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Austin Dillon and the New Era Caps Chevrolet Team Bring Home a Solid, 13th-Place Finish at the Last Great Colosseum "Our New Era Caps Chevrolet was probably better than where we ended up finishing. We couldn't do a whole lot on the track today, mainly because we struggled on the bottom. We lost some track position in the middle of the race, but once we got it back we ran smart and minimized any mistakes."

Jimmie Johnson led 81 laps in his No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet SS en route to his second career victory at Bristol Motor Speedway (BMS) in the Food City 500, the eighth race of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series 2017 campaign. Torrential rains on Sunday postponed the 500-lap contest to Monday afternoon. Johnson started in the 11th position and contended near the front all day. Flawlessly executed pit stops and persistency allowed the seven-time series champion to take the top spot with 20 laps remaining and earn his second consecutive win this season. The win marks Johnson’s 82nd career victory, leaving him only one win away from tying Cale Yarborough for sixth on the all-time NASCAR Cup Series wins list.

DANICA PATRICK – No. 10 Mobil 1 Annual Protection Ford Fusion – “I haven’t seen what happened yet. I started off the race and wasn’t really that great and then we had a stop and it was on fire for a little while. I mean, I was doing the old Bristol bump-and-run all the way up to the lucky dog spot, and then I got a little bit tight and some cars caught me, so we started running the high line."

Trevor Bayne, driver of the No. 6 AdvoCare Ford Fusion, earned an 11th-place finish in the rain-postponed Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) race at Bristol Motor Speedway on Monday afternoon. The result is Bayne’s sixth top-15 finish in the first eight races of the 2017 season.

JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S CHEVROLET SS – RACE WINNER IT TOOK SEVEN YEARS FOR YOU TO GET A SECOND WIN AT BRISTOL. YOU WERE THE GUY ON THAT FINAL RUN THAT FOUND THE BOTTOM FIRST AND BEST “Yeah, it was kind of interesting because when the No. 42 (Kyle Larson) was there, it just created an environment to run the top and I wasn’t as good on the top. The No. 42, not being up there and that first couple of cars; the bottom was really where it was at for the short run. This Lowe’s Chevrolet was flying!

Today’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway has been postponed due to rain. The Food City 500 has been rescheduled for 1 p.m. Monday and will be broadcast live on Fox and the Performance Racing Network.

Persistent rain in ‘Thunder Valley’ throughout the day on Sunday has forced the postponement of the Food City 500 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race.

Brad Keselowski, driver of the No. 2 Miller Lite Ford Fusion, was part of an announcement today in which Fitzgerald Glider Kits will become involved as a sponsor for Team Penske in all three of NASCAR’s top touring series. Keselowski spoke about the partnership and challenging track conditions being faced this weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Team Penske announced today that Fitzgerald Glider Kits, North America’s leading truck glider kit assembler, is building on its partnership with the team in NASCAR to become a primary sponsor for three Verizon IndyCar Series races in 2017, including the 101st running of the Indianapolis 500 on May 28 with driver Juan Pablo Montoya. Montoya will be pursuing his third Indianapolis 500 victory after winning the “Greatest Spectacle in Racing” in 2015 while driving for Team Penske.

Officials from Southeastern Mills, Track Enterprises and the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) announced today that Shore Lunch will sponsor ARCA's return to Elko Speedway in Elko, Minnesota.