Bristol Motor Speedway has always featured the most unique driver introductions on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series circuit, but 2016 takes it to a whole new level with the addition of Colossus TV.
The sights and sounds of each driver selecting their own songs was presented on the world’s largest, outdoor, center-hung, four-sided video display. Whether it was seeing Clint Bowyer get crazy with Goldberg during a or watching Joey Logano walk out to “White and Nerdy” by Weird Al, Colossus TV was a major asset to pre-race.
Carl Edwards chose Bon Jovi’s “Have a Nice Day” after claiming the pole for Sunday’s Food City 500. His teammate Matt Kenseth is the defending race winner and started second, so his walkout song “Back for More” by Five Finger Death Punch fit. Continue reading →
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams are racing the Food City 500 for 266.5 miles equaling 500 laps at Bristol Motor Speedway on Sunday, April 17th. FOX will broadcast the race beginning with their pre-race show at 12:30 pm ET and a green flag around 1 pm ET. Radio coverage is on PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, channel 90.
Triple Play: Kyl3 Busch Visits Top Track in Search of Third Straight Win
Baseball season has started, but Kyle Busch may turn the first triple play of 2016.
Busch will attempt to win his third consecutive Sprint Cup Series race in Sunday’s Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on Sunday.
Busch achieved the feat last season when he placed first at Kentucky, New Hampshire and Indianapolis. If Kyle Busch wins this weekend, he’ll have won three consecutive races in back-to-back season. The last person to do that: Jeff Gordon, in 1998-99. Continue reading →
01 Apr 1984: Darrell Waltrip won the last of seven consecutive NASCAR Winston Cup Series races at the Bristol International Raceway by winning the 24th Annual Valleydale 500. Joining him in Victory Lane is wife Stevie. Photo – Getty Images
As NASCAR Sprint Cup, XFINITY and K&N Pro Series teams head to Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee for races this weekend, we’ll take a closer look at the history of NASCAR in Tennessee on this ‘Flashback Friday.’
NASCAR In Tennessee – NASCAR has competed in the state of Tennessee all the way back to the 1950s. The very first NASCAR national series race held in the state of Tennessee was at Tennessee-Carolina Speedway in 1956 – won by NASCAR Hall of Famer Fireball Roberts. NASCAR has held 327 national series races among eight different tracks. The NASCAR XFINITY Series has held 108 races among four Tennessee tracks including Bristol Motor Speedway, 67; Nashville Superspeedway, 21; Memphis Motorsports Park,11; and Nashville Speedway, 9. The first XFINITY Series race held in the state of Tennessee was at Bristol in 1982 – won by Phil Parsons.
Tennessee Drivers In NASCAR – One-hundred-five drivers who have made at least one start in a NASCAR national series race have their home state recorded as Tennessee. Of the 105, 35 of them competed in the XFINITY Series. Of the 35 Tennessee drivers to compete in the XFINITY Series, ten visited Victory Lane, led by NASCAR Hall of Famer Darrell Waltrip with 13 series victories.
Waltrip also had 12 victories in the Sprint Cup Series, known as the Winston Cup during his era. Waltrip and his wife Stevie live in Franklin, Tennessee.
Tennessee Native Bayne Barrels Into Bristol Following Season-Best Finish Trevor Bayne, a native of Knoxville, Tennessee, takes the track in his home state in Sunday’s Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. The 2012 Daytona 500 champion enters the race coming off a season-high 15th-place finish at Texas. Bayne has made three starts at Thunder Valley where he logged a track-best showing of 15th last August.
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