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But I think with it being a dirt track, yes, I think people look at me with all the experience that I have on dirt as being even more of a favorite.

Chase Briscoe, driver of the No. 14 Ford Performance Racing School Ford Mustang in the NASCAR Cup Series, has one NASCAR victory on dirt after winning the Eldora Dirt Derby in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 2018.

For the first time in several decades, the NASCAR Cup Series returns to the dirt as Bristol Motor Speedway has been converted to a dirt track for this weekend’s race.

It's time to get dirty with the NASCAR Camping World Truck and Cup Series. NASCAR will race at the Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway this weekend, on dirt. It is one of the most anticipated races of the season.

The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Bristol Motor Speedway for Sunday’s 250-lap event on a temporary, dirt-covered track for the series’ first dirt race in more than 50 years. Hamlin’s dirt-racing experience is in his distant past.

As he heads into this weekend’s Food City Dirt Race at Bristol Motor Speedway, the Cup circuit’s first appearance on clay since 1970, Matt DiBenedetto is confident he’ll have a strong run in his No. 21 Menards/Quaker State Mustang.

For the first time in more than 50 years, NASCAR will be running a Cup Series race on dirt as Bristol Motor Speedway transforms into a half-mile dirt track for Saturday’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race and Sunday’s NASCAR Cup event.

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.