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Richard Childress Racing's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series history at Bristol Motor Speedway ... In 146 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts at Bristol Motor Speedway, Richard Childress Racing boasts nine wins - seven with Dale Earnhardt, one with Kevin Harvick and one with Jeff Burton - three pole awards, 32 top-five and 61 top-10 finishes. The Welcome, N.C.-based organization has led 3,665 laps at the "World's Fastest Half-Mile."

Jimmy Weller will make his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway on Wednesday, August 20, while driving the No. 08 Geneva-Liberty Steel Chevrolet Silverado for SS Green Light Racing. Weller has competed in two NASCAR K&N East events at the track known as the "World's Fastest Half Mile." The Hubbard, Ohio native has completed every lap he has attempted at Bristol Motor Speedway, and has a solid record of always starting and finishing within the top 15.

Friday’s NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) race at Bristol Motor Speedway marks the third start at the .53-mile short track for Roush Fenway Racing’s Chris Buescher. In his previous two starts at the track, the rookie of the year contender started no lower than 13th, with a best finish of seventh in last season’s spring race.

Ryan Reed travels to Bristol Motor Speedway for the third time in his NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) career. In his two previous starts at the .53-mile track, Reed has finished 26th and 31st, respectively.

After taking a one-week hiatus, Eric McClure returns to Nationwide Series competition at his hometown track, Bristol Motor Speedway, on Fridaynight. This race will be his 16th event at the "World's Fastest Half-Mile" and his best finish of 21st came during the spring event in 2013. Earlier this year, the team struggled with the car's handling at BMS and, as a result, they posted a 27th-place finish.

NASCAR fans will have the opportunity to change lives in a village across the globe.

For the fourth time this season, Roush Fenway Racing’s Ryan Reed has a special guest riding along with him during Friday’s NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) race at Bristol Motor Speedway. The No. 16 American Diabetes Association Drive to Stop DiabetesSM presented by Lilly Diabetes Ford Mustang will carry Jonah Mullins’ name above the passenger side window.

MB Motorsports heads to Bristol Motor Speedway focused on a good run and a chance to help raise awareness and money for Eagle Rock Camp, a faith-based, holistic sports camp where military families learn to re-connect and re-integrate.

Milka Duno’s first NASCAR Nationwide Series race will be Friday, August 22 in the Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway. This will mark the first time in NASCAR history that a Hispanic female driver will compete in a NASCAR national series race in the United States. Duno will compete in RAB Racing’s No. 29 Toyota Camry.

While the races at NASCAR’s most competitive venue – Talladega Superspeedway – are anticipated by fans across the globe, so, too, is the track’s infamous Saturday Night Infield Concert. Two months out of a Talladega weekend, eager enthusiasts are already asking, “Who will be performing the Saturday Night Concert?”