The next part of the foundation for the “Battle at Bristol” has begun to take shape: the field.
Workers started laying the field at Bristol Motor Speedway ahead of the September 10 game between Tennessee and Virginia Tech. The process began Wednesday with the arrival of a gigantic roll of artificial turf.
Now, much of that turf is in place.
Bristol Motor Speedway’s special-event Twitter account (@BattleAtBristol) posted remarkable footage of the process.
Knoxville TV station WATE captured the view of track workers rolling turf across a strip of the former pit lane.