Kasey Kahne, No. 5 Great Clips Chevrolet SS, won the 53rd annual Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway today in a hard fought battle at the series’ first short track event of 2013. The win was Kasey’s first ever victory at Bristol and his 15th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series win. It was also his first victory of 2013 and second top-ten finish. The finish helped Kasey move up seven positions to 7th in the point standings after four races.
Combining tenacity with a delicate driving skill, Kurt Busch fought off adversity Sunday by posting an impressive fourth-place finish in the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Alex Bowman and the RAB Racing team headed to Bristol Motor Speedway to compete in Saturday's Grit Chips 300. The team proved that they had a fast Toyota Camry, finishing 14th in Bowman's first start at the World's Fastest Half-Mile and taking over the lead in the Rookie of the Year Battle.
JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 DRIVE TO END HUNGER CHEVROLET SS – INVOLVED IN AN ON-TRACK INCIDENT ON LAP 391 - YOU HAD 154 LAPS ON THOSE RIGHT SIDE TIRES, BUT YOU HAD A TIGHT RACE CAR. YOU MADE THE STRATEGY TO GET THE CLEAN AIR WAS THAT THE RIGHT CALL? “Well we also wanted left sides (tires) because we heard left sides were helping the cars turn."
JOEY LOGANO – No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Ford Fusion – WHAT HAPPENED? “We had a fast race car, that’s for sure. I was racing for the lead and it’s frustrating. That’s a freaking genius behind the wheel of the 11 car – probably the worst teammate I ever had, so I learned that now."
Mike Wallace and the No. 01 Calhoun’s team entered Bristol with one goal, to finish the race. The team was able to overcome obstacles to accomplish this and more on a sunny afternoon at “The Last Great Colosseum.”
Joe Gibbs Racing driver Kyle Busch brought the No. 54 Monster Energy program to victory lane Saturday, for the team’s second win across four weeks this race season. The win gives Busch his 53rd career visit to the checkered flag podium in 248 starts, a series record. Taking home the trophy Busch captured his fifth victory and 11th top-five finish in 18 NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) starts at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway, tying him for the most NNS series triumphs in track history.
Roush Fenway Racing’s Trevor Bayne used a 12th-place finish in Saturday’s 300-lap Nationwide Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway to climb one more spot to seventh in the NASCAR Nationwide Series point standings.
The NASCAR Cup Series and the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series are at Indianapolis Motor Speedway this weekend while the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series is at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.
Hendrick Motorsports has piled up more than twice as many wins as any other organization (11) in the crown jewel event and also leads in top fives (29), top 10s (46) and laps led (1,101).
Funny Car driver Daniel Wilkerson was .042 of a second away from securing his first NHRA win on Sunday in Sonoma and he will have another opportunity for redemption at this weekend’s 37th annual Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways.
