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Going Home to Bristol

The Banner that greets fans as they enter Bristol Motor Speedway
The Banner that greets fans as they enter Bristol Motor Speedway

Going to Bristol last August, hugely changed my perspective of that track and why fans love the Bristol Motor Speedway so much. Bristol isn’t just a race track, it’s a community. A community of fans and staff who love racing just as much as the fans do that travel from all over the world to the World’s Fastest Half Mile. Bristol doesn’t feature your typical track experience, it’s much more. After going to Bristol, I will forever watch the races at the track differently in the best way possible. Everyone will return home to the Bristol Motor Speedway this weekend.

Bristol is not just located in the Tennessee Hills, it’s located ON a Tennessee hill. Going to tracks like Daytona you can just walk on the flat pavement to the track. When you go to Bristol, you have to walk up a hill to get to the track. Not just a little hill but, a pretty big hill that has a pretty steep slope. The hill Bristol is on makes that track unique and it makes the Bristol experience even cooler. What other sporting venues can you say you had to walk up a hill to actually get to the venue? None comes to mind for me and that makes Bristol one special place. Continue reading

Jeff Foxworthy’s Grit Chips 300 Preview

Nationwide Series Ford EcoBoost 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway on March 17, 2012 Photo - Getty Images
Nationwide Series Ford EcoBoost 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway on March 17, 2012
Photo – Getty Images

Thunder Valley will come alive this Saturday afternoon as the NASCAR Nationwide Series rolls in for their fourth race of the season. After Bristol under-went surface changes prior to last Augusts’ race weekend, the racing similar to “Old Bristol” returned which featured lots of beatin’ and bangin’.

The Nationwide Series race last August featured lots of carnage along with bumping between the drivers. If that race indicates how the race will play-out this Saturday afternoon, you won’t want to take your eyes off of the cars. “Old Bristol” is back and great racing will be on display during the Jeff Foxworthy’s Grit Chips 300 this Saturday. Continue reading

Food City 500 Preview

Sprint Cup Series Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on March 18, 2012  Photo - Getty Images
Sprint Cup Series Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on March 18, 2012
Photo – Getty Images

Bristol.

The history, short track racing and hot tempers make Bristol one of the most special places in the entire NASCAR world. Fans will come in from all over the world to see the cars race around the high banks of the World’s Fastest Half-Mile.

Names are made on this short track in Bristol, Tennessee and every year, a new face is running up front. As the Sprint Cup Series rolls into Bristol for another race in the 2013 season, excitement is assumed to show up simply because it’s Bristol Baby! The revamped surface made for an incredible and classic Bristol race last August and more of the same is expected this weekend. Continue reading

Get Your Mow-tor Runnin’ with Lawn Mower Racing at Food Lion AutoFair

After performing an exhibition race last year at Charlotte Motor Speedway, the U.S. Lawn Mower Racing Association will be returning for the April 4-7 Food Lion AutoFair for two days of bladeless lawn mower racing action.  Photo - CMS/HHP
After performing an exhibition race last year at Charlotte Motor Speedway, the U.S. Lawn Mower Racing Association will be returning for the April 4-7 Food Lion AutoFair for two days of bladeless lawn mower racing action.
Photo – CMS/HHP

Charlotte Motor Speedway will be on the “cutting edge” of American motorsports April 6-7 as the Food Lion AutoFair hosts the STA-BIL Lawn & Garden Mower Racing Series for two days of dirt track racing on lawn mowers at speeds up to 60 mph.

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