Bristol Legends: Earnhardt, Wallace, Yarborough, Waltrip and the Track Itself

The 160,000 seat stadium is one of the best sights a NASCAR fan will ever see when the massive construction peeks through the hills on highway 11 in Tennessee.The track is known for the sold out crowds, close racing, deafening sound of engines, high banked turns and its unbelievable structure.Bristol Motor Speedway is known throughout the sport as “The Coliseum of NASCAR.”Nearly every NASCAR legend has had the chance to drive into victory lane at Bristol. Nineteen of the 21 Cup Champions have won a race at Bristol since the track entered the circuit in 1961.The names Petty, Pearson, Allison, Waltrip, Earnhardt, Yarborough and Wallace will echo throughout Thunder Valley for all eternity.If Bristol Motor Speedway is the “Col...

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