NASCAR Cup Series

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.

Greg Biffle earned a solid 12th-place finish in his No. 16 ROUSH Performance Ford Fusion Sunday afternoon at Bristol Motor Speedway. Biffle started 23rd and overcame a pit road speeding penalty to bounce back up and run in the top 10. Unfortunately Biffle lined up on the bottom line for the final two restarts and the bottom was a big disadvantage.

Matt DiBenedetto was teary-eyed following his top-10 finish at Thunder Valley. The driver of the No. 83 BK Racing Toyota earned his career best sixth-place finish in the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

After taking a clearer look at Martin Truex Jr.’s 14th-place finish at Bristol Motor Speedway, there were both positives and negatives that came out of the short track race.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. had to overcome a loss of power and loss of laps to come home runner-up at Thunder Valley. After making an unscheduled stop on lap 1 for lack of power and falling two laps down, the driver of the No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet rallied back to a second-place finish in the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Ryan Blaney piloted the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion to a solid 11th place in the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway, but he was left unfulfilled.

Camry driver Carl Edwards was victorious at Bristol Motor Speedway in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race.

Trevor Bayne, driver of the No. 6 AdvoCare Ford Fusion, overcame a pit road penalty and damage to the nose of his Roush Fenway Ford to earn a fifth-place finish in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) event at Bristol Motor Speedway on Sunday afternoon.