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After winning yesterday's NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) race at Bristol, Busch became the first driver in series history to 'sweep' two consecutive race weekends at the same race track.

Regan Smith fought handling issues as the Furniture Row Racing driver posted a 22nd-place finish in Sunday's Jeff Byrd 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Bristol Motor Speedway.

After leading the most laps in the race, four times for a total of 164 of the 500 laps, five-time defending NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) champion Jimmie Johnson brought his No. 48 Lowe's/Kobalt Tools Chevrolet to the finish line in third place.

After leading the most laps in the race, four times for a total of 164 of the 500 laps, five-time defending NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) champion Jimmie Johnson brought his No. 48 Lowe's/Kobalt Tools Chevrolet to the finish line in third place.

JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWES/KOBALT TOOLS CHEVROLET, FINISHED 3RD:ON HIS RACE: "The race off pit road is what got us. That track position was everything."

CARL EDWARDS – No. 99 Scotts EZ Seed Ford Fusion (Finished 2nd) – “It was exciting. I thought I could get to him at the end and rough him up a little bit and maybe get by him, but his car took off."

Bristol Motor Speedway Jeff Byrd 500 presented by Food City Post-Race Quotes NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

A total of 17 Team Chevy drivers will start the 51st Annual Jeff Byrd 500 presented by Food City, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Bristol Motor Speedway (BMS), round four (4) of the 2011 season.

After a rough start to his team's 2011 Nationwide Series campaign, Rusty Wallace Racing's Steve Wallace (No. 66 5-Hour Energy Toyota Camry) began to right his ship today, with a lead-lap 11th-place finish in this afternoon's Scotts 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway.