Loop Data Box Score : Bristol Motor Speedway

Food City 500

Bristol Motor Speedway , Bristol, TN

Sunday, April 12th, 2026 Race 8 of 36 2026 Season
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  • Bristol Motor Speedway
  • Food City 500
  • Busch Pole Award Pole Winner: Ryan Blaney
  • Age: 32
  • Team : No 12 - Discount Tire Ford
  • Owner: Roger Penske
  • Crew Chief: Jonathan Hassler
  • Ryan Blaney won the Pole Award for the Food City 500 with a lap of 15101 seconds, 127064 mph
  • This is his 13th pole in 386 NASCAR Cup Series races
  • This is his first pole and sixth top-10 start in 2026
  • This is his second pole in 19 races at Bristol Motor Speedway
  • Tyler Reddick (second) posted his seventh top-10 start of 2026 and his first in ten races at Bristol Motor Speedway
  • Chase Briscoe (third) posted his fourth top-10 start at Bristol Motor Speedway It is his third in eight races this season
  • Connor Zilisch (26th) was the fastest qualifying rookie

  • Drivers Entered: 37
  • Laps Scheduled: 500
  • Laps Actual: 505 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
  • Margin of Victory: 0.055 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 3 Hours 1 Minutes 50 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 88.817
  • Cautions: 9 for 72 laps
  • Lead Changes: 12
  • Green Flag Passes: 2,266 (5.2 passes per green flag lap)

  • Bristol Motor Speedway
  • Food City 500
  • Race Winner: Ty Gibbs
  • Age: 23
  • Team : No 54 - Monster Energy Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs
  • Crew Chief: Tyler Allen
  • Ty Gibbs won the Food City 500, his first victory in 131 Cup Series races
  • This is his first victory and sixth top-10 finish in 2026
  • This is his first victory and fifth top-10 finish in seven races at Bristol Motor Speedway
  • Ryan Blaney (second) posted his ninth top-10 finish in 19 races at Bristol Motor Speedway It is his sixth top-10 finish in 2026
  • Kyle Larson (third) posted his 14th top-10 finish in 20 races at Bristol Motor Speedway
  • Connor Zilisch (33rd) was the highest finishing rookie
  • Tyler Reddick leads the point standings by 62 points over Ryan Blaney
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Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway : Loop Data Box Score results
DRIVER ST MID CLO FIN HI LOW ARP PL DIF GFP GFxP PD QPS % QPS FST % T15 LED % LED LAPS DR TOT PTS
Ty Gibbs 5 7 2 1 1 19 7.6 4 68 67 1 63 92.65 35 90.1 25 5.0 505 114.60 59
Ryan Blaney 1 2 1 2 1 16 2.6 -1 57 38 19 56 98.25 118 100.0 190 37.6 505 133.10 53
Kyle Larson 8 1 3 3 1 16 1.7 5 19 9 10 18 94.74 75 100.0 284 56.2 505 137.10 54
Tyler Reddick 2 12 8 4 1 34 11.6 -2 102 82 20 70 68.63 16 82.2 0 0.0 505 95.30 33
Chase Briscoe 3 5 6 5 1 17 5.7 -2 33 43 -10 33 100.00 22 100.0 0 0.0 505 111.10 45
Todd Gilliland 35 14 4 6 1 37 18.6 29 93 70 23 46 49.46 10 46.3 0 0.0 505 77.70 31
Joey Logano 20 8 9 7 1 26 10.5 13 109 103 6 91 83.49 2 72.9 0 0.0 505 93.90 33
Ryan Preece 17 16 11 8 2 27 15.2 9 103 84 19 45 43.69 15 47.7 0 0.0 505 83.60 29
Denny Hamlin 11 3 7 9 1 18 7.1 2 70 71 -1 70 100.00 19 99.6 0 0.0 505 100.80 41
Carson Hocevar 10 4 5 10 2 16 6.1 0 97 96 1 97 100.00 20 100.0 0 0.0 505 103.30 38
Bubba Wallace 12 9 10 11 3 20 9.5 1 59 57 2 59 100.00 5 99.4 0 0.0 505 95.40 30
Daniel Suarez 13 25 15 12 1 27 18.6 1 71 68 3 17 23.94 0 35.5 0 0.0 505 69.70 25
Chris Buescher 7 15 12 13 4 20 13.3 -6 82 89 -7 62 75.61 6 78.8 0 0.0 505 83.40 24
Brad Keselowski 21 11 16 14 3 28 17.3 7 109 92 17 63 57.80 13 49.1 0 0.0 505 71.90 23
AJ Allmendinger 22 20 13 15 5 24 17.1 7 115 110 5 36 31.30 8 32.3 0 0.0 505 72.20 22
Austin Cindric 9 10 17 16 2 21 12.0 -7 94 97 -3 71 75.53 5 79.2 0 0.0 505 80.20 23
Ricky Stenhouse Jr 23 21 20 17 10 26 20.8 6 81 72 9 6 7.41 4 3.4 0 0.0 504 57.20 20
Austin Dillon 24 23 19 18 4 29 19.5 6 97 99 -2 3 3.09 0 7.3 0 0.0 504 58.50 19
Zane Smith 15 27 14 19 5 28 20.3 -4 61 58 3 16 26.23 2 32.5 0 0.0 504 61.20 18
Ross Chastain 6 18 22 20 2 24 15.7 -14 70 89 -19 23 32.86 6 38.6 0 0.0 504 71.20 17
Riley Herbst 4 26 21 21 2 28 17.2 -17 65 84 -19 19 29.23 7 33.9 0 0.0 504 66.00 19
Chase Elliott 18 13 18 22 1 22 14.8 -4 96 127 -31 57 59.38 2 51.1 6 1.2 504 67.70 15
Erik Jones 28 19 25 23 16 28 23.8 5 68 58 10 0 0.00 1 0.0 0 0.0 503 51.20 14
Michael McDowell 19 22 23 24 13 28 23.7 -5 66 63 3 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 503 48.20 13
Kyle Busch 29 24 26 25 10 32 24.6 4 65 68 -3 0 0.00 1 0.6 0 0.0 503 46.90 12
Noah Gragson 16 17 24 26 7 26 17.5 -10 70 87 -17 45 64.29 2 32.5 0 0.0 503 57.20 11
Christopher Bell 14 33 28 27 1 36 24.2 -13 26 9 17 16 61.54 19 26.5 0 0.0 501 88.40 19
Cole Custer 30 31 27 28 25 35 30.4 2 34 36 -2 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 501 36.30 9
Ty Dillon 32 28 29 29 24 35 29.8 3 19 26 -7 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 501 32.80 8
William Byron 34 32 31 30 25 36 33.0 4 12 10 2 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 500 32.80 7
Cody Ware 36 30 30 31 30 36 31.8 5 26 29 -3 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 500 30.70 6
Josh Berry 25 6 32 32 1 32 14.7 -7 53 83 -30 43 81.13 6 59.8 0 0.0 490 65.60 16
Connor Zilisch 26 29 33 33 1 33 29.3 -7 24 35 -11 0 0.00 0 0.8 0 0.0 478 37.70 4
Shane van Gisbergen 33 37 34 34 29 37 34.2 -1 13 13 0 0 0.00 1 0.0 0 0.0 335 31.70 3
John Hunter Nemechek 31 36 35 35 28 37 34.0 -4 20 15 5 0 0.00 3 0.0 0 0.0 324 35.50 2
Chad Finchum 37 34 36 36 24 37 35.8 1 6 3 3 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 241 23.80 0
Alex Bowman 27 35 37 37 27 34 33.6 -10 13 18 -5 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 163 31.70 1