At this time, the NASCAR Sprint Cup pre-race and Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway are on hold due to weather. There appears to be a mid to late afternoon window and we are hopeful to begin drying the track at that time for the running of the event.
Chaos and carnage reigned inside the Last Great Colosseum in Saturday’s PittLite 125 as the K&N East Series warriors battled for Bristol victory. In an event that saw six cautions and a green-white-checker finish, it was Massachusetts-native Eddie MacDonald who prevailed after contact between he and pole sitter Ben Rhodes relegated the day’s dominant car to a third place finish.
Notching a record number of national series wins at a single track, Kyle Busch made his 16th trip to Bristol’s victory lane following Saturday’s Drive to Stop Diabetes 300 presented by Lilly Diabetes. “I definitely like coming to Bristol – I always have,” said Busch.
In Bristol Motor Speedway , we have a track that dries in less than an hour, equipment here to do it and lights that allow us to go well into the evening. We are very hopeful and fully intend to run the Food City 500 tomorrow.
RYAN BLANEY – No. 22 Discount Tire Ford Mustang – “We really didn’t start out very good. We started out really loose and we didn’t think it would go that way. We thought we made good adjustments to make sure it was tight enough in the race, but when we took off we were just so loose and fell back and actually got lucky and we got the lucky dog on that first caution. Jeremy Bullins and everyone on this 22 team did an awesome job of getting this thing where it needed to be and I think if a couple cautions fell at the right time we might have been able to run second. I don’t know if we had anything for the 54, but I’m proud of my guys on this Discount Tire Ford and I’m really looking forward to the next time I’m in it at Texas.”
Carl Edwards, driver of the No. 99 Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes Ford Fusion, qualified 12th for Sunday’s scheduled Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. In the first three races of the season, Edwards has finishes of 17th (Daytona), 8th (Phoenix), and 5th (Las Vegas). He spoke about his start and other topics after today’s first practice session.
INDYCAR announced today a multi-year entitlement agreement with Verizon that will see North America's premier open-wheel racing championship named the Verizon IndyCar Series.
Verizon IndyCar Series conference call with Mark Miles and Brian Angiolet: Earlier today, INDYCAR announced a multi-year entitlement agreement with Verizon that will see North America's premier open-wheel racing championship named the Verizon IndyCar Series.
DENNY HAMLIN, No. 11 FedEx Freight Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Starting Position: 1st - How did a lap of 14.76 seconds feel around Bristol -- a new track record? “It’s fast -- it’s faster than I ever imagined going around this track."
Joe Gibbs Racing’s Brandon Jones (second) and Christopher Bell (third) delivered podium finishes to lead Toyota in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Darlington Raceway on Saturday evening.
23XI Racing driver Tyler Reddick was made available to the media on Saturday after winning the pole for the NASCAR Cup Series race from Darlington Raceway.
BRAD KESELOWSKI, No. 6 Solomon Plumbing Ford Mustang Dark Horse – “I thought it was really smooth. It looks like Chris is qualified right next to me. I felt like I got all it had. We know the cars are gonna be very difficult to drive and that did not disappoint.”
