Check out this week’s Sprint Cup Series Notes & Quotes heading into Bristol Motor Speedway for the Food City 500. (Updated up to Race Day)
The Food City 500 is televised live on FOX on Sunday, March 16, beginning at 12:30 p.m. ET, starting with the pre-race show. It is also broadcast live on the Performance Racing Network (PRN) and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, channel 90. Continue reading
NASCAR Digital Media And OneUp Sports Partner To Launch Predictive Gaming App ‘NASCAR Connect’
Prediction: NASCAR fans are already thinking about which driver will be visiting Victory Lane at the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway this Sunday. Fact: NASCAR fans will be able to put their prediction skills to the test – against other fans in real-time – when OneUp Sports launches a brand new predictive gaming app, NASCAR Connect, on iOS devices this weekend. Continue reading
Photo – Jayski
Since a Sprint Cup race will be on my birthday this season, I decided to re-visit the last time the Cup Series ran a race on my birthday, which was March 23, 2003.
The tour made its first of two dates at Bristol Motor Speedway. Kurt Busch, then with Roush Racing headed into the race as the defending winner.
His win in 2002 was no easy task, as he had to muscle his way around Jimmy Spencer. Busch put the bump-and-run on Spencer and pulled away to record his first Cup win of his career. It started a rivalry between the two, which would last until late in the 2003 season. Continue reading
Sprint Cup Series Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on March 18, 2012
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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