Get ready race fans, NASCAR is heading to Bristol Motor Speedway this weekend for three nights of action at the “World’s Fastest Half Mile.” Camping World Truck, Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series teams will all be in town for their final 2011 visit to Thunder Valley.

Sprint Cup point leader Kyle Busch pulled off a trifecta last August at Bristol by winning all three races. Ricky Stenhouse remains your Nationwide Series point leader while Johnny Sauter carries a five point advantage over James Buescher in the Truck Series standings.

Racing in Bristol gets started Wednesday morning with two practice sessions for Truck Series drivers, at 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. respectively. Qualifying takes place at 4:35 p.m. followed by the O’Reilly Auto Parts 200 at 8:00 p.m. SPEED’s live coverage begins at 7:30 p.m. with driver introductions also at 7:30 p.m.

After a break on Thursday at BMS Nationwide drivers hit the track with their only practice of the weekend at 9:00 a.m. Watch it live on SPEED. Sprint Cup cars have two practice sessions, at 12:00 p.m. and 2:45 p.m., both live on SPEED. Nationwide qualifying gets started at 3:40 p.m. with Sprint Cup time trials beginning at 5:10 p.m. The Food City 250 will be live on ESPN with the NASCAR Countdown at 7:00 p.m.

All of the activity at Bristol climaxes Saturday with the running of The Irwin Tools Night Race. One of the unique things about Bristol pre-race is driver introductions where Sprint Cup drivers are introduced to self selected music starting at 7:00 p.m. The Irwin Tools Night Race goes live from Bristol on ABC at 7 p.m. with the green flag scheduled to wave at 7:43 p.m. All times are eastern.

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