Then a late caution screwed up his strategy, and Busch found a way to win yet another Xfinity Series race at the Tennessee track. It allowed Busch to sail past the leader on the restart for his eighth series victory at Bristol.
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Kyle Busch has five wins, but none since 2011. Longtime veteran Hermie Sadler III will attempt to qualify for the Food City 300 this weekend, his first race since last season at Richmond. A group of them –Richard Petty, David Pearson, Bobby Allison, Darrell Waltrip, Yarborough and the recently deceased Buddy Baker – combined for an incredible 574 Cup Series victories, but Earnhardt is more intrigued by the stories of how they prepared for different races. He has been named one of NASCAR’s 50 Greatest Drivers. Hamlin will start on the pole for the Irwin Tools Night Race. His first Bristol win came in April 1995, when he captured his first of four consecutive spring races.
“Bristol Motor Speedway plays so many roles in the industry and in our guests’ lives”, said Jerry Caldwell, general manager for BMS.
Kurt last won at Bristol in 2006. It’s obvious he likes this track and he also has some confidence. Brad Keselowski has two wins, the last coming in 2012.
Matt Kenseth took the checkered flag in the Pure Michigan 400 Sunday at the Michigan global Speedway.
Here’s the complete starting grid for Saturday’s race at Bristol.
This race will also be NASCAR star Jeff Gordon’s final race at Bristol.
Gordon will run his old rainbow paint scheme he immortalized from 1992-2000. He sits 55 points ahead of Aric Almirola on the cutoff line, but could get in trouble with a poor showing.
Because of Larson’s limited experience, it may be a while before he wins at Bristol, but since the changes to the track in 2007, there has been a radical shift to the type of driver who wins. Now on hot streak with two wins in past three overall races. Newman has never visited Victory Lane at Bristol. Dillon was fourth and Daniel Suarez finished fifth. For his career, Stenhouse claims three top fives and nine top 10s.
“Once you do it (win a race) once, you want to do that every week”, Smith said.
The weather forecast for the Bristol Night race has improved.
Denny Hamlin was the fastest driver on the track Friday evening. But he’s still got a 19-point lead in the points standings. While he has a nice gap between him and 16th place Clint Bowyer, wins by drivers outside of the top-16 in points could knock Gordon out of the year end Chase. He has a 48-point edge over Joey Logano.
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His 131.407 miles per hour is a track record. It leaked oil on a prerace pace lap, delaying the start.
