Motor car race
The 2024 Food City 500 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on March 17, 2024, at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee . Contested over 500 laps on the 0.533 miles (0.858 km) short track, it was the fifth race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season. Denny Hamlin won the race. Martin Truex Jr. finished 2nd, and Brad Keselowski finished 3rd. Alex Bowman and Kyle Larson rounded out the top five, and John Hunter Nemechek , Chris Buescher , Chase Elliott , Ty Gibbs , and Christopher Bell rounded out the top ten.
The race achieved prominent attention because of the combination of very serious tire wear to where drivers slowed their pace up to three seconds a lap and rampant passing to where the lead changed a NASCAR short track record 54 times.
Report
Background
Bristol Motor Speedway, the track where the race was held.
Bristol Motor Speedway, formerly known as Bristol International Raceway and Bristol Raceway, is a NASCAR short track venue located in Bristol , Tennessee . Constructed in 1960, it held its first NASCAR race on July 30, 1961. Bristol is among the most popular tracks on the NASCAR schedule because of its distinct features, which include extraordinarily steep banking combined with short length, an all concrete surface, two pit roads , and stadium -like seating.
In 2021, the race shifted to a dirt surface version of the track and was renamed the Food City Dirt Race.[9]
On September 15, 2023, Bristol Motor Speedway announced that the race would return to being run on concrete.[10]
Entry list
(R) denotes rookie driver.
(i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Practice
Ryan Blaney was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 15.028 seconds and a speed of 127.682 mph (205.484 km/h).[11]
Practice results
Qualifying
Ryan Blaney scored the pole for the race with a time of 15.356 and a speed of 124.954 mph (201.094 km/h).[12]
Qualifying results
Race
Race results
Stage Results
Stage One
Laps: 125
Pos
Driver
Team
Manufacturer
Points
1
54
Ty Gibbs
Joe Gibbs Racing
Toyota
10
2
5
Kyle Larson
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet
9
3
17
Chris Buescher
RFK Racing
Ford
8
4
6
Brad Keselowski
RFK Racing
Ford
7
5
42
John Hunter Nemechek
Legacy Motor Club
Toyota
6
6
12
Ryan Blaney
Team Penske
Ford
4
7
19
Martin Truex Jr.
Joe Gibbs Racing
Toyota
5
8
20
Christopher Bell
Joe Gibbs Racing
Toyota
3
9
41
Ryan Preece
Stewart-Haas Racing
Ford
2
10
4
Josh Berry (R)
Stewart-Haas Racing
Ford
1
Official stage one results
Stage Two
Laps: 125
Pos
Driver
Team
Manufacturer
Points
1
54
Ty Gibbs
Joe Gibbs Racing
Toyota
10
2
6
Brad Keselowski
RFK Racing
Ford
9
3
22
Joey Logano
Team Penske
Ford
8
4
42
John Hunter Nemechek
Legacy Motor Club
Toyota
7
5
20
Christopher Bell
Joe Gibbs Racing
Toyota
6
6
19
Martin Truex Jr.
Joe Gibbs Racing
Toyota
5
7
11
Denny Hamlin
Joe Gibbs Racing
Toyota
4
8
5
Kyle Larson
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet
3
9
23
Bubba Wallace
23XI Racing
Toyota
2
10
41
Ryan Preece
Stewart-Haas Racing
Ford
1
Official stage two results
Final Stage Results
Stage Three
Laps: 250
Pos
Grid
Driver
Team
Manufacturer
Laps
Points
1
3
11
Denny Hamlin
Joe Gibbs Racing
Toyota
500
44
2
11
19
Martin Truex Jr.
Joe Gibbs Racing
Toyota
500
44
3
17
6
Brad Keselowski
RFK Racing
Ford
500
50
4
29
48
Alex Bowman
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet
500
33
5
10
5
Kyle Larson
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet
500
44
6
26
42
John Hunter Nemechek
Legacy Motor Club
Toyota
499
44
7
34
17
Chris Buescher
RFK Racing
Ford
499
38
8
5
9
Chase Elliott
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet
499
29
9
19
54
Ty Gibbs
Joe Gibbs Racing
Toyota
499
48
10
12
20
Christopher Bell
Joe Gibbs Racing
Toyota
499
36
11
7
34
Michael McDowell
Front Row Motorsports
Ford
499
26
12
2
4
Josh Berry (R)
Stewart-Haas Racing
Ford
499
26
13
6
14
Chase Briscoe
Stewart-Haas Racing
Ford
498
24
14
25
41
Ryan Preece
Stewart-Haas Racing
Ford
498
26
15
36
1
Ross Chastain
Trackhouse Racing
Chevrolet
498
22
16
1
12
Ryan Blaney
Team Penske
Ford
498
26
17
32
51
Justin Haley
Rick Ware Racing
Ford
498
20
18
28
99
Daniel Suárez
Trackhouse Racing
Chevrolet
498
19
19
33
15
Kaz Grala (R)
Rick Ware Racing
Ford
498
18
20
15
43
Erik Jones
Legacy Motor Club
Toyota
498
17
21
18
7
Corey LaJoie
Spire Motorsports
Chevrolet
498
16
22
4
22
Joey Logano
Team Penske
Ford
498
23
23
30
16
A. J. Allmendinger (i)
Kaulig Racing
Chevrolet
498
0
24
31
3
Austin Dillon
Richard Childress Racing
Chevrolet
498
13
25
14
8
Kyle Busch
Richard Childress Racing
Chevrolet
498
12
26
24
38
Todd Gilliland
Front Row Motorsports
Ford
497
11
27
35
77
Carson Hocevar (R)
Spire Motorsports
Chevrolet
497
10
28
20
31
Daniel Hemric
Kaulig Racing
Chevrolet
496
9
29
9
23
Bubba Wallace
23XI Racing
Toyota
496
10
30
23
45
Tyler Reddick
23XI Racing
Toyota
495
7
31
21
2
Austin Cindric
Team Penske
Ford
495
6
32
13
21
Harrison Burton
Wood Brothers Racing
Ford
495
5
33
27
47
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
JTG Daugherty Racing
Chevrolet
495
4
34
22
10
Noah Gragson
Stewart-Haas Racing
Ford
494
3
35
8
24
William Byron
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet
492
2
36
16
71
Zane Smith (R)
Spire Motorsports
Chevrolet
192
1
Official race results
Race statistics
Lead changes: 54 among 16 different drivers
Cautions/Laps: 9 for 98 laps
Red flags: 0
Time of race: 3 hours, 20 minutes and 41 seconds
Average speed: 79.678 miles per hour (128.229 km/h)
Media
Television
The Food City 500 was carried by Fox in the United States. Mike Joy , Clint Bowyer , and three-time Bristol winner Kevin Harvick called the race from the broadcast booth. Jamie Little and Regan Smith handled pit road for the television side, and Larry McReynolds provided insight from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte.
Radio
PRN had the radio call for the race which was simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio . Doug Rice and Mark Garrow called the race in the booth when the field raced down the frontstretch. Rob Albright called the race from atop the turn 3 suites when the field raced down the backstretch. Brad Gillie, Brett McMillan and Wendy Venturini covered the action on pit lane for PRN.
PRN
Booth announcers
Turn announcers
Pit reporters
Lead announcer: Doug RiceAnnouncer: Mark Garrow
Backstretch: Rob Albright
Brad Gillie Brett McMillanWendy Venturini
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings
Note : Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.
References
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^ "Concrete to replace dirt for Bristol's springtime schedule in 2024" . NASCAR . September 15, 2023.
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