Practice #1 : Bristol Motor Speedway
Food City 500
Bristol Motor Speedway , Bristol, TN
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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
