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Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN

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Bristol Motor Speedway

Watch NASCAR on a steeply banked half-mile oval ringed by grandstands, or take a guided track tour on a non-race weekday.

151 Speedway Blvd · Bristol, TN

About Bristol Motor Speedway

Bristol Motor Speedway is a 0.533-mile oval with turns banked at 24 to 28 degrees and seating for 146,000, open since 1961. It hosts two NASCAR Cup Series weekends a year, the Food City 500 and the Bass Pro Shops Night Race, and a quarter-mile drag strip sits next door. Between events, guided tours of about 45 to 55 minutes leave from the Speedway World Gift Store on weekdays. Tours do not run during NASCAR events or the weeks around them.

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