Posted on 08/19/2008 5:06:21 PM PDT by glock rocks
Practice Dates/Times/TV
- Practices:
Friday, August 22, 12:00 - 1:30pm/et, TV-SPEED;
- Happy Hour Practice: Friday, August 22, 6:15 - 7:20pm/et on TV-SPEED
Qualifying Information/Times/TV
- Qualifying Draw [ping pong balls]: Friday, August 22, 11:00am/et
- Qualifying: 2 laps for positions 1-42 [if no past champ prov used, then 43rd goes next fastest non top-35 driver], Friday, August 22 at 3:40pm/et, TV-SPEED, no re-air scheduled;
AND live via radio at PRN Radio and Sirius Satellite NASCAR Radio.
Info courtesy Jayski.com
Busch Series:
FOOD CITY 250
Friday 8/22 at Bristol Motor Speedway on ESPN2 - 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN
Craftsman Truck Series:
O'Reilly 200
Wednesday 8/20 at Bristol Motor Speedway on SPEED - 7:30 p.m. ET
Weekend TV race coverage and calendar for all series, all events
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Track Specs:
0.533-mile concrete oval
500 laps, 266.5 miles
Degree of banking in corners: 30 degrees
Degree of banking in straights: 16 degrees
Straightaways are 650 feet long.
Concrete racing surface is 40 feet wide.
Seating capacity: ~165,000
Bristol has two pits roads: 21 pit stalls on the front stretch and 21 on the back stretch (1 shared)
Pit Stall Size: 25.5 feet long, 15.5 feet wide
Pit Road Speed: 30 mph
Pace Car Track Speed: 35mph
Track Opened: 1960
First Cup race: 1961
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Is there anyone outside of LA, MS, AL, TN and KY that knows what that is? I can’t find it anywhere west of Memphis.
The clerk will call the roll...
This has got to be my least favorite track. The aisles in Wal-Mart are longer than these straightaways and the max track speed isn’t that much higher than the speed down pit road. But I’ll watch it any way. After all, it is racing and nothing else is on...’till football season starts.
I really have not been watching NASCAR much lately (just had other things to do on sunday’s). I ususlly love watching the Bristol races so I’ll give it a try.
Thanks for the Post.
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Oh yah... all afternoon to bbq, race on Saturday evening, and it’s Bristol!
That there’s a natural hat trick.
Panache, savoir faire, charisma and good posture take a man a long way. Especially when he’s liberal with his okra.
Bristol used to be quirky and scary to drive until they repaved and re-contoured the track for the 2007 season races. With the new track contour, there’s a lot more passing and also a lot less accidents since the “line” around the track is much wider.
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