Jeremiah Yolkut, Major League Baseball senior vice president of global events, tells Road & Track that when you look down the right-field line, you get an immediate feel for how banked the track is. “When the ball flies out and hits the track, there is a likelihood it will bounce back over the wall because of the angle,” he says.

Businesses in Bristol are preparing for a tourist wave this weekend as the Speedway Classic fast approaches. Nearly 85,000 people are expected to attend the game on Saturday at Bristol Motor Speedway.