WITH RACE WEEK IN BRISTOL THIS WEEK, YOU WILL NOTICE TROOPERS WITH THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL OUT IN LARGER THAN NORMAL NUMBERS. THEY WILL BE OUT IF FULL FORCE WORKING WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO HELP GET RACE FANS TO THE TRACK AND BACK HOME SAFELY. MORE THAN 40 TROOPERS FROM THE FALL BRANCH, CHATTANOOGA, AND KNOXVILLE DISTRICTS, AS WELL AS SIX SUPERVISORS WILL BE WORKING FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY IN AND AROUND THE BRISTOL MOTOR SPEEDWAY ASSISTING WITH TRAFFIC CONTROL. IN ADDITION TO HELPING WITH THE LARGE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC, THE THP SPECIAL OPERATION’S UNIT WILL HAVE K-9 TEAMS ON SITE, AND THP WILL BE USING A HELICOPTER TO PATROL THE AREA BY AIR. TO DO THEIR PART, THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WILL BE PROVIDING HELP UNITS TO ASSIST STRANDED MOTORISTS.