NASCAR Cup Series

Dale Earnhardt, Jr.’s second straight NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) runner-up effort in the No. 88 Nationwide Chevrolet SS was impressive, but didn’t come easy at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Carl Edwards led over half the race on his way to scoring the victory at Thunder Valley. The driver of the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota led 276 of the 500 laps on his way to winning the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. It's his 26th career victory in the Sprint Cup Series and third at Bristol.

DALE EARNHARDT, JR., NO. 88 NATIONWIDE CHEVROLET SS – FINISHED 2nd - YOU STARTED OUT WITH THE ISSUE WITH THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT RIGHT OFF THE BAT, BUT YOU CAME BACK WITH A NICE 2ND PLACE FINISH “We had a lot of luck on those last several restarts."

TREVOR BAYNE – No. 6 AdvoCare Ford Fusion – “It was a lot of battling back. We went through a lot of adversity to get there, but we just didn’t give up. We had a really good race car. That’s what paid off. You can’t come back if you don’t have good race cars and we’ve got that now."

Denny Hamlin topped the chart in final Sprint Cup Series practice at Bristol Motor Speedway. The driver of the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 15.213 and a speed of 126.129 mph.

Kyle Busch topped the chart in second Sprint Cup Series practice at Bristol Motor Speedway. The driver of the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota was fastest in the second practice session with a time of 15.184 and a speed of 126.370 mph.

DANICA PATRICK, NO. 10 NATURE’S BAKERY CHEVROLET SS – Involved in an on-track incident with Denny Hamlin and sustained rear damage to the No. 10 Chevrolet

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CARL EDWARDS, No. 19 Comcast Business Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Starting Position: 1st - What does this pole mean to you here at Bristol? “Just awesome, what Comcast Business does is they find solutions for complex problems and this place is really complicated and my guys did a really good job making the car drive well on all different segments. When you’re driving in the corner and these things take off and slide and Dave (Rogers, crew chief) and everybody did a really great job. It’s really cool to get this pole.”

The driver of the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota scored the pole for the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway with a time of 14.991 and a speed of 127.997 mph. This is his 18th career pole in 417 starts in the Sprint Cup Series