Starting from 3rd place Car 5 Kyle Larson HendrickCars.com Chevrolet on the Food City 500, his 31st win in 375 NASCAR Cup Series races. This is his 2nd win & 6th Top 10 finish in 2025. This is his 3rd win & 13th Top 10 finish in 18 races at Bristol Motor Speedway. Larson dedicated win to Jon Edwards, the longtime and award-winning communications professional for Hendrick Motorsports’ Jeff Gordon and Kyle Larson. 2nd Place Car 11 Denny Hamlin Progressive Toyota, started from 4th place posted his 20th Top 10 finish in 36 races at Bristol Motor Speedway. It is his 6th Top 10 finish in 2025. 3rd Place Car 54 Ty Gibbs Monster Energy Toyota, started from 6th place posted his 3rd Top 10 finish in 5 races at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Credit: BRISTOL, TENNESSEE – APRIL 13: Kyle Larson, driver of the #5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, crosses the finish line to win the NASCAR Cup Series Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on April 13, 2025 in Bristol, Tennessee. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
4th Place Car 19 Chase Briscoe Bass Pro Shops Toyota, started from 14th place followed by 5th place Car 12 Ryan Blaney Menards/Richmond Water Heaters Ford, started from 5th place. 6th Place Car 24 William Byron Axalta Chevrolet, started from 26th place followed by 7th place Car 1 Ross Chastain Busch Light Flannel Chevrolet, started from 35th place. 8th Place Car 20 Christopher Bell Rheem Toyota, started from 7th place followed by 9th place Car 16 AJ Allmendinger Grizzly Nicotine Pouches Chevrolet, started from 8th place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 3 Austin Dillon Get Bioethanol Chevrolet, in 10th place, started from 17th place. Riley Herbst (28th) was the highest finishing rookie. William Byron leads the point standings by 30 points over Denny Hamlin.
Credit: BRISTOL, TENNESSEE – APRIL 13: Kyle Larson, driver of the #5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on April 13, 2025 in Bristol, Tennessee. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
The race had 3 Cautions for 40 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 127 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 2nd Caution on lap 179 for #51, 88 Crash in Turn 2. 3rd Caution on lap 252 for Stage 2 Conclusion.
Credit: BRISTOL, TENNESSEE – APRIL 13: Kyle Larson, driver of the #5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, celebrates in victory lane with a decal honoring Jon Edwards after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on April 13, 2025 in Bristol, Tennessee. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
The race had 4 Lead Changes among 4 drivers; A. Bowman 1-39; K. Larson 40-389; C. Hocevar 390-391; R. Blaney 392-439; K. Larson 440-500.
Credit: BRISTOL, TENNESSEE – APRIL 13: Alex Bowman, driver of the #48 Ally Chevrolet, leads the field at the start of the NASCAR Cup Series Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on April 13, 2025 in Bristol, Tennessee. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 5, 11, 7, 48, 77, 20, 12, 47, 54, 16
Stage 2 Top 10: 5, 48, 20, 77, 11, 7, 54, 12, 19, 45
Credit: BRISTOL, TENNESSEE – APRIL 13: Kyle Larson, driver of the #5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on April 13, 2025 in Bristol, Tennessee. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
Credit: BRISTOL, TENNESSEE – APRIL 13: Kyle Larson, driver of the #5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on April 13, 2025 in Bristol, Tennessee. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
NASCAR Cup Series Race Number 9
Race Results for the Food City 500 – Sunday, April 13, 2025
Bristol Motor Speedway – Bristol, TN – 0.533 – Mile Concrete
Total Race Length – 500 Laps – 266.5 Miles
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Sunday, 4/13/2025 @ 05:52 PM Eastern
Finish Start Car Team Laps Status
1. 3. Car 5 Kyle Larson HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 500 Running
2. 4. Car 11 Denny Hamlin Progressive Toyota 500 Running
3. 6. Car 54 Ty Gibbs Monster Energy Toyota 500 Running
4. 14. Car 19 Chase Briscoe Bass Pro Shops Toyota 500 Running
5. 5. Car 12 Ryan Blaney Menards/Richmond Water Heaters Ford 500 Running
6. 26. Car 24 William Byron Axalta Chevrolet 500 Running
7. 35. Car 1 Ross Chastain Busch Light Flannel Chevrolet 500 Running
8. 7. Car 20 Christopher Bell Rheem Toyota 500 Running
9. 8. Car 16 AJ Allmendinger Grizzly Nicotine Pouches Chevrolet 499 Running
10. 17. Car 3 Austin Dillon Get Bioethanol Chevrolet 499 Running
11. 9. Car 77 Carson Hocevar Chili’s Ride the ‘Dente Chevrolet 499 Running
12. 11. Car 21 Josh Berry Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford 499 Running
13. 10. Car 7 Justin Haley NationsGuard Chevrolet 499 Running
14. 15. Car 8 Kyle Busch Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen Chevrolet 499 Running
15. 20. Car 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 499 Running
16. 16. Car 6 Brad Keselowski Kroger/Oscar Mayer/Rustik Ovens Ford 498 Running
17. 21. Car 2 Austin Cindric Snap on Ford 498 Running
18. 27. Car 45 Tyler Reddick The Beast Toyota 498 Running
19. 22. Car 23 Bubba Wallace U.S. Air Force Toyota 498 Running
20. 29. Car 60 Ryan Preece Boost by Kroger Ford 498 Running
21. 32. Car 42 John Hunter Nemechek Dollar Tree Toyota 498 Running
22. 2. Car 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. SUNNYD Chevrolet 498 Running
23. 31. Car 4 Noah Gragson Rural King Ford 498 Running
24. 38. Car 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 497 Running
25. 24. Car 17 Chris Buescher BuildSubmarines.com Ford 497 Running
26. 28. Car 43 Erik Jones AdventHealth Toyota 497 Running
27. 18. Car 38 Zane Smith Aaron’s Lucky Dog Ford 497 Running
28. 25. Car 35 Riley Herbst # Lucy Toyota 496 Running
29. 33. Car 41 Cole Custer HaasTooling.com Ford 495 Running
30. 13. Car 71 Michael McDowell Delaware Life Chevrolet 495 Running
31. 19. Car 33 * Jesse Love(i) C4 Energy Chevrolet 495 Running
32. 12. Car 10 Ty Dillon Okuma Chevrolet 494 Running
33. 23. Car 99 Daniel Suarez Choice Privileges Chevrolet 494 Running
34. 37. Car 01 * Corey LaJoie Schluter Systems Ford 494 Running
35. 30. Car 34 Todd Gilliland Love’s Travel Stops Ford 493 Running
36. 34. Car 51 Cody Ware Arby’s Ford 493 Running
37. 1. Car 48 Alex Bowman Ally Chevrolet 343 Engine
38. 36. Car 88 Shane Van Gisbergen # Safety Culture Chevrolet 208 Suspension
39. 39. Car 66 * Josh Bilicki(i) Manscaped Ford 193 Electrical
Race Comments: Kyle Larson has won the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway, his 31st career victory in the NASCAR Cup Series. Prior to the start of the race, the following vehicle(s) dropped to the rear of the field under penalty for the reason indicated: Nos. 22 & 42 (unapproved adjustments). Failed to Qualify: None. Fastest Lap Bonus: # 16 lap 396/15.38. Caution Flags: 3 for 40 laps. Lead Changes: 4 among 4 drivers.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: April 27, 2025 – Talladega Superspeedway
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