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History of the Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race: Jack Smith had help from a friend in winning the first ever Cup Series race at BMS

Friday August 07, 2020

Bristol Motor Speedway officials knew they had something very special in the tough half-mile short track during the facility’s very first race. Back in July 1961 during the inaugural running of the Volunteer 500 – the early ancestor to the modern day Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race – conditions were so tough that it took two drivers to bring home the winning car on that sultry summer afternoon in Northeast Tennessee.

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