Daily Archives: April 16, 2018

Kyle Busch Wins at Bristol for his Second Straight Cup Race

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Kyle Busch, the driver of the #18 Skittles Toyota, poses with the trophy in victory lane after winning the rain-delayed Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on April 16, 2018, in Bristol, Tennessee. Photo – Matt Sullivan/Getty Images

The NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series heads to Bristol Motor Speedway for some more short track racing. Bristol offers a different taste of short track racing since it is a different track type than Martinsville. Bristol has more banking in the corners which allow drivers to still carry some speed around the corners. Drivers also race all over the track at Bristol. Drivers will race down low where a traction compound gets applied to the track to allow grip on the low line. Continue reading →

Stenhouse Fights Adversity for Best Finish of the Season

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Ricky Stenhouse Jr., the driver of the #17 SunnyD Ford, leads a pack of cars during the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on April 15, 2018, in Bristol, Tennessee. Photo – Jerry Markland/Getty Images

It may have been the hardest effort Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has ever had to put in for a fourth-place finish. But the result at Bristol Motor Speedway Monday afternoon, his first top-five of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup season made every clutch decision, every zig and every zag worth it for Stenhouse and his Roush-Fenway Racing team. Continue reading →

Darrell ‘Bubba’ Wallace Jr Disappointed Despite Strong Run at Bristol

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Darrell Wallace Jr., the driver of the #43 STP Chevrolet, and Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 Skittles Toyota, race during the rain delayed Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on April 16, 2018, in Bristol, Tennessee. Photo – Jerry Markland/Getty Images

BRISTOL, Tenn. – There was a throwback moment in Monday’s weather-delayed Food City 500 that caught everyone’s eye. Continue reading →

Aric Almirola Turns in Solid Sixth-Place Run – That Could have been Better

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Aric Almirola, the driver of the #10 Smithfield Ford, leads a pack of cars the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on April 15, 2018, in Bristol, Tennessee. Photo – Robert Laberge/Getty Images

Aric Almirola was like a stealth missile in Monday’s Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. He wasn’t fighting for the lead at the front of the field, but his car got progressively better as the race unfolded and the top lane finally started paying dividends. Continue reading →

Alex Bowman Charges to Career-Best Fifth-Place Finish

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Alex Bowman, the driver of the #88 Nationwide Chevrolet, and Jimmie Johnson, the driver of the #48 Lowe’s for Pros Chevrolet, lead a pack of cars during the rain-delayed Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on April 16, 2018, in Bristol, Tennessee. Photo – Sean Gardner/Getty Images

Alex Bowman was a terror on restarts.

From the first laps of the Food City 500, he served a notice he was going to make the most of a fast No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, passing cars around the top of the track. Continue reading →