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Bristol, Tennessee

Bristol Motor Speedway

Length
0.533 mi
Banking
36° turns
Surface
Concrete
Race Length
500 laps
Founded
1961

Bristol's half-mile concrete bullring is short-track NASCAR at its loudest — 36 degrees of banking, walls within reach, and tempers shorter than the laps.

Top Performers at Bristol

RankDriverStartsWinsTop 5Top 10Avg Fin
1Ty Gibbs713511.1
2Kyle Larson20391411.2
3Chase Briscoe802411.6
4Christopher Bell1014712.4
5Chase Elliott1805913.3
6Denny Hamlin384132113.3
7Carson Hocevar600214.0
8Kyle Busch398141914.8
9Ryan Preece1100314.8
10Brad Keselowski30381115.6

Recent Winners at Bristol

Short Track Context

Bristol is one of 9 short tracks on the 2026 Cup schedule. Historically, Ty Gibbs leads all Cup drivers at this venue with a 11.1 average finish across 7 starts. Drivers who excel on short tracks tend to carry that form here — check their track type stats in S-EDGE™.

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