Bristol Motor Speedway Tickets at Bristol Motor Speedway

Bristol Motor Speedway could very easily have opened in 1961 under a different name.  Bristol Motor Speedway is also the home of the only midweek night NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event, held in conjunction with a USAR Hooters ProCup event.  One of the most popular tracks in NASCAR, Bristol Motor Speedway is similar to Dover, except far shorter.  The congestion inherent in Bristol Motor Speedway and the power of the cars has been likened to flying fighter jets in a gymnasium, the terms washing machine and toilet have also been used. Often, Bristol Motor Speedway races are the scene of the highest number of yellow-flag caution laps in the NASCAR season; with so many cars in such a small space, contact is almost inevitable.  The drag strip at Bristol Motor Speedway has long been nicknamed Thunder Valley.  The first driver on the track at Bristol Motor Speedway for practice on July 27, 1961 was Tiny Lund in his Pontiac.  The land, upon which Bristol Motor Speedway is built, used to be a dairy farm.