April 13, 2018
- Kyle Busch edges big brother Kurt Busch for Bristol pole: Sunday’s race will be the third time the Busch bothers have started on the front row of a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race, all with Kyle in the pole position. The brothers qualified 1-2 at Las Vegas in 2009 and at Texas in 2013.[More](4-13-2018)
- Kyle Busch won the Busch pole for the Food City 500 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway with speed of 128.822mph for his 2nd pole of 2018, 2nd at Bristol and 29th of his career. Busch has won 6 times from the 28 previous poles.
#41-Busch will start 2nd followed by #2-Keselowski, #17-Stenhouse, Jr., #12-Blaney, #42-Larson, #21-Menard, #88-Bowman, #34-McDowell, #22-Logano, #24-Byron, and #19-Suarez.
#41-Busch was fastest in the second round with a speed of 129.030mph. #18-Busch was quickest in the first round with a speed of 128.960mph.
Driver(s) who will miss the race: none as 39 were entered for 40 spots.
See round-by-round qualifying results on the Qualifying results page (pdf) and the complete starting lineup on the Starting Lineup page (pdf).(4-13-2018) - Bristol Motor Speedway – Qualifying Fast Facts:
Kyle Busch won the Busch Pole Award Pole Award for the 58th Annual Food City 500 with a lap of 14.895 seconds, 128.822 mph.
This is his 29th pole in 470 NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series races.
This is his second pole and sixth top-10 start in 2018.
This is his second pole in 26 races at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Kurt Busch (second) posted his fifth top-10 start of 2018 and his 11th in 35 races at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Brad Keselowski (third) posted his 11th top-10 start at Bristol Motor Speedway. It is his fourth in eight races this season.
William Byron (11th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
(NASCAR Statistics)(4-13-2018) - Second Round of Qualifying for the Food City 500 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway is over, after 10 scheduled minutes.
#41-Busch 129.030
#18-Busch 128.969
#12-Blaney 128.322
#2-Keselowski 128.022
#42-Larson 127.767
the rest of the top 12: 22 24 17 88 34 21 19
out of the top 12 and not advancing to round 3: 20 14 95 9 48 47 10 43 3 37 38 32
(4-13-2018) - First Round of Qualifying for the Food City 500 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway is over, after 15 scheduled minutes.
#18-Busch 128.960
#41-Busch 128.382
#22-Logano 127.886
#21-Menard 127.563
#12-Blaney 127.487
the rest of the top 24: 88 17 14 48 34 2 19 38 9 47 43 95 10 24 37 20 42 3 32
out of the top 24 and not advancing to round 2: 31 1 11 78 15 23 00 13 6 72 96 55 51 66 4
Drivers who will miss the race: none, 39entered
(4-13-2018) - Friday Bristol Notebook: Right-side Bristol tire has Kyle Busch searching for familiar feel; New All-Star race rules preempt Ricky Stenhouse Jr.’s aero ideas; For Ryan Preece, Saturday’s Xfinity race is a step up in cash; Kevin Harvick to backup car after hard crash in practice.[More](4-13-2018)
- Qualifying Order for the Food City 500 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway is posted.
The first driver to be lined up on pit road will be #72-LaJoie.
The final driver lined up on pit road will be #34-McDowell.
The order is set by a random draw, how cars park on pit road before they qualify, held about an hour before the first practice.
After the first round, the cars lined up by speed.
For the qualifying order, see the Qualifying Order page (pdf).(4-13-2018) - Gaunt Brothers Racing to honor Humboldt Broncos: Canadian driver D.J. Kennington will have the Broncos’ logo on the hood of the car.[More](4-13-2018)
- First practice for the Food City 500 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway is over, after 55 scheduled minutes, the top-five, slowest and notes:
#12-Blaney 129.877
#20-Jones 129.877
#41-Busch 129.657
#18-Busch 129.456
#42-Larson 129.299
#2-Keselowski 129.004
most laps run: #22-Logano, 32 laps.
best 10 consecutive lap avg (of 3 drivers): #20-Jones 124.148
slowest: #72-LaJoie 121.898 & #51-Rhodes 121.674
notes: #47-Allmendinger spun in turn 2. #4-Harvick hit the wall in turn 3 and reported that something had broken on the car. He will have to go to a backup car and start at the rear of the field for the race.
See the fastest speeds, best 10 consecutive lap average, laps run on the Friday Practice speeds (pdf) (4-13-2018) - Sorenson returns to the #55 at Bristol: VIP Racing Experience, a full-service marketing company with over 30 years of experience in the racing industry has come on board as the primary sponsor for Reed Sorenson in this weekend’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, ‘Food City 500’. This will be Sorenson’s third race of the year for Premium Motorsports in the #55 Chevrolet.[More](4-13-2018)
- Custer paces final XFINITY practice: #00-Cole Custer was quickest in final practice at Bristol Motor Speedway with a speed of 123.570mph.
#21-Daniel Hemric was second, followed by: #19-Brandon Jones, #18-Ryan Preece, #20-Christopher Bell, #7-Justin Allgaier, #11-Ryan Truex, #22-Austin Cindric, #9-Tyler Reddick, and #98-Chase Briscoe.
See complete results on the Bristol practice 2 speeds page (pdf).(4-13-2018) - Jones fastest in opening XFINITY practice: #19-Brandon Jones was fastest during opening practice at Bristol Motor Speedway with a speed of 123.833mph.
The rest of the top 10: #7-Justin Allgaier, #18-Ryan Preece, #20-Christopher Bell, #22-Austin Cindric, #00-Cole Custer, #2-Matt Tifft, #21-Daniel Hemric, #23-Spencer Gallagher, and #9-Tyler Reddick.
See complete results on the Bristol practice 1 speeds page (pdf).(4-13-2018) - Bristol awards first Dale Earnhardt, Jr. scholarship: Bristol Motor Speedway has officially selected a winner of the first Dale Earnhardt Jr. scholarship to a deserving student from Tennessee High School in Bristol, Tenn. Senior Jaicee Weaver, who plans to begin her collegiate career studying in the automotive field at Northeast State Community College in nearby Blountville, Tenn., has earned the $2,088 scholarship. The Dale Jr. Scholarship, which was announced during the Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race last August, drew inspiration from Junior’s former career as an automotive service mechanic.[More](4-13-2018)
- Speedway Motorsports Inc. teams up with Square for credit card processing: Race fans can visit concessions stands and use major credit cards at stations which were previously cash-only. Fans can also pay with their phone using Apple Pay and Google Pay at concessions stands through the new point-of-sale system.[More](4-13-2018)
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