A Skydive into Bristol Motor Speedway

A truly incredible video from the late Mark Schlatter, a professional skydiver, flying the American flag into Bristol Motor Speedway prior to a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event.

This breathtaking video gives fans and viewers a behind-the-scenes and upclose view of what it's like to enter the 160,000 seat stadium from high above the half-mile oval.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Bristol Motor Speedway
• Skydiving
• Skydiver
• NASCAR
• Sprint Cup Series
• IRWIN Tools Night Race
• Lee Greenwood
• God Bless the USA
• Helicopter
• Paratrooper
• United States Flag
• Patriotism

[ThunderValley]

@dantheman - yes, for each Bristol Sprint Cup Series we do this.

[bertal34]

anybody else ready for some night racin at Bristol?

[frontlobo]

Mark has made the biggest leap skyward after passing away today (May 17, 2010).

R.I.P.

[jaytmtb]

Cool.

[razer3211]

Bristol rocks so does NASCAR was there it was awesome.

[neilhinkle6651]

Fhuuuck!!! Hell naw lol not me!!! Lol

[Frenchjerichoholic1]

This is so awesome !

[xmodssouth]

so real I wet my pants lol

[chanctonbury63]

Should have pulled at 500 then hooked it in, then called an ambulance...

[smcgrath14]

that was to cool

[Stub9327]

Look! There's my house,..........I think. :)

[BrokenRone]

@sixtiesforever1966 He's jumping from between 4,500 and 5,000 AGL. I can't quite make out his altimeter but it looks like when he looks it's saying 4.6 or 4.8 which would be 4,600 or 4,800 feet.