-bristol-was-built-on-the-bottom-baby/ 41. A Ford Thunderbird posted: 04.23.2017 - 8:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Thank God to #40's post! I'm tired of seeing Bristol wanting to become a half mile cookie cutter! The progressive banking killed the racing and the full grandstands. That's why people prefer Martinsville more nowadays, Martinsville still has character - Bristol lost it's character in the summer of 2007 and the track is busy doing half-ash things to "try" to get to that while saving money. Just redo the track back! 42. lopez posted: 05.10.2017 - 10:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Were the 1981 to 1984 races ever televised?? I cant find anything 43. Canadianfan posted: 05.10.2017 - 10:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @42 Bristol was not televised until 1985 when ESPN began to show the races. 44. kup posted: 11.22.2017 - 11:11 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) NASCAR CUP Bristol Motor Speedway 1961-2017 # races: 114 UPS: universal points system. Driver's UPoints = Miles / Aver.Finish 1 148 Dale Earnhardt 10 680 / 9.3 1 137 Rusty Wallace 10 913 / 9.6 1 115 Richard Petty 12 485 / 11.2 1 083 Darrell Waltrip 12 240 / 11.3 1 043 Terry Labonte 13 872 / 13.3 984 Jeff Gordon 12 006 / 12.2 867 Ricky Rudd 13 262 / 15.3 849 Mark Martin 11 718 / 13.8 831 Bobby Allison 9 141 / 11.0 695 Benny Parsons 5 977 / 8.6 676 Sterling Marlin 11 088 / 16.4 669 Matt Kenseth 9 092 / 13.6 663 Kevin Harvick 8 878 / 13.4 662 Dale Earnhardt Jr 8 935 / 13.5 638 Bill Elliott 10 710 / 16.8 615 Dave Marcis 10 884 / 17.7 611 Jimmie Johnson 8 375 / 13.7 587 Ken Schrader 11 333 / 19.3 579 Kurt Busch 8 625 / 14.9 569 James Hylton 6 946 / 12.2 560 Dale Jarrett 9 857 / 17.6 559 Greg Biffle 7 373 / 13.2 541 Cale Yarborough 5 683 / 10.5 539 Michael Waltrip 11 039 / 20.5 533 Jeff Burton 9 639 / 18.1 529 Harry Gant 7 199 / 13.6 519 Kyle Petty 10 908 / 21.0 508 Ryan Newman 8 129 / 16.0 484 Jamie McMurray 7 842 / 16.2 480 Tony Stewart 8 488 / 17.7 472 Bobby Labonte 10 148 / 21.5 469 Geoffrey Bodine 8 724 / 18.6 459 Carl Edwards 6 385 / 13.9 432 Buddy Arrington 7 175 / 16.6 429 Kyle Busch 6 261 / 14.6 45. Yeet posted: 07.21.2018 - 4:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) A brand new Truck team will debut at this track. On Point Motorsports will run a #30 entry to attempt to make the racing field. A driver is yet to be announced. 46. Ultimate Warrior #18 posted: 09.13.2018 - 9:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Here's an idea that i think would regenerate this tracks attendance how about for the triple header Bristol night races they turn this place into a dirt track like when the World of out laws raced there. I believe that would be one huge sell for NASCAR. 47. joey2448 posted: 03.26.2019 - 4:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Starting in 2020, the Bristol night race will now move a month late to mid-September. The Bristol night race will be held Sept. 19 next year and will serve as the deciding race of the first round of the playoffs (the first-round cutoff race). 48. 27YearsBehind posted: 04.15.2019 - 7:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) When was the start finish line last swapped? It seems like Bristol was one of the tracks they moved, but I don't remember when. 49. rw posted: 10.19.2019 - 6:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It's happening, ARCA will be coming to Bristol next year!!! 50. JSPorts posted: 04.20.2020 - 12:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Top 10 drivers since 2017: 1st: Kyle Larson 2nd: Joey Logano 3rd: Jimmie Johnson 4th: Kyle Busch 5th: Clint Bowyer 6th: Denny Hamlin 7th: Ryan Newman 8th: Chase Elliott 9th: Kurt Busch 10th: Kevin Harvick 51. Hank posted: 05.02.2020 - 9:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I am from the bristol area and the track is amazing. The area around the track is also very nice. My only complaint about it is that it is kind of in the middle of nowhere like lots of nascar tracks are. The racing its self is great. A great place to see a race at. 52. 12345Dude posted: 05.02.2020 - 10:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) A lot of NASCAR tracks are in the middle of nowhere? I've been to only 1 Watkins Glen and it's literally in the middle of nowhere. 53. Canadianfan posted: 05.03.2020 - 12:02 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @51 That's very much by design Hank. Race tracks that eventually get surrounded by communities don't last very long. See Asheville-Weaverville, Bridgehampton, Langhorne, Ontario, Raleigh, Riverside, Texas World Speedway, Trenton, and many others. Expect Nazareth, Myrtle Beach, and possibly Nashville to join those in a few year. 54. SpeedyThexton posted: 05.03.2020 - 1:31 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) There is a special place in hell reserved for those who move in next to a preexisting racetrack and then whine about the noise. Parasites. Absolute Parasites 55. Corey posted: 05.03.2020 - 5:33 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @53 Then Indianapolis is an exception. There is nothing but neighborhoods behind the front stretch grandstands. 56. RaceFanX posted: 05.31.2020 - 7:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Playing up Bristol's image of the "Last Great Colosseum" winners at this track at all levels receive a gladius, aka a Roman-style replica sword, as a unique prize to celebrate their victory alongside a more traditional trophy. Carl Edwards was the first winner to receive one after he won here in the summer of 2014. 57. TheDewCrew posted: 06.08.2020 - 11:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) By far the best track I've ever been to. Went there back in 2015, while on vacation, and it was a cool facility. Got to go to the Night Race last year, and just by the stuff they sent us in the mail, it was clear they appreciate the fans. The racing never fails to impress and it's rightfully one of the greatest tracks in NASCAR history. This is Thunder Valley. This is The Last Great Colosseum. 58. Canadianfan posted: 06.15.2020 - 4:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) From Adam Stern: @NASCAR has been considering moving this year's re-scheduled All-Star Race from Charlotte to Bristol, per sources, and an announcement could come as soon as tonight on @FS1's 'Race Hub'. 59. Yeet posted: 06.15.2020 - 5:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Excuse my French but holy shit. That is an incredible idea! What a game changer. Beating and banging under the lights of Bristol for a million dollars, which will guarantee flailing sheet metal and flailing tempers. How sick! 60. TheDewCrew posted: 06.15.2020 - 5:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I just saw a post on Instagram from NASCAR News Today that says the All-Star Race in coming to Bristol on July 15th on FS1. Wait, for other sources 61. Canadianfan posted: 06.15.2020 - 7:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) From Bob Pockrass: All-Star race moves from Charlotte to Bristol on July 15. Will be able to have up to 30,000 fans. 62. Canadianfan posted: 06.15.2020 - 7:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) From Adam Stern: @NASCAR is considering moving numbers to the rear quarter panel of the car for next month's All-Star Race, as a first-time experiment for the Cup Series, per sources. ? NASCAR's K&N Series started experimenting with this in 2017 to see if it gives sponsors better branding. 63. Pacer posted: 06.15.2020 - 8:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) While I could see NASCAR doing that I will say that it makes the cars ugly as sin. ASA tried and looked idiotic in the attempt, NASCAR Mexico and the K&N tours tried and it looks bush league at best. It ruins the classic stock car look. We see so few iconic cars these days and I can thing of none that had that arrangement. I can't think of one memorable car at any level with number on the quarter panel look except maybe Butch Miller's Timber Wolf ASA car and even then that was because it had the look of an earlier, more traditional NASCAR Busch Series car. 64. KevinColley posted: 06.15.2020 - 9:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This is the best move that NASCAR has made in what seems like ages. Outstanding decision. Hope it stays at Bristol for good! 65. rm posted: 06.15.2020 - 9:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) While I am no fan of that particular scheme style, the gen-6 body style makes it look far better than the older gen-4 body style that ASA had to go along with their quarter panel numbers. And somehow, when that style was made legal in K&N a couple years back, those who ran it on a gen-4 body made it look even worse than ASA's attempt. I'm not sure anything could ever top this monstrosity: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EJT3zJCUcAAEkql?format=jpg&name=4096x4096 I think we can live with it for one exhibition race, but man do I hope that it's never made mandatory or even an option in the Cup series. 66. Canadianfan posted: 06.15.2020 - 10:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @63 and 65 NASCAR sent a revised placement. The number is slid back to just in front of the rear wheel. From Dale Jr. I can get behind this as long as the number size isn't any smaller than what you see here. 67. Pacer posted: 06.16.2020 - 1:09 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) That might work, they'd look a bit like local late models but at least you can still tell who's who. 68. Corey posted: 06.18.2020 - 8:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Dale's thing with the number is that he sees it as the main identification for the team. We've gotten to the point where drivers switch sponsors every week and the only thing consistent is the number. He doesn't want it shrunk for the sake of sponsors, which is why he's against putting it on the quarter panel. I agree with him. For some of these teams, I can't even tell who the main primary sponsor is anymore. 69. 1995-Subaru-WRX-Sti posted: 06.18.2020 - 9:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The Iceburg did a video on the whole moving the numbers thing. I would suggest people view it. BTW the whole idea comes from the fan council. 70. Canadianfan posted: 06.29.2020 - 11:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) From Jordan Bianchi: News: NASCAR to use "choose cone rule" for the All-Star Race at Bristol, sources tell @TheAthleticAUTO. 71. Canadianfan posted: 07.01.2020 - 6:40 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) From Bob Pockrass: NASCAR will use the choose rule for restarts for the all-star race -- drivers will choose which lane they will restart. Open segments. 35-35-15 (winner of each segment advance) ... All-Star Race segments: 55-35-35-15 (all green flag) 72. Mile501 posted: 07.01.2020 - 7:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @71 - I think that is an excellent move. We'll have to see how it plays out, but I don't foresee the mass confusion that some people are expecting. 73. Canadianfan posted: 07.09.2020 - 4:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) From Adam Stern: @NASCAR is planning to have the automatic entries in next week's All-Star Race feature underglow beneath their cars, per sources, as earlier reported by @Hoonable. ? NASCAR alerted teams about this within the last week or so. 74. Corey posted: 08.03.2020 - 2:57 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) It's been more then two weeks since the All-Star race with over 20,000 fans in attendance and no identified COVID-19 case clusters have been directly associated with the race. 75. Canadianfan posted: 09.18.2020 - 3:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) From Adam Stern: @NASCAR, Speedway Motorsports and other industry stakeholders are discussing the possibility of running a dirt track race at Bristol in the coming years, per sources, though talks are in the early stages. ? @BMSupdates first did this with @WorldOfOutlaws in 2000 and 2001. 76. NASCARfan05 posted: 09.18.2020 - 4:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 75, that would be great as an additional race, it would be a shame to see the regular Bristol go down to 1 race though, maybe Bruton will be gracious enough to get rid of one of his beloved cookie cutters, do we really need 2 texas, Atlanta and Las Vegas races? 77. Mile501 posted: 09.18.2020 - 4:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @76 - I'm not sure why Atlanta is included in your list; it hasn't had 2 races in a decade. I agree with you though about Texas and especially Las Vegas. 78. Noah posted: 09.18.2020 - 4:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I think people are reading too much into this. Nowhere does it mention anything about a NASCAR race being held on dirt at Bristol,it just says a dirt track race. 99% chance this just means a World of Outlaws or Lucas Oil Late Models race on a dirt Bristol. I genuinely doubt nascar runs a truck,xfinity,or cup race on dirt Bristol 79. NASCARfan05 posted: 09.18.2020 - 5:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 77. I messed up in editing my post, I had it typed out but changed it and didn't realize that mistake until after I posted 80. QFH posted: 09.18.2020 - 5:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bristol has a bit of a history already with dirt racing, in fact, I was there the weekend they had the Global Rallycross Championship there back in '13. (Did not see the race, but did get to see a few cars on track) but had not heard anything about Bristol dirt since then. (Besides the football thing) 81. RacingDude00 posted: 09.18.2020 - 5:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bristol & dirt would be great to see how NASCAR on that it would be cool change but I am not sure which pavement race would go 82. PucciMan posted: 09.18.2020 - 7:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @76 I rather have MIS lose one of it's dates over Texas & Vegas because MIS is boring. 83. Canadianfan posted: 09.24.2020 - 3:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) From Bob Pockrass: Chatter in the NASCAR industry has picked up on the possibility of covering Bristol with dirt for the spring race as early as next season.. 84. Canadianfan posted: 09.29.2020 - 6:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) From Bristol Herald Courier: According to sources, the 2021 spring Cup race at Bristol Motor Speedway will likely be run with a dirt surface thanks in part to pressure from Fox Sports. 85. Anon posted: 09.29.2020 - 6:54 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Nascar fans doing what they do best, complain for change, then complain about the change made. I personally love this change and am very excited to see this play out. 86. danny posted: 09.29.2020 - 7:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Was i surprised Bristol will race on dirt. A little I don't know if this will work! 87. Dennis posted: 09.29.2020 - 7:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @78 I guess we're getting that 1% chance of a cup race on dirt. I hope they do a dirt race a Bristol and hope they bring back some old tracks like Rockingham or fix North Wilkesboro up and get back to more short tracks!!! 88. zuel660 posted: 09.30.2020 - 11:27 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) One change I'd like to see for the dirt race at Bristol (& for the trucks at Eldora, too) would be to allow the teams to remove the windshields & replace them with screens, and let drivers use tear-offs on their helmets. Makes no sense to me to require windshields on a dirt track, when no regular dirt track cars have them. 89. JSPorts posted: 09.30.2020 - 11:47 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Yeah, that would probably help a lot. I'm pretty sure drivers can already use tear-offs, though, so that should be part of the dirt race for sure. 90. DI9_ForLife posted: 09.30.2020 - 3:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I think that the dirt race is NASCAR's last ditch effort to save the spring race attendance wise. I'm excited for it but I do wish they would've gone to Eldora or Knoxville Raceway. Hopefully the race is run in Late April or Early May because I feel like the dirt will hold up better in the early summer rather than in March 91. Mile501 posted: 09.30.2020 - 3:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Logistically, what is involved in transforming a concrete track to dirt (and back again once it's over)? I am asking because I do not understand how that will work. 92. ScottB posted: 09.30.2020 - 3:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) When Bristol did a dirt event in 2000, it took about a week to ready. A layer of sawdust was put down first, then dirt on top of that. Then it just had to be watered to groom it. 93. RaceFanX posted: 09.30.2020 - 3:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It isn't all that pricey either. They sourced the dirt locally and the changeover only cost $150,000 at the time/$226,146.75 in today's money because they got the dirt and the crew to put it down locally. They even ran multiple events on its before removing it. 94. Canadianfan posted: 09.30.2020 - 4:07 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @90 Eldora doesn't have the Infrastructure. Knoxville does but clearly like Eldora they don't even have a proper pit road. The race date is March 28th. @91 In both 2000 and 2001, the track was temporarily converted to a dirt track to host the World of Outlaws' Channellock Challenge. The conversion involved moving 8,000 cubic feet (230 m3) of red clay onto the track's surface. 700 cubic yards (540 m3) of sawdust were laid down first to cover the paved surface. The track was widened by 12 feet (3.7 m) to 14 feet (4.3 m) and the banking was reduced from 36° to somewhere between 22° to 24°. 95. Sector posted: 09.30.2020 - 4:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Will it be officially the same racetrack or are they going to consider it differently (like Daytona road course separate from Daytona oval)? 96. JSPorts posted: 09.30.2020 - 10:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 20 active Cup drivers have started the Truck race at Eldora. Here are their stats in the only top-3 series race on dirt until 2021: Christopher Bell: 1 win, 2 top 5s, 3 top 10s, 128 laps led, 4.0 avg. finish Bubba Wallace: 1 win, 1 top 5, 2 top 10s, 97 laps led, 4.0 avg. finish Brendan Gaughan: 1 top 5, 1 top 10, 5.0 avg. finish Austin Dillon: 1 win, 1 top 5, 3 top 10s, 72 laps led, 5.7 avg. finish Tyler Reddick: 2 top 5s, 2 top 20s, 6.3 avg. finish Justin Haley: 2 top 10s, 8.5 avg. finish Ryan Blaney: 1 top 5, 1 top 10, 9.0 avg. finish Kyle Larson: 1 win, 2 top 5s, 2 top 10s, 104 laps led, 9.7 avg. finish John Hunter Nemechek: 1 top 5, 4 top 10s, 12 laps led, 9.8 avg. finish Ty Dillon: 1 top 5, 2 top 10s, 10.8 avg. finish Ross Chastain: 12.0 avg. finish Jeb Burton: 1 top 10, 7 laps led, 12.5 avg. finish William Byron: 14.0 avg. finish Erik Jones: 1 top 5, 1 top 10, 24 laps led, 16.5 avg. finish Ryan Newman: 1 top 5, 1 top 10, 16.5 avg. finish Cole Custer: 1 top 10, 17.5 avg. finish Gray Gaulding: 20.0 avg. finish J.J. Yeley: 21.0 avg. finish Brad Keselowski: 28.0 avg. finish Kaz Grala: 31.0 avg. finish 97. Canadianfan posted: 12.04.2020 - 3:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) From Bob Pockrass: Bristol will play host to a dirt super late model race the week before trucks/Cup ? so will be a good test of the dirt and see if any changes needed. Event to be called the Bristol Dirt Nationals. 98. TeamDCRfan posted: 12.08.2020 - 11:38 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I got a feeling that this dirt race is going to tank. I say this because I dont think anyone was wanting a dirt race Bristol. 99. PucciMan posted: 12.08.2020 - 1:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @98 Well the reason why it became a dirt race was because the Spring race became a no mans land race and weather was affecting the race. Burton Smith did this with the Fall Charlotte race. The Fall Charlotte was A. just another boring 1.5 mile race the fans don't want and B. it was beginning to be plagued with rain and hurricanes so Smith's option was to turn it into a road course. For a guy that killed North Wilkesboro, he knows how to revamp races just to keep them unlike ISC. 100. 1995-Subaru-WRX-Sti posted: 12.08.2020 - 1:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) ^ Then blame FOX then because they pushed for it. 101. RaceFanX posted: 12.20.2020 - 5:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The Guiness World Record for the largest Mexican Wave in sports history was set here at Bristol during the lead up to the 2008 Cup series night race. The track was filled to capacity with 157,574 people at the track taking part. As of December 2020 that record still stands. While internationally known as a Mexican Wave in the English-speaking parts of North America this sports fan tradition is usually just called The Wave. Getting a wave going at Bristol has been a longtime tradition because of the track's nature of being ringed in full by spectator grandstands and a tendency for large crowds; IIRC ESPN even once timed a wave going around the track during a rain delay to pass the time (IIRC it was the 1995 Cup night race). 102. DI9_ForLife posted: 01.05.2021 - 6:58 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'm very fortunate to call Bristol my home track. Depending on where I'm at (KY or TN), I can get there within an hour or two. From 2012-2018 I didn't miss a night race and was pretty peeved when a previous engagement prevented me from going in 2019 and COVID prevented me from going to the All Star and Night Races this year. I can say that the facility is amazing even though the tickets are a little expensive. Going to the Night Race is like going to a party, not quite comparable to Talladega, but it's close. I've seen some great races at the track, especially the 2012, 2014 and 2018 night races. I'm going to the dirt race, so hopefully it'll be a memorable one (either way, good or bad, I think it will be). 103. Corey posted: 01.13.2021 - 11:13 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bristol will be removing the SAFER barriers for the NASCAR dirt races. They are worried that the dirt will get behind the steel and prevent it from moving like it supposed to. 104. Canadianfan posted: 03.30.2021 - 8:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) From Jenna Fryer: Dale Jr: ?I bet you 5 years from now we will be sitting here and Bristol will have 2 dirt races.? Marcus Smith: ?In 5 years, we need a roof on Bristol.? 105. Tarheel posted: 03.31.2021 - 7:40 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bruton talked about putting a roof on Bristol years ago, so it wouldn't surprise me if they've figured out how to do it and make it pay off since then. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: