Food City 500: Bristol: 3/20/11

#54
#54
I stayed in the Hampton East of Knoxville on 398 (Strawberry Plains Pike). I only stay in Hamptons because of my honors points, but this time it was out of necessity also because we didn't know we could make the race this year until a week before, so hotels were at a premium. Not really a bad drive though, especially this year with the traffic being quite dense because of the small crowd.
 
#57
#57
Hardwood_fanatic said:
I stayed in the Hampton East of Knoxville on 398 (Strawberry Plains Pike). I only stay in Hamptons because of my honors points, but this time it was out of necessity also because we didn't know we could make the race this year until a week before, so hotels were at a premium. Not really a bad drive though, especially this year with the traffic being quite dense because of the small crowd.
Click to expand...

You thought traffic was dense?

We found it to be rather sparse.
Posted via VolNation Mobile
 
#58
#58
Yankee_Vol said:
I stayed in Ashevillle, NC. It's only an hour and a half drive from the track and four hours from my current home. And the room was $60 which isn't bad.
Click to expand...

That's what I probably should have done. I live about one hour outside of Asheville and stayed at the Days Inn in Johnson City for $250 for one night. I was only staying for the Nationwide race and that was the only hotel in the area that I found without a two night minimum.
 
#59
#59
SyxxSynse said:
That's what I probably should have done. I live about one hour outside of Asheville and stayed at the Days Inn in Johnson City for $250 for one night. I was only staying for the Nationwide race and that was the only hotel in the area that I found without a two night minimum.
Click to expand...

I stayed at the Biltmore Comfort Inn and Suites for $60. Anything closer was $200 plus.
 
#60
#60
Crew said:
found this little nugget at Jayski. Jayski's® NASCAR Silly Season Site - NASCAR Sprint Cup News Page

Driver Introduction Songs at Bristol: The 43 drivers who race in the Jeff Byrd 500 Presented by Food City at Bristol Motor Speedway, will be intorduced with a song each driver chose, some of the drivers and songs:
#00-David Reutimann: "Pretty Fly For A White Guy" by The Offpring
#09-Bill Elliott - TBA
#1-Jamie McMurray: "Burn It To The Ground" by Nickelback
#2-Brad Keselowski - TBA
#4-Kasey Kahne: "A Country Boy Can Survive" by Hank Williams Jr.
#5-Mark Martin - TBA
#6-David Ragan: "No More Mr. Nice Guy" by Alice Cooper
#7-Robby Gordon: TBA
#9-Marcos Ambrose: "Fuel" by Metallica
#11-Denny Hamlin: "Shipping Up To Boston" by Dropkick Murphys
#13-Casey Mears: "Regulate" by Warren G
#14-Tony Stewart: "Bawataba" by Kid Rock
#16-Greg Biffle: "Tonight's Gonna Be A Good Night" by Black Eyed Peas
#17-Matt Kenseth: "Nightmare" by Avenged Sevenhold
#18-Kyle Busch: "Rowdy Busch" by 2012 featuring Raytona500
#20-Joey Logano: "Opposite of Adults" by Chiddy Bang
#21-Trevor Bayne: TBA
#22-Kurt Busch: "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer" by George Thorogood
#24-Jeff Gordon: "I Won't Back Down" by Tom Petty
#27-Paul Menard: "Concrete Jungle" by Black Label Society
#29-Kevin Harvick: "Back In Black" by AC/DC
#31-Jeff Burton: "Welcome To The Jungle" by Guns N' Roses
#32-Ken Schrader: TBA
#33-Clint Bowyer: theme music from the movie "The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
#34-David Gilliland: "Wild Side" by Motley Crue
#36-Dave Blaney: Ohio State University fight song
#37-Tony Raines: TBA
#38-Travis Kvapil: "Song 2" by Blur
#39-Ryan Newman: "Good Ol' Boys" by Waylon Jennings
#42-Juan Pablo Montoya: "Ladies and Gentleman" by Saliva
#43-A.J. Allmendinger: "Turn Around" by Flo Rida
#46-J.J. Yeley: TBA
#47-Bobby Labonte: "God Bless Texas" by Little Texas
#48-Jimmie Johnson - secret until intro selected by Vickers
#56-Martin Truex Jr.: "Homeboy" by Eric Church
#60-Landon Cassill: "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley
#66-Michael McDowell: "I Saw The Light" by David Crowder Band
#71-Andy Lally: "Beat You Down" by Downstait
#78-Regan Smith: "Welcome To The Family" by Avenged Sevenhold
#83-Brian Vickers - secret until intro selected by Johnson
#87-Joe Nemechek: TBA
#88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. - TBA
#92-Dennis Setzer: TBA
#99-Carl Edwards: "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" from the TV sitcom Cheers
Click to expand...

I am now rooting for Landon Cassill for the rest of the year. Anyone who can get away with rickrolling 100K+ is a hero in my book.
 
#61
#61
Spring race TV ratings:

2008 - 6.4
2009 - 5.5
2010 - 5.3
2011 - 3.9

OUCH! I know it was competing against the NCAA Tournament but a 3.9 rating for Bristol. We are entering Pocono and Michigan territory.
 
#62
#62
DownNDirty said:
Spring race TV ratings:

2008 - 6.4
2009 - 5.5
2010 - 5.3
2011 - 3.9

OUCH! I know it was competing against the NCAA Tournament but a 3.9 rating for Bristol. We are entering Pocono and Michigan territory.
Click to expand...

Bristol management really needs to push NASCAR for an April date. Not only avoid NCAA, but have better weather.
 
#63
#63
They got pretty lucky this year with the weather - this was about the nicest Bristol weather I can remember in years. But yes they do need to push for a mid-late April date.
 
#64
#64
rbroyles said:
Bristol management really needs to push NASCAR for an April date. Not only avoid NCAA, but have better weather.
Click to expand...

Logistically, I don't see why they don't do a total "west coast swing" after Daytona, instead of criss crossing back and forth.

Phoenix, Vegas, California, Texas, with an off weekend thrown in there somewhere. That allows the weather to get more spring like out east.
 
#65
#65
DownNDirty said:
They got pretty lucky this year with the weather - this was about the nicest Bristol weather I can remember in years. But yes they do need to push for a mid-late April date.
Click to expand...

The weather was nice this year, but has been atrocious most recent years, and that is what people go by. Very few decide to go the day of the race, and the local forecast was for a 30% chance of rain as of Saturday midday, so I really don't believe the good weather was much of a factor. The first race for many years was in May, then moved to April, then to March.
 
#66
#66
JTrainDavis said:
Logistically, I don't see why they don't do a total "west coast swing" after Daytona, instead of criss crossing back and forth.

Phoenix, Vegas, California, Texas, with an off weekend thrown in there somewhere. That allows the weather to get more spring like out east.
Click to expand...

I've thought the same, but some hauling back and forth would be required since they use different cars for the tracks out there. Plus your crew members have to be housed, and they are away from the shop instead of working on cars for upcoming races. If you wreck a car, you either have to haul it back so it can be repaired, or get behind.
 
#67
#67
Yeah, that's true as well. I hadn't thought that far into it.

RB, despite the changes in mulligans, are the groups still going to be reset after Daytona?
 
#68
#68
JTrainDavis said:
Yeah, that's true as well. I hadn't thought that far into it.

RB, despite the changes in mulligans, are the groups still going to be reset after Daytona?
Click to expand...

I believe I said there would be an evaluation and any needed adjustments to be considered. Basically, the point standings will be the guide. An example would be if Regan Smith is in the top 12, how could you still consider him a C driver?
 
#69
#69
That's what I was wondering, just recalibrate the groups according to standings in the same method that was used to create the original groups.
 
New posts
You must log in or register to reply here.

VN Store



Back
Top