Bristol Motor Speedway is the host of the Food City 500, the eighth race on the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series schedule and the first since the weekend off for Easter.
Sunday's 500-lap race around the four-turn, 0.533-mile (0.858-kilometer) high-banked Bristol, Tennessee oval is set to mark the first of 16 consecutive race weekends for the Cup Series. The 2025 season's post-Easter stretch consisted of 28 race weekends in a row, the most at any point in any season since 1971.
Team Penske's Ryan Blaney took the pole position for Sunday afternoon's race in Saturday's qualifying session, and 23XI Racing's Tyler Reddick, the only driver ahead of Blaney in the point standings, started beside him on the front row.
A full starting lineup can be found here.
Follow along with our Food City 500 race updates from Bristol.
NASCAR Cup Series at Bristol: Race updates
NASCAR Cup Series at Bristol: Food City 500 Stage 1 results
1 - Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
2 - Christopher Bell, No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
3 - Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Team Penske Ford
4 - Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
5 - Josh Berry, No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford
6 - Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
7 - Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
8 - Riley Herbst, No. 35 23XI Racing Toyota
9 - Bubba Wallace, No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota
10 - Austin Cindric, No. 2 Team Penske Ford
NASCAR Cup Series at Bristol: Food City 500 Stage 2 results
1 - Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
2 - Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Team Penske Ford
3 - Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
4 - Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
5 - Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
6 - Josh Berry, No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford
7 - Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
8 - Joey Logano, No. 22 Team Penske Ford
9 - Bubba Wallace, No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota
10 - Austin Cindric, No. 2 Team Penske Ford
NASCAR Cup Series at Bristol: Full Food City 500 results
Order | Driver |
|---|---|
1 | Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota |
2 | Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Team Penske Ford |
3 | Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet |
4 | Tyler Reddick, No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota |
5 | Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota |
6 | Todd Gilliland, No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford |
7 | Joey Logano, No. 22 Team Penske Ford |
8 | Ryan Preece, No. 60 RFK Racing Ford |
9 | Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota |
10 | Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet |
11 | Bubba Wallace, No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota |
12 | Daniel Suarez, No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet |
13 | Chris Buescher, No. 17 RFK Racing Ford |
14 | Brad Keselowski, No. 6 RFK Racing Ford |
15 | A.J. Allmendinger, No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet |
16 | Austin Cindric, No. 2 Team Penske Ford |
17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet |
18 | Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet |
19 | Zane Smith, No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford |
20 | Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet |
21 | Riley Herbst, No. 35 23XI Racing Toyota |
22 | Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet |
23 | Erik Jones, No. 43 Legacy Motor Club Toyota |
24 | Michael McDowell, No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet |
25 | Kyle Busch, No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet |
26 | Noah Gragson, No. 4 Front Row Motorsports Ford |
27 | Christopher Bell, No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota |
28 | Cole Custer, No. 41 Haas Factory Team Chevrolet |
29 | Ty Dillon, No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet |
30 | William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet |
31 | Cody Ware, No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet |
32 | Josh Berry, No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford |
33 | Connor Zilisch, No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet |
34 | Shane van Gisbergen, No. 97 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet |
35 | John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Legacy Motor Club Toyota |
36 | Chad Finchum, No. 66 Garage 66 Ford |
37 | Alex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet |
Full point standings following the Food City 500 can be found here.
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