Bristol Traditional Cache
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World's Fastest Half Mile"
0.533-mile concrete oval
Degree of banking in corners: Variable, 24 to 30 Degrees
Degree of banking in straights: Variable, 6 to 10 Degrees
Straightaways: 650 feet
Concrete racing surface is 40 feet wide
Seating capacity: 160,000
Ryan Newman became the first driver to record a sub-15 second lap at BMS during March 2003. Newman grabbed the Bristol night race pole with a 14.908 sec./128.709 mph lap.
Kurt Busch won his first career Sprint Cup race in the 2002 running of the Bristol night race.
Tony Stewart's initial Bristol win came in the 2001 Bristol day race.
Elliott Sadler's victory in 2001 bristol night race was the first for Bristol victory for Stuart, Va.'s, famed Wood Brothers team.
In 21 of 40 years since Bristol opened, a driver who won a Sprint Cup race at Bristol went on to win the series title later the same year.
Rusty Wallace snapped Jeff Gordon's four-year Bristol night race winning streak in 1999 and got his 50th win in 2000.
Johnny Allen crossed the finish line first in the inaugural BMS race, but he was driving in relief of Jack Smith, who gets credit for Bristol's first victory.
SCS Track Qualifying Record: Ryan Newman, 128.709 mph, 14.908 sec., 3/21/03
SCS Race Record: Charlie Glotzbach, 101.074 mph (2:38:12), 7/11/71
NNS Track Qualifying Record: David Green, 126.495 mph, 15.169 sec., 3/21/03
Most Bristol Wins (Driver): Darrell Waltrip, 12 (7 consecutive)
Most Bristol Wins (Car Owner): Junior Johnson, 21 (8 consecutive)
Most Bristol Wins (Manufacturer): Chevrolet, 37 (Ford is second with 23)
Most Bristol Poles (Driver): Cale Yarborough, 9
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