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Richard Childress Racing's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series history at Bristol Motor Speedway ... In 171 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series starts at Bristol Motor Speedway, Richard Childress Racing boasts nine wins - seven with Dale Earnhardt, one with Kevin Harvick and one with Jeff Burton - three pole awards, 34 top-five and 69 top-10 finishes.  The Welcome, N.C.-based organization has led 3,680 laps at the "World's Fastest Half-Mile."

Bristol Motor Speedway is one of only six tracks on the current Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series circuit where Chevrolet has at least 40 victories. The Bowtie Brand has visited Victory Lane at the track known as the ‘World’s Fastest Half-Mile’ 45 times, more than any other brand.

Gander RV, the Official RV & Outdoor Company of NASCAR, and Dover International Speedway have reached a partnership agreement for the entitlement of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race on Sunday, May 5, track officials announced today.

Paul Menard and the No. 21 Menards/Sylvania team hope to build on their speed from 2018 at Bristol Motor Speedway as they prepare for this weekend’s Food City 500 at the high-banked Tennessee track.

Chase Elliott on racing at Bristol: “I really enjoy racing at Bristol. I think it’s one of the coolest places we go to just environment-wise and then racetrack-wise. Just a lot of fun. Short-track racing in general is fun. I’ve enjoyed it. We’ve had some OK runs there. Feel like we had a really good car there last fall and had a realistic shot that I didn’t do a very good job of capitalizing on. I think it’s been kind of hit-or-miss. I remember the spring race of, I think, ’16 being really good and then this past fall race being pretty fast and kind of in-between I feel like has just been mediocre. So, it’s hard to get right. You can just be off a little bit one way or the other and it makes a big difference there.”

Short-track racing at "The Last Great Colosseum" awaits as the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) heads to Tennessee this weekend for 500 miles of mayhem on the high-banked, .533-mile oval of Bristol Motor Speedway. The Food City 500 will mark the second short-track race of the 2019 season and also Corey LaJoie's 65th MENCS start. LaJoie and the GFR team look to have a better showing at the second short-track race after persevering with a 33rd-place finish at the first short-track of the season, competing in a back-up car after a practice incident.

Richard Petty Motorsports (RPM) announced today the renewed partnership with Blue-Emu. As part of the agreement, the No. 43 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 will carry the Blue-Emu brand as the primary partner in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) Food City 500 at the Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway on Sunday, April 7 with driver Darrell "Bubba" Wallace Jr.

Toyota Tops the Charts… Toyota Racing has had a stellar start to the 2019 NASCAR season, posting 13 victories across 18 NASCAR national series events. In total, Toyota drivers have led 47 percent of all laps run in the three national NASCAR series with Toyota also leading the manufacturer championship standings in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS), NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) and NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series (NGOTS). Toyota MENCS and NXS drivers head to Bristol Motor Speedway this week, where last spring Toyota swept both events with Kyle Busch and Ryan Preece winning in their respective series.

“I'm looking forward to having another chance to race at Bristol this weekend, especially right now. We’re coming off of a Top-15 finish last weekend and I feel that’s where we can race weekly without any mistakes. We’ve shown a lot of speed this year and Bristol is going to be a new challenge for everyone. We’re going to carry a lot of corner speed and handling will be important.

NASCAR today announced the 2020 schedules for both the NASCAR Xfinity Series™ and NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series™, and both include a return to race tracks that were part of the original schedule for each series – venues that have been absent from the respective slates for more than a decade.