Surprising Win for Brad Keselowski at Bristol

Surprising win for Brad Keselowski in the NASCAR Cup Series Supermarket Heroes 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
BRISTOL, TENNESSEE – MAY 31: Brad Keselowski, driver of the #2 Discount Tire Ford, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Food City presents the Supermarket Heroes 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on May 31, 2020 in Bristol, Tennessee. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

It was a surprising win for Brad Keselowski in the NASCAR Cup Series Supermarket Heroes 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Bristol Motor Speedway put on exactly the kind of wild finish that made the track one of the most popular venues on the NASCAR Cup Series schedule. Brad Keselowski was in the perfect position to take advantage of hard racing in the closing laps and earned the victory in Sunday’s Supermarket Heroes 500.

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JGR’s Denny Hamlin Wins Rain-Shortened Race at Darlington

Denny Hamlin Wins Rain-Shortened Race at Darlington
DARLINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA – MAY 20: Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 FedEx Delivering Strength Toyota, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the rain-shortened NASCAR Cup Series Toyota 500 at Darlington Raceway on May 20, 2020 in Darlington, South Carolina. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)

Becoming the Second Multi-Time Winner, JGR’s Denny Hamlin celebrates the victory

JGR’s Denny Hamlin is now the season’s second multi-time winner, as the driver of the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota after earning the rain-abbreviated Toyota 500 NASCAR Cup Series victory Wednesday night at Darlington Raceway.

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NASCAR Xfinity Series Race at Darlington Postponed

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DARLINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA – MAY 19: The #11 LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet, sits covered in the garage area prior to the NASCAR Xfinity Series Toyota 200 at Darlington Raceway on May 19, 2020, in Darlington, South Carolina. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)

Due to rain in the region, the start of Tuesday night’s Toyota 200 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Darlington Raceway is postponed until Thursday, May 21 at noon ET on FS1

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Kevin Harvick Wins at Darlington in NASCAR’s Return to Racing

DARLINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA – MAY 17: Kevin Harvick, driver of the #4 Busch Light YOURFACEHERE Ford, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series The Real Heroes 400 at Darlington Raceway on May 17, 2020 in Darlington, South Carolina. NASCAR resumes the season after the nationwide lockdown due to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19). Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images

NASCAR’s return to real-time action Sunday afternoon was a resumption of the close-quarter, high-action brand of racing that fans have long expected at historic Darlington Raceway, culminating with Kevin Harvick claiming his first trophy of the season in front of a robust television and radio audience eager to welcome sports back.

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NASCAR Returns to the Track May 17th

DARLINGTON, SC – SEPTEMBER 01: General race action during the running of the 70th annual Bojangles Southern 500 on September 1, 2019 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina (Photo by Jeff Robinson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Beginning with a NASCAR Cup Series race May 17th at Darlington Raceway, the race marks a return to the track for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic brought sports to a halt in the middle of March.

The schedule includes a pair of NASCAR Cup Series races at the historic Darlington track on Sunday afternoon, May 17, and then on Wednesday night, May 20, with a NASCAR Xfinity Series event in between on Tuesday, May 19.

The schedule then moves to Charlotte Motor Speedway where there will be NASCAR Cup Series races on Sunday, May 24, and Wednesday, May 27, with Xfinity Series and NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series events on May 25 and 26, respectively. The May 24 NASCAR Cup Series race is the traditional Memorial Day weekend Coca-Cola 600 and will be held at 6 p.m.

FOX or FS1 will televise all the races. Fans will not be permitted at the track, all the races will be one-day shows with no practice sessions, and qualifying will only take place for the Coca-Cola 600.

The news of NASCAR’s return was met with a welcome reaction on social media. 

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