NASCAR Cup Series

Richard Petty Motorsports (RPM) announced today the renewed partnership with Blue-Emu. As part of the agreement, the No. 43 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 will carry the Blue-Emu brand as the primary partner in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) Food City 500 at the Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway on Sunday, April 7 with driver Darrell "Bubba" Wallace Jr.

Toyota Tops the Charts… Toyota Racing has had a stellar start to the 2019 NASCAR season, posting 13 victories across 18 NASCAR national series events. In total, Toyota drivers have led 47 percent of all laps run in the three national NASCAR series with Toyota also leading the manufacturer championship standings in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS), NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) and NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series (NGOTS). Toyota MENCS and NXS drivers head to Bristol Motor Speedway this week, where last spring Toyota swept both events with Kyle Busch and Ryan Preece winning in their respective series.

“I'm looking forward to having another chance to race at Bristol this weekend, especially right now. We’re coming off of a Top-15 finish last weekend and I feel that’s where we can race weekly without any mistakes. We’ve shown a lot of speed this year and Bristol is going to be a new challenge for everyone. We’re going to carry a lot of corner speed and handling will be important.

Roush Fenway Racing rolls through the Cumberland Gap to Johnson City, Tennessee, for the first time in 2019 as the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) gets set to run 500 laps Sunday afternoon at Bristol Motor Speedway. Roush Fenway has visited victory lane 18 times at The Last Great Colosseum across NASCAR’s three major touring series.

Defending Hollywood Casino 400 winner Chase Elliott and Kyle Larson, who finished in the Top Five in both Kansas Speedway races in 2018, will headline Q&A sessions at Ignition Garage on Saturday, May 11.

DIBENEDETTO BY THE NUMBERS: In eight Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career starts at Bristol, Matt DiBenedetto has an average start of 28.9, an average finish of 20.6, and he’s completed 3,988 of 4,011 (99.4 percent) career laps at the half-mile high-banked track, making it one of his best tracks on the circuit.

Newman will make his 35th Cup start at Bristol on Sunday. In34 prior events, Newman has 18 top-10 finishes with two top-fives andan average finish of 15.7.

Bristol Preview: The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series now heads to Bristol Motor Speedway for the 500-lap race on Sunday, April 7. Hamlin will be looking for his second career win at “Thunder Valley” having won in 2012, along with seven career top-five finishes and 12 career top-10 finishes. Denny and team will be looking for their third win of the season, potentially moving into the lead in the Cup standings.

The NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series is heading into its eighth race of the season and while Chevrolet has made a lot of progress in that time, they still haven't managed to find victory lane yet.

Stenhouse has 12 NASCAR Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) starts at Bristol Motor Speedway with an average starting position of 19.7 and average finishing position of 11.3.