Welcome to this week's 2012 Nascar at FR race thread! This Week it's The Food City 500 at Bristol! Click for Nascar race & news threads at FR
NASCAR Broadcast ScheduleBristol Motor Speedway Week-end Broadcast Schedule Bristol Motor Speedway web site The land upon which Bristol Motor Speedway is built used to be a dairy farm. Larry Carrier and Carl Moore traveled to Charlotte Motor Speedway in 1960 to watch a race and it was then that they decided to build a speedway in Northeast Tennessee. However, they wanted a smaller model of the Charlotte track, something with a more intimate setting and opted to erect a half-mile facility instead of mirroring the 1.5-mile track. Work began on what was then called Bristol International Speedway in 1960 and it took approximately one year to finish. Officials scratched many ideas for the track on envelopes and brown paper bags. The land on which BMS now sits, as well as construction of the track, cost approximately $600,000. The entire layout for BMS covered 100 acres and provided parking for more than 12,000 cars. The track itself was a perfect half-mile, measuring 60 feet wide on the straightaways, 75 feet wide in the turns and the turns were banked at 22 degrees. FRFL'ers - Deadline to select your drivers is Aug 20 2:00am PDT The FR Canteen 24 by 7 FRFLers -Deadline to select your drivers is Mar 16 2:00am PDT |
Bristol race thread Ping!!!
Forecast says slight chance of a thunderstorm. The race should finish up Sunday even if it gets a bit wet.
We’ve supposed to be getting a big storm here in northern Arizona this weekend too. Looks like we won’t be watching much NASCAR judging from the weather forecast for Bristol.
10th!!!!!
May God Bless the Food City 500!
Whoa!
NASCAR has gone the way of the wine and cheese crowd.
The Daily Caller
Daytona International Speedway to ban smoking
This Sundays Sprint Cup Series Daytona 500 will mark one of the last days fans will be permitted to light up in the grandstands at the Daytona International Speedway.
Starting this summer, a smoking ban will prevent Daytona Speedway attendees from smoking in their seats. Smokers will instead have to go to designated smoking areas behind the grandstand. (RELATED: More on smoking)
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/02/23/daytona-international-speedway-to-ban-smoking/#ixzz1pTdfUAiU
Bristol Baby!