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NASCAR Sprint-Cup Series
CUP: Bristol Quick Facts
Here's a quick look at Bristol Motor Speedway...
Tom Jensen  |  Posted March 15, 2010   Charlotte, NC
Bristol Motor Speedway. (Photo: LAT Photographic)
Bristol Motor Speedway will play host to a pair of NASCAR races this weekend, Saturday’s Scotts Turf Builder 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series race and the Food City 500 Sprint Cup race on Sunday.

The 0.533-mile track features variable banking in the corners, going from 26 degrees at the bottom of the track to 30 degrees up top. Originally opened in July 1961, the track has been the subject of numerous construction and expansion projects over the years and now holds 160,000 people.

Following are some quick facts about BMS:

Cup Races: 98

Pole Winners: 42

Youngest Pole Winner: Ryan Newman (03/23/2003 - 25 years, 3 months, 15 days)

Oldest Pole Winner: Harry Gant (08/27/1994 - 54 years, 7 months, 17 days)

Race Winners: 37

Youngest Winner: Kyle Busch (03/25/2007 - 21 years, 10 months, 23 days)

Oldest Winner: Dale Earnhardt (08/28/1999 - 48 years, 3 months, 30 days)

Races Won from Pole (or 1st Starting Position): 22

Last Race Won from Pole (or 1st Starting Position): Carl Edwards (08/23/2008)

Race Record: Charlie Glotzbach 101.074mph (07/11/1971)

Qualifying Record: Ryan Newman 128.709mph (03/23/2003)

Active leaders at BMS

Races: 56, Terry Labonte

Poles: 9, Mark Martin (42 starts)

Wins: 5, Kurt Busch (18); Jeff Gordon (34)

Top Fives: 19, Terry Labonte (56)

Top 10s: 33, Terry Labonte (56)

Lead Lap Finishes: 22, Jeff Gordon (34); Mark Martin (42)

Laps Completed: 25,036, Terry Labonte (56)

Laps Led: Jeff Gordon, 2,438 (34)
DNFs (Most) Derrike Cope, 13 (27)

DNFs (Least): Jamie McMurray, 0 (14)

Average Start: 6.294, Jeff Gordon (34)

Average Finish: 10.200 Kyle Busch (10)

Tom Jensen is the Editor in Chief of SPEEDtv.com, Senior NASCAR Editor at RACER and a contributing Editor for TruckSeries.com. You can follow him online at twitter.com/tomjensen100 and e-mail him at Jensen is the author of “Cheating: The Bad Things Good NASCAR Nextel Cup Racers Do In Pursuit of Speed,” and has appeared on numerous television and radio shows. Jensen is the past President of the National Motorsports Press Association and an NMPA Writer of the Year.

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