2010 Sharpie 500 Predictions

Sharpie 500

The great venue of Bristol Speedway, with its tradition of hosting events of great speed and performance, make the Sharpie 500 one of the most popular races on the NASCAR schedule. This will be a bumping and banging race with the last man standing taking the checkers.

Bristol Motor Speedway has been an integral part of auto racing since 1961. It currently hosts both the Sharpie 500 and the Food City 500, along NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Racing and NASCAR Nationwide Series Racing. The track has a distance of .533 miles and is an oval course. The short track makes for slower speeds, but that is offset by the high banking of the turns at Bristol, a challenging aspect like no other track on the NASCAR circuit. It also creates a traffic jam that leads to lots of bumping and jostling on the track as drivers jockey for position.

The fact that the race is at night only seems to add fuel to the fire. Drivers are used to racing in the afternoon, so I suppose waiting until night has many of these guys very overanxious to get out on the track. Or maybe they just want to put on a good show for the primetime audience.

 

Sharpie 500 Results

Kyle Busch held off pole sitter Mark Martin by seconds 0.098 seconds, to win the NSCS Sharpie 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

This was Busch’s 16th series career victory, his fourth of the season, his third at Bristol Motor Speedway, and is currently 13th in the points standings, 34 points behind Matt Kenseth who is in 12th.

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