Your favourite NASCAR track

[muggle not]

Bristol night race without question.

[RaceFanStan]

I've been to the Bristol night race & I can't believe ANY race could compare !
Not been to Daytona but hear it is so big that you only see a small part.
You can see the whole track @ Bristol, sat in several areas, no bad seats.

[danieljboys]

Originally Posted by 429CJ

I love bullrings.

I definitely agree with that. I've seen some great short track racing on my visits across the pond.

Favourites in order of size:
Super-speedway: Daytona and Talladega. Watching the night race last year on the TV with Michael Waltrip's onboard camera from his rear bumper. Great stuff!

Speedway: Darlington- the high banking lends itself well to close racing

Short Track: Rocky Mountain Raceway in Salt Lake City - a great 3/8th mile NASCAR-sanctioned track that I've been lucky enough to get to a couple of times. Relatively high banking with Late Models, Sprint Cars and allsorts on the bill. Shame about the unbelievable temperatures - 109 deg F during the day :-( Sometimes it's too much for a limey to handle!

[24thunder]

Originally Posted by muggle not

Bristol night race without question.

agreed.

Personally,I'd also pick a day race at Bristol over a Daytona event any day,or over any plate race for that matter. Plates suck.

[Yow]

Too bad they closed down North Wilkesboro.

[24thunder]

Originally Posted by Yow

Too bad they closed down North Wilkesboro.

...and Riverside.

[luke]

Didn't Laguna seca have a NASCAR race some time a go?

[muggle not]

Originally Posted by luke

Didn't Laguna seca have a NASCAR race some time a go?

Nope, Nascar Cup racing has never run at Laguna Seca.

[jslone]

What no Bristol,how could this be from a true Nascar fan?Of the ones on the list I did vote Dega,because of the 3 wide racing,though Michigan and Pocono are a close second.

[luke]

Originally Posted by jslone

What no Bristol,how could this be from a true Nascar fan?Of the ones on the list I did vote Dega,because of the 3 wide racing,though Michigan and Pocono are a close second.

There's to many great NASCAR tracks that's why it's under other.

And you wouldn't happen to be jslone from that other forum?

[RaceFanStan]

Originally Posted by luke

There's to many great NASCAR tracks that's why it's under other.
And you wouldn't happen to be jslone from that other forum?

I'm sure he is, who are you at the "other" forum ?

[luke]

Originally Posted by Stan_MarlinMan

I'm sure he is, who are you at the "other" forum ?

I'm Luke in most forums just someone already had it so I'm Burn outs8.
I take it your Stan_MarlinMan.

[RaceFanStan]

Well ......... actually in the "other" forum I am RaceFanStan.

[luke]

Are great!

I pop into 'the other forum' quite oftern now, nice to get variety.

[RaceFanStan]

I know what you mean.

[muggle not]

North Wilkesboro was one of the best short tracks in the South along with Martinsville and then add Bristol when it came aboard.

[Anuauto]

When I was temporarily out of the UK in 78/9 I lived between Dover and Pocono. Of the tracks I visited, I would vote Martinsville as the nicest place to attend a race. I deeply regret never getting to Bristol or Wilksboro. Didnt night racing at Bristol start or restart that year?

[GSXR1]

I couldn't vote because my favourite changes from week to week!

Love the wide-open, multi-lane racing (and tight finishes) of places like Michigan and Texas, the quirkiness of a r-oval like Pocono, the tight bullrings like Bristol and Martinsville, the bumper-to-bumper tension of the both plate tracks (as well as the atmosphere of Daytona) and, while I'm talking atmosphere you gotta mention the Brickyard, the history and tradition of places like Darlington, Charlotte and Richmond and the total contrast of having to turn right on both road courses.

Before I started watching NASCAR I used to think one oval track was just the same as the next oval track, but the sheer diversity of different types is amazing.

[muggle not]

Originally Posted by GSXR1

I couldn't vote because my favourite changes from week to week!

Love the wide-open, multi-lane racing (and tight finishes) of places like Michigan and Texas, the quirkiness of a r-oval like Pocono, the tight bullrings like Bristol and Martinsville, the bumper-to-bumper tension of the both plate tracks (as well as the atmosphere of Daytona) and, while I'm talking atmosphere you gotta mention the Brickyard, the history and tradition of places like Darlington, Charlotte and Richmond and the total contrast of having to turn right on both road courses.

Before I started watching NASCAR I used to think one oval track was just the same as the next oval track, but the sheer diversity of different types is amazing.

Good post gsxr1. I like the diversity of the tracks. that is why I hate cookie-cutter tracks and hope we see no more of them being built. Tracks like Pocono, Bristol, Martinsville, Darlington, etc really add interest to the racing.

[RaceFanStan]

Originally Posted by Anuauto

When I was temporarily out of the UK in 78/9 I lived between Dover and Pocono. Of the tracks I visited, I would vote Martinsville as the nicest place to attend a race. I deeply regret never getting to Bristol or Wilksboro. Didnt night racing at Bristol start or restart that year?

I can't remember when Bristol restarted the night racing in the late summer race.
Night racing @ Bristol has been in effect for several years & it is AWESOME !
The spring day race is really awesome too, great short-track racing !
The night racing creates an aura & the drivers are more aggresive at night.

[24thunder]

Originally Posted by Anuauto

When I was temporarily out of the UK in 78/9 I lived between Dover and Pocono. Of the tracks I visited, I would vote Martinsville as the nicest place to attend a race. I deeply regret never getting to Bristol or Wilksboro. Didnt night racing at Bristol start or restart that year?

Night racing at Bristol began on August 26,1978.

Significant dates on this most popular bullring located in Tennessee:

Significant Dates In Bristol Motor Speedway History
1960 - Construction begins on Bristol Motor Speedway.

July 30, 1961 – First race held at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Fall, 1969 - BMS was reshaped and re-measured. The turns were banked at 36 degrees and it became a .533-mile oval.

August 26, 1978 - First night race was held on the oval.

April 1, 1979 – Dale Earnhardt wins first career Winston Cup race.

April 6, 1986 – Rusty Wallace wins first career Winston Cup race.

August 25, 1990 – Ernie Irvan wins first career Winston Cup race.

August 29, 1992 - BMS became the first speedway to host a Winston Cup event that boasted a track surface that was all concrete.

August 29, 1992 – Darrell Waltrip grabs his final Bristol win, giving him a total of 12 victories on “The World’s Fastest Half-Mile.”

Jan. 22, 1996 - Bruton Smith and Speedway Motorsports Inc., purchases BMS from Larry Carrier at a price of $26 million.

May 28, 1996 - Track’s name was officially changed to Bristol Motor Speedway.

August 28, 1999 – Dale Earnhardt’s final Bristol win.

March 2002 – New pedestrian tunnel was added, allowing access into and out of the infield during on-track activity.

March 2002 - New BMS Victory Lane atop a newly constructed infield building.

March 25, 2001 – Elliott Sadler wins first career Winston Cup race.

March 24, 2002 – Kurt Busch wins first career Winston Cup race.

March 23, 2003 – Record crowd of 160,000 filled the BMS stands for the Food City 500.

[24thunder]

Originally Posted by GSXR1

I couldn't vote because my favourite changes from week to week!

Love the wide-open, multi-lane racing (and tight finishes) of places like Michigan and Texas, the quirkiness of a r-oval like Pocono, the tight bullrings like Bristol and Martinsville, the bumper-to-bumper tension of the both plate tracks (as well as the atmosphere of Daytona) and, while I'm talking atmosphere you gotta mention the Brickyard, the history and tradition of places like Darlington, Charlotte and Richmond and the total contrast of having to turn right on both road courses.

Before I started watching NASCAR I used to think one oval track was just the same as the next oval track, but the sheer diversity of different types is amazing.

G'Day and welcome to this forum.Great post and hope that You post often and enjoy Your time here.cheers Mate.

[GSXR1]

Originally Posted by 24thunder

G'Day and welcome to this forum.Great post and hope that You post often and enjoy Your time here.cheers Mate.

Cheers, thanks for the welcome.

I've been following NASCAR closely for the past four or five years but, as you can imagine, it doesn't have a very big following here 'down-under', so it should be good to come here and chat to like-minded fans.

Just as an aside though I can lay claim to meeting a couple of Cup drivers, albeit before they were the stars they are today. I used to work at Claremont Speedway here in Perth before it closed down, and was lucky enough to meet both Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart when they came out here to race Sprintcars and Midgets respectively some years ago (before their stockcar careers) but I've followed them with interest since.

Sorry, strayed off topic a bit.

[Jack Man]

Welcome to the fourm GSXR1

[muggle not]

GSXR1, you met 2 of the best Nascar drivers in Jeff and Tony. They are both extremely talented. Oh, a formal welcome from me to you. Hope to see more posts from you.