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BRISTOL, Tenn. -- It took 24 hours to finally settle the results of the night race at Bristol and Kevin Harvick found himself in victory lane as the Sun set over Northeast Tennessee.

BRISTOL, Tenn. -- The night race at Bristol will now be run on a Sunday afternoon.

BRISTOL, Tenn. -- NASCAR reversed course and added more resin to the lower groove at Thunder Valley.

BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Carl Edwards will lead the field to the green flag in Saturday night's race at Thunder Valley. The driver of the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota scored the pole for the Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race after posting a time of 14.602 and a speed of 131.407 mph.

BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Kyle Busch topped the chart in final Sprint Cup Series practice at Bristol Motor Speedway. The driver of the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 14.796 and a speed of 129.684 mph.

BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Kyle Busch topped the chart in first Sprint Cup Series practice at Bristol Motor Speedway. The driver of the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 14.878 and a speed of 128.969 mph.

BRISTOL, Tenn. -- While he doesn't believe he's where he wants to be, Trevor Bayne says that being in contention for a Chase spot on points this late into the season "says a lot about what my team has done 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.

As hell broke loose behind, Denny Hamlin piloted along and scored the victory in the Empire State. The driver of the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota took the lead with 10 laps to go and survived a myriad of late cautions to win the Cheez-It 355 at The Glen.