Hendrick Motorsports has signed NASCAR Camping World Truck Series points leader William Byron to a multi-year driver agreement. Byron, who has posted a rookie record five NCWTS victories this season, will race full-time in the NASCAR XFINITY Series for Hendrick Motorsports affiliate JR Motorsports beginning in 2017.
Roush Fenway has called victory lane at Bristol home in all three of NASCAR’s major divisions, including 11 NSCS wins. In addition, the organization has five wins at Bristol in the NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) and two wins in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS).
Toyota has amassed 24 victories at Tennessee’s Bristol Motor Speedway across NASCAR’s three national series – and 15 of those wins have come at the hands of Kyle Busch. In total, Toyota has eight NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) victories at the 0.533-mile short track, nine wins in the XFINITY Series (NXS) and seven triumphs in the Camping World Truck Series. Camry driver Carl Edwards most recently won the NSCS race at Bristol in April and Erik Jones was victorious in the NXS event at ‘The World’s Fastest Half-Mile’. Busch has 17-career wins at the track, including a Cup victory and XFINITY win before he began piloting a Toyota. The reigning NSCS champion also won all three NASCAR series at Bristol in August 2010, becoming the first driver to sweep all three national series races in a weekend.
Martin Truex Jr. is hoping Bristol Motor Speedway will be the venue that will shake off the demons that have plagued him in the last five Sprint Cup Series races.
It’s back to short track racing for the NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) this weekend, and Ray Black Jr. is ready to make his return to Bristol Motor Speedway. The driver of the No. 07 ScubaLife.com Chevrolet Camaro earned his first career NXS Top-20 finish at “The Last Great Colosseum” back in April of this year.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Michael McDowell is eager to return to Bristol Motor Speedway, where he hopes to use past experience and current momentum to secure a solid finish and turn heads in the Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race.
Elliott leads the 2016 Rookie of the Year contender standings heading into Bristol Motor Speedway by 48 points over second-place Ryan Blaney and 77 points over third-place Chris Buescher. Elliott has accumulated a total of 247 rookie points this year through the first 22 points-paying races.
Jeffrey Earnhardt on Bristol: "Bristol is definitely one of my favorite tracks. The action is intense and I've had decent runs there in the past. I'm looking forward to it and I'm optimistic that we'll have a strong race."
The NASCAR industry is well rested from a rare off weekend, and Brian Scott is ready to head to one of the most anticipated night races of the year this weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway. Scott will race the No. 44 Medallion Financial, JACOB Companies Ford under the lights for 500 laps, looking for redemption from the spring race in which the team finished 30th following a late-race spin and contact with the wall.
With the final off-weekend of the 2016 season in the books, Aric Almirola feels recharged and ready to return to Bristol Motor Speedway, one of his favorite tracks on the NASCAR circuit.
Since its debut in 2001, Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois, has hosted 94 races across seven series on its 1.5-mile oval. None, however, have been in the last seven years.
Thirty years ago, the NASCAR Cup Series last raced for points at North Wilkesboro Speedway, a short track synonymous with the sport’s roots and one that helped define its gritty, blue-collar reputation.
A specialist like Rivalane Auto Transport can coordinate door-to-door pickup from a residential street, race shop, or track and deliver to the next event or buyer with minimal handling.
Josh Berry and the No. 21 eero team wrapped up the road-course portion of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season with a 28th-place finish in Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway.
