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• 02/23/21
  Looking back at the first time Bristol Motor Speedway put down the dirt on the legendary half-mile oval

  Nearly two decades ago several Bristol Motor Speedway executives had a vision after a trip to visit their newest Speedway Motorsports sister track in Las Vegas. The group had just watched a World of Outlaws event at the LVMS Dirt Track and began pondering dirt racing possibilities at Thunder Valley. After discussing their concept with then BMS President Jeff Byrd, the idea quickly took flight.

• 02/19/21
  Food City and Tide partner with Richard Petty Motorsports for historic Bristol Dirt Race

  In anticipation of the first time in more than 50 years the NASCAR Cup Series (NCS) schedule will include a dirt race, Richard Petty Motorsports (RPM) announced today a partnership with Food City and Tide at a press conference at the Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway. As part of the agreement, the No. 43 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 will carry the Tide brand as the primary partner in the NASCAR Cup Series Food City Dirt Race at the Bristol Motor Speedway on Sunday, March 28 with driver Erik Jones.

• 02/18/21
  Karl Kustoms partners with X.CELERATED and BMS to become title sponsor of Bristol Dirt Nationals

  The Karl Kustoms Bristol Dirt Nationals, March 15-20, will showcase more than 1,200 racers throughout eight racing classes and multiple sanctioning bodies coming together for a spectacular week of dirt racing at the half-mile, high-banked oval at Bristol Motor Speedway.

• 02/17/21
  NASCAR Cup Series racing began in the dirt and at Bristol in March the sport will return to its roots for the first time in more than 50 years

  Bristol Motor Speedway’s historic Food City Dirt Race brings to mind the sport’s long and colorful history in the dust of dozens of short tracks (and a few longer ones). The foundation of America’s favorite motorsport was built in the clay of a hundred hills, scattered across the country from the shadows of big-city buildings to remote bullrings off the beaten