Quotes and Trivia about Bristol
compiled by Jo Ann Hlavac
“When they turn the lights on at this place, all hell breaks loose”. Rusty Wallace
“Bristol is an evil track and if you’re not the chosen one, you could be in for a long, miserable night.” Ryan Newman
"I just hope I miss all the flying debris from all these guys being mad at each other. I’ve never left Bristol and not seen anybody, myself included, not mad at something. Everybody kind of goes into Bristol knowing that things can get hairy at some point during the night." Tony Raines
"It's like Saturday night at your local short track except on a much bigger scale." Bill Elliott
"I love this track. We’ve qualified well and run well here, but this place is also Russian Roulette.” Jeff Gordon
"There is ‘fast’ and there is ‘fast fast.’ Bristol is definitely ‘fast fast.’ " Joe Nemechek
"Racing at Bristol is like put 43 cars into a blender and hitting the on button".
Barry Dobson
“There’s not a lot I look forward to when it comes to racing at Bristol. I love to go watch the races there. I think it is a great place for a spectator. But when you are in the car you know how you seem to be escaping disaster multiple times each lap." Jimmie Johnson
"Bristol's a sort of wild card, anything can happen there." Martin Truex, Jr.
"You have to go to Bristol and enjoy it but know that the outcome could be the opposite of what you want it to be.” Kevin Harvick
"Bristol will always be a ‘bump-and-run’ type of track. Guys will stick to the bottom and nudge each other to pass. It’s not really about aerodynamics, it’s not about engineering, but it is all about creating excitement. That’s why this place will be packed on Saturday night.” Bobby Labonte
"I got wrecked racing for last. That’s Bristol." Todd Bodine
“Bristol is down-and-dirty racing in a bullring. It’s racing at its best: short-track racing with high banks." Robby Gordon
"This racing is awesome. Fans dig it. That's the big thing about Bristol. You have to come to race hard." Kurt Busch
And Now for a little Trivia...
Junior Johnson won 21 races at Bristol – more than any other car owner. His victories came between 1965 and 1986 and were scored by five different drivers, including one himself.
Richard Childress, Jack Roush and Roger Penske are tied for the leading active car owner at Bristol, each with eight victories.
Bristol Motor Speedway is a 0.533-mile concrete oval. There are 36 degrees of banking in corners and 16 degrees of banking in straights. The Straightaways are 650 feet long. The track surface was changed from asphalt to concrete in 1992.
Most Bristol manufacturer wins is by Chevrolet with 40
Most Wins by active Driver; Jeff Gordon and Kurt Busch with 5
Richard Petty has the most Top 10s at Bristol with 37
Track Race Record 2nd Race: Charlie Glotzbach, July 1971, 101.074
Slowest Race Record: Ned Jarrett, July 1965, 61.826mph
Most cars running at the Finish was 40 on 4/11/99
Fewest cars running at the Finish was 7 on 3/20/66
Most Lead Changes in a Bristol race was 40 on 4/14/91
Fewest Lead Changes in a Bristol race was 0 on 3/25/73
Most Cautions were 20 - 3 times, most recently 8/23/03...we were there and that was one long race!
Fewest Cautions: 0 - 7/11/71
There have been 93 Nextel Cup races at Bristol Motor Speedway since the first race there in 1961, two races each season.
21 [of 93 points race run] have been won from the pole which is 22.6%
Races won from the top 10: 76 of 93 - 81.7% 51 races have been won from the first four spots. However, four of the past seven race winners have started outside the top 10.
The first night race was held in the fall of 1978.
above trivia courtesy of www.jayski.com
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