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Bristol Motor Speedway

Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, TN.

Bristol Motor Speedway is a .533 mile Oval. It falls in the category of Short Track (an oval racetrack that is 1 mile or less in length.).

The first NASCAR Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway was in 1961.

2011 NASCAR Cup Races at Bristol Motor Speedway

  • Jeff Byrd 500 Presented by Food City on 03-20-2011 (Race #4)
  • Irwin Tools Night Race on 08-27-2011 (Race #24)
Bristol Motor Speedway
TOP 10 POLE WINNERS
Rank Driver Total Poles
1 Cale Yarborough 9
1 Mark Martin 9
3 Rusty Wallace 7
4 Richard Petty 6
5 Jeff Gordon 5
6 Fred Lorenzen 4
6 Darrell Waltrip 4
8 Geoffrey Bodine 3
8 Ryan Newman 3
8 David Pearson 3
RACE WINNERS
Rank Driver Total Wins
1 Darrell Waltrip 12
2 Rusty Wallace 9
2 Dale Earnhardt 9
2 Cale Yarborough 9
5 David Pearson 5
5 Jeff Gordon 5
5 Kurt Busch 5
5 Kyle Busch 5
9 Bobby Allison 4
10 Fred Lorenzen 3

NASCAR Cup Races at Bristol Motor Speedway

Date Race Name Winner (#) St Make Caut/Lap Ld Chg
08-27-11 Irwin Tools… Brad Keselowski 8 Dodge (COT) 6/42 22
03-20-11 Jeff Byrd… Kyle Busch 12 Toyota (COT) 10/57 17
08-21-10 Irwin Tools… Kyle Busch 19 Toyota (COT) 7/39 15
03-21-10 Food City… Jimmie Johnson 4 Chevrolet (COT) 10/103 29
08-22-09 Sharpie 500 Kyle Busch 15 Toyota (COT) 11/76 12
03-22-09 Food City… Kyle Busch 19 Toyota (COT) 9/58 13
08-23-08 Sharpie 500 Carl Edwards 1 Ford (COT) 8/56 4
03-16-08 Food City… Jeff Burton 8 Chevrolet (COT) 10/68 17
08-25-07 Sharpie 500 Carl Edwards 6 Ford (COT) 9/61 12
03-25-07 Food City… Kyle Busch 20 Chevrolet (COT) 15/90 14
08-26-06 Sharpie 500 Matt Kenseth 4 Ford 10/62 18
03-26-06 Food City… Kurt Busch 9 Dodge 18/104 19
08-27-05 Sharpie 500 Matt Kenseth 1 Ford 16/88 17
04-03-05 Food City… Kevin Harvick 13 Chevrolet 14/115 14
08-28-04 Sharpie 500 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 30 Chevrolet 9/63 18
03-28-04 Food City… Kurt Busch 13 Ford 11/85 13
08-23-03 Sharpie 500 Kurt Busch 5 Ford 20/119 11
03-23-03 Food City… Kurt Busch 9 Ford 17/121 11
08-24-02 Sharpie 500 Jeff Gordon 1 Chevrolet 15/118 10
03-24-02 Food City… Kurt Busch 27 Ford 14/101 14
08-25-01 Sharpie 500 Tony Stewart 18 Pontiac 16/93 11
03-25-01 Food City… Elliott Sadler 38 Ford 13/87 18
08-26-00 goracing.com 500 Rusty Wallace 1 Ford 13/85 19
03-26-00 Food City… Rusty Wallace 6 Ford 11/76 18
08-28-99 Goody's Headache… Dale Earnhardt 26 Chevrolet 10/60 11
04-11-99 Food City… Rusty Wallace 1 Ford 7/57 7
08-22-98 Goody's Headache… Mark Martin 4 Ford 13/86 12
03-29-98 Food City… Jeff Gordon 2 Chevrolet 14/88 19
08-23-97 Goody's Headache… Dale Jarrett 3 Ford 12/97 12
04-13-97 Food City… Jeff Gordon 5 Chevrolet 20/132 13
08-24-96 Goody's Headache… Rusty Wallace 5 Ford 8/67 8
03-31-96 Food City… Jeff Gordon 8 Chevrolet 5/37 7
08-26-95 Goody's 500 Terry Labonte 2 Chevrolet 15/106 16
04-02-95 Food City… Jeff Gordon 2 Chevrolet 7/65 12
08-27-94 Goody's 500 Rusty Wallace 4 Ford 12/73 16
04-10-94 Food City… Dale Earnhardt 24 Chevrolet 10/75 11
08-28-93 Bud 500 Mark Martin 1 Ford 11/71 8
04-04-93 Food City… Rusty Wallace 1 Pontiac 17/87 19
08-29-92 Bud 500 Darrell Waltrip 9 Chevrolet 10/55 14
04-05-92 Food City… Alan Kulwicki 1 Ford 10/75 11
08-24-91 Bud 500 Alan Kulwicki 5 Ford 11/81 14
04-14-91 Valleydale Meats… Rusty Wallace 1 Pontiac 19/133 40
08-25-90 Busch 500 Ernie Irvan 6 Chevrolet 10/47 9
04-08-90 Valleydale Meats… Davey Allison 19 Ford 13/65 11
08-26-89 Busch 500 Darrell Waltrip 9 Chevrolet 11/69 11
04-09-89 Valleydale Meats… Rusty Wallace 8 Pontiac 20/98 34
08-27-88 Busch 500 Dale Earnhardt 5 Chevrolet 14/83 23
04-10-88 Valleydale Meats… Bill Elliott 13 Ford 12/70 11
08-22-87 Busch 500 Dale Earnhardt 6 Chevrolet 8/49 12
04-12-87 Valleydale Meats… Dale Earnhardt 3 Chevrolet 13/125 19
08-23-86 Busch 500 Darrell Waltrip 10 Chevrolet 6/56 15
04-06-86 Valleydale 500 Rusty Wallace 14 Pontiac 7/56 14
08-24-85 Busch 500 Dale Earnhardt 1 Chevrolet 11/82 18
04-06-85 Valleydale 500 Dale Earnhardt 12 Chevrolet 14/90 18
08-25-84 Busch 500 Terry Labonte 6 Chevrolet 12/66 12
04-01-84 Valleydale 500 Darrell Waltrip 3 Chevrolet 4/19 17
08-27-83 Busch 500 Darrell Waltrip 2 Chevrolet 5/31 12
05-21-83 Valleydale 500 Darrell Waltrip 13 Chevrolet 4/22 12
08-28-82 Busch 500 Darrell Waltrip 8 Buick 3/15 15
03-14-82 Valleydale 500 Darrell Waltrip 1 Buick 3/25 10
08-22-81 Busch 500 Darrell Waltrip 1 Buick 7/52 11
03-29-81 Valleydale 500 Darrell Waltrip 1 Buick 8/44 21
08-23-80 Busch Volunteer… Cale Yarborough 1 Chevrolet 10/57 19
03-30-80 Valleydale Southeastern… Dale Earnhardt 4 Chevrolet 3/14 15
08-25-79 Volunteer 500 Darrell Waltrip 5 Chevrolet 6/60 18
04-01-79 Southeastern 500 Dale Earnhardt 9 Chevrolet 6/44 8
08-26-78 Volunteer 500 Cale Yarborough 4 Oldsmobile 10/59 16
04-02-78 Southeastern 500 Darrell Waltrip 7 Chevrolet 4/40 13
08-28-77 Volunteer 400 Cale Yarborough 1 Chevrolet 6/92 14
04-17-77 Southeastern 500 Cale Yarborough 1 Chevrolet 2/9 6
08-29-76 Volunteer 400 Cale Yarborough 2 Chevrolet 2/13 1
03-14-76 Southeastern 400 Cale Yarborough 3 Chevrolet 6/79 16
11-02-75 Volunteer 500 Richard Petty 4 Dodge 5/28 12
03-16-75 Southeastern 500 Richard Petty 2 Dodge 2/27 6
07-14-74 Volunteer 500 Cale Yarborough 3 Chevrolet 9/105 22
03-17-74 Southeastern 500 Cale Yarborough 3 Chevrolet 3/28 5
07-08-73 Volunteer 500 Benny Parsons 2 Chevrolet 5/33 5
03-25-73 Southeastern 500 Cale Yarborough 1 Chevrolet 7/56 0
07-09-72 Volunteer 500 Bobby Allison 1 Chevrolet 5/30 4
04-09-72 Southeastern 500 Bobby Allison 1 Chevrolet 2/25 6
07-11-71 Volunteer 500 Charlie Glotzbach 2 Chevrolet 0/0 7
03-28-71 Southeastern 500 David Pearson 1 Ford 5/45 9
07-19-70 Volunteer 500 Bobby Allison 10 Dodge 8/54 9
04-05-70 Southeastern 500 Donnie Allison 2 Ford 6/58 10
07-20-69 Volunteer 500 David Pearson 3 Ford 8/56 9
03-23-69 Southeastern 500 Bobby Allison 4 Dodge 4/32 9
07-21-68 Volunteer 500 David Pearson 6 Ford 13/92 8
03-17-68 Southeastern 500 David Pearson 2 Ford 11/81 18
07-23-67 Volunteer 500 Richard Petty 1 Plymouth 6/42 11
03-19-67 Southeastern 500 David Pearson 14 Dodge 6/59 13
07-24-66 Volunteer 500 Paul Goldsmith 4 Plymouth 2/24 3
03-20-66 Southeastern 500 Dick Hutcherson 6 Ford 7/92 7
07-25-65 Volunteer 500 Ned Jarrett 6 Ford 8/167 9
05-02-65 Southeastern 500 Junior Johnson 3 Ford 7/39 8
07-26-64 Volunteer 500 Fred Lorenzen 8 Ford 1/14 5
03-22-64 Southeastern 500 Fred Lorenzen 2 Ford 4/54 1
07-28-63 Volunteer 500 Fred Lorenzen 1 Ford 7/36 6
03-31-63 Southeastern 500 Fireball Roberts 3 Ford 1/9 8
07-29-62 Southeastern 500 Jim Paschal 12 Plymouth 4/21 12
04-29-62 Volunteer 500 Bobby Johns 6 Pontiac 4/37 5
10-22-61 Southeastern 500 Joe Weatherly 2 Pontiac 3/0 6
07-30-61 Volunteer 500 Jack Smith 12 Pontiac 8/0 7

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