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There's been this really long, you know, sort of debate conversation around Bristol and how to, you know, man, I miss this Bristol.

I miss that Bristol and this is what I want out of Bristol and this is what I wish Bristol was like.

And it seems like that this weekend we kind of got as close as we've been in a long time to the traditional idea of Bristol

and the product that Bristol had delivered at its peak.

And that's not a nostalgia quote.

This isn't about nostalgia.

Basically, back in a certain time frame, the ticket for Bristol was by far the hottest ticket on the, on the circuit. And, um,

you had, it was, it was, it was almost difficult to get an opportunity to get that ticket.

Sure.

There was a waiting list and all of that stuff.

So, you know, it's changed quite a bit since then.

It's no longer selling out.

And they've had to, you know, and it's no secret or everybody listening to this show ought to probably know most of the

history of how the track changed it was asphalt for years track's actually been configured

multiple times when they first built bristol back in the i think the early or late 60s it was

much flatter.

And you can see some old races on YouTube or maybe on NASCAR's website where Bristol used to be quite a bit flatter. And they eventually, I mean, after only about three

or four years they came in and then built the track, the banking up, because cars were running

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