DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Fifth-year Monster Energy NASCAR Cup driver Kyle Larson was understandably disappointed – perhaps even miffed – in finishing runner-up to Kyle Busch in Monday’s rain-delayed Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Continue reading
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Stenhouse Fights Adversity for Best Finish of the Season

Ricky Stenhouse Jr., the driver of the #17 SunnyD Ford, leads a pack of cars during the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on April 15, 2018, in Bristol, Tennessee. Photo – Jerry Markland/Getty Images
It may have been the hardest effort Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has ever had to put in for a fourth-place finish. But the result at Bristol Motor Speedway Monday afternoon, his first top-five of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup season made every clutch decision, every zig and every zag worth it for Stenhouse and his Roush-Fenway Racing team. Continue reading
Rain Delay Postpones Electric Race at Bristol

Cars sit on pit lane in the rain prior to the start of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on April 15, 2018, in Bristol, Tennessee. Photo – Sean Gardner/Getty Images
BRISTOL, Tenn. – The Food City 500 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race will be continued Monday because of poor weather conditions Sunday afternoon at the Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway. Continue reading
Jimmie Johnson Affirms Team is Moving in the Right Direction

Jimmie Johnson, the driver of the #48 Lowe’s for Pros Chevrolet, sits in his car during practice for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on April 14, 2018, in Bristol, Tennessee. Photo – Robert Laberge/Getty Images
BRISTOL, Tenn. – Jimmie Johnson showed up for his news conference Friday morning at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway dressed nicely in a ‘Lowe’s’ emblazoned polo shirt and ‘Lowe’s’ cap. The defending champion of Sunday’s Food City 500 [2 p.m. ET, FOX, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio] greeted reporters, laughed a little and fully confronted the elephant in the room. Continue reading
Larson Eager to Gain a Win at Bristol

Kyle Larson, the driver of the #42 McDonald’s Chevrolet, stands by his car during practice for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on April 14, 2018, in Bristol, Tennessee. Photo – Sean Gardner/Getty Images
BRISTOL, Tenn. – If enthusiasm is as contagious as the saying goes, Kyle Larson could pretty easily pass it along to the NASCAR’s entire Monster Energy NASCAR Cup garage at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway this weekend. Continue reading
