Jeff Byrd
Jeff Byrd
Jeffrey Alan Byrdis a former Major League Baseball pitcher in 1977 for the Toronto Blue Jays. As a child, he won a youth ping pong tournament...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth11 November 1956
financial needed return
There's no financial return to us, but it's something we've needed for a long time.
fun last next ten
I think the next ten years will be even more fun than the last ten years.
bristol motor plan venue
It's all just part of our plan to keep Bristol Motor Speedway the No. 1 venue for racing.
means possibly race
If you've ever been here before or after a race, you know what this means to us. This could possibly be a lifesaving measure.
becomes perception three
Perception becomes the better part of reality, coupled with three factors,
figure people percent proves race rate renewal spring tickets
The spring race, we have a 99-percent renewal rate on tickets, ... For this race, it's 99.6 percent, which proves that 0.4 percent of the people don't renew their tickets to Bristol. We figure those are the ones that died.
close critical hotel people police rooms welcoming
Third, and probably the most critical factor, is the hospitality of the people of this region. They are the most welcoming people in NASCAR, which is mandated because we've only got 6,000 hotel rooms and we will have close to 200,000 people here. The police say there are 20,000 to 30,000 people camped or parked around here without tickets.
cars hit
We've had some pedestrians hit by cars. It is a problem.