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THE GREENEVILLE SUN GREENE COUNTY GUIDEBOOK
2021-2022 •
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Many Options Exist For Sports And Physical Activities A wide variety of sports are available locally to athletes and spectators alike. ATV/MOTOCROSS RACING I-81 Motorsports Park I-81 Motorsports Park, sponsored by Victory Sports, is a park for ATV, motocross and trail riding at 3507 W. Pines Road. It is open Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m. to dusk. Permanent restrooms with showers and overnight camping are available. Website: www.I81motorsportspark.com Phone: 423-732-0304 Email: i81@earthlink.net AUTO RACING Volunteer Speedway Volunteer Speedway in Bulls Gap hosts stock car races. The 0.4-mile, highbanked, oval dirt track is located near the intersection of U.S. 11E and Interstate 81 at Exit 23 at 14095 West Andrew Johnson Highway, Bulls Gap, TN 37711. Super Late Model, Crate Late Model and Hobby Stock are among race classes at the speedway. Overnight camping is available. For more information, call 423-235-5020. Website: www.volunteerspeedway.com Bristol Motor Speedway NASCAR fans’ need for speed is fueled at the nearby “World’s Fastest Half-Mile.” Greene County is located about an hour away from NASCAR’s most popular track, Bristol Motor Speedway. Located on Highway U.S. 11E in Bristol, the historic venue can be claimed by this region’s race fans as their home track. Each spring and late summer, race fans make their way to the legendary highbanked track. With attendance figures that can top 150,000, BMS plays host to some of the largest crowds in professional racing. The Night Race in August is one of the most popular weeks of racing on NASCAR’s national circuit. Bristol Motor Speedway’s Fan Zone, which is open year-round, includes interactive displays, a theater and Bristol Motor Speedway and Dragway history exhibits. The weekend comes to a close with
PHOTO SPECIAL TO THE SUN BY TRACY PAINTER/THE GREENEVILLE SUN
Greeneville Flyboys catcher Darius Perry (right) tags out Bristol’s Matthew Golda at the plate in the third inning of a Greeneville win in Appalachian League play at Pioneer Park.
Previously, the Flyboys were the Greeneville Reds, affiliated with the Cincinnati Reds. Prior to 2018, they were the Greeneville Astros in 2017 as Greeneville’s entry in the minor league, which has been a starting point for many Major League Baseball players, including the Houston Astros’ Jose Altuve, Jordan Lyles and J.D. Martinez. 9 other teams in the new league include: Johnson City, Kingsport, Bristol and Elizabethton in Tennessee; Burlington in North Carolina; Bluefield and Princeton in West Virginia; and Danville and Pulaski in Virginia. All teams from the previous Rookie League are participants in the new PDP league. Pioneer Park, a 2,500-seat, state-of-theart baseball stadium on the campus of Tusculum University, is home to the Flyboys. The Appalachian League season runs annually from the first week of June to the first week of August. The new dates
the Saturday night classic, the NASCAR The Flyboys are part of the new AppalaNight Race. chian League which is part of the new PDP Bristol Dragway or Prospect Development Pipeline of MLB. SEE SPORTS, 125 Complementing Bristol Motor Speedway is the legendary Bristol Dragway, better known to the racing world as “Thunder Valley.” The quarter-mile strip hosts the NHRA Full Throttle Series each summer in the form of the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals. Nitro-burning Top Fuel Dragsters and Funny Cars blister the quarter-mile at speeds exceeding 320 mph, while Pro Stock cars provide some of the closest racing in all motor sports. In addition to the NHRA’s visit, a year-long calendar of events keeps the Dragway busy. Pictured Left - Right: Stephanie Hunt, Emily Lawlor, Scarlet Watts, Shelly Lewis, Krislee Dier, Nikki Jones, Angie Trantham, Bristol Dragway holds numerous events Melissa Hughes, Katie Lawlor throughout the summer. From March through October, the dragway hosts bracket racing, which sees a large number of area racers competing for more than $100,000 in cash and awards. BASEBALL 1402 Tusculum Blvd. Greeneville Flyboys Greeneville, TN The Greeneville Flyboys are a high-lev(423) 588-5099 • Fax (423) 588-5935 el MLB Sanctioned summer collegiate M-F 8:30 am-6 pm • Sat. 9 am-3 pm • Sun. www.communitypharmacygreeneville.com wood bat league. Closed
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