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Newman makes his 39th Cup start at Bristol on Sunday but, like the rest of the field, will tackle the dirt for the first time in a Cup car. In 38 prior events at Bristol, Newman has an average finish of 15.6 with 19 top-10s.

Buescher makes his 12th Cup start at Bristol on Sunday, where he has two top-10 finishes, most recently an eighth-place run last fall.

Denny Hamlin will compete in the 10-race 2021 season of the eNASCAR ProInvitational Series, the iRacing series that showcases top-level NASCAR drivers performing in simulators on virtual racetracks.

Joe Gibbs Racing driver Kyle Busch was made available to media via videoconference prior to the Bristol event today:

Chris Buescher, driver of the No. 17 Fastenal Ford Mustang in the NASCAR Cup Series, is coming off his best finish of the season, a seventh-place run at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sunday.

Live Fast Motorsports rolls out today the team’s scheduled races with Keen Parts, under the CorvetteParts.net umbrella, on-board the No. 78 Ford Mustang for the 2021 NCS.

I think just dirt racing, in general, I’ve got a little bit of a background in it. From Eldora, winning the first Truck race there, I’d say that’s what he’s talking about. Kyle (Larson), he’s good at anything he gets in and I’m just glad that he mentioned me;

Roger Penske, owner of three Team Penske Fords in the NASCAR Cup Series and one in the NASCAR XFINITY Series, was a guest earlier today on a NASCAR Zoom call. A full transcript of his Q&A session with the media follows:

Chris Buescher and the No. 17 Fastenal Ford team secured their first top-10 finish of the season Sunday afternoon with a strong seventh-place finish at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Ryan Blaney scored his first NASCAR Cup Series win of the 2021 season at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sunday and recorded Ford’s fifth straight win in Atlanta.