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NASCAR Sprint-Cup Series
CUP: BMS Not A Sellout
Bristol Motor Speedway is usually completely sold out...
Mike Hembree  |  Posted March 21, 2010   Bristol, TN
There were empty seats at Bristol Motor Speedway during the Nationwide Series Scotts Turf Builder 300 and during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Food City 500. (Photo: LAT Photographic)
The Food City 500 Sprint Cup race is underway at Bristol Motor Speedway, and already there’s news.

For the first time in 56 races, a Sprint Cup event at BMS, one of the most popular tracks in NASCAR, is not a sellout.

The facility, which seats 160,000 and typically is packed, had tens of thousands of empty seats at the beginning of Sunday’s race.

Mike Hembree is NASCAR Editor for SPEEDtv.com and has been covering motorsports for 28 years. He has written several books on NASCAR, including "NASCAR: The Definitive History of America's Sport" and "Then Tony Said To Junior: The Best NASCAR Stories Ever Told". He is a six-time winner of the National Motorsports Press Association Writer of the Year Award.

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