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–Bristol Motor Speedway trivia: (from Wikipedia & other sources)(Pulled from AJ Allmendinger’s PR email blast)

Bristol Motor Speedway is the 4th largest sports venue in America, and the 8th largest in the world, housing up to 165,000 people

BMS broke ground in 1960 and opened in 1961. The initial construction cost was $600,000. The seating capacity was a whopping 18,000.

The track itself was a perfect half-mile, measuring 60 feet (18 m) wide on the straightaways, 75 feet (23 m) wide in the turns and the turns were banked at 22 degrees.

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Race Winner: Matt Kenseth Age: 39
Team : No. 17 – Best Buy Ford Owner: John Henry Crew Chief: Jimmy Fennig

Matt Kenseth won the 54th Annual Daytona 500 , his 22nd victory in 437 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.

Kenseth is the ninth driver to win multiple Daytona 500s. His first Daytona 500 victory came in the rain-shortened 2009 event.

This is Roush Fenway Racing’s 300th NASCAR national Series victory (126 wins in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series; 124 in the NASCAR Nationwide Series; 50 in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series).

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