Chase Briscoe is 10/1 to win on Bristol Dirt

CHASE BRISCOE Bristol Dirt Advance No. 14 Magical Vacation Planners Ford Mustang for Stewart-Haas Racing

Event Overview

●  Event:  Food City Dirt Race (Round 8 of 36) ●  Time/Date:  7 p.m. ET on Sunday, April 9 ●  Location:  Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway ●  Layout: .533-mile oval ●  Laps/Miles: 250 laps/125.5  miles ●  Stage Lengths: Stage 1: 75 laps / Stage 2: 75 laps / Final Stage: 100 laps ●  TV/Radio: FOX / PRN / SiriusXM NASCAR Radio

Notes of Interest

● The lone dirt race on the NASCAR Cup Series schedule takes competitors to Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway this weekend, and for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) driver Chase Briscoe, it’s a chance to revisit his roots and seek redemption. The 28-year-old, third-generation racer from Mitchell, Indiana, grew up turning laps on the bullrings in Southern Indiana in cars owned by his grandfather Richard Briscoe and father Kevin Briscoe. Richard was a legendary Sprint car team owner, crew chief and car builder who over time has fielded entries for 37 different drivers, including such renowned wheelmen as Chuck Amati, Dave Blaney, Dick Gaines, Jack Hewitt, Steve Kinser and Rich Vogler. Kevin raced Sprint cars for more than 20 years and won more than 150 feature events. He claimed track championships at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Indiana, and Bloomington (Ind.) Speedway five times, including one streak of three in a row. Now Chase, the youngest Briscoe looks to continue adding to his resume in the highest level of stock car competition.   ● Briscoe’s results in the first two Bristol dirt races in 2021 and 2022 weren’t what he was hoping for, but his performance in last year’s event is one that won’t soon be forgotten. He started fourth based on passing points earned during his qualifying race, and he immediately took the lead on lap one. He led for 48 laps before spinning on lap 51 to bring out a caution. Briscoe regained the lead on lap 140 and was declared the winner of the second stage before the field was brought to pit road with rain beginning to impact track conditions. When the race returned to green, and following pit stops, Briscoe returned to the front of the field and placed himself in position to battle for the win. As the laps wound down, Briscoe plotted his move and, on the final lap, he put it all on the line when he tried to slide up in front of Tyler Reddick going into turn three. The SHR driver was unable to clear Reddick’s No. 8, sending both drivers spinning and opening the door for Kyle Busch to take the win.   ● Before this weekend’s featured event on Sunday, Briscoe will make his return to the NASCAR Truck Series to pilot the No. 22 Ford F-150 for AM Racing. Briscoe finished fifth in the inaugural Truck Series event on the dirt at Bristol om 2021, and won the 2018 Eldora Dirt Derby when the Truck Series ran at his team co-owner Tony Stewart’s Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio. Briscoe made two other Truck Series starts at Eldora and finished in the top-10 both times – third in 2017 and seventh in 2019.   ● SHR partner Magical Vacation Planner (MVP) also returns this weekend with a new look for its first outing on the No. 14 Ford Mustang. Briscoe will have more than 400 MVP agents riding along with him as he takes to the dirt-covered track inside the Last Great Colosseum. MVP was founded by Jamie Ane Eubanks alongside her husband JJ, a former professional basketball player, as a storefront travel agency in 2006. Together, they have taken the company to new heights.  Today, MVPprovides one of the best vacation planning services in the industry, serving guests through three branches:MVP Parks, MVP Cruising, and MVP Getaways. The company provides its exclusive and personalized, stress-free planning service at no additional expense to its clients, making the extensive array of vacation options and add-ons easy to understand and navigate. Its planners actively seek savings for guests by monitoring the release of discounted room or vacation packages in addition to creating itineraries.

Chase Briscoe, Driver of the No. 14 Magical Vacation Planner Ford Mustang for Stewart-Haas Racing:

It will be a busy week for you leading into the Cup Series race at Bristol. Does the extra time behind the wheel help you prepare for Sunday? “I don’t know that it’s really beneficial. The truck and Cup car are so different. The biggest thing will be getting an idea of how the track changes, but it could still change from Saturday to Sunday depending on how they prep it. You can still get an idea of where the lanes will form and kind of where guys start to run. I think that’s something that the dirt guys really pay attention to. You’re always watching the track and how it changes throughout the day and the night. Typically if you’re doing double duty you’re focused on making laps, but in this case I’ll be looking to see how quick the track starts to change and take rubber.”   We saw you take a big gamble on the last lap of last year’s race in an attempt to bring home the win. Would you be up for doing that again? “I think it just depends on the situation. Last year, we had won at Phoenix and were in way different position, points-wise. I’ve also got a better understanding of how the car will handle if I try that again. I definitely don’t regret trying it. I hate that it went the way it did for Tyler (Reddick), but I think a lot of the moves we make in races are situational and it really just depends on the moment.”   You’ve got Magical Vacation Planner back on the No. 14 this weekend. How would it feel to take all of those agents and Jamie and JJ to victory lane? “I’ve known Jamie and JJ since I was little and it would be really special to be able to get a win with them and all of the agents on the car. I had the chance to visit with a lot of those agents earlier this year in Orlando and they are some of the most down-to-earth people I’ve ever met and just love their jobs. We’ve taken quite a few vacations with the help of the Magical Vacation Planner agents, so it’d be really cool to kind of reward them with a win.”

 

Bristol Betting Preview: 2020 Food City 500

Kyle Busch goes for his 9th Bristol win.

Date: Sunday, May 31, 2020
Venue: Bristol Motor Speedway
Television-Time: FS1, 3:35 p.m. ET

Sunday’s Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway will be the ninth NASCAR Cup Series race of 2020, and fifth since restarting the season two weeks ago.

What’s makes this race unique from a betting perspective, probably more than any Bristol race I’ve ever bet, is that there is an extreme unknown factor putting the bookmakers and bettors both at the same disadvantage.

There are no practices or qualifying and they’ll be racing with the race package featuring engines with 750 horsepower and a shorter spoiler that has raced only once this season, at Phoenix Raceway, the last race before the nation shut down.

The Phoenix race won by Joey Logano is a good starting point to review. We saw four drivers lead at least 60 laps, three of which had more then Logano. There were 20 lead changes altogether with Team Penske showing some strength, but Stewart-Haas Racing saw all four of its drivers finish ninth or better led by Kevin Harvick who was runner-up. The flat 1-mile spread at Phoenix races different than Bristol’s high-banked half-mile concrete layout, but from a performance perspective, it’s almost all we have to reference.

While I feel Chase Elliott, Brad Keselowski, and eight-time Bristol winner Kyle Busch should be the drivers to beat, the unknown factor has piqued my interest, the greed interest. Part of it is due to Phoenix and part of it is due to past history.

How about I try and make a case for Matt Kenseth to win? Sure, he’s looked rusty at times since taking over the No. 42, but Bristol is one of his best tracks over his career with four wins, and 15 top-five finishes which is tops among active drivers. He’s led 1,583 laps, second-most among actives, and has completed almost 95 percent of the scheduled laps with just four DNFs in 36 starts.

Kyle Larson started the season in the No. 42 for Chip Ganassi Racing and last fall at Bristol had run the fastest laps during the race and finished sixth. In the March Phoenix race, Larson finished fourth using the race package Kenseth will be using this week.

But it’s the perceived rust factor that allows us to get 50-to-1 odds or higher on the 48-year old to win -- unless you bet in the Washington D.C. area that just got a lousy sportsbook operator.

Kenseth’s last Bristol races were in 2017 and he finished fourth in both. His last Bristol win was 2015. The Westgate Las Vegas Superbook opened Kenseth at 80-to-1 odds to win on Friday afternoon.

The other driver that has long odds is Clint Bowyer who has run great at Bristol, but I like him more this week due to his fifth-place at Phoenix and all his SHR teammates finishing in the top-10 with this 750 horsepower package. Bowyer loves this track.

“Just the unknown, being able to go for it, being able to not worry about an aero push or horsepower deficit or whatever the case may be – get ahold of the steering wheel, get ahold of the gas pedal and make something happen and this is a track where you can do that,” Bowyer said.

Bowyer has finished eighth or better in his last four Bristol starts and had a career-best runner-up in 2017, his first season driving for SHR. He’s got seven top-fives in 28 starts, and he’s been close to winning in at least four of those.

Kevin Harvick is a two-time Bristol and I’ve always believed he should have a few more there because it fits him perfectly. I still feel like I was robbed in 2001 when as a rookie he led 137 laps and had the best car but lost to Elliott Sadler who appeared to use the same set of tires that didn't lose grip the entire race.

Harvick has been runner-up five times since then and 12 total top-fives overall which is tied with three others for second-most among active drivers. The Superbook has him 8-to-1 this weekend.

The favorites to win this week are Kyle Busch and Chase Elliott at 9-to-2 odds which says a lot about Elliott’s rise and to some degree Kyle Busch’s fall. He is winless and hasn’t led a lap since the Daytona 500 which ironically turned out to be his worst finish (34th) so far. But Busch has this place figured out.

“Bristol is kind of a finicky place,” Kyle Busch said. “You’re used to running on asphalt every week and so the concrete can throw you for a little bit of a loop. But that place ages and the track changes, there are some little nuances that change with the racing surface and the line, they’re always changing something. We had the old concrete there and then they went to this progressive style concrete and then they ground the top and then they spread the PJ1 on the bottom, and now you run the bottom but you end up going back to the top at the end the race.

“It’s just paying attention to days leading up to it, with the Xfinity race or Trucks in the fall and getting your eyes on the track and seeing what it’s doing,” Busch continued. “We won’t have that luxury now, but we’ll obviously be paying attention to how the race starts and which way track is trending with our Skittles Camry.”

More uncertainty in all facets of this race.

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Chase Elliott is 9/2 co-favorite to win 2020 Food City at Bristol

Busy week for Chase Elliott.

Driver Chase Elliott on his NASCAR Cup Series win at Charlotte:
“We battled hard and finally got our car good enough there at the end. I’m not sure that we had it exactly perfect, but the guys did a great job making good adjustments and good pit stops there to put us in a position, and I think the race going long played into our favor as compared to what Kevin (Harvick) had to work with. Just had some good fortune and things went our way. Just appreciate all our partners for sticking with us. Finally good to get a Kelley Blue Book win. That’s our first win together, so hopefully many more.”

Elliott on how he feels physically after three races in five days:
“I feel really good. I feel like I tried to stay biking and doing things throughout those two months off, and honestly coming back and going back to Darlington where it was hot and then coming into the 600, it kind of just threw us back right to the wolves, and I think that was really a good thing just to really get some hot races and some long races in right off the bat and just jump right to it. I feel good, and I'm certainly tired, it’s been a long week, but I’m going to rest these next couple days and get ready for Bristol. I am looking forward to going and hopefully having a good run.”


UNSTOPPABLE AT CHARLOTTE: Chase Elliott notched his seventh career NASCAR Cup Series win Thursday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway where he led the final 28 laps on the oval and secured his fifth playoff berth in his fifth full-time season. The 24-year-old Hendrick Motorsports driver became the fourth-youngest in history to record seven Cup victories, which have come on six different racetracks, and the fifth-youngest to record 15 NASCAR national series wins.

MILESTONE WIN: Elliott’s win Thursday night altered NASCAR’s record book. He became the eighth driver to win a Cup Series race for car owner Rick Hendrick on the Charlotte oval, making Hendrick Motorsports the first team in history to field eight different winners at one racetrack. The performance also marked Hendrick Motorsports’ 60th Cup victory at a 1.5-mile venue, extending the team’s all-time record. The Charlotte oval became the third track where Hendrick Motorsports has recorded at least 20 points-paying Cup wins, and the organization is now 10 away from tying Petty Enterprises’ all-time record of 268 victories.

TAKE A BOW: Elliott’s win capped off wild week in which he finished a disappointing second in Sunday’s 600-mile race on the Charlotte oval after leading 38 laps and then won Tuesday night’s Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series race at the track. His truck victory with GMS Racing made him the 10th driver in history to win at least three races in each of NASCAR’s three national touring series.

NINE’S A CHARM: On Sunday, Elliott will make his ninth NASCAR Cup Series start at Bristol Motor Speedway in the ninth race of the 2020 season. In his first eight appearances at the 0.533-mile oval, the driver of the No. 9 NAPA AUTO PARTS Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE has collected three top-five finishes, four top-10s and one pole award (April 2019). He also ranks fourth in average finish (11.5) of drivers with more than six Bristol starts since 2014. In addition, Elliott has posted a top-10 finish in all five of his NASCAR Xfinity Series starts at the track.

OUT FRONT AT BRISTOL: In eight Cup-level starts at Bristol, Elliott has led 199 laps. It represents his fourth-highest total of laps led at any track behind only Dover International Speedway (294), Phoenix Raceway (249) and the Charlotte oval (224). Elliott has led laps in six of the eight races run thus far in 2020.

LAST TIME AROUND: In their most recent visit to Bristol in August 2019, Elliott and the No. 9 NAPA AUTO PARTS team collected top-10 results in each stage and led a total of 33 laps en route to a fifth-place finish.

FIRST EIGHT: After eight Cup races in 2020, Elliott is third in the driver standings. He ranks third in laps led (280) and has collected four top-five finishes, five top-10s and one pole award (Phoenix in March). The Dawsonville, Georgia, native holds the third-highest average running position for the season (8.16), and his three stage wins in 2020 are one behind teammate Alex Bowman for the series lead.

BRISTOL KNOW HOW: Primary sponsor NAPA AUTO PARTS will once again be featured on Elliott’s No. 9 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE this weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway. The familiar blue, white and yellow scheme will be on track for 26 races in 2020. Earlier this year, it was announced that NAPA AUTO PARTS and Hendrick Motorsports will continue their partnership through 2022. Click here to read the full release.

GUSTAFSON HITS 30 AT BMS: On Sunday, No. 9 team crew chief Alan Gustafson will call his 30th NASCAR Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway. In his previous 29 events atop the pit box for five different drivers (Elliott, Kyle Busch, Casey Mears, Mark Martin and Jeff Gordon) at the Tennessee track, he has collected nine top-five finishes, including a win and two runner-up results, and 799 laps led. The win came in 2007 with Busch.

BEHIND THE 9: Gustafson is trying his hand as a host in a new Hendrick Motorsports video series called “Behind the 9” in which he interviews each member of the No. 9 crew. Fans are able to learn about where they came from and the role they serve on the team, with each bringing a unique personality and skillset. Episodes are released every Tuesday on the Hendrick Motorsports Facebook page and YouTube channel. The most recent episode features gas man John Gianninoto.

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2020 Season 3rd in standings 8 starts 1 win 1 pole position 4 top-five finishes 5 top-10 finishes 280 laps led      Career 157 starts 7 wins 9 pole positions 48 top-five finishes 79 top-10 finishes 2,124 laps led     Track Career  8 starts 0 wins 1 pole position 3 top-five finishes 4 top-10 finishes 199 laps led

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Bristol Track Facts: 2020 Food City 500

Kyle Busch has eight Cup wins at Bristol.

The NASCAR Cup Series 2020 Top 16 in Driver Standings at Bristol Motor Speedway

	Driver	Races	Poles	Wins	Top Fives	Top 10s	DNFs	Average Finish	Driver Rating
1	Kevin Harvick	38	1	2	12	19	4	13.8	95.2
2	Joey Logano	22	1	2	6	10	1	15	90.6
3	Chase Elliott	8	1	0	3	4	0	11.5	95.9
4	Alex Bowman	8	0	0	1	2	0	20.9	65.8
5	Brad Keselowski	20	0	2	5	6	0	17.3	88.2
6	Ryan Blaney	9	0	0	1	4	1	18.6	90.5
7	Martin Truex Jr	28	0	0	2	3	4	20.6	83.3
8	Denny Hamlin	28	4	2	9	14	2	14.4	91.7
9	Aric Almirola	21	0	0	1	3	6	24.8	63.5
10	Kurt Busch	38	1	6	12	20	3	14.2	91.5
11	Matt DiBenedetto	10	0	0	1	2	0	17.9	63.7
12	Kyle Busch	29	2	8	12	17	4	13.4	101.8
13	Erik Jones	6	1	0	2	2	0	16	94.1
14	Clint Bowyer	28	0	0	7	15	2	14.1	83.1
15	Austin Dillon	12	0	0	1	2	1	18.3	68.1
16	Jimmie Johnson	36	1	2	12	21	1	13.3	92.4

* – Based on last 30 races at Bristol Motor Speedway (2005 – 2019).

At Bristol Motor Speedway:

HISTORY

·        Groundbreaking for Bristol International Speedway, as Bristol Motor Speedway was originally known, took place in 1960. The track was an exact half-mile.

·        The first NASCAR Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway was on July 30, 1961; Jack Smith won the event (with relief from Johnny Allen).

·        All of the NASCAR Cup Series races have been scheduled for 500 laps, except for both races in 1976 and the second in 1977, which were 400 laps each.

·        In the fall of 1969, the track was reshaped and re-measured to .533-miles.

·        The name changed to Bristol International Raceway in 1978.

·        The first night race was held in the fall of 1978.

·        The surface was changed from asphalt to concrete in 1992.

·        The name changed to Bristol Motor Speedway in May, 1996.

·        The track was resurfaced between races in 2007, and the turns were ground down in 2012 to eliminate part of the progressive banking.

·        There have been 118 NASCAR Cup Series races at Bristol Motor Speedway since the first race in 1961, two races each season.

STARTS

·        A total of 462 different drivers have competed in at least one NASCAR Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway; 324 have competed in more than one.

·        NASCAR Hall of Famer Richard Petty leads the series in starts at Bristol with 60.

·        Kevin Harvick and Kurt Busch lead all active NASCAR Cup Series drivers in starts at Bristol with 38 starts each.

·        NASCAR Hall of Famer Fred Lorenzen (12 starts) and driver Charlie Glotzbach (four starts) are tied for the all-time series lead in average starting position at Bristol with a 3.25 each.

·        Chase Elliott leads all active NASCAR Cup Series drivers in average starting position at Bristol with a 7.0 in eight starts. 

Top Five in Average Starting Positions at Bristol Motor Speedway (All-Time & Active)

Rank	All-Time Drivers	Average Start	Starts	Rank	Active Drivers	Average Start	Starts
1	Charlie Glotzbach	3.250	4	1	Chase Elliott	7.000	8
2	Fred Lorenzen	3.250	12	2	Joey Logano	8.364	22
3	Marvin Panch	3.750	8	3	Erik Jones	9.167	6
4	Fireball Roberts	4.286	7	4	Ryan Blaney	9.222	9
5	Junior Johnson	4.400	10	5	William Byron	9.750	4

·        Thirty-four drivers have made their first series career start at Bristol Motor Speedway; the most recent was Chad Finchum (April 16, 2018).  

POLES

·        A total of 51 different NASCAR Cup Series drivers have won the Busch Pole Award at Bristol Motor Speedway.

·        NASCAR Hall of Famers Mark Martin and Cale Yarborough lead the series in poles at Bristol with nine each.

·        Denny Hamlin leads all active drivers in Busch poles at Bristol Motor Speedway with four (2013, 2014, 2015 and 2019).

·        Fred Lorenzen won the inaugural Busch Pole Award at Bristol in the NASCAR Cup Series with a speed of 79.225 mph in a Ford.

·        12 different drivers have posted consecutive poles at Bristol Motor Speedway; Mark Martin is the only driver of the 12 to win four consecutive poles at Bristol: Fireball Roberts (swept 1962), Fred Lorenzen (swept 1963), Richard Petty (1967-’68), Bobby Allison (swept 1972), Cale Yarborough (swept 1973; swept 1977; swept 1980), Darrell Waltrip (swept 1981, spring 1982), Geoff Bodine (swept 1986), Mark Martin (swept 1995-1996– all four races; and swept 2009); Rusty Wallace (swept 1998, spring 1999), Jeff Gordon (swept 2002), Denny Hamlin (fall 2013, spring 2014) and Carl Edwards (2016 sweep).

·        Youngest Bristol pole winner: Joey Logano (March 21, 2010 – 19 years, 9 months, 25 days) – his first NASCAR Cup Series career pole.

·        Oldest Bristol pole winner: Harry Gant (August 27, 1994 – 54 years, 7 months, 17 days) – his last NASCAR Cup Series career pole.

NASCAR Cup Series
First-Time Pole Winners
Pole Winner	Date
Tim Richmond	8/28/1982
Rick Wilson	4/10/1988
Ernie Irvan	4/8/1990
Chuck Bown	4/10/1994
Steve Park	3/26/2000
Jeff Green	8/25/2001
Joey Logano	3/21/2010
Erik Jones	8/19/2017

·        Seven different drivers have posted their first NASCAR Cup Series career pole at Bristol.

·        Joey Logano (03/10/2010) and Erik Jones (08/19/2017) are the only active drivers to win their first NASCAR Cup Series Busch Pole Award at Bristol Motor Speedway.

·        A total of nine different manufacturers have won Busch Pole Awards at Bristol Motor Speedway in the NASCAR Cup Series; led by Chevrolet (39) and followed by Ford (36), Toyota (11), Dodge (8), Pontiac (7), Buick (4), Plymouth (4), Oldsmobile (3) and Mercury (2).

WINS

·        A total of 42 different NASCAR Cup Series drivers have won at Bristol Motor Speedway.

·        NASCAR Hall of Famer Darrell Waltrip leads the series in wins at Bristol with 12 victories; including eight straight (1978, 1979, 1981 sweep, 1982 sweep, 1983 sweep, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1992). 

·        Kyle Busch leads the series among active drivers in wins at Bristol with eight victories (Spring 2007, 2009 sweep, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019).

·        Jack Smith (with relief from Johnny Allen) won the first NASCAR Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway on July 30, 1961 in a Pontiac.

·        12 drivers have won consecutive NASCAR Cup Series races at Bristol; led by Darrell Waltrip with eight consecutive victories from 1979-1984.

·        The other 11 drivers with consecutive wins are Fred Lorenzen (1963-1964 sweep), David Pearson (1968 sweep), Bobby Allison (1972 sweep), Cale Yarborough did it twice (1974 sweep and four straight from 1976-1977), Richard Petty (1975 sweep), Dale Earnhardt also did twice (1985 sweep and 1987 sweep), Alan Kulwicki (1992 sweep), Rusty Wallace (2000 sweep), Kurt Busch (2003 sweep and 2004 Spring race), Kyle Busch (2009 sweep and Fall 2017-Spring 2018) and Brad Keselowski (Fall 2011-Spring 2012).

·        Youngest Bristol winner: Kyle Busch (March 25, 2007 – 21 years, 10 months, 23 days).

·        Oldest Bristol winner: Dale Earnhardt (August 28, 1999 – 48 years, 3 months, 30 days).

·        Five drivers have posted their first NASCAR Cup Series career win at Bristol Motor Speedway: Dale Earnhardt (04/01/1979), Rusty Wallace (04/06/1986), Ernie Irvan (03/25/1990), Elliott Sadler (03/25/2001) and Kurt Busch (03/24/2002).

·        The race winner has started from the pole 26 times (22.03%) - the most productive starting position in the field. The last driver to win from the pole was Denny Hamlin (Spring 2019).

NASCAR Cup Series Wins by Starting Positions at Bristol Motor Speedway

Starting Position	Wins	Winning %	Starting Position	Wins	Winning %	Starting Position	Wins	Winning %
1	25	22.03%	9	6	5.13%	18	2	1.71%
2	13	11.11%	10	2	1.71%	19	3	2.56%
3	9	7.69%	11	1	0.85%	20	1	0.85%
4	9	7.69%	12	5	4.27%	24	2	1.71%
5	10	8.55%	13	4	3.42%	26	1	0.85%
6	9	7.69%	14	2	1.71%	27	1	0.85%
7	1	0.85%	15	1	0.85%	30	1	0.85%
8	7	5.98%	17	1	0.85%	38	1	0.85%
Stats				Winning %	Wins
Winning from the First Starting Position:				22.03%	26
Winning from the Front Row:				33.05%	39
Winning from a Top-Five Starting Position:				56.77%	67
Winning from a Top-10 Starting Position:				77.96%	92
Winning After Starting Outside the Top 20:				5.13%	6

·        Six drivers have won from the pole position multiple times: Bobby Allison (1972 twice), Cale Yarborough (1973, 1977 twice, 1980), Darrell Waltrip (1981 twice, 1982), Rusty Wallace (1991, 1993, 1999, 2000), Matt Kenseth (2005, 2015) and Carl Edwards (2008, 2016).

·        The deepest in the field that a race winner has started is 38th, by Elliott Sadler in 2001.

Top Five Bristol Owner Winners
Race Winners	Wins
Junior Johnson & Assoc.	16
Joe Gibbs Racing	13
Team Penske	12
Hendrick Motorsports	11
Roush Fenway Racing	11

·        Junior Johnson leads the series in car owner wins at Bristol with 16. Joe Gibbs leads the series among active car owners with the most wins at Bristol with 13; followed by Roger Penske (12), Jack Roush and Rick Hendrick with 11 each.

·        Eight different manufacturers have won in the NASCAR Cup Series at Bristol; led by Chevrolet with 45 victories; followed by Ford (36), Toyota (12), Dodge (8), Pontiac (8), Buick (4), Plymouth (3) and Oldsmobile (1).

ADDITIONAL FINISHING POSITIONS STATS

·        A total of 53 different NASCAR Cup Series drivers have finished runner-up at Bristol Motor Speedway, led by NASCAR Hall of Famer Richard Petty with 10 second-place finishes.

·        Kevin Harvick leads all active drivers in runner-up finishes at Bristol with five.

Top Five in Runner-Up Finishes at Bristol Motor Speedway (All-Time & Active)

Rank	All-Time Drivers	Runner-Ups	Rank	Active Drivers	Runner-Ups
1	Richard Petty	10	1	Kevin Harvick	5
2	Rusty Wallace	7	2	Kyle Busch	3
3	Bobby Allison	6	3	Jimmie Johnson	2
4	Dale Earnhardt	6	4	Kyle Larson	2
5	Mark Martin	6	5	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	2

·        A total of 117 different NASCAR Cup Series drivers have finished in the top-five at Bristol, led by NASCAR Hall of Famers Darrell Waltrip and Richard Petty with 26 top-five finishes each.

·        Matt Kenseth leads all active drivers in top fives at Bristol Motor Speedway with 15.  

Top Five in Top-Five Finishes at Bristol Motor Speedway (All-Time & Active)

Rank	All-Time Drivers	Top Fives	Rank	Active Drivers	Top Fives
1	Darrell Waltrip	26	1	Matt Kenseth	15
2	Richard Petty	26	2	Kevin Harvick	12
3	Bobby Allison	23	3	Kurt Busch	12
4	Rusty Wallace	22	4	Kyle Busch	12
5	Dale Earnhardt	20	5	Jimmie Johnson	12

·        A total of 199 different NASCAR Cup Series drivers have finished inside the top-10 at Bristol Motor Speedway, led by NASCAR Hall of Famer Richard Petty with 37 top-10 finishes.

·        Matt Kenseth leads the series among active drivers in top-10 finishes at Bristol with 22.

Top Five in Top-10 Finishes at Bristol Motor Speedway (All-Time & Active)

Rank	All-Time Drivers	Top 10s	Rank	Active Drivers	Top 10s
1	Richard Petty	37	1	Matt Kenseth	22
2	Terry Labonte	33	2	Jimmie Johnson	21
3	Darrell Waltrip	32	3	Kurt Busch	20
4	Ricky Rudd	31	4	Ryan Newman	19
5	Dale Earnhardt	30	5	Kevin Harvick	19

·        Dick Hutcherson leads the NASCAR Cup Series in average finishing postion with a 2.4 in five starts.  

·        Chase Elliott leads the series among active drivers in average finishing position at Bristol with a 12.429 in seven series starts.

Top 10 in Average Finishing Position at Bristol Motor Speedway (All-Time & Active)

Rank	All-Time Drivers	Average Finish	Starts	Rank	Active Drivers	Average Finish	Starts
1	Dick Hutcherson	2.400	5	1	Chase Elliott	11.500	8
2	Junior Spencer	5.500	2	2	Daniel Suarez	13.000	6
3	Jimmy Hensley	6.500	2	3	Jimmie Johnson	13.278	36
4	Joe Weatherly	6.667	6	4	Kyle Busch	13.448	29
5	Janet Guthrie	8.500	2	5	Matt Kenseth	13.611	36
6	Benny Parsons	8.630	27	6	Kevin Harvick	13.842	38
7	Gene Black	9.000	3	7	Clint Bowyer	14.071	28
8	Dale Earnhardt	9.256	43	8	Kurt Busch	14.184	38
9	Rusty Wallace	9.568	44	9	Denny Hamlin	14.393	28
10	Cale Yarborough	10.483	29	10	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	14.429	14

TRACK/EVENT SPECIFIC STATS

·        Since the advent of electronic scoring (1993) the closest margin of victory in the NASCAR Cup Series at Bristol Motor Speedway is the March 25, 2007 race won by Kyle Busch with a MOV of 0.064 second over Jeff Burton.

Top Five Closest Margins of Victory in the NASCAR Cup Series at Bristol:

Rank	Margin of Victory	Winner	Runner-Up	Date
1	0.064	Kyle Busch	Jeff Burton	3/25/2007
2	0.098	Kyle Busch	Mark Martin	8/22/2009
3	0.102	Dale Jarrett	Mark Martin	8/23/1997
4	0.140	Mark Martin	Rusty Wallace	8/28/1993
5	0.160	Rusty Wallace	Mark Martin	8/27/1994
	0.160	Terry Labonte	Dale Earnhardt	8/26/1995

·        Qualifying has been cancelled due to weather conditions in the NASCAR Cup Series at Bristol Motor Speedway four times: 3/26/2006, 3/16/2008, 8/25/2012 and 04/24/2017. 

·        Two of the 118 NASCAR Cup Series races at Bristol Motor Speedway have been shortened due to weather conditions.

Scheduled No. of Laps	Actual No. of Laps	No. of Fewer Laps	Race Winner	Date
500	342	158	Jeff Gordon	3/31/1996
500	419	81	Darrell Waltrip	8/27/1983

·        There have been five NASCAR Overtime finishes at Bristol:

Scheduled No. of Laps	Actual No. of Laps	NASCAR Overtime Laps	Race Winner	Date
500	511	11	Matt Kenseth	4/19/2015
500	503	3	Carl Edwards	3/16/2014
500	503	3	Kyle Busch	3/22/2009
500	506	6	Jeff Burton	3/16/2008
500	504	4	Kyle Busch	3/25/2007

LAP LEADERS

·        A total of 132 different drivers have led at least one lap in the NASCAR Cup Series at Bristol Motor Speedway.

·        NASCAR Hall of Famer Cale Yarborough leads the series in laps led at Bristol with 4,305 laps led in 29 starts.

·        Kyle Busch leads all active drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series in laps led at Bristol with 2,334 in 30 starts.