Tracks/Chase 03/Bristol Motor Speedway
Bristol Motor Speedway
Thunder Valley
Bristol, Tennessee
CHECKERED: Bass Pro Shops Night Race · Sat Sep 19, 5:30 PM MDT · USA Network · Joey Logano won this date
- Concrete bowl
- Night race
- Dirt spring 2021–23
Length
0.533 mile
Banking
About 24–28°
Surface
Concrete
Turns
4 · high-banked oval
First Cup year
1961
Booth notes
Bristol is a half-mile concrete bowl that sounds like a jet engine in a parking garage. The Night Race is the one people fly in for — Saturday lights, bumper tags, and a crowd that never sits down. Spring used to be the same show on a different afternoon; from 2021 through 2023 that date ran on dirt, then Cup poured the concrete back in for 2024. Ty Gibbs took the 2026 Food City 500 in overtime. The 2026 Bass Pro Shops Night Race is CHECKERED — Joey Logano won it, Chase race 3 of 10. The Chase has since gone through Kansas and Las Vegas and next is Charlotte oval.
Last 10 Cup winners
Cup Series points races only
Spring 2021–2023 ran on a dirt surface (Food City Dirt Race). 2021 spring winner Joey Logano sits just outside this 10-race window.
- 012026
Joey Logano · #22
Bass Pro Shops Night Race
- 022026concrete
Ty Gibbs · #54
Food City 500
- 032025
Christopher Bell · #20
Bass Pro Shops Night Race
- 042025
Kyle Larson · #5
Food City 500
- 052024
Kyle Larson · #5
Bass Pro Shops Night Race
- 062024
Denny Hamlin · #11
Food City 500
- 072023
Denny Hamlin · #11
Bass Pro Shops Night Race
- 082023dirt
Christopher Bell · #20
Food City 500
- 092022
Chris Buescher · #17
Bass Pro Shops Night Race
- 102022dirt
Kyle Busch · #18
Food City Dirt Race
- 112021
Kyle Larson · #5
Bass Pro Shops Night Race
Fun facts
Concrete, not asphalt. The surface bites and the walls are close enough to read the numbers.
Spring 2021–23 was a dirt experiment. Concrete returned for the 2024 Food City 500.
The Night Race is the Saturday-night crown jewel — Chase race 3 in 2026, won by Joey Logano (CHECKERED).
Lore
Last Great Colosseum is the booth name for a bowl that still feels like a stadium, not a speedway.
Ty Gibbs’ 2026 Food City 500 win was his first Cup trophy at Bristol, in overtime (505 laps).
Cup winners compiled from Racing-Reference, NASCAR.com recaps, and Wikipedia race tables. Fan desk — not an official NASCAR stat book.
Fan desk on nascarlove.org. Not affiliated with NASCAR, its teams, or its drivers.