Starting from 4th place Car 20 Christopher Bell DeWalt Power Stack Toyota won the Food City Dirt Race, his 5th win in 116 NASCAR Cup Series races. This is his 1st win & 6th Top 10 finish in 2023. This is his 1st win & 2nd Top 10 finish in 3 races at Bristol Motor Speedway Dirt. 2nd Place Car 45 Tyler Reddick SiriusXM Radio Toyota, started from 6th place posted his 3rd Top 10 finish in 3 races at Bristol Motor Speedway Dirt. It is his 4th Top 10 finish in 2023. 3rd Place Car 3 Austin Dillon BREZTRI Chevrolet, started from 2nd place posted his 1st Top 10 finish in 3 races at Bristol Motor Speedway Dirt.
4th Place Car 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Kroger/Irish Spring Chevrolet, started from 22nd place followed by 5th place Car 14 Chase Briscoe Magical Vacation Planner Ford, started from 14th place. 6th Place Car 31 Justin Haley Tide Chevrolet, started from 25th place followed by 7th place Car 19 Martin Truex Jr. Auto-Owners Insurance Toyota, started from 27th place. 8th Place Car 38 Todd Gilliland Speedy Cash Ford, started from 15th place followed by 9th place Car 4 Kevin Harvick Busch Light Ford, started from 26th place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 54 Ty Gibbs # Interstate Batteries Toyota, in 10th place, started from 23rd place was the highest finishing rookie. Christopher Bell leads the point standings by 13 points over Ross Chastain.
The race had 14 Cautions for 73 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 12 for #22, 23, 24, 38 Crash in Turn 2. 2nd Caution on lap 39 for #51 Spin Turn 4. 3rd Caution on lap 59 for #6 Spin Turn 4. 4th Caution on lap 75 for #11, 9, 77 Crash in Turn 4 / Stage 1 Conclusion. 5th Caution on lap 82 for #13 Spin Turn 4. 6th Caution on lap 89 for #34 Spin Turn 2. 7th Caution on lap 104 for #41 Spin Backstretch. 8th Caution on lap 127 for #6 Spin Turn 2. 9th Caution on lap 150 for Stage 2 Conclusion. 10th Caution on lap 157 for #5 Spin Turn 4. 11th Caution on lap 176 for #5, 41 Crash in Turn 1. 12th Caution on lap 202 for #4 Spin Turn 1. 13th Caution on lap 236 for #8 Spin Turn 4. 14th Caution on lap 250 for #9, 99, 1 Crash on the Backstretch.
The race had 4 Lead Changes among 4 drivers; K. Larson 1-75; T. Reddick 76-134; K. Busch 135-140; T. Reddick 141-150; C. Bell 151-250.
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 5, 3, 8, 41, 12, 20, 14, 45, 31, 24
Stage 2 Top 10: 45, 3, 5, 20, 8, 14, 19, 12, 31, 10
NASCAR Cup Series Race Number 8
Race Results for the Food City Dirt Race – Sunday, April 9, 2023
Bristol Motor Speedway Dirt – Bristol, TN – 0.5 – Mile Dirt
Total Race Length – 250 Laps – 125. Miles
Finish Start Car Team Laps Status
1. 4. Car 20 Christopher Bell DeWalt Power Stack Toyota 250 Running 2. 6. Car 45 Tyler Reddick SiriusXM Radio Toyota 250 Running 3. 2. Car 3 Austin Dillon BREZTRI Chevrolet 250 Running 4. 22. Car 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Kroger/Irish Spring Chevrolet 250 Running 5. 14. Car 14 Chase Briscoe Magical Vacation Planner Ford 250 Running 6. 25. Car 31 Justin Haley Tide Chevrolet 250 Running 7. 27. Car 19 Martin Truex Jr. Auto-Owners Insurance Toyota 250 Running 8. 15. Car 38 Todd Gilliland Speedy Cash Ford 250 Running 9. 26. Car 4 Kevin Harvick Busch Light Ford 250 Running 10. 23. Car 54 Ty Gibbs # Interstate Batteries Toyota 250 Running 11. 13. Car 34 Michael McDowell Love’s Travel Stops Ford 250 Running 12. 11. Car 23 Bubba Wallace McDonald’s/Dr Pepper Toyota 250 Running 13. 10. Car 24 William Byron RaptorTough.com Chevrolet 250 Running 14. 18. Car 43 Erik Jones Club Wyndham Chevrolet 250 Running 15. 20. Car 21 Harrison Burton DEX Imaging Ford 250 Running 16. 29. Car 16 AJ Allmendinger Gain Chevrolet 250 Running 17. 33. Car 6 Brad Keselowski King’s Hawaiian Ford 250 Running 18. 28. Car 17 Chris Buescher Fastenal Ford 250 Running 19. 7. Car 2 Austin Cindric Discount Tire Ford 250 Running 20. 3. Car 15 JJ Yeley(i) Public Sq. Ford 250 Running 21. 32. Car 77 Ty Dillon Ferris Commercial Mowers Chevrolet 250 Running 22. 30. Car 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Ground Toyota 250 Running 23. 9. Car 12 Ryan Blaney Menards/Maytag Ford 250 Running 24. 8. Car 41 Ryan Preece United Rentals Ford 250 Running 25. 34. Car 99 Daniel Suarez Jockey Chevrolet 250 Running 26. 37. Car 78 BJ McLeod Gunk Chevrolet 250 Running 27. 31. Car 9 Josh Berry(i) Hooters Chevrolet 250 Running 28. 16. Car 1 Ross Chastain AdventHealth Chevrolet 249 Running 29. 17. Car 48 Alex Bowman Ally Chevrolet 248 Running 30. 35. Car 7 Corey LaJoie NationsGuard Chevrolet 247 Running 31. 19. Car 10 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford 240 Running 32. 5. Car 8 Kyle Busch Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen Chevrolet 236 Suspension 33. 36. Car 42 Noah Gragson # Sunseeker Resort Chevrolet 205 Running 34. 24. Car 51 Matt Crafton(i) Biohaven/Jacob Co. Ford 185 Engine 35. 1. Car 5 Kyle Larson HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 177 Accident 36. 21. Car 13 * Jonathan Davenport Nutrien Ag Solutions Chevrolet 176 Accident 37. 12. Car 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 96 Accident
Race Comments: Prior to the start of the race no cars dropped to the rear of the field under penalty. Failed to Qualify: None. Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 40 Mins, 40 Secs. Average Speed: 46.68 MPH. Margin of Victory: Under Caution. Caution Flags: 14 for 71 laps. Lead Changes: 4 among 4 drivers.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: April 16, 2023 – Martinsville Speedway
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