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50th Anniversary Poster, Featuring BMS Spring Race Winners, to be Given Away with Commemorative March Souvenir Program
Press Release
Both programs feature golden covers with numerous stories and photos that trace the history of the World’s Fastest Half-Mile. And with the purchase of the program comes a one-of-a-kind poster that is sure to become a collector’s item itself.
The poster for the March race spotlights winners from the first 50 spring events at BMS, dating back to 1961. Legends such as Darrell Waltrip, Dale Earnhardt, Rusty Wallace, Cale Yarborough, David Pearson are featured, along with some of today’s stars, like Jeff Gordon, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick and Jeff Burton.
The August poster features all winners from Bristol Motor Speedway’s second race.
Motorsports artist Roger Warrick created the original artwork that will be part of the program package for the Jeff Byrd 500 Presented by Food City at BMS. Warrick, a race fan at heart, has produced artwork for numerous race teams and tracks over his 20-year career.
The poster will be given away as part of the souvenir program package, which includes the program, a BMS 1/64th scale die-cast car and a plastic sleeve to protect the program. Cost of the program package is only $10. Fans wishing to purchase the $15 package also will receive a BMS racing t-shirt.
The program cover for the Jeff Byrd 500 race weekend features Earnhardt, Waltrip, Wallace and Kyle Busch as well as a couple of the more memorable moments in the track’s history.
The program goes on sale Friday, March 18 at BMS during Ford Fan Friday qualifying.
Tickets for the March 20 Jeff Byrd 500 Presented by Food City are available for $93, while seats for the Scotts EZ Seed 300 (March 19) start at $45. Ford Fan Friday tickets are only $5 and just $4 for fans who have tickets to the Jeff Byrd 500.
A March race weekend package during Bristol Motor Speedway’s 50th anniversary celebration for both the Scotts EZ Seed 300 and the Jeff Byrd 500 can be purchased for as low as $99.
The 2011 season ticket package also is available and consists of both the Jeff Byrd 500 and IRWIN Tools Night Race Sprint Cup events, the Scotts EZ Seed 300 and Food City 250 Nationwide races. Also included are lower-priced options to add Ford Fan Friday and the O’Reilly Auto Parts 200 Camping World Truck Series/UNOH Perfect Storm 150 Whelen Modified Series races (Aug. 24).
The Wallace Tower package is the lowest-priced season ticket at BMS in 2011 — only $185 – and includes special food and beverage discounts.
For more information concerning tickets, please visit www.bristoltix.com or call the BMS ticket office at 423-BRISTOL (274-7865).
Speedway Motorsports is a leading marketer and promoter of motorsports entertainment in the United States. The Company, through its subsidiaries, owns and operates the following premier facilities: Atlanta Motor Speedway, Bristol Motor Speedway, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Infineon Raceway, Kentucky Speedway, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, New Hampshire Motor Speedway and Texas Motor Speedway. The Company provides souvenir merchandising services through its SMI Properties subsidiaries; manufactures and distributes smaller-scale, modified racing cars and parts through its U.S. Legend Cars International subsidiary; and produces and broadcasts syndicated motorsports programming to radio stations nationwide through its Performance Racing Network subsidiary. The Company also equally-owns Motorsports Authentics, a joint venture formed with International Speedway Corporation to produce, market and sell licensed motorsports merchandise. For more information, visit the Company’s website at www.speedwaymotorsports.com
- Bristol Motor Speedway, Press Release
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