Starting from 17th place Car 18 Kyle Busch Skittles Toyota won the 59th Annual Food City 500, his 54th win in 506 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races. This is his 3rd win & 8th Top 10 finish in This is his 8th win & 16th Top 10 finish in 28 races at Bristol Motor Speedway. Both Busch admitted they would have crashed their brother for the win if needed, which was not needed as Kyle won with a Margin of Victory: .722 Seconds. 2nd Place Car 1 Kurt Busch Monster Energy Chevrolet, started from 27th place posted his 19th Top 10 finish in 37 races at Bristol Motor Speedway. It is his 6th Top 10 finish in 2019. 3rd Place Car 22 Joey Logano Autotrader Ford, started from 7th place posted his 10th Top 10 finish in 21 races at Bristol Motor Speedway.
4th Place Car 12 Ryan Blaney PPG Ford, started from 3rd place followed by 5th place Car 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Freight Toyota, started from 5th place. 6th Place Car 21 Paul Menard Menards/Sylvania Ford, started from 9th place followed by 7th place Car 14 Clint Bowyer Haas Automation Ford, started from 8th place. 8th Place Car 41 Daniel Suarez Haas Automation Ford, started from 20th place followed by 9th place Car 6 Ryan Newman Wyndham Rewards Ford, started from 11th place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 48 Jimmie Johnson Ally Chevrolet, 10th place, started from 10th place. Ryan Preece (25th) was the highest finishing rookie. Kyle Busch leads the point standings by 27 points over Denny Hamlin.
The race had 5 Cautions for 32 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 3 for #10, 17, 18, 24, 47 Crash on the backstretch. 2nd Caution on lap 39 for #9, 32, 47 Crash on the frontstretch. 3rd Caution on lap 119 for #8 and 15 Crash in Turn 1. 4th Caution on lap 127 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 5th Caution on lap 214 for #9 and 36 Crash on the frontstretch.
The race had 21 Lead Changes among 9 drivers; C. Elliott 1-38; C. Bowyer 39-40; R. Blaney 41; D. Hamlin 42-48; E. Jones 49-58; R. Blaney 59-117; C. Bowyer 118-123; T. Dillon 124-129; B. Keselowski 130-144; J. Logano 145-255; R. Blaney 256-353; J. Logano 354-374; C. Bowyer 375-377; J. Logano 378; C. Bowyer 379-383; K. Busch 384-408; C. Bowyer 409-416; J. Logano 417; K. Busch 418-444; B. Keselowski 445-469; J. Logano 470-481; K. Busch 482-500.
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 13, 14, 2, 22, 48, 18, 12, 21, 19, 9
Stage 2 Top 10: 22, 12, 6, 2, 18, 1, 37, 14, 3, 41
Monster Energy Cup Series Race Number 8
Race Results for the 59th Annual Food City 500 – Sunday, April 7, 2019
Bristol Motor Speedway – Bristol, TN – 0.533 – Mile Concrete
Total Race Length – 500 Laps – 266.5 Miles
Finish Start Car Driver Team Laps Status
| 1. 17. Car 18 Kyle Busch Skittles Toyota 500 Running |
| 2. 27. Car 1 Kurt Busch Monster Energy Chevrolet 500 Running |
| 3. 7. Car 22 Joey Logano Autotrader Ford 500 Running |
| 4. 3. Car 12 Ryan Blaney PPG Ford 500 Running |
| 5. 5. Car 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Freight Toyota 500 Running |
| 6. 9. Car 21 Paul Menard Menards/Sylvania Ford 500 Running |
| 7. 8. Car 14 Clint Bowyer Haas Automation Ford 500 Running |
| 8. 20. Car 41 Daniel Suarez Haas Automation Ford 500 Running |
| 9. 11. Car 6 Ryan Newman Wyndham Rewards Ford 500 Running |
| 10. 10. Car 48 Jimmie Johnson Ally Chevrolet 500 Running |
| 11. 1. Car 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 500 Running |
| 12. 21. Car 95 Matt DiBenedetto LFR Pro League Toyota 500 Running |
| 13. 13. Car 4 Kevin Harvick Hunt Brothers Pizza Ford 500 Running |
| 14. 15. Car 3 Austin Dillon Symbicort Chevrolet 500 Running |
| 15. 24. Car 13 Ty Dillon GEICO Chevrolet 500 Running |
| 16. 2. Car 24 William Byron Axalta Chevrolet 500 Running |
| 17. 23. Car 19 Martin Truex Jr. Auto Owners Insurance Toyota 499 Running |
| 18. 12. Car 2 Brad Keselowski Discount Tire Ford 499 Running |
| 19. 16. Car 42 Kyle Larson Credit One Bank Chevrolet 499 Running |
| 20. 28. Car 43 Bubba Wallace Blue-Emu Chevrolet 499 Running |
| 21. 22. Car 38 David Ragan MDS Transport Ford 498 Running |
| 22. 25. Car 37 Chris Buescher Bush’s Beans Chevrolet 498 Running |
| 23. 14. Car 88 Alex Bowman Nationwide Chevrolet 497 Running |
| 24. 4. Car 20 Erik Jones CRAFTSMAN Racing for a Miracle Toyota 497 Running |
| 25. 30. Car 47 Ryan Preece # Kroger Chevrolet 496 Running |
| 26. 31. Car 00 Landon Cassill StarCom Fiber Chevrolet 495 Running |
| 27. 29. Car 36 Matt Tifft # Surface Sunscreen/Tunity Ford 494 Running |
| 28. 18. Car 34 Michael McDowell Love’s Travel Stops Ford 493 Running |
| 29. 37. Car 15 Ross Chastain(i) Rim Riderz Chevrolet 491 Running |
| 30. 26. Car 8 Daniel Hemric # Caterpillar/Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet 490 Running |
| 31. 34. Car 52 Bayley Currey # Belmont Classic Cars Chevrolet 488 Running |
| 32. 36. Car 77 Quin Houff FALCI Adaptve Motorsports Chevrolet 476 Running |
| 33. 19. Car 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. SunnyD Ford 395 Running |
| 34. 32. Car 32 Corey LaJoie DUDE Wipes Ford 308 Accident |
| 35. 35. Car 66 * Timmy Hill(i) Toyota 239 Suspension |
| 36. 33. Car 51 Gray Gaulding(i) Jacob Companies Ford 142 Engine |
| 37. 6. Car 10 Aric Almirola SHAZAM!/Smithfield Ford 3 Accident |
Race Comments: Prior to the start of the race, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field under penalty for the reasons indicated: #47 (backup car) and #4 (multiple inspection failures). Failed to Qualify: None. Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 56 Mins, 38 Secs. Average Speed: 90.527 MPH. Margin of Victory: .722 Seconds. Caution Flags: 11 for 77 laps; Laps. Lead Changes: 21 among 9 drivers.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: April 13, 2019 – Richmond Raceway
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