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Bristol Motor Speedway contact information: Bristol Motor Speedway. Atlanta Motor Speedway contact info: Atlanta Motor Speedway. Atlanta Motor Speedway concessions: Each grandstand has concession stands in the concourse space; other stands are scattered all through the track. Bristol Motor Speedway was the lengthy-time dwelling to the Southeastern 500 and Volunteer 500 (both running from 1961 to 1979), and extra just lately to the Busch 500, Valleydale Meats 500, and Goody's 500. Hosted in 2006 were the Food City 500 and Sharpie 500. The "500" in these races stands for 500 laps, which works out to 266.5 miles. An excellent faster monitor was the Daytona International Speedway (to not be confused with the Daytona Beach & Road Course, a completely separate entity), which hosted the primary Daytona 500 race in 1959. With steeply banked turns and 2.5 miles of pavement, it was a monster. Charlotte Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina, was the positioning of the very first NASCAR Strictly Stock race, and this 3/4-mile observe remained on the NASCAR schedule until the fall of 1956. Occoneechee Speedway in Hillsborough, North Carolina, hosted the third NASCAR Strictly Stock race of the inaugural 1949 season. It was renamed Orange Speedway in 1954 and remained on the NASCAR schedule until it was closed within the fall of 1968. Another well-known track was the North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, a half-mile oval that held the ultimate race of the 1949 season. |
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