Bristol Motor Speedway Fact Sheet

Track Facts:
"World’s Fastest Half Mile," 0.533-mile concrete oval
Degree of banking in corners: 36 degrees
Degree of banking in straights: 16 degrees
Straightaways are 650 feet long.
Concrete racing surface is 40 feet wide.
Seating capacity: 147,000

Distance:
Winston Cup events: 500 Laps (266.5 miles)
Busch Series events: 250 Laps (133.25 miles)

Field:
NASCAR Winston Cup events:
Fastest 36 cars through time trials, plus up to seven provisionals
NASCAR Busch Series events:
Fastest 38 cars through time trials, plus up to four provisionals

TV:
FOX (spring weekends)(Live)
TNT (August weekends) (Live)

Radio:
Performance Racing Network (PRN)

Notes of interest:
* Tony Stewart's initial Bristol win came in the 2001 Sharpie 500.
* Elliott Sadler's victory in 2001 Food City 500 was the first for Bristol victory for Stuart, Va.'s, famed Wood Brothers team.
* In 21 of 40 years since Bristol opened, a driver who won a Winston Cup race at Bristol went on to win the series title later the same year.
* Rusty Wallace snapped Jeff Gordon's four-year Food City 500 winning streak in 1999 and got his 50th win in 2000.
* WCS track qualifying record: Steve Park, 15.184 sec. 126.37 mph, 3/24/00.
* WCS race record: Charlie Glotzbach, 101.074 mph (2:38:12), 7/11/71.
* Most Bristol wins (driver): Darrell Waltrip, 12 (seven consecutive).
* Most Bristol wins (car owner): Junior Johnson, 21 (eight consecutive).
* Most Bristol wins (manufacturer): Chevrolet, 36 (Ford is second with 23).
* Most Bristol poles (driver): Cale Yarborough, nine.
* Johnny Allen crossed the finish line first in the inaugural BMS race, but he was driving in relief of Jack Smith, who gets credit for Bristol’s first victory.


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