Country 106.5 WYRK Radio » bristol motor speedway http://wyrk.com Today's Country And Your All-Time Favorites Sat, 18 May 2013 22:43:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Chase Standings Tighten Up After Bristol [VIDEO] http://wyrk.com/chase-standings-tighten-up-after-bristol/ http://wyrk.com/chase-standings-tighten-up-after-bristol/#comments Mon, 27 Aug 2012 10:40:36 +0000 Dale Mussen http://wyrk.com/?p=116835 Two more races left before the start of the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship and Denny Hamlin has pulled into a tie with defending champion Tony Stewart, Brad Keselowski and Jimmie Johnson each with 3 wins this season after Saturday night’s race at Bristol. Hamlin took the lead with a pass of Carl Edwards with 39 laps to go and held off the rest of the field the rest of the way for his first career victory at Bristol.

]]> http://wyrk.com/chase-standings-tighten-up-after-bristol/feed/ 0 Denny Hamlin celebrates his first career victory at Bristol and third win this season (Getty Images) New Surface At Bristol Raceway This Weekend http://wyrk.com/new-surface-at-bristol-raceway-this-weekend/ http://wyrk.com/new-surface-at-bristol-raceway-this-weekend/#comments Fri, 24 Aug 2012 10:39:40 +0000 Dale Mussen http://wyrk.com/?p=116139 The racing this weekend at Bristol should be different from what was seen back in March. Since then the concrete surface was shaved down to bring back the kind of racing that fans used to love at Bristol – all the fender bumping and grinding. It was about five years ago they made a change that allowed more side-by-side racing and eliminated most of the bumping, but the fans didn’t like it.

]]> http://wyrk.com/new-surface-at-bristol-raceway-this-weekend/feed/ 0 (Getty Images) Keselowski Holds Off Kenseth At Bristol [VIDEO] http://wyrk.com/keselowski-holds-off-kenseth-at-bristol/ http://wyrk.com/keselowski-holds-off-kenseth-at-bristol/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:40:08 +0000 Dale Mussen http://wyrk.com/?p=70875 Four races so far this season and four different winners in four different brand cars.  Brad Keselowski led a race-high 231 of the 500 laps to win his second straight race at Bristol.  He was the winner of last year’s fall race there.  Keselowski battled Matt Kenseth on several late restarts including the final one with 17 laps left and pulled away for the victory.

]]> http://wyrk.com/keselowski-holds-off-kenseth-at-bristol/feed/ 0 Brad Keselowski celebrates his victory at Bristol Motor Speedway (Getty Images) Preview of Racing At Bristol http://wyrk.com/preview-of-racing-at-bristol/ http://wyrk.com/preview-of-racing-at-bristol/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 09:30:28 +0000 Dale Mussen http://wyrk.com/?p=69997 Both the Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series head to Bristol Motor Speedway this weekend for the first short-track race of the season.

Three races so far this season and three different winners and if you’re putting money on who might win this weekend a good bet would be Kyle Busch

]]> http://wyrk.com/preview-of-racing-at-bristol/feed/ 0 (Getty Images) All 3 Nascar Series at Bristol This Week http://wyrk.com/all-3-nascar-series-at-bristol-this-week/ http://wyrk.com/all-3-nascar-series-at-bristol-this-week/#comments Fri, 26 Aug 2011 10:40:52 +0000 Dale Mussen http://wyrk.com/?p=30053 All three of NASCAR’s top series are in "Thunder Valley" this week under the lights at the half-mile, high-banked Bristol Motor Speedway.   Kevin Harvick won his third straight Truck Series race Wednesday night at Bristol

]]> http://wyrk.com/all-3-nascar-series-at-bristol-this-week/feed/ 0 Kyle Busch celebrating his win last March at Bristol Motor Speedway (Getty Images)