April 16, 2018
- Monday Bristol Notebook: Darrell “Bubba” Wallace Jr. disappointed despite strong run at Bristol; Aric Almirola turns in solid sixth-place run-that could have been better; Alex Bowman charges to career-best fifth-place finish.[More](4-16-2018)
- Hamlin latest driver to lash out at pit guns: Denny Hamlin says that if NASCAR continues to require teams to use standardized pit guns, “it’s going to cost somebody a race or the championship by the end of the year.” Hamlin is the latest driver to express his frustration with the pit guns all teams are required to use after he suffered a loose wheel and had to pit from the lead on Lap 266 of Monday’s Cup race at Bristol Motor Speedway. He finished 14th, one lap down.[More](4-16-2018)
- Kyle Busch uses bump-and-run to perfection in Bristol win: Executing a textbook bump-and-run against runner-up Kyle Larson on Lap 495 of 500, Kyle Busch pulled away to win Monday’s weather-delayed Food City 500, claiming his second straight victory of 2018.[More](4-16-2018)
- Kyle Busch won the rain delayed Food City 500 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway. The win is his 2nd win of 2018, 7th win at Bristol and 45th career win.
#42-Larson finished 2nd followed by #48-Johnson, #17-Stenhouse, Jr., #88-Bowman, #10-Almirola, #4-Harvick, #14-Bowyer, #22-Logano, and #31-Newman.
The final 296 laps were run Monday after the race was postponed Sunday afternoon.
Larson lead the most laps during the race, 200 of 500, but was passed by Kyle Busch with 5 laps remaining.
Stages 1 & 2 were won by #2-Keselowski. He hit the wall late in the race and finished 23rd.
There were 13 cautions for 114 laps and 18 lead changes among 8 leaders.
The average speed of the race was: 77.465 mph.
See unofficial race results, awards, laps led, cautions and more at:
Unofficial Race Results (pdf)
Cumulative Report (pdf)
Penalty Report (pdf) - Race Fast Facts – Bristol
Kyle Busch won the 58th Annual Food City 500, his 45th victory in 470 NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series races.
This is his second victory and seventh top-10 finish in 2018.
This is his seventh victory and 15th top-10 finish in 26 races at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Kyle Larson (second) posted his fifth top-10 finish in nine races at Bristol Motor Speedway. It is his fourth top-10 finish in 2018.
Jimmie Johnson (third) posted his 19th top-10 finish in 33 races at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Darrell Wallace Jr. (16th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Kyle Busch leads the point standings by 59 points over Joey Logano.
(NASCAR Integrated Sports Marketing)(4-15-2018) - 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Driver Chase Standings:
[after Bristol, race 8 of 36]
#18-Kyle Busch [2 wins], 365
#4-Kevin Harvick [3 wins – 2 can be used for playoffs], 290
#78-Martin Truex Jr. [1 win], 257
#14-Clint Bowyer [1 win], 286
#3-Austin Dillon [1 win], 183
#22-Joey Logano, 306, -59
#2-Brad Keselowski, 271, -94
#12-Ryan Blaney, 267, -98
#11-Denny Hamlin, 252, -113
#42-Kyle Larson, 249, -116
#41-Kurt Busch, 241, -124
#10-Aric Almirola, 211, -154
#20-Erik Jones, 209, -156
#88-Alex Bowman, 190, -175
#31-Ryan Newman, 181, -184
#21-Paul Menard, 170, -195
See the Unofficial Drivers Points Standings page (pdf) and Unofficial Owners Points Standings page (pdf) - Top-Ten Stage 2 Results (lap 250) of the Food City 500 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway (lap 250/500):
#2-Keselowski, 10pts, 1 playoff point
#18-Busch, 9pts
#48-Johnson, 8pts
#11-Hamlin, 7pts
#42-Larson, 6pts
#17-Stenhouse, Jr., 5pts
#88-Bowman, 4pts
#4-Harvick, 3pts
#3-Dillon, 2pts
#43-Walllace, 1pt - Top-Ten Stage 1 Results (lap 125) of the Food City 500 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway (lap 125/500):
#2-Keselowski, 10pts, 1 playoff point
#31-Newman, 9pts
#14-Bowyer, 8pts
#47-Allmendinger, 7pts
#42-Larson, 6pts
#20-Jones, 5pts
#10-Almirola, 4pts
#48-Johnson, 3pts
#17-Stenhouse, Jr., 2pts
#41-Busch, 1pt - Lucky Dogs, drivers that got a lap back during the cautions (and their finish):
Caution 1: None. No one a lap or more down.
Caution 2: #38-Ragan, 12th
Caution 3: #55-Sorenson, 32nd
Caution 4: #51-Rhodes, 37th
Caution 5: #00-Cassill, 20th
Caution 6: #1-McMurray, 19th
Caution 7: #32-DiBenedetto, 21st
Caution 8: #32-DiBenedetto (2), 21st
Caution 9: #1-McMurray (2), 19th
Caution 10: #17-Stenhouse, Jr, 4th
Caution 11: #38-Ragan (2), 12th
Caution 12: #11-Hamlin, 14th
Caution 13: #19-Suarez, 11th - Entry List for the Toyota Owners 400 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond Raceway is posted, 38 teams/drivers [for 40 spots] are listed.
Some of the drivers entered include: #15-Chastain, #51-TBA, #55-Sorenson, #72-Whitt.
Since only 38 cars are entered, all drivers will make the race.
See the full entry list on the Entry List (pdf) - Goodyear tire test set for Michigan UPDATE: Michigan International Speedway and Goodyear Tire will host five Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series teams on April 17-18 for two days of testing. And fans can watch for free.(4-6-2018)
UPDATE:
With wet and cold weather forecast for the site of this week’s Goodyear tire test at Michigan International Speedway, the tiremaker has cancelled the Tuesday and Wednesday sessions and has rescheduled them for next week (April 24-25).[More](4-16-2018) - XFINITY Entry List: There are 40 cars on the preliminary entry list for Friday’s Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
See the complete list on the Bristol entry list page.(4-9-2018)
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