August is on its way… and yes, we have tickets

Wow, it’s been way too long since we’ve posted on the blog. Sorry ’bout that, but man it’s been busy around here. Since March we’ve hosted a variety of events across the creek at the Dragway — including the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals last month. A big congrats to Tony Schumacher, John Force and Mike Edwards who took home the wins in NHRA’s top classes at Bristol.

Now for some Speedway stuff. While we haven’t hosted any major events since Jimmy Johnson grabbed the checkered flag in the Food City 500, there has been quite a bit happening in, around and on the concrete oval. Construction workers are putting the finishing touches on the infield project, which includes a new media center, inspection area and Goodyear Tire building.

Outside of that, we’ve been visited twice by drivers from the NASCAR Whelen Modified Series testing tires for Hoosier. And also, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers Denny Hamlin, Juan Pablo Montoya, David Ragan and Scott Speed completed a two-day tire test for Goodyear here at BMS last week. Check out video comments from Hamlin and Ragan.

Most importantly we’ve been working hard to sell August tickets. We’re finding that after 55 straight sell-outs it’s still hard for some folks to believe they can actually get tickets.

I got this e-mail from Cheryl Williams today, one of our fan advisory board members, who went to Daytona last weekend. It reads, “Hey Ben, I won some free tickets to Daytona, and wore my Bristol visor to the race. Lots of people told me Bristol is one track they want to go to before they die. They couldn’t believe it when I told them they could get tickets. I found it overwhelming at how many people didn’t know Bristol had night race tickets for sale. Of course I told them to go to the website, buy tickets and pass the word.”

Thanks to Cheryl for being a great Bristol ambassador. Now you folks do the same and tell all your race luvin’ buddies we still have IRWIN Tools Night Race tickets for sale. Just call toll-free 1.866.415.4158 or buy online.

Remember, like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter and we’ll be talkin’ to you again soon.

Gordon says Bristol is most exciting, most popular and should be in Chase

From last week’s Q&A session with Jeff Gordon at Texas Motor Speedway:

Q: If you could change anything in the Chase, would it be to add another restrictor plate race, add another short track or road course?

JEFF GORDON: I think it would be pretty cool to see Bristol in there. It’s the ultimate experience from a driver as well as a fan. I think to have our most popular and exciting track in the Chase would be big.

Whether or not Bristol ever ends up in the Chase or not remains to be seen. But we’re big on providing “the ultimate experience.”

Join us in 2010 and see why drivers like Gordon and your fellow fans consistently use adjectives like ultimate, most popular and exciting when talking about Bristol Motor Speedway.

Season tickets (all March and August events, including the Sprint Cup Series IRWIN TOOLS Night Race) may be reserved now by calling 423-BRISTOL.

Also available are March 2010 Race Weekend Packages (includes Food City 500 Sprint Cup, Scotts Turf Builder 300 Nationwide, Scotts EZ Seed Showdown and Ford Fan Friday tickets) and single-event March tickets. To buy online, click the appropriate link below:

2010 March Weekend Package
March Single Event Tickets

The holiday season is the perfect time to purchase tickets as a gift for your favorite race fans… or even for yourself!

We’d love to see ya in 2010!

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Bristol… Something Different – a video history

As you’ve probably heard by now, we have a new sponsor for our August Sprint Cup Series race… IRWIN TOOLS. The race will be called The IRWIN TOOLS Night Race.

For the first time, officials from IRWIN were in Bristol today to begin making plans for the 2010 race. As part of introductions, we played this video which originally aired in 2008 on SPEED during its pre-race programming.

Immediately I thought, why haven’t we shared this jewel yet? So without further delay, we hope you enjoy this Ken Squier narrated video which takes a look at the rich history and tradition of Bristol Motor Speedway.

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