A late-race penalty sidetracked Brad Keselowski’s chances for a possible victory Sunday afternoon at Bristol Motor Speedway. Keselowski was running second behind teammate Joey Logano when the 11th and final caution slowed the pace on lap 479. Crew chief Paul Wolfe made the call for right-side tires on lap 481, with Keselowski returning to the track in fifth position for the restart – or so he thought. NASCAR officials ruled that Keselowski lined up incorrectly for the restart, issuing a pass-thru penalty on lap 486. He served the penalty on lap 490, 10 laps from the finish of the 500-lap race. The process cost Keselowski a lap to the leaders and left him with an 18th-place finish.
Austin Dillon and the SYMBICORT® (budesonide/formoterol fumarate dihydrate) Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Team Battle to 14th-Place Finish in War of Attrition at Bristol Motor Speedway
KURT BUSCH, NO. 1 MONSTER ENERGY CAMARO ZL1 – Finished 2nd - ON THE RESTART, YOU STARTED RIGHT NEXT TO YOUR BROTHER (KYLE, RACE WINNER). TAKE US THROUGH THE RACE AND ESPECIALLY THE LAST RESTART
“It was tough battling our No. 1 Chevy. The Monster Energy team is doing a good job. But that one was tough."
ARIC ALMIROLA, No. 10 SHAZAM/Smithfield Ford Mustang – “The 24 just got loose under me. He struggled to get going on the initial start. He spun his tires and then was just loose and out of control that whole first lap. When we went down in turn one he lost it under me and wiped us out. I’m pretty frustrated. You work all weekend, all week getting ready for the event and to make it one lap is kind of uncalled for, so I’m disappointed, frustrated, but life goes on. We’ll go to Richmond.”
After taking a frustrated second-place finish in Race One at Barber Motorsports Park, Bryan Ortiz relished his run to the top of the Battery Tender® Global Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by BFGoodrich Tires® podium in race two—his first victory of the 2019 season.
CHRISTOPHER BELL, No. 20 Rheem Toyota Supra, Joe Gibbs RacingFinishing Position: 1stCould you have scripted the win any better?“I don’t know man. That’s pretty cool. To get my first win here with the Dash 4 Cash bonus. Thank you to Xfinity for doing that and more importantly thank you to Rheem, Ruud, everyone at Toyota, TRD (Toyota Racing Development), everyone at Joe Gibbs Racing."
CHASE BRISCOE, No. 98 Nutri Chomps Ford Mustang – HOW WOULD YOU SUM UP YOUR DAY? “That’s really what we should be doing all year long. It’s just taken us a little bit of time for me to learn the race cars and for them to kind of find what I like. Overall, this is by far our best weekend from start to finish. We showed that I feel like we can be a top four contender, so there at the end I felt like I honestly was the best car it’s just so hard to pass when they get like that around the top. I found a little bit of speed down on the bottom of one and two, but we didn’t get the $100,000 this week, but we’ve got a shot again next week. We’ll go there with our Nutri Chomps Ford and see what we can do.”
JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 ALLY CAMARO ZL1, met with members of the media at Bristol Motor Speedway following Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series final practice for the Food City 500. Johnson was second fastest in the session.
Nearly 12 Hours of On-Track Competition Featured Three Endurance Races, Support Sprints and Qualifying for All Eight Run Groups Ahead of Saturday's Classic 24-Hour Race
Reigning Top Fuel world champ Doug Kalitta powered to the provisional No. 1 position on Friday at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip, staying in the championship hunt to open this weekend’s In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals.
The penultimate round of the 2026 Flo Night In America Championship with the Super Dirt Late Models was held Friday night with night 1 at Senoia Raceway in Senoia, Georgia.
