Food City 500 at Bristol

Welcome to the Racing America On SI Dwell Race Updates web page for the 2025 NASCAR Cup Collection Meals Metropolis 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Make sure you refresh this submit all through Sunday’s race because the Dwell Race Updates story shall be up to date with the largest moments from the 500-lap race together with lead adjustments, crash replays, the winner of the race, ending outcomes, and extra.

Lap 294: Alex Bowman Fading and Feels He Has Engine Situation

Alex Bowman, who began from the pole, and had an excellent race going, has pale to the 14th place, and is now radioing to his No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports group that he feels he has an engine challenge. FOX’s Clint Bowyer states it seems like Bowman’s automobile is down a cylinder.

Lap 280: SVG Goes Behind the Wall

After a spin earlier within the race, Shane van Gisbergen has pulled his No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet behind the wall. SVG joins Josh Bilicki, who retired for the day within the No. 66 Storage 66 Ford after finishing 193 laps.

Lap 270: William Byron Into the High-10

William Byron, who began twenty sixth, has labored his manner inside the top-10 on lap 270. As Byron moved into the top-10, Ty Gibbs and Christopher Bell practically had a crash battling contained in the top-five. Gibbs would take over the fourt spot, whereas Bell dropped to seventh.

Lap 265: Again to Inexperienced!

Kyle Larson leads the sector into Flip 1, whereas Alex Bowman and Denny Hamlin battle for the runner-up spot.

Lap 259: Kyle Larson Retains the Lead Off Pit Street

Kyle Larson defeated his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Alex Bowman off of pit street to retain the lead heading into the ultimate Stage of the race.

Denny Hamlin will restart third, adopted by Christopher Bell, Ty Gibbs, Carson Hocevar, Chase Briscoe, Justin Haley, Ryan Blaney, and Tyler Reddick.

Lap 250: Larson Sweeps Levels 1 and a couple of

It is nonetheless all Kyle Larson within the Meals Metropolis 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. The motive force of the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet has led 211 of the opening 250 laps, and he has now swept each Levels 1 and a couple of of the race.

That is 20 bonus factors within the common season championship standings, and two Playoff Factors in Larson’s again pocket. Now, he’ll look to shut all of it out with a race win.

Ryan Preece will obtain his third free cross of the day beneath this warning.

Lap 189: Again to Inexperienced!

We’re again beneath the inexperienced flag, and Kyle Larson continues to be asserting his dominance because the race chief. Denny Hamlin sits second, however is handed on Lap 191 by Alex Bowman, who strikes to P2.

Lap 182: John Hunter Nemechek Loses Wheel on Pit Street; Wheel Lands in Suarez Pit Field

Beneath the warning, John Hunter Nemechek left his pit field earlier than his crew might end tightening certainly one of his wheels. As he drove off, the wheel nut flew off, and the tire indifferent and commenced rolling down pit street uncontrolled.

The wheel rolled into the pit field of Daniel Suarez’s No. 99 Trackhouse Racing pit crew. The wheel truly contacted Suarez’s fueler, who primarily shrugged the impediment off prefer it was nothing.

Suarez’s crew could be busted for a pit street interference penalty. The No. 99 group, which was proccupied with the state of affairs on the rear of their automobile, let a tire roll away into Corey LaJoie’s pit field forward of them, which impeded LaJoie’s fueler.

Lap 182: McDowell Penalized

Whereas the vast majority of the race leaders stayed on monitor beneath the warning for Shane van Gisbergen’s spin, Michael McDowell was one which did pit, and he was flagged for rushing on pit street. McDowell will drop to the rear as a penalty.

Lap 178: Shane van Gisbergen Spins to Deliver Out Warning

Shane van Gisbergen went to the within of Cody Ware in Flip 2 on Lap 178, and the transfer turned out to not work out very nicely. SVG received free beneath of Ware’s No. 51 machine, which despatched SVG spinning out.

Thankfully, the motive force of the No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet was capable of keep away from main injury, however he was already having a subpar day, two laps down, previous to the spin.

Ryan Preece, for the second straight warning, will obtain the free cross and can return to the lead lap.

Lap 170: Larson Has Reached Lapped Site visitors, Lead Tightening Up

Kyle Larson has reached the again finish of the sector, and has begun lapping vehicles once more, and as he does that, it has tightened up the entrance runners. Haley is simply 0.8 seconds behind Larson, and Hamlin is throughout Haley for the second place.

Lap 153: Briscoe Nudges Previous Stenhouse

Chase Briscoe used the chrome horn to maneuver Ricky Stenhouse up the monitor on Lap 153, and Briscoe pulled off the cross. Whereas Stenhouse did not appear happy by the transfer, he settled in eleventh proper behind Briscoe, the motive force of the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota.

Lap 143: Again to Inexperienced!

Kyle Larson leads the sector again to the inexperienced flag on Lap 143, and Denny Hamlin drops to fifth on the preliminary restart. Justin Haley strikes as much as the second place, and Hamlin recovers a few laps later and now runs third behind Larson and Haley.

Lap 139: Larson Wins Race Off Pit Street

Kyle Larson wins the race off pit street forward of Denny Hamlin, Justin Haley, Alex Bowman, and Carson Hocevar.

Kyle Busch, and Shane van Gisbergen have been busted for rushing on pit street, and Austin Cindric was busted for pitting exterior of the field. All three drivers will restart from the tail finish of the sector.

Lap 126: Tires Not Enjoying a Issue

Whereas the general temperatures at Bristol Motor Speedway are corresponding to Saturday, the place tires have been worn rapidly in follow, there may be subsequent to no cloud cowl in the present day. This has led to a better temperature throughout the monitor floor, which has led to decreased tire put on from what was anticipated.

It seems to be as if the tires, which have been being corded after 40 laps in follow, is not going to be a difficulty in in the present day’s Meals Metropolis 500 at Bristol, opposite to what many believed going into the day.

Lap 125: Kyle Larson Takes Stage 1 Win

Kyle Larson held off Denny Hamlin by a margin of 0.814 seconds to take the Stage 1 win in Sunday’s Meals Metropolis 500. Larson will gather the Playoff Level, and 10 Stage Factors for successful the Stage.

Ryan Preece, who was second in line to obtain the free cross beneath the Stage Warning as Larson had lapped Michael McDowell close to the top of Stage 1, was capable of work his manner round McDowell earlier than the top of Stage 1, and in doing so, will get the free cross.

Preece runs twenty fourth at Lap 125, and can get again on the lead lap, whereas McDowell, and Joey Logano have been the 2 drivers, who will stay a lap down to begin Stage 2.

Lap 109: Joey Logano Goes a Lap Down

Defending NASCAR Cup Collection champion Joey Logano has been lapped by race chief Denny Hamlin on Lap 109 of the Meals Metropolis 500 at Bristol. At the moment, Logano is within the free cross place, however Larson is already bearing down on further lapped visitors.

Lap 100: Larson Continues to Lead

25 laps stay within the opening Stage of the Meals Metropolis 500 at Bristol, and Kyle Larson leads Denny Hamlin by 2.5 seconds.

Haley is third, and he is adopted by Bowman, and Stenhouse.

Larson has lapped as much as twenty seventh place Riley Herbst, who’s seeking to stay on the lead lap. Joey Logano is the following automobile on monitor forward of Herbst in twenty sixth.

Jesse Love, making his NASCAR Cup Collection debut in the present day, sits thirty fourth a lap down at Lap 100.

Lap 77: Denny Hamlin to P2

Denny Hamlin has labored his manner round Justin Haley for the runner-up place. Hamlin trails Kyle Larson, the chief, by 1.7 seconds.

Lap 50: Bowman Drops to Fourth

After being handed by Larson for the lead, Bowman was rapidly handed by Haley for the second place, and Bowman would find yourself falling to fourth by Lap 50.

Larson leads Haley, Denny Hamlin, Bowman, and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. on Lap 50.

Lap 40: Kyle Larson Takes the Lead

Kyle Larson made a cost from third on Lap 37 to take the lead from Alex Bowman on the skin on Lap 40. That is the primary lead change of the Meals Metropolis 500 at Bristol.

Lap 37: Justin Haley Strikes to P2

Justin Haley, the motive force of the No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet, began tenth and has moved into the runner-up spot as Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has been moved out of the runner-up spot. Stenhouse has dropped to fifth.

Lap 29: Joey Logano Into the High-30

Joey Logano, who needed to begin from the rear of the sector after an incident in qualifying and unapproved changes to restore the injury, has moved from thirty ninth to thirtieth within the opening laps of the race.

Nonetheless an extended strategy to go, however Logano is making strikes early.

Lap 1: Alex Bowman Leads Opening Lap, Stenhouse Settles in P2 as Entrance Runner Single-File Out

Alex Bowman led the opening lap of the Meals Metropolis 500 from the pole place, whereas Ricky Stenhouse Jr. correctly tucked in behind him because the entrance runners started making an attempt to single-file out.

Nearly all of the entrance runners have all gone to the underside of the monitor, the place PJ1 traction compound was re-applied after Saturday’s Xfinity Collection race. Ty Gibbs continues to be attempting to work his manner into the underside lane.

3:13 PM ET: Inexperienced Flag

The inexperienced flag has flown to begin the 2025 NASCAR Cup Collection Meals Metropolis 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Polesitter Alex Bowman leads the sector into Flip 1 with HYAK Motorsports driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr. alongside him.

3:02 PM ET: MLB Corridor of Famer Bench and Tennessee Play-By-Play Announcer Kesling Give Command to Begin Engines

Following a command to begin engines from Bob Kesling, the voice of the Tennessee Volunteers, and Main League Baseball Corridor of Famer Johnny Bench, the 39 vehicles in in the present day’s race have come to life, and they’ll quickly observe the tempo automobile onto the racing floor to carry out the tempo laps previous to the inexperienced flag of the Meals Metropolis 500.

2:55 PM ET: Nationwide Anthem Accomplished

American Idol contestant Noah Peters has accomplished the Nationwide Anthem previous to Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Collection Meals Metropolis 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. On the finish of Peters’ rendition of The Star Spangled Banner, two A-10s from the a hundred and seventy fifth Fighter Wing of the Maryland Air Nationwide Guard carried out a flyover a lot to the delight of the gang available.

Two Vehicles to The Rear for Unapproved Changes

Previous to the beginning of Sunday’s Meals Metropolis 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway, two vehicles will drop to the rear of the sector for unapproved changes.

John Hunter Nemechek, who was slated to begin from the thirty second place within the No. 42 LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Toyota Camry XSE would be the driver with the perfect beginning spot that should drop to the rear.

Joey Logano, the motive force of the No. 22 Staff Penske Ford, initially certified thirty eighth within the 39-car area as a result of an incident, the place he collided with the wall throughout his qualifying lap on Saturday afternoon. After Logano’s group made repairs to the automobile, Logano will drop to the rear of the sector together with Nemechek.

NASCAR has additionally issued further particulars relating to in the present day’s race.

The Meals Metropolis 500 is about for an approximate inexperienced flag begin time of three:11 PM ET.

As we speak’s pit street pace shall be 30 mph, and the tempo automobile will journey across the monitor at 35 mph in Sunday’s race at Bristol Motor Speedway.

The estimated gas window beneath inexperienced flag situations at Bristol Motor Speedway is 190 laps for NASCAR Cup Collection rivals.

Meals Metropolis 500 Race Information

The Meals Metropolis 500 shall be televised on FS1 and could be streamed on the FOX Sports activities App with a sound tv supplier login. Tv protection of the occasion will start at 3:00 PM ET. The Efficiency Racing Community (PRN) and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio will present the radio broadcast of the occasion.

For subscribers of the Max streaming service, NASCAR Driver Cam, which streams dwell in-car digital camera footage from each automobile within the area, shall be out there for in the present day’s race.

The general race purse, which groups will battle for his or her portion of in Sunday’s race is a complete of $11,055,250.

The race distance is 500 laps across the 0.533-mile Bristol Motor Speedway, which equates to a 266.5 mile race distance.

The race shall be damaged into three Levels. Stage 1 will finish on the conclusion of Lap 125, Stage 2 will finish on the conclusion of Lap 250, and the race is scheduled to complete on the finish of Lap 500, barring an time beyond regulation end.

The winner of Levels 1 and a couple of shall be awarded one Playoff Level, and the race winner shall be awarded 5 Playoff factors. The Playoff Factors shall be added to the reseeded level totals if the drivers make it into the NASCAR Cup Collection Playoffs, and the Playoff Factors shall be carried by every spherical of the Playoffs by the drivers, who earn them.

The highest-10 finishers in Levels 1 and a couple of can even obtain regular-season championship factors. The Stage Winners will obtain 10 factors for the Stage Win, and the purpose whole will lower by one level througout the top-10 finishers in every Stage.

Denny Hamlin is the defending race winner of the Meals Metropolis 500, and he comes into this occasion on a two-race successful streak. If Hamlin can decide up the win within the race, his Joe Gibbs Racing group will develop into the primary group in NASCAR Cup Collection historical past to have a number of drivers with three-race successful streaks in a single season (Christopher Bell gained three straight races earlier this yr).

Alex Bowman on Pole for Food City 500

Alex Bowman took his second pole place of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Collection season as he turned the quickest lap of the Subsequent Gen period (2022) at Bristol Motor Speedway. Bowman’s lap time was a 14.912-second journey across the half-mile monitor, which equated to a 128.675 mph common pace.

Food City 500 Starting Lineup

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Repairs Made to Joey Logano’s Proper Rear After Qualifying Incident

Joey Logano caught the appropriate rear of his No. 22 Shell Pennzoil Ford into the skin wall on the exit of Flip 2 throughout his qualifying run at Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday.

The No. 22 group opted to make repairs to the automobile reasonably than going to a backup automobile. On Sunday morning, the No. 22 Ford was repaired, and able to push to the grid. Kelly Crandall of RACER shared a photo of Logano’s repaired car on X.

NASCAR Reapplies PJ1 Traction Compound to Backside Groove Forward of Meals Metropolis 500

NASCAR utilized roughly a four-foot-wide strip of PJ1 traction compound to the underside groove of Bristol Motor Speedway within the activates Thursday forward of the NASCAR Truck, Xfinity, Cup triple-header race weekend on the 0.533-mile quick monitor.

Following Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Collection occasion, which was gained by Kyle Larson, NASCAR determined to reapply the traction compound to the underside of the monitor previous to Sunday’s Meals Metropolis 500.

According to Jordan Bianchi of The Athletic, NASCAR reapplied the compound in the very same vogue that they utilized it on Thursday, which means it would stay a four-foot-wide strip, and the appliance machine was used on the identical pace because it was put down on Thursday.

Goodyear Provides Extra Set of Tires After Extreme Put on in Observe

After tires have been being corded after simply 40 lap runs in Saturday’s NASCAR Cup Collection follow at Bristol Motor Speedway, Goodyear has added a set of tires to the race day allotment for the 39 groups within the area for Sunday’s Meals Metropolis 500.

Groups will now have 11 units of tires (10 sticker units, and one scuffed set utilized in qualifying) to handle over the course of the 500-lap occasion.

Denny Hamlin gained final yr’s Meals Metropolis 500 at Bristol, in a race that featured extreme tire put on. Nevertheless, after Goodyear introduced the identical tire again to Bristol final Fall, many anticipated that the tire put on state of affairs within the 2024 Meals Metropolis 500 was an anomoly.

Because of this, Goodyear introduced the identical tire again to the Meals Metropolis 500, and everybody anticipated extra of what we noticed within the Fall, however tire put on has mirrored what occurred at Bristol final Spring. Whereas no one is aware of what to really anticipate within the race, as groups are capable of make changes in a single day to compensate for the surprising tire put on, nearly everybody expects tire put on to play a think about Sunday’s race.

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