Jeff Byrd Quotations

Perception becomes the better part of reality, coupled with three factors,

It's all just part of our plan to keep Bristol Motor Speedway the No. 1 venue for racing.

The spring race, we have a 99-percent renewal rate on tickets, ... For this race, it's 99.6 percent, which proves that 0.4 percent of the people don't renew their tickets to Bristol. We figure those are the ones that died.

I think the next ten years will be even more fun than the last ten years.

Theres no financial return to us, but its something weve needed for a long time,

There's no financial return to us, but it's something we've needed for a long time.

If you've ever been here before or after a race, you know what this means to us. This could possibly be a lifesaving measure.

Third, and probably the most critical factor, is the hospitality of the people of this region. They are the most welcoming people in NASCAR, which is mandated because we've only got 6,000 hotel rooms and we will have close to 200,000 people here. The police say there are 20,000 to 30,000 people camped or parked around here without tickets.

We've had some pedestrians hit by cars. It is a problem.