Bristol Motor Speedway – The Circuit Journal

Tire fall-off was bonkers at Bristol, and it created a NASCAR race to remember

By John Haverlin March 17, 2024NASCAR

To quote Kyle Busch after his memorable 2018 Chicagoland win: "If you don't like that kind of racing, don't even watch."That's what should be said and felt after Sunday's NASCAR…

Dennis is a menace: Hamlin wins at Bristol and rubs it in the booing fans’ faces

By John Haverlin September 17, 2023NASCAR

The boos and jeers pouring down on him from a packed coliseum of NASCAR fans didn’t deter Bristol Night Race winner Denny Hamlin from egging on the crowd a little…

Chris Buescher’s Bristol win caps off chaotic NASCAR Playoff weekend

By John Haverlin September 18, 2022NASCAR

BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Before the NASCAR Xfinity Series race on Friday night, 18 drivers were still eligible to compete for a championship while 16 Cup Series drivers came into the…

What we’ve learned: NASCAR Cup Series quarter-season breakdown

By Cole Cusumano April 12, 2022NASCAR

As advertised by NASCAR, the Cup Series has undergone a drastic identity change during the inaugural season of the seventh-generation stock car. Now a quarter of the way through the…

Best of 2021: Individual races from each NASCAR national series

By Cole Cusumano December 6, 2021NASCAR

Tidings of a merry offseason were handed out prematurely by now four-time Most Popular Driver, Chase Elliott, in October. Still, it's been everything aside from that, with teams already hard…

Better off alone: The case for only one Bristol race

By Cole Cusumano September 23, 2021NASCAR

Bristol Motor Speedway has been all the rage across NASCAR after one of the best weekends in the sport's recent history. Fans were treated to a first-time truck winner, a…

NASCAR’s choose rule experiment ‘worked well’ in All-Star Race

By John Haverlin July 16, 2020NASCAR

For years, short tracks across the country have used a choose cone, which allows drivers to select the lane they restart during races. On Wednesday night, NASCAR gave the choose…

NASCAR seeks more change with 2020 All-Star Race

By Cole Cusumano June 23, 2020NASCAR

Since its inception in 1985, the NASCAR All-Star Race has been hailed as one of the sport's premier events. The star-studded race has been the sight of some of the…

Brad Keselowski lucks into another win as Chase Elliott, Joey Logano tangle

By John Haverlin June 1, 2020NASCAR

For the second time in as many Sundays, Brad Keselowski is the unexpected winner. Keselowski restarted fourth with five laps remaining at Bristol Motor Speedway on Sunday, which was a…