Bristol Motor Speedway president Jerry Caldwell has released a statement saying the track will prepare to host a third year of NASCAR dirt racing in the spring of 2023.“I’m so thankful for our owners, Bruton and Marcus Smith, allowing our Bristol Motor Speedway team to put on an amazing Easter...

NASCAR had last weekend largely to itself in motorsports programming for its second staging of Cup Series racing on dirt at Bristol Motor Speedway.Sunday night's telecast on FOX averaged a 2.19 Nielsen rating and 4.007 million household viewers. Last year's race was rain-delayed to Monday where it averaged a 1.8/3.1m....

Kyle Busch won for the 60th time in his NASCAR Cup Series career Sunday night on the dirt at Bristol Motor Speedway. It was a win that should send Busch to the postseason and gets him on the scoreboard when it comes to early victors in the Next Gen race...

Trans Am races stream live for free, no app requiredThe Trans Am Series recently announced a new television package to air this year’s races in prime time on CBS Sports Network. For those wishing to tune in live, the entire line-up of SpeedTour events will stream for free on the...

Dirt racing at Bristol Motor Speedway will have to wait another day.NASCAR has postponed both the Camping World Truck Series and Cup Series events until Monday afternoon. The Trucks will get on track first at noon ET (on Fox Sports 1), and the Cup Series race is set for 4...

Dirt -- that’s the great unknown when NASCAR Cup Series drivers venture to the transformed Bristol Motor Speedway for Sunday’s Food City Dirt Race (3:30 p.m. ET on FOX, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).NASCAR’s top series hasn’t raced on dirt since Sept. 30, 1970, when Richard Petty beat runner-up Neil...

NASCAR has finalized its format for the inaugural Bristol dirt weekend, and will use the finishing order and passing points to determine the starting line-up.Officials had previously announced that the March 27-28 event for the Camping World Truck and Cup Series would feature practice and heat races. Wednesday, NASCAR revealed...

With Bristol Motor Speedway down to the final few weeks of preparation before its inaugural NASCAR dirt weekend, the list of things left to do has dwindled.“Really, it’s just grooming the track now,” Jerry Caldwell, executive vice president and Bristol general manager, told a handful of reporters Tuesday afternoon. “Obviously,...

The dirt weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway will have both practice and heat races, NASCAR announced this week.Being a new configuration on this year’s schedule, Bristol is one of the eight races where NASCAR Cup Series teams will be allowed to practice. But officials have added heat races to determine...

Bristol Motor Speedway says fan demand was what drove the decision to transform its half-mile facility into a dirt track for the spring 2021 NASCAR Cup Series race. The Food City 500 is set for March 28, 2021.“As everyone knows, Bristol Motor Speedway is the home to big event, and...