NASCAR Cup Series

Bristol, TN - (March 15, 2014) - When the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series travels to the high-bank half-mile oval in beautiful northeast Tennessee, you...

After we nearly saw Dale Earnhardt Jr. clinch his first multi-win season since 2004, the series heads over to the first short track race of the season at Bristol Motor Speedway. With zero top fives in the last 10 races there, Dale Jr. will have his work cut out for him if he wants to maintain his streak of top-two finishes.

Last year, Matt Kenseth started off teh seaosn real strong in his first year with Joe Gibbs Racing - picking up a win at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Flash forward a year later and things haven't started off so smoothly as Kenseth wrecked in the Daytona 500, before finishing 12th at Phoenix and 10th last weekend at Las Vegas.

Ask any fan what their favorite NASCAR track is and usually you will get multiple answers however, almost always, Bristol is on that list. Fans flock to Bristol, those that have been there cannot wait to get back, and for those that have never been there it's usually on their "bucket list".

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."

Four-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon led the way for Team Chevy in qualifying for Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway with a sixth-place time of 14.962 (128.245 mph) in his No. 24 Axalta Chevrolet SS.

This week’s changes to qualifying procedures did not hurt Denny Hamlin’s strong start to the 2014 season. In Friday’s qualifying for the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

JOEY LOGANO – No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Ford Fusion – HOW DID YOUR STRATEGY WORK OUT AT THE END? “Not good enough (laughing). I feel like we did what we were supposed to do to be able to go out there and give it a shot for the pole. Really and honestly Brad’s car has been a little faster than ours today."

Bristol Motor Speedway has caused dramatic finishes and some horrific incidents during its 53-year career in NASCAR. The short half mile track located in Bristol, Tennessee has lived through some of the worst and best moments in NASCAR history – and this weekend they can only further that resume.

Bristol, TN (March 14, 2014) - The first practice on Friday for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Food City 500 was interesting to say...