Food City Race Night, one of racing’s most popular and successful fan events, features numerous NASCAR stars Friday, March 18.
Food City Race Night will be heavy on driver appearances, led by five-time Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson. Johnson took part in a question and answer session with fans a year ago, but this time around he will participate in the Wii Boxing competition in an effort to knock off two-time champ Elliott Sadler.
Clint Bowyer, Marcos Ambrose and David Reutimann are among the drivers who join Johnson in trying to wrest the Bristol Wii Championship belt from Sadler.
New this year to Food City Race Night is the BMS version of the Newlywed Game. However, instead of husbands and wives playing the game, it will feature drivers and crew chiefs. Among those expected to compete is Kasey Kahne and Kenny Francis, Tony Stewart and Darian Grubb and Brad Keselowski and Paul Wolfe.
Drivers expected to participate in a question and answer session include Matt Kenseth, Jeff Burton, Brian Vickers, A.J. Allmendinger and David Ragan.
More than 20,000 fans attended last year’s Food City Race Night, which is free to fans and takes place in Bristol Motor Speedway’s hospitality area.
Food City Race Night opens at 4 p.m. with various drivers signing autographs, along with show cars, simulators and souvenir trailers. Live entertainment and free food sampling also are featured.
Tickets for the Jeff Byrd 500 Presented by Food City are available for $93 while tickets for the Scotts EZ Seed 300 start at $45. Ford Fan Friday tickets are only $5 and are just $4 for fans who have tickets to the Jeff Byrd 500 Presented by Food City.
A March race weekend package 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 Presented by Food City and the IRWIN Tools Night Race Sprint Cup events and the Scotts EZ Seed 300 and Food City 250 Nationwide races. Also included are lower-priced options to add Pole Day (March 18) 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. The cost for the package is only $185 and includes special food and beverage discounts for season ticketholders.
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