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Stewart Grabs Second With Two-Tire Call
A late-race call for two tires put Tony Stewart in position to win Sunday’s Food City 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway. The driver of the No. 14 Office Depot/Old Spice Chevrolet Impala for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) drove from fourth to first in the race’s final 10 laps, but couldn’t hold off Jimmie Johnson and wound up second to the four-time and reigning Sprint Cup champion. … Read entire article »
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Food City 500 Race Results
Bristol, Tenn – Jimmie Johnson used a 4 tire pit stop to go from 6th to 1st in the final laps of the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on Sunday. … Read entire article »
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Johnson Finally Wins at Bristol
BRISTOL, Tenn. — In a milestone race Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway, Jimmie Johnson — the last driver third-place finisher Kurt Busch wanted to see win the race — took the checkered flag for the 50th time in his NASCAR Sprint Cup career in the Food City 500. … Read entire article »
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Food City 500 Starting Grid
Joey Logano will be the youngest pole sitter in NASCAR history when he leads the field to the flag for Sunday’s Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Logano turned a lap nearly a tenth of a second faster than 2nd place Kurt Busch. Rounding out the top 5 were Dave Blaney, Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon. Defending race champion Kyle Busch qualified 38th. … Read entire article »
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Solid Start, Fondness for Bristol Track Put Smith in Upbeat Mood
DENVER, Colo – With the first four Sprint Cup races completed, which included a superspeedway and three intermediate tracks, Regan Smith is anxiously looking forward to the next phase of the schedule — the short track portion of the 36-event slate. … Read entire article »
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Bristol? Just Another Brick In The Wall
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. – Hugely successful upon its release in November 1979, Pink Floyd’s The Wall was the best-selling album of 1980 in the United States and it’s among the top-five best-selling albums of all-time in the U.S. … Read entire article »
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Gilliland’s First Impressions of Bristol: ‘It’s Breathtaking’
Statesville, N.C. – David Gilliland and his No. 38 Taco Bell Ford team are coming off one of their strongest performances of the season two weeks ago at the Atlanta Motor Speedway. The team was strong all afternoon before a late-race accident collected the team. … Read entire article »
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Winning at Bristol a Family Tradition
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. – While Kyle Busch can’t exactly put a finger on why he’s enjoyed so much success at Bristol Motor Speedway, one thing is for certain: with all due respect to Hank Williams Jr., winning at Bristol has become a family tradition. … Read entire article »
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Eventually Cooler Heads Will Prevail at Bristol
When NASCAR’s Sprint Cup circuit rolls into Bristol Motor Speedway for this weekend’s Food City 500, it’s a safe bet that no matter how cool the air temperatures may be there will be some hot tempers in the pits and on the track during the race. Even the most laid-back, low-key people in the sport have been known to use some language that would make a sailor take pause when the cars are running in Thunder Valley. … Read entire article »
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