NASCAR O'Reilly Series

BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Austin Dillon wasn't in the dominant car of the night nor near the front most of the night, but he was in front when it counted and he scored the victory at Thunder Valley.

This week, our NASCAR experts talk whether Mid-Ohio bettered the case for more road courses in NASCAR and whether Justin Mark's win was more on him and Ganassi or a stroke of luck. We also discussed possible themes that other tracks can do with Darlington's throwback weekend as a model and rated the first year of the race to the XFINITY Chase.

BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Erik Jones will lead the field to the green flag of tonight's XFINITY Series race at Thunder Valley. The driver of the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota scored the pole for the Food City 300 after posting a new track record time of 15.002 and a speed of 127.903 mph.

BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Daniel Suarez topped the chart in first XFINITY Series practice at Bristol Motor Speedway. The driver of the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 15.223 and a speed of 126.046 mph.

Travis Kvapil and the High Country Grizzlies have partnered for the Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway. The Grizzlies will be the primary sponsor on the No. 15 Ford Mustang for Friday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race. Travis Kvapil has a total of 22 starts across the three NASCAR National series.

BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Hendrick's stocks might go even higher after the news that, starting next season, William Byron will be racing under the Hendrick umbrella.

Hendrick Motorsports has signed NASCAR Camping World Truck Series points leader William Byron to a multi-year driver agreement. Byron, who has posted a rookie record five NCWTS victories this season, will race full-time in the NASCAR XFINITY Series for Hendrick Motorsports affiliate JR Motorsports beginning in 2017.

It’s back to short track racing for the NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) this weekend, and Ray Black Jr. is ready to make his return to Bristol Motor Speedway. The driver of the No. 07 ScubaLife.com Chevrolet Camaro earned his first career NXS Top-20 finish at “The Last Great Colosseum” back in April of this year.

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, XFINITY Series and Camping World Truck Series all head to Bristol Motor Speedway this week. Please check below for the complete schedule of events.

BRISTOL, Tenn. -- The trend of increased timing zones won't include this weekend's events at Thunder Valley. NASCAR will not increase the number of timing zones for this week's events at Bristol Motor Speedway. The number will remain at 14 instead of 18. NASCAR decided not to increase them because it's comfortable with the number of zones in place.