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Blake Koch topped the chart in final XFINITY Series practice at Bristol Motor Speedway. The driver of the No. 11 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 15.516 and a speed of 123.666 mph.

Austin Dillon topped the chart in first XFINITY Series practice at Bristol Motor Speedway. The driver of the No. 2 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 15.570 123.237 mph.

Denny Hamlin topped the chart in first Sprint Cup Series practice at Bristol Motor Speedway. The driver of the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 14.913 and a speed of 128.666 mph.

Despite being neck and neck in the Rookie of the Year battle, Ryan Blaney says there's no rivalry going on with Chase Elliott.

Just as Colossus of Rhodes stood tall over the ancient world, Colossus of Bristol hangs tall over Thunder Valley. First conceived in October of 2015 by Bruton and Marcus Smith, the new four-screen center-hung jumbotron makes its debut during this weekend's NASCAR festivities at Bristol Motor Speedway. It will also be in place for this September's Pilot Flying J Battle at Bristol.

Rusty Wallace will deliver "the most famous words in motorsports" for Sunday's race at Thunder Valley. Speaking at the corporate headquarters in Abingdon, Virginia, Steven C. Smith, president and CEO of Food City, announced that Wallace will give the command to fire engines for this Sunday's Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

This week, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series heads to my part of the country - Bristol, Tennessee - to run the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. The 500-lap race on the .533 mile (.858 km) concrete short track will be the eighth race of the 2016 season.

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and XFINITY Series travel to Bristol Motor Speedway this weekend. The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series is off. Please check below for the complete schedule of events.

A missing lug nut cost Carl Edwards a chance at victory in the Lone Star State. After starting on the pole, the driver of the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota led a good chunk of the front-half of the Duck Commander 500. After leading 124 laps and coming off a fast stop, he was in position for a duel to the finish with Martin Truex Jr.

A spin on the backstretch turned into a multi-car wreck in the closing stages of the Sprint Cup Series race in the Lone Star State. Exiting turn 2 with 47 laps to go in the Duck Commander 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, Austin Dillon was tapped from behind by Jimmie Johnson and sent sliding into the wall. After touching it with the right-rear corner, the driver of the No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet overcorrected and turned back into the outside wall.