Irwin Tools Night Race
The Irwin Tools Night Race at Bristol is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. It is one of two Sprint Cup races held at Bristol, the other being the Food City 500, but it is by far the more popular of the two. Since 1978, the race has been held in late-August on a Saturday night, and is considered among the most difficult tickets to obtain in sports, with waiting lists for this event one of the longest in sports. The race has aired on ESPN from 2007 through 2009 and began airing on ABC in 2010, the first time the race has been on broadcast television in many years.
Since 2001 Newell Rubbermaid has been the title sponsor of the race, and until 2009 its subsidiary Sharpie lent its name to the race. Newell Rubbermaid elected to change the race branding to promote one of its other brands, Irwin Industrial Tools.
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