In a NASCAR season marked by historic firsts, the 36th running of the NASCAR All-Star Race will move 159 miles northwest from Charlotte Motor Speedway to the World’s Fastest Half-Mile, Bristol Motor Speedway, for the first time.
The July 15 prime-time race will include fans in attendance at a Speedway Motorsports facility for the first time since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. The event will allow for 30,000 fans in attendance, the largest gathering for a sports event since the pandemic started, but well below the 146,000 that the Bristol track holds.
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