Which track is the site of Nascar's oldest night race

[Ramlus]

Which track is the site of Nascar's oldest night race and what year?

 

[RACE39]

Did Nascar do any night racing back in the day before its popularity exploded? The 1st I can remember would be Richmond and Charlotte. Not sure what year they began running at night.

 

[MizuriDirt]

Bristol Motor Speedway

 

[dirtgirl]

Is it Bristol?

 

[purestock 29]

It's got to be Bristol, I remember them running night races in the early 80's. Yes they used to run both races at Nashville at night. Always ran 420 laps. Then they ran the fall race in bristol at night. That was all the night races they had back then.

 

[m00se]

either charlotte or bistol sometime in the 80"s

 

[CHEWIN_DIRT]

August 26, 1978, was the date of the first night race @ Bristol.

 

[Ramlus]

thanks guys