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454042534Race 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”

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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”

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`dis_logano_021216Triumphant in last year’s Daytona 500, Joey Logano partook in his signature celebration. He climbed on the door of his yellow and red No. 22 Shell-Pennzoil Ford and ecstatically pumped his steering wheel in the air with his left hand as he was pelted with champagne and confetti following the biggest win of his career. Continue reading “Logano’s mindset no different as he looks for first win”

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NASCAR Hall of Fame InductionBy Toby Christie, Twitter: @Toby_Christie

Kyle Busch has picked up right where he left off after his championship season a year ago. Busch is currently in the midst of a hot streak as he’s won the last two NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races, and he has won the last four NASCAR National Series (Sprint Cup, Xfinity, Truck) races overall. Continue reading “Kyle Petty on Kyle Busch: He’s ‘not anything special’”