Nelson Piquet Jr won the first race of his NASCAR career at Bristol Motor Speedway this weekend driving for X Team Racing on his K&N East championship debut.
It was a rough and tumble day in the Food City 500. Richard Childress Racing's (RCR) Jeff Burton, No. 31 BB&T Chevrolet, led the way for Team Chevy when the checkered flag flew at Bristol Motor Speedway. Burton finished sixth and jumped four spots in the standings to 11th place.
An early incident in Sunday’s Sprint Cup race spoiled a strong qualifying effort and a potentially solid run for Regan Smith, who drove a crippled race car to a 24th-place finish at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Camry driver Martin Truex Jr. (third) was the highest-finishing Toyota driver in Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Brian Vickers led three times for 125 laps (of 500) in his 2012 season debut and claimed a fifth-place finish for Michael Waltrip Racing (MWR).
Brad Keselowski (No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger R/T) First VICTORY LANE INTERVIEW: WHAT RULE WILL THEY HAVE TO MAKE TO KEEP YOU OUT OF VICTORY LANE? “I don’t know (laughs)."
MATT KENSETH, No. 17 Best Buy Ford Fusion – TALK ABOUT YOUR PERFORMANCE OUT THERE TODAY. YOU AND THE 2 CAR LOOKED LIKE YOU WERE THE CLASS OF THE FIELD FOR MOST THE SECOND HALF OF THE RACE. “Yeah, overall I was pretty happy with my car. Most of the weekend I wasn’t real thrilled with how it drove."
Racing at Bristol Motor Speedway is a tough enough challenge because of the track itself. But, when the degree of difficulty is increased by mechanical problems in practice that damage your car – you have your hands full.
Richard Childress Racing teammates finished first (Elliott Sadler), ninth (Kevin Harvick) and 12th (Austin Dillon). Sadler leads the Nationwide Series driver championship point standings by 25 points over Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., Trevor Bayne and Dillon. Combined, the RCR entries posted 31.6 percent of the fastest laps of the race, with Sadler posting the fastest lap 42 times, Harvick 25 times and Dillon 17 times.
Tony Stewart is headed to zMAX Dragway for a race he’s enjoyed immensely in his brief NHRA career, as the racing legend looks to pick up another four-wide win at this weekend’s NHRA 4-Wide Nationals.
A new face will be behind the wheel of the No. 62 Gracie Foundation Chevrolet for Beard Motorsports for Sunday’s Jack Link’s 500 at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway.
NASCAR’s Cup and O’Reilly Series head to the heart of Alabama and Talladega Superspeedway for the first of two visits in 2026. The two series will be joined by the ARCA Menards Series for a weekend packed of high-stakes, superspeedway racing.
