News Bites: Bristol, Busch Repeat, Wins List, Stats

Kyle Busch Weekend Sweep Repeat?
Kyle Busch swept the weekend last August at Bristol winning all three races at the track in a single weekend. He visited victory lane in the Trucks, NNS, and Cup Series. Kyle has 4 Cup wins, and 6 top 2 finishes in the last 9 races at Bristol, and the only two other drivers to have wins in all 3 series there (not in the same weekend of course) are Carl Edwards and Mark Martin.

BRISTOL CUP SERIES STARTING LINEUP

All time Bristol Wins List
As Bristol heads into their 50th season of racing, lets take a look at the all-time wins list at that track, which is essentially a look at NASCAR history. 8 of the top 9 are champions, and 5 are either Hall of Famers, inductees or nominees. Darrell Waltrip heads up the list with 12 wins, Dale Earnhardt with 9, Rusty Wallace & Cal Yarborough also with 9, Kurt Busch & Jeff Gordon have 5, Bobby Allison & Kyle Busch each have 4.

Wood Brothers Last Bristol Win
The Wood Brothers are heading into this weekend looking at an anniversary of their own. Besides their recent Daytona 500 win, Bristol is the site of their last win, making it almost to the 10 year mark. Elliott Sadler went to victory lane at Bristol in 2001.

TRACK STATS | BRISTOL
It’s the coliseum of auto racing, a stadium wrapped around a 1/2 mile oval and 160,000 plus screaming fans
Banking/Turns 1-4: up to 30 º
Banking/Straights: 10 º
Length/Frontstretch: 650 ft.
Length/Backstretch: 650 ft.
Miles/laps: 266.5 miles, 500 laps
Last years pole sitter: Joey Logano
Last years winner: Jimmie Johnson

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