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Bass Pro Shops Partners With the SMX League to Bring Monster Energy SMX World Championship Final to Thunder Ridge

by MikeJanuary 13, 2026

Bass Pro Shops will be featured partner across the entire SMX racing calendar, with Thunder Ridge hosting Monster Energy SMX World Championship Final in September

ANAHEIM, Calif. (Jan. 9, 2026) – The SMX League^TM announced today that Thunder Ridge at Big Cedar Lodge near Branson, Mo., was selected to host the high-profile 2026 Monster Energy SMX World Championship Final on Saturday, Sept. 26. This comes as a part of a multi-year partnership agreement with Bass Pro Shops, launching at the Monster Energy AMA Supercross stadium season opener on Saturday, Jan. 10, at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, Calif.

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Bristol Motor Speedway Facility Ready To Go For NASCAR’s Return With Bass Pro Shops Night Race Weekend

by MikeSeptember 4, 2025

Bristol "rebuilt" — Photo Credit : Earl Neikirk/Neikirk Image

BRISTOL, Tenn. (Sept. 3, 2025) – With a little over a week remaining until the roar of NASCAR engines return to Bristol Motor Speedway for the Bass Pro Shops Night Race weekend, Sept. 11-13, track officials said Wednesday that the rebuild project following the MLB Speedway Classic in August is nearly complete. More than 200 workers from MLB and 100 BMS operations employees and contractors have been working non-stop since the final out of the historic MLB Speedway Classic to change the facility from a baseball stadium back into its normal setting of a world-class NASCAR venue.

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Honor and Remember: Bass Pro Shops, Winchester Ammunition and Richard Childress Racing Team Up to Honor Fallen Service Members This Memorial Day Weekend

by MikeMay 21, 2025

Austin Dillon to Race a Patriotic-Themed No. 3 Bass Pro Shops/Winchester Chevrolet in the Coca-Cola 600

WELCOME, North Carolina (Tuesday, May 20, 2025) – Richard Childress Racing, Bass Pro Shops and Winchester Ammunition are partnering together to honor and remember our nation’s fallen heroes by running a special patriotic-themed No. 3 Bass Pro Shops/Winchester Ammunition Chevrolet in this year’s Coca-Cola 600. Austin Dillon, the 2017 Coca-Cola 600 race winner, will pilot the car during the NASCAR Cup Series’ longest and most patriotic race of the season, held annually over Memorial Day weekend.

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Bass Pro Shops & Winchester Team Up to Continue Their Long-Standing Relationship with Richard Childress Racing and Austin Dillon

by MikeJanuary 17, 2025

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (January 17, 2025) – Bass Pro Shops and Winchester announced today an exciting new partnership for the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season, with Austin Dillon’s No. 3 Chevrolet being sponsored by both legendary outdoor brands. (more…)

Bass Pro Shops to Return to JR Motorsports

by MikeOctober 2, 2024

Multi-Faceted Partnership Set to Continue into 2025

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (Oct. 1, 2024) – JR Motorsports announced today a renewal of their multi-faceted partnership with Bass Pro Shops, the leading national retailer of outdoor gear and apparel. With today’s renewal, Bass Pro Shops will continue to support the trio of Carson Kvapil, NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt Jr., and Wyatt Miller as they each compete across multiple racing series through the partnership with the outdoor and conservation company founded by conservationist Johnny Morris. (more…)

Christopher Bell – No. 20 DEWALT Toyota Camry XSE Preview – Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway

by MikeSeptember 19, 2024

BELL AT BRISTOL: Christopher Bell’s best NASCAR Cup Series (NCS) Bristol finish came in the night race last year where he qualified on the pole, led 187 laps and finished third. Overall, Bell has earned two top-five and four top-10 finishes at Bristol. The Oklahoma native also has four NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) starts at Bristol, including a win in April 2019 and a runner-up finish in August 2018. Additionally, Bell has three NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series starts at BMS highlighted by a pole and two top-10 finishes.
BRISTOL DIRT WINNER: Bell won the dirt race at Bristol in April 2023. After starting fourth, he led the final 100 laps to take home the win.

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Statistical Advance: Analyzing the Bass Pro Shops Night Race

by MikeSeptember 18, 2024

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (September 17, 2024) – Below is a look at some of the top statistical performers at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee going into the Bass Pro Shops Night Race on Saturday, September 21 at 7:30 p.m. ET on USA Network, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio (Channel 90). (more…)

Ty Gibbs — No. 54 He Gets Us Toyota Camry XSE — Bass Pro Shops 500 – Bristol Motor Speedway

by MikeSeptember 18, 2024

SECOND SEASON: Ty Gibbs is competing in his second full NASCAR Cup Series season driving the No. 54 He Gets Us Toyota Camry XSE for Joe Gibbs Racing. He has 11 top-10 and seven top-five finishes and is 12^th in points, six points ahead of Denny Hamlin. The top-12 advance to the second round after the Bristol night race on September 21.
LAPS LED: He has led 389 laps this season, which is the most he has led in any Cup season.

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Bass Pro Shops Racing: Martin Truex Jr. Southern 500 at Darlington Advance

by MikeAugust 27, 2024

Where We Stand: Martin Truex Jr. sits ninth in the driver standings with 695 points, 128 behind Tyler Reddick. All four Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) entries are currently inside the top-10 in the standings, with Christopher Bell sixth, Denny Hamlin eighth and Ty Gibbs 10th as the series heads to the final race of the NASCAR Cup Series regular season this weekend at the track “Too Tough to Tame.” (more…)

Bass Pro Shops Racing: Martin Truex Jr. Daytona Advance

by MikeAugust 21, 2024

Where We Stand: Truex sits eighth in the driver standings with 682 points, 132 behind new leader Tyler Reddick. All four Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) entries are currently inside the top-10 in the standings, with Denny Hamlin third, Christopher Bell seventh and Ty Gibbs 10th as the series heads to the penultimate race of the NASCAR Cup Series regular season at Daytona. (more…)