The fourth race of the season finds the Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series heading to East Tennessee to take on the half-mile bullring that is Bristol Motor Speedway. After taking on a superspeedway in Daytona, a flat track in Phoenix, and a 1.5 mile intermediate speedway in Las Vegas, these drivers will take on the fourth different track type in as many races and will look to build on early season momentum or try to turn around early season bad luck. Either way, the races at “The Last Great Colosseum” are sure to provide us moments to talk about long after the checkered flag falls.
Nationwide Series
The Nationwide Series will take to the track on Saturday for 300 laps in the Jeff Foxworthy’s Grit Chips 300, scheduled to get underway at 2:00 PM ET. The Nationwide regulars will once again have a chance to run up front and battle for the win as only a few Sprint Cup drivers will be dropping down to run in this race.
| Driver | Races | Win | Top 5 | Top 10 | Pole | Laps Led | Avg. Start | Avg. Finish |
| Kevin Harvick | 23 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 1173 | 9.5 | 7.8 |
| Austin Dillon | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 8.0 |
| Parker Kligerman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27.5 | 9.0 |
| Kyle Busch | 17 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 1014 | 9.1 | 9.9 |
| Brad Keselowski | 11 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 201 | 12.6 | 11.6 |
| Sam Hornish Jr | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17.3 | 12.3 |
| Elliott Sadler | 12 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 172 | 13.8 | 13.9 |
| Justin Allgaier | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 10.1 | 16.6 |
| Joe Nemechek | 17 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 22.5 | 16.6 |
| Trevor Bayne | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 64 | 10.0 | 17.4 |
Who To Watch: One of the Sprint Cup regulars that will be running in the Nationwide Series is Kevin Harvick and Harvick also happens to lead all active drivers that will be in the race with five wins in 23 starts and an average finish of 7.8. Austin Dillon and Parker Kligerman are not far behind Harvick with average finishes of 8.0 and 9.0, respectively. Throw in Sprint Cup drivers Kyle Busch with four wins in 17 starts and Brad Keselowski with one win in 11 starts and Saturday’s race should be a great short track battle between the Nationwide regulars and the Sprint Cup regulars.
Sprint Cup Series
The Sprint Cup Series gets their shot at the Bristol bullring Sunday in the Food City 500, scheduled to go green at 1:00 PM ET. The 500 lap race will be the first race for the Gen6 car on a short track and the second race after the track was ground down last year and if last year’s night race is any indication, this race should be a show.
| Driver | Races | Win | Top 5 | Top 10 | Pole | Laps Led | Avg. Start | Avg. Finish |
| Kyle Busch | 16 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1375 | 19.3 | 10.3 |
| Dale Earnhardt Jr | 26 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 758 | 21.3 | 11.8 |
| Jeff Gordon | 40 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 5 | 2647 | 6.8 | 11.9 |
| Matt Kenseth | 26 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 922 | 17.0 | 12.1 |
| Greg Biffle | 20 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 438 | 12.9 | 12.2 |
| Kevin Harvick | 24 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 427 | 17.8 | 12.5 |
| Brad Keselowski | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 347 | 14.8 | 13.7 |
| Kurt Busch | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 840 | 19.2 | 13.8 |
| Jimmie Johnson | 22 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 789 | 15.9 | 14.0 |
| Carl Edwards | 17 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 345 | 18.4 | 14.4 |
Who To Watch: Kyle Busch leads all active drivers at Bristol with five wins in 16 starts and an average finish of 10.3. A close second comes Dale Earnhardt Jr, who has one win in 26 starts and an average finish of 11.8. Joining Busch in the five win club is Jeff Gordon, who has an average finish 11.9. Others who run well at Bristol include last week’s winner, Matt Kenseth, who has two wins in 26 starts and an average finish of 12.1 and defending Food City 500 winner, Brad Keselowski, who has two wins in six starts and an average finish of 13.7.
