In 1996, SMI began to quickly expand, acquiring two additional facilities; Bristol Motor Speedway and Sonoma Raceway.
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:Southeastern 500 Maurice Petty finally diagnosed the team's overheating issues as a cylinder head issue; with the issue corrected Richard Petty won his first race at Bristol International Speedway since 1967.
Pearson was involved in a violent turn 2 crash with Charlie Glotzbach on March 20, 2010 during a Legends race at Bristol Motor Speedway, knocking him unconscious.
After graduating from John S. Battle High School in Washington County, Virginia, where he was senior class president, he attended King College in Bristol, Tennessee, home of the Bristol Motor Speedway.
Food City 500, a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held at Bristol Motor Speedway.