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Jimmie Johnson led a parade of Chevrolets to the checkered with a second-place finish in his No. 48 Lowe’s Chevy SS in the Food City 500 in Support of Steve Byrnes and Stand Up to Cancer at Bristol Motor Speedway, Round 8 of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The scheduled day race turned into night as ‘Thunder Valley’ was plagued by persistent rain. Johnson, who started 28th, overcame involvement in two multi-car accidents to emerge as the second-place finisher. This is the six-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion’s 15th top 10 finish in 27 races at BMS and his fifth top 10 finish in eight races this season.

JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S CHEVROLET SS – FINISHED 2ND - WHAT A RESTART YOU HAD THERE AT THE END: “Yes, is was a wild night. But I just have to thank my crew for all their hard work. They burned the midnight oilon Friday night to get some stuff ready to put in this race car for Saturday’s practice and turning it around."

In a race delayed and interrupted by rain, and ended in overtime, Matt Kenseth broke a drought of more than a year's standing in Sunday's Food City 500 in Support of Steve Byrnes at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Joey Logano was enjoying such a perfect day at Bristol Motor Speedway that the driver of the No. 22 Team Penske Ford kept expecting something to go wrong.

Landon Cassill finished 28th in Saturday’s Drive To Stop Diabetes 300 Xfinity Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway.

A strong run by rookie Ross Chastain ended in a 27th-place finish in Saturday’s Drive To Stop Diabetes 300 Xfinity Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Rookie Harrison Rhodes rolled home to a 29th-place finish in Saturday’s Drive To Stop Diabetes 300 Xfinity Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway.

JOEY LOGANO – No. 22 Discount Tire Ford Mustang – VICTORY LANE INTERVIEW – “I’ve never led every single lap in a race before. What a fast Discount Tire Ford. Gosh, that’s amazing. You’re waiting for something to go wrong. Such a fast car and with late cautions and all that stuff and you’re like, ‘Alright, where am I gonna blow this thing?’ Because those are the ones that you’re just nervous throughout the whole race, but what a fast car. Greg Erwin and all this team here, it was a perfect day. I can’t ask for anything more out of them. I want to say hey to Steve Byrnes back at home. We miss you, and we’ll try to do this again tomorrow.”

Toyota driver Daniel Suarez recorded his career-best NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) finish in Saturday afternoon's race at Bristol Motor Speedway when he crossed the finish line second behind race-winner Joey Logano.

Kyle Larson, No. 42 Target Chevrolet SS, joined his good friend Rico Abreu to meet with members of the media at Bristol Motor Speedway. Larson discussed his transition from sprint cars to stock cars, his relationship with Rico and many other topics.