Starting from 3rd place Car 11 Denny Hamlin Express Oil Change Toyota won the Food City 500, his 52nd win in 655 NASCAR Cup Series races. This is his 1st win & 2nd Top 10 finish in 2024.This is his 4th win & 18th Top 10 finish in 34 races at Bristol Motor Speedway. 2nd Place Car 19 Martin Truex Jr. Auto-Owners Insurance Toyota, started from 11th place posted his 5th Top 10 finish in 34 races at Bristol Motor Speedway. It is his 3rd Top 10 finish in 2024. 3rd Place Car 6 Brad Keselowski King’s Hawaiian Ford, started from 17th place posted his 10th Top 10 finish in 26 races at Bristol Motor Speedway.
4th Place Car 48 Alex Bowman Ally Chevrolet, started from 29th place followed by 5th place Car 5 Kyle Larson HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, started from 10th place. 6th Place Car 42 John Hunter Nemechek Dollar Tree Toyota, started from 26th place followed by 7th place Car 17 Chris Buescher BuildSubmarines.com Ford, started from 34th place. 8th Place Car 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet, started from 5th place followed by 9th place Car 54 Ty Gibbs SiriusXM Toyota, started from 19th place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 20 Christopher Bell DEWALT Toyota, in 10th place, started from 12th place. Josh Berry (12th) was the highest finishing rookie. Kyle Larson leads the point standings by 0 points over Martin Truex Jr..
The race had 9 Cautions for 98 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 24 for Debris Turns 3 and 4. 2nd Caution on lap 33 for No. 45, 16, 15, 77, 38, 47, 4, 22, 23, 7, 31, 2, Crash on the Frontstretch. 3rd Caution on lap 71 for Debris Frontstretch. 4th Caution on lap 125 for No. 8 Spin Turn 2 / Stage 1 Conclusion. 5th Caution on lap 177 for No. 47, 71, 31 Crash in Turn 4. 6th Caution on lap 229 for No. 8 Spin Turn 2. 7th Caution on lap 252 for Stage 2 Conclusion. 8th Caution on lap 311 for No. 4 Spin Backstretch. 9th Caution on lap 369 for No. 2, 47 Crash in Turn 4.
There was a track record high of 54 lead changes, the most since April 14, 1991 (40), and the number of leaders matched the previous record of 16 (April 9, 1989). The race had 54 Lead Changes among 16 drivers; R. Blaney 0; R. Blaney 1-2; J. Berry # 3-20; D. Hamlin 21-25; C. Elliott 26; T. Reddick 27-30; B. Wallace 31-40; J. Berry # 41-47; B. Wallace 48-52; D. Hamlin 53-60; C. Elliott 61-64; R. Blaney 65-68; K. Busch 69-73; R. Blaney 74; D. Hamlin 75-82; R. Blaney 83-88; D. Hamlin 89-119; T. Gibbs 120-130; R. Blaney 131; K. Larson 132-140; T. Gibbs 141-145; M. Truex Jr. 146-149; T. Gibbs 150-153; K. Larson 154-156; T. Gibbs 157-158; D. Hamlin 159-162; K. Larson 163-165; D. Hamlin 166; K. Larson 167-170; T. Gibbs 171-181; M. Truex Jr. 182; C. Buescher 183-199; C. Bell 200-223; M. Truex Jr. 224-235; C. LaJoie 236-239; C. Bell 240-243; J. Logano 244-248; T. Gibbs 249-256; M. Truex Jr. 257; T. Gibbs 258-284; M. Truex Jr. 285-317; D. Hamlin 318-322; T. Gibbs 323-364; D. Hamlin 365-372; M. Truex Jr. 373; D. Hamlin 374-379; C. Bell 380; D. Hamlin 381-398; T. Gibbs 399-425; D. Hamlin 426-447; M. Truex Jr. 448; B. Keselowski 449; A. Bowman 450-452; D. Hamlin 453-482; M. Truex Jr. 483; D. Hamlin 484-500.
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 54, 5, 17, 6, 42, 12, 19, 20, 41, 4
Stage 2 Top 10: 54, 6, 22, 42, 20, 19, 11, 5, 23, 41
NASCAR Cup Series Race Number 5
Race Results for the Food City 500 – Sunday, March 17, 2024
Bristol Motor Speedway – Bristol, TN – 0.533 – Mile Concrete
Total Race Length – 500 Laps – 266.5 Miles
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Sunday, 3/17/2024 @ 07:24 PM Eastern
Finish Start Car Team Laps Status
1. 3. Car 11 Denny Hamlin Express Oil Change Toyota 500 Running 2. 11. Car 19 Martin Truex Jr. Auto-Owners Insurance Toyota 500 Running 3. 17. Car 6 Brad Keselowski King’s Hawaiian Ford 500 Running 4. 29. Car 48 Alex Bowman Ally Chevrolet 500 Running 5. 10. Car 5 Kyle Larson HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 500 Running 6. 26. Car 42 John Hunter Nemechek Dollar Tree Toyota 499 Running 7. 34. Car 17 Chris Buescher BuildSubmarines.com Ford 499 Running 8. 5. Car 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 499 Running 9. 19. Car 54 Ty Gibbs SiriusXM Toyota 499 Running 10. 12. Car 20 Christopher Bell DEWALT Toyota 499 Running 11. 7. Car 34 Michael McDowell Love’s Travel Stops Ford 499 Running 12. 2. Car 4 Josh Berry # SunnyD Ford 499 Running 13. 6. Car 14 Chase Briscoe Mahindra Tractors Ford 498 Running 14. 25. Car 41 Ryan Preece HaasTooling.com Ford 498 Running 15. 36. Car 1 Ross Chastain Busch Light Fishing Chevrolet 498 Running 16. 1. Car 12 Ryan Blaney Menards/Dutch Boy Ford 498 Running 17. 32. Car 51 Justin Haley Ohanafy Ford 498 Running 18. 28. Car 99 Daniel Suarez Jockey Outdoors by Luke Bryan Chevrolet 498 Running 19. 33. Car 15 Kaz Grala # N29 Capital Partners Ford 498 Running 20. 15. Car 43 Erik Jones AdventHealth Toyota 498 Running 21. 18. Car 7 Corey LaJoie Gainbridge Chevrolet 498 Running 22. 4. Car 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 498 Running 23. 30. Car 16 AJ Allmendinger(i) Mountain Dew/Doritos Chevrolet 498 Running 24. 31. Car 3 Austin Dillon BREZTRI Chevrolet 498 Running 25. 14. Car 8 Kyle Busch FICO Chevrolet 498 Running 26. 24. Car 38 Todd Gilliland CITGARD Ford 497 Running 27. 35. Car 77 Carson Hocevar # Gainbridge Cal Ripken Sr. Fdn. Chevrolet 497 Running 28. 20. Car 31 Daniel Hemric Cirkul Chevrolet 496 Running 29. 9. Car 23 Bubba Wallace Leidos Toyota 496 Running 30. 23. Car 45 Tyler Reddick Monster Energy Toyota 495 Running 31. 21. Car 2 Austin Cindric Discount Tire Ford 495 Running 32. 13. Car 21 Harrison Burton DEX Imaging Ford 495 Running 33. 27. Car 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ball Park Buns & Rolls Chevrolet 495 Running 34. 22. Car 10 Noah Gragson Black Rifle Coffee/Ranger Boats Ford 494 Running 35. 8. Car 24 William Byron Liberty University Chevrolet 492 Running 36. 16. Car 71 Zane Smith # Focused Health Chevrolet 192 Engine
Race Comments: Prior to the start no cars dropped to the rear of the field under penalty. Failed to Qualify: None. Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 20 Mins, 41 Secs. Average Speed: 79.678 MPH. Margin of Victory: 1.083 Seconds. Caution Flags: 9 for 98 laps. Lead Changes: 54 among 16 drivers.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: March 24, 2024 – Circuit of The Americas
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