A Big Picture View of Race Weekend at Bristol

A big picture view of race weekend at Bristol

After a 131-race wait, the grandson of power broker Joe Gibbs finally earned his first victory in the Food City 500 and there was nothing cheap about it.

Jeremy Mayfield says NASCAR has lost 'The South'

“If the ‘World’s Fastest Half Mile’ can’t out draw a Sunday at Augusta, then NASCAR has officially lost the south.” On Sunday, the NASCAR Cup Series raced at the famed Bristol Motor Speedway. Billed as ‘The Last Great Coliseum’, it’s a half-mile high-banked oval track in the hill of Tennessee. Related: Bristol Race Results: April 12, 2026 (NASCAR Cup Series) The track has seating for approximately 150,000 race fans. For Sunday’s race, many fans …

Nascar viewership drops below 2m at Bristol on FS1 - BlackBook Motorsport

First regular season visit to Bristol to drop below 2m viewers Earliest regular season race to average fewer than 2m viewers since Martinsville in 2018 Nascar averaging 3.54m viewers through eight races, down 1.5% YoY Nascar’s viewership figures for last weekend’s race at Bristol Motor Speedway fell to 1.95 million on FS1. This is a five per cent drop compared to last year’s audience for the race, known as the Food City 500 for sponsorship reaso…

Ty Gibbs Wins, Tire Talk, Payback & Bristol to Nashville?

Ed Lane, host of The Fast Lane on 93.3 FM Lynchburg and VTRN Sports, returns to talk Gibbs' first win.