NASCAR Cup Series

After finding consistency at the first two short tracks of the season, Aric Almirola and the No. 43 Smithfield Ford team are ready to conquer one of NASCAR's shortest tracks, Bristol Motor Speedway. Richard Petty Motorsports put a lot of work on the short-track program since the beginning of this season, and with the Tennessee oval being one of Almirola's favorite tracks, the team is ready continue improving their Championship Points Standing with a strong run in Sunday's race.

Erik Jones will make his first-career NASCAR Cup Series start at Bristol Motor Speedway this weekend for the Food City 500. Even though it will be Jones first-career start at the half-mile track, Jones got his first taste of Cup racing at The Last Great Colosseum in 2015 when he climbed in the No. 11 Toyota Camry to fill in for Denny Hamlin.

New Camry on Track: Toyota is racing its new 2018 Toyota Camry in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) that was introduced alongside the new 2018 production Camry at this year’s North American International Auto Show.

Country music star Tyler Farr will entertain race fans with a pre-race concert prior to the 59th annual Coke Zero 400 Powered By Coca-Cola Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race on Saturday, July 1.

32nd in Points: Matt DiBenedetto and the No. 32 Cosmo Motors team currently sit 32nd in owner and driver points in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. Bristol Motor Speedway, the site of this weekend's Food City 500, is the second-smallest racetrack on our schedule and one of the highest banked racetracks that NASCAR travels to.

The Motorcraft/Quick Lane Racing team, along with the rest of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, returns to action this week at Bristol Motor Speedway after a week off for the Easter holiday.

The Series gets ready to go short-track racing at Bristol Motor Speedway for Sunday’s 500-lap event on the high-banked concrete oval. In 22 starts at the Tennessee bullring, Hamlin has one win, six top-five and 10 top-10 finishes, and has earned himself three pole starting positions.

Chevrolet is the most successful manufacturer at the ‘World’s Fastest Half-Mile’ earning 44 wins in 112 races at Bristol Motor Speedway. Chevrolet earned their first win at the ‘Last Great Coliseum’ in 1971 with Charlie Glotzbach behind the wheel, that same race Glotzbach set the race speed record at Bristol clocking 101.074 mph average pace throughout the 500-lap event. That record still stands today.

Richard Childress Racing's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series History at Bristol Motor Speedway ... In 161 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series starts at Bristol Motor Speedway, Richard Childress Racing boasts nine wins - seven with Dale Earnhardt, one with Kevin Harvick and one with Jeff Burton - three pole awards, 34 top-five and 67 top-10 finishes. The Welcome, N.C.-based organization has led 3,678 laps at the "World's Fastest Half-Mile."

Michael McDowell and Leavine Family Racing (LFR) are eager to get back to short track racing at Bristol Motor Speedway for the Food City 500.