NASCAR Cup Series

DiBenedetto's interview just goes to show what's great about NASCAR. While it may seem like the front is always the same guys day in and day out, and it may seem like old hat for drivers and fans, every so often one of the little guys who will work just as hard as his crew will have a good day.

There are ways to describe Sunday’s action in Bristol, but to do it justice one would need a blow-by-blow analysis of most of the competitors to figure out what happened, and how it happened. Let us begin with what we know.

It was Bristol, baby. The half-mile track in "Thunder Valley", exciting or not, is always eventful. Sunday was no different. Here was what was surprising and not surprising from the 56th annual Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Richmond International Raceway, Bad Boy Mowers and NASCAR, they’re all classic American success stories. And now the three are coming together to bring fans Bad Boy Mowers Pole Qualifying at RIR on Friday, April 22nd.

A simple picture of Dale Earnhardt, Jr.’s favorite sandwich, banana and Hellmann’s mayonnaise, started an internet craze. Fans, competitors, and even national media reacted. Morning show hosts were taking the plunge and trying this unusual, yet inventive sandwich combination. Some people were disgusted, others brave enough to try it, but Dale Jr. felt inspired.

Major League Baseball Hall of Famer and former Kansas City Royal George Brett has been named Grand Marshal for the May 7 Go Bowling 400 at Kansas Speedway. Brett was also one of the first people in line to purchase Kansas Speedway season tickets when tickets went on sale before the facility opened.

The point I'm driving at here is that the race track is a dangerous place and you must have constant awareness of your surroundings. If you don't, you're going to get yourself injured or killed. If fans continue to not pay attention, NASCAR will start coming down harder on you and make hot passes harder to get.

It was a spectacular race. I would even say it's been the best since the grinding down of the top lane back in 2012. Sitting in the media center watching the event, I was thinking to myself, "This is Bristol. This is Bristol at its finest."

In his 41st NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) start, Matt DiBenedetto, driver of the No. 83 Cosmo Motors Toyota Camry for BK Racing, scored a career-best sixth-place finish in the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on Sunday afternoon.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. rebounded from an early spin to drive his No. 17 Zest Ford to a 16th-place finish in Sunday’s Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway.