Dale Earnhardt Jr., the driver of the #88 Goody’s Mixed Fruit Blast Chevrolet, leads a pack of cars during the NASCAR XFINITY Series Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway on August 18, 2017, in Bristol, Tennessee. Photo – Sean Gardner/Getty Images
.Suffering from cramps in his hands and dehydration, Dale Earnhardt Jr. paid a visit to the infield care center after finishing 13th in Friday night’s 36th Annual Food City 300 NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Continue reading
No one else had a chance.
Other NASCAR XFINITY Series competitors in Saturday night’s 36th Annual Food City 300 might have brought fast race cars—runner-up Daniel Suarez certainly did. Continue reading
Dale Earnhardt Jr., the driver of the #88 Goody’s Mixed Fruit Blast Chevrolet, talks to the media during a press conference for the NASCAR Xfinity Series Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway on August 17, 2017, in Bristol, Tennessee. Photo – Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images
“That’s what I’m talking about, man—that is awesome!” said Dale Earnhardt Jr. upon learning that Bristol Motor Speedway was launching a scholarship in his name.
A remarkable chain of circumstances gave Austin Dillon the chance to win Friday night’s Food City 300 NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Dillon took full advantage, completing two harrowing overtime laps to edge surprise runner-up Justin Allgaier in a race that went eight laps beyond the scheduled distance at the ultra-fast 0.533-mile concrete short track. Continue reading
When Chris Buescher’s Ford faltered on a green-white-checkered restart on Friday night at Bristol Motor Speedway, Kyle Busch took full advantage, as is his custom.
In a Food City 300 that went to two laps of overtime at the .533-mile short track, Busch finished 0.427 seconds ahead of Kyle Larson, as Buescher faded to 11th after his car failed to pick up fuel off turn two of the next-to-last lap.
The victory was Busch’s third of the season in the NASCAR XFINITY Series, his eighth at Bristol and the 73rd of his career, extending his own series record. Continue reading