The Mountain Empire Chevy Dealers Speedway in Lights 5K presented by Fleet Feet returns for its 14th year on Sunday, Nov. 10, when more than 1,000 festive participants will be the first to tour the region's largest and most dazzling holiday lights display when the endurance race begins at 6 p.m.
The run/walk event will wind through the new Speedway In Lights course that has been updated for 2024 will 40 new displays. The 5K will begin near the track’s Entrance No. 2 beside the BMS South Building and make a loop running up and back down the historic quarter-mile Bristol Dragway before returning to the legendary high-banked oval where they will enter the stadium at the track’s pit gate and make a left hand turn down the track’s backstretch in a counterclockwise direction before finally crossing the Home Trust Bank Finish Line which will be positioned just before Turn 2. Participants can now register for $40 a participant, children 12 and under are $25 – all guests receive a t-shirt. Children 3 and under are free.