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Bristol returning to concrete for both 2024 races

BRISTOL, TENNESSEE – APRIL 17: Tyler Reddick, driver of the #8 3CHI Chevrolet, drives during the NASCAR Cup Series Food City Dirt Race at Bristol Motor Speedway on April 17, 2022 in Bristol, Tennessee. (Photo by Logan Riely/Getty Images)

Bristol Motor Speedway will host both Cup Series races on its concrete surface, the track announced Friday.

“We are thrilled to announce Bristol Motor Speedway will host the return of the Food City 500 on the concrete high-banks of the World’s Fastest Half Mile in the spring of 2024,” Bristol track president and GM Jerry Caldwell said.

The track hosted the Cup Series’ first race on a dirt surface for three seasons in NASCAR’s modern era from 2021 to 2023.


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Dominic Aragon is currently the editor-in-chief for The Racing Experts.

From Grants, New Mexico, USA, Aragon started watching NASCAR in 2004 and has been covering the sport since 2009. Aragon is a 2012 graduate of Grants High School and a May 2016 graduate of the University of New Mexico with a B.A. in Mass Communications & Journalism. Aragon has worked in local and national media, as a musician, and an educator. He is co-author of the 2024 book "All of It: Daytona 500 Champion Tells the Rest of the Story" with racer Geoff Bodine.

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