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Edwards dominates wild NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Bristol
April 17, 2016
By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service
BRISTOL, Tenn. – The record will show that polesitter Carl Edwards won Sunday’s Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway in dominating fashion, leading 276 of 500 laps and beating runner-up Dale Earnhardt Jr. to the finish line by .766 seconds. Continue reading “Carl Edwards Flips at Bristol”
Jones capitalizes on late restart for XFINITY win at Bristol
April 16, 2016
By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service
BRISTOL, Tenn. – Erik Jones’ third NASCAR XFINITY Series victory was a real triple play.
In the series’ new Dash 4 Cash format featuring two heat races and a main event, Jones took advantage of a restart with three laps left in Saturday’s Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300 and 1) won the race, 2) earned the $100,000 dash for cash bonus and 3) stopped Joe Gibbs Racing teammate and race runner-up Kyle Busch’s streak of four straight NASCAR national series victories. Continue reading “Erik Jones capitalizes on late restart for XFINITY win at Bristol”
Strong final-round run nets Bristol pole for Edwards
April 15, 2016
By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service
BRISTOL, Tenn. – When Carl Edwards wins the pole at Bristol, good things happen – for Edwards.
So forgive the driver of the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing if he feels optimistic about Sunday’s Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway (1 p.m. ET on FOX), the eighth NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race of the season. Continue reading “Carl Edwards: “That’s pretty cool to run a less than 15-second lap” Bristol Qualifying”
Race Weekend Preview
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Race: Food City 500
Place: Bristol Motor Speedway
Date and Time: Sunday, April 17 at 1 p.m. ET
Tune-in: FOX, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 266.5 miles (500 laps)
What to Watch For: Kyle Busch goes for his third straight win. … Matt Kenseth attempts to defend his spring 2015 Bristol victory. … One week after finishing sixth despite leading a race-high 141 laps at Texas, Martin Truex Jr. tries to turn around his luck at Bristol. … Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has a single-track career-high two top fives and 11.2 average finish in six starts at Thunder Valley. … Ryan Blaney tries to catch Chase Elliott in the Sunoco Rookie of the Year standings at Bristol where he owns a NASCAR XFINITY Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win. Continue reading “2016 Bristol NASCAR Racing Weekend Guide, TV and Radio Schedule”
Bring the heats.
The new NASCAR XFINITY Series Dash 4 Cash format – consisting of two Heats and a Main – debuts on Saturday in the Fitzgerald’s Glider Kits 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway (12:30 p.m. ET on FS1).
“I think all of us drivers are really anxious, but excited about how the heat races will play out at Bristol this weekend,” said Ryan Reed, driver of the No. 16 Roush Fenway Racing Ford. “Adding this new element into the XFINITY Dash 4 Cash program is huge and could have major points implications if we do well, or not-so-well.”
Coors Light Pole qualifying will set the eligibility for the 40-car field and the starting positions for the 50-lap Heats (26.5 miles). Odd-numbered qualifiers (first, third, fifth, etc.) will start in the first Heat in respective order, while even-numbered qualifiers (second, fourth, sixth, etc.) will begin the second Heat in respective order. The Heats will set the starting positions for the 200-lap Main (106.6 miles) with the top two NASCAR XFINITY Series regulars in each Heat becoming eligible for the Dash 4 Cash bonus. The highest finishing driver among the four Dash 4 Cash-eligible competitors will be awarded a $100,000 bonus. Continue reading “Heatin’ up: NASCAR XFINITY Series Dash 4 Cash set to launch at Bristol”
