NASCAR Cup Series

Roush Fenway Racing rolls through the Cumberland Gap to Johnson City, Tenn. for the first time in 2017 as the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) returns to the Bristol Motor Speedway, a track that has seen a Roush Fenway Ford visit victory lane 18 times across NASCAR’s three major touring series.

One Year Ago at Bristol: Reed finished 21st in his No. 16 Lilly Diabetes Ford Mustang after an issue with the right-front wheel forced an unscheduled green-flag pit stop while the team was running 12th.

Bayne at Bristol: Bayne makes his sixth career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) start at Bristol Motor Speedway on Sunday afternoon.

This weekend Roush Fenway Racing rolls into “Thunder Valley” for what looks to be a wild weekend at the world’s most frenzied half-mile track. Perhaps the most intense track on the circuit, some have gone as far as to describe Bristol as the equivalent of ‘a squadron of jet fighters storming around a football stadium.’

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FAVORITE RACETRACK: "Bristol Motor Speedway is one of my favorite racetracks," Buescher said. "It's really fun to go out and have a good run; that will always make any race enjoyable. But we've got a really good head start in our No. 37 BUSH'S Beans Chevrolet coming out of our strong day at Martinsville Speedway earlier this season."

When Andrew Murstein entered into negotiations to purchase Richard Petty Motorsports from George Gillett in 2010, he didn’t have to look further than the name of the team to come up with a partner. While the President of Medallion Financial Group was eager to become a sports owner after raising $220 million to establish a sports fund in 2008, he didn’t know much about NASCAR.

For Martin Truex Jr. it’s been too long – five years to be exact -- since he left Bristol Motor Speedway with a good feeling. The last time the Furniture Row Racing driver walked out of the half-mile, high-banked oval with a top-10 finish in the NASCAR Cup Series was April 2012 when he posted a third-place result.

After taking last weekend off, the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series returns to action with Sunday’s annual Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Ford has had good success at the half-mile track, winning 36 times in NASCAR’s top touring series, including a streak of at least one win in 17-of-18 seasons (1990-2008).

Stenhouse has eight NASCAR Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) starts at Bristol Motor Speedway with an average starting position of 23.4 and average finishing position of 10.6. In his eight MENCS starts, Stenhouse has scored three top-five and four top-10 finishes at the ‘World’s Fastest Half-Mile’.