The Food City 500 is one of the more popular stops on NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series circuit. This is exciting race is held annually every March and is one of two races at the Bristol Motor Speedway, of very high banked track of only a little over half a mile in length. With cars packed in so close together, the racing is fast, hot and furious and features numerous lead changes and very exciting performances. Totaling around 267 miles in length, fans eagerly snap up Food City 500 tickets at the earliest available opportunity.

Popularly hailed as one of NASCAR's most scintillating and best races, the Food City 500 is one of the early-season events on the NASCAR schedule of races. Stock car drivers love the track because of its characteristics and the way in which real skill in maneuvering through bunched up packs is emphasized. It might surprise many but average speeds are many times less than what one would see on any of today's modern freeways. This sort of bumper to bumper racing helped propel sales of Food City 500 tickets to new heights every year.

As a matter of recent history, the race in 2007 was the first venue to host the NASCAR Car of Tomorrow, a new car design that costs less yet requires more skill from drivers, a facet which is appreciated by just about any stock car driver worth his salt in NASCAR today. Champion driver Kyle Busch took the checkered flag in that race. Fans loved it, and lined up to buy Food City 500 tickets for the next year’s event.

Over the years, some of NASCAR's most legendary names have taken the checkered flag at the Food City 500, including storied figures from the past like Junior Johnson, Donnie Allison, Cale Yarborough and Fireball Roberts. Today's top names such as Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon and Kyle Busch are annually the biggest threats for supremacy at this high banked race venue, helping to propel sales of Food City 500 tickets with vigorous intensity on the part of fans.

As far as a race venue goes, Bristol, Tennessee is about as NASCAR as one can get outside of places like Talladega and Daytona. The close in nature of the race draws fans to the site like people would be drawn to million dollar bills scattered on the street would attract enthusiasts. Fans, who line up every year to purchase advance sales of Food City 500 tickets, love the place and the nighttime racing atmosphere.

For 2010, the Food City 500 will be featuring the hottest racing in the land, and all of the best teams and drivers will be vying to duke it out on the half-mile long course. Given that there are nearly 40 cars vying for supremacy, it's no surprise that the most skilled drivers with the vehicles that are the most finely tuned in terms of suspensions and the like (the Kyle Busch-driven Toyota was particularly impressive last year) seem to do the best year in and year out. Fans understand this and will be buying up Food City 500 tickets for as long as they are able.