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Bristol Preview: The Series makes its way to “Thunder Valley” for Sunday’s 500-lap event around the high banks of Bristol Motor Speedway. In his last five starts at the concrete short track, Hamlin has collected three top-five finishes and four top-10 finishes. During the Series’ visit to Bristol last spring, Hamlin lined up second for the race’s final restart with 32 laps remaining, but the less-preferred groove prevented him from advancing forward and he was forced to settle for a 10th-place finish.

AJ ALLMENDINGER, NO. 47 KROGER CLICKLIST CAMARO ZL1 NOVELTY OF BRISTOL MOTOR SPEEDWAY: “Bristol Motor Speedway is one of those short tracks that I’ve been racing at for 10 or 11 years now," Allmendinger said. "When I walk into the place, it still takes my breath away. I always tell people, if they’ve never been to Bristol, or a NASCAR race, that’s the track to go to. It’s a tough race. I like a lot of short tracks, and I look at Martinsville (Speedway) and Bristol the same way. You know you’re in it for 500 laps. It’s a grind. You never really get a breath."

Ford comes into this weekend’s Bristol Motor Speedway doubleheader still flying high in both the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR XFINITY Series. The Blue Oval has won four of the first seven Cup events and four of the first six XFINITY races, including each of the last three. Here’s a look at some of Ford notes and highlights at BMS through the years.

With the return of Roush Fenway Racing driver Trevor Bayne to his home state and home track this weekend, the No. 6 Ford Fusion will carry familiar colors with AdvoCare as the primary partner when NASCAR rolls back into Bristol for what usually proves to be one of the most wild and exciting races of the season.

It seems only fitting that an artist with the song “Hey Mama” would be a part of Kansas Speedway’s May race weekend. After all, it is Mother’s Day weekend. And Michael Tyler, who hails from Thayer, Mo, will sing the National Anthem for the Kansas 400 at his “home” track on Saturday night, May 12.

Busch, driver of the No. 18 Interstate Batteries Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing, won Sunday's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 for his 14th national series victory -- and 14th cowboy hat -- at Texas Motor Speedway.

Long Day for Austin Dillon and the No. 3 SYMBICORT® (budesonide/formoterol fumarate dihydrate) Chevrolet Team ends in 27th-Place Finish at Texas Motor Speedway "What a day! We ended up with damage after we were involved in a wreck at the very beginning of the race, but that didn't slow down the No. 3 team. We worked hard to stay competitive, and I really thought we would end up okay."

KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 Interstate Batteries Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Finishing Position: 1st - What was going through your mind when you were holding off Kevin Harvick there at the end? “They were probably just a tick faster overall, but I just had to make sure to do everything I could to hit all my marks and everything to focus on making sure that I did the right things to block his air a little bit. This Interstate Batteries Camry was really awesome today. "

While running in second place with five laps remaining in Stage 1, Martin Truex Jr. saw his day cut short when his car exited Turn 4 and went directly into the wall due to a flat tire.

JAMIE MCMURRAY, NO. 1 CESSNA CAMARO ZL1 – Finished 3rd - ON HIS RUN: “Yeah, it was basically just a really good day for us from the start of the race. The car was pretty good, especially on the long runs. And then fortunate to miss a lot of the wrecks that happened and survived and then had good pit stops. So, all around just a pretty solid day for our team.”