Is racing at Bristol the closest thing to Sprint car racing?
The two places that stand out in my mind that’s like Bristol are Salem (Ind.) and Winchester (Ind.) Both of those tracks were half-mile ovals with high banks. You ran at the top of those tracks versus the bottom, which is where we run at Bristol. The racing was so fast it was a hold-your-breathe-type situation. The types of cars that we were running at the speeds we were running — it was faster than what a stock car runs at Bristol. Running those two places is probably the closest thing you can do to get yourself ready for Bristol. The Daytona 500 and Brickyard 400 are crown jewel races, but winning at Bristol is also pretty special. How so? It’s awesome. The coolest thing about Bristol is that you have 160,000 fans that you can see all day long or all night long. I can remember races where I passed Jeff Gordon for the lead and I could see the people cheering. It’s one of the coolest tracks I’ve ever been to in my life. The grandstands are right on top of you. I mean, when you get out
