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Is Bristol the smallest NASCAR track?

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The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), LLC is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock car racing.

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NASCAR, the privately owned company was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1948, and his son, Jim France, has been the CEO since August 2018.

NASCAR is headquartered in Daytona Beach, Florida and each year, the company sanctions over 1,500 races at over 100 tracks in 48 US states as well as in Canada, Mexico, and Europe.

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Is Bristol the smallest NASCAR track?

Bristol Track, image via: Wikipedia

Bristol Motor Speedway was built in 1960 and, at first, was exactly a half-mile.

The Bristol track was reconfigured n in 1969, bringing the track to 0.533 miles, the same length it is today.

The Bristol track is the second-shortest track on the NASCAR circuit and has the largest seating capacity at 160,000.

The smallest NASCAR track, however, is the Martinsville Speedway.

At . 526 miles in length, Martinsville Speedway is the shortest track on the NASCAR Cup Series circuit.


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