Patrick Survives Bristol, Finishes 28th

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Date:                           March 17, 2013

Event:                         Food City 500 (Round 4 of 36)

Series:                         NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

Location:                    Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway (.533-mile oval)

Start/Finish:                41st/28th (Running, completed 495 of 500 laps)

Point Standing:           28th (69 points, 97 out of first)

Winner:                       Kasey Kahne of Hendrick Motorsports (Chevrolet)

Danica Patrick battled a tight-handling racecar and a late pit-road speeding penalty en route to a 28th-place finish Sunday in the Food City 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway. Read Full Article →

CHEVY NSCS AT BRISTOL ONE: Kasey Kahne, Winner’s Press Conf. Transcript

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Team Chevy Kasey Kahne Scores First Career Win at Bristol Motor Speedway
Total of Six Chevrolet Drivers Score Top-Ten Finishes in Food City 500

BRISTOL, Tenn. – (March 17, 2013) – Kasey Kahne, No. 5 Great Clips Chevrolet SS, won the 53rd annual Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway today in a hard fought battle at the series’ first short track event of 2013. The win was Kasey’s first ever victory at Bristol and his 15th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series win. It was also his first victory of 2013 and second top-ten finish. The finish helped Kasey move up seven positions to 7th in the point standings after four races.

Kurt Busch, No. 78 Furniture Row/Beautyrest Chevrolet SS, captured his first top-five finish of 2013 by coming home in fourth place after starting today’s race in 19th position. The finish helped Busch make a huge jump in the points, moving up 13 spots to 16th. Kasey Kahne’s Hendrick Motorsports teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr., No. 88 National Guard Chevrolet SS, continued his consistent pace as he came home with a respectable sixth-place finish in today’s event. He moves to second in the overall point standings, just nine points behind first. Read Full Article →

Kurt Busch Looking for More Bristol Magic

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No. 78 Chevrolet will carry Beautyrest associate sponsorship at Bristol

DENVER, Colo. (March 13, 2013) – When it comes to a confidence and fondness level for a racetrack, Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway is at the top of the list for Furniture Row Racing driver Kurt Busch.

 
The all-concrete bullring, known as the world’s fastest half-mile, has been the site of five Sprint Cup victories for the 34-year-old Busch, including his first career win on March 24, 2002. Read Full Article →

Busch Tackles World’s Fastest Half Mile

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Kyle Busch / No. 54 Monster Energy Toyota Team Preview

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (March 12, 2013) – Last year at this time Kyle Busch brought his newly formed Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) team to attempt the famous Tennessee short track for the first time. While the owner-driver was a master of the .533-mile short track, their race together was a difficult one. It started with a top-10 qualifying run, followed quickly by a first-place position and the lead for 40 laps, until a pit stop miscue and then a late-race blown tire, forced the team to record a 17th-place finish.

Busch will again travel to Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway (BMS) for his 18th attempt at the “World’s Fastest Half-Mile” with high hopes of giving his recently aligned Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) Nationwide Series team a second taste of victory in the No. 54 Monster Energy machine. The young group recently earned their first win together in week two of the 2013 season at Phoenix (Ariz.) International Raceway. Read Full Article →

Matt Kenseth – Home Depot Husky Toyota – Bristol NSCS Advance

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No. 20 Husky Toyota News and Notes:
JOE GIBBS RACING AT BRISTOL: Joe Gibbs Racing has 86 Sprint Cup Series starts at Bristol Motor Speedway earning a total of six wins, 17 top-five, and 30 top-ten finishes at the 0.533-mile track. The organization also has led for a total of 3,311 laps and has an average finish of 17.9 during the team’s 20-year history.
THE HUSKY PROMISE: With over 80 years of experience building the toughest hand tools, air compressors, air tools and tool storage products, Husky has what it takes to provide solutions you can count on. No one knows that better than The Home Depot, which is the only place you can find the complete selection of Husky. If there’s ever a problem with your hand tool, you can be sure that they’ll replace it. No hassle. No charge. Read Full Article →

M&M’s Racing: Kyle Busch Food City 500 at Bristol Advance and Team Report

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The Last Great Colosseum

HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. (March 12, 2013) – Built out of concrete and stone, the Roman Colosseum still stands today in the Italian center of Rome as a major tourist attraction visited annually by millions from around the world.

Completed in 80 AD, the amphitheatre seated 50,000 spectators and was used for gladiator contests and public spectacles such as mock sea battles, animal hunts, and re-enactments of famous battles based on Roman mythology. The Roman Colosseum was considered by many as one of the greatest feats of Roman architecture and engineering.

Built in 1961, the .533-mile Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway is nestled in the hills of East Tennessee and originally seated around 18,000. Over the years, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers have fought their own battles on the half-mile bullring and Bristol quickly gained popularity – and seating capacity – as one of the premier stops on the circuit. Read Full Article →

Retro Bristol Brings Out Retro Tony Stewart

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Tony Stewart NASCARStewart Vies For Lead Before Tangling with Kenseth in Night Race at Bristol

The revamped Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway, where the banking in the upper groove of the racetrack was reduced to the same degree as the middle of the track surface, gave the .533-mile concrete bullring its luster of yesteryear with plenty of bent sheet metal that left plenty of drivers bent with one another.

Count Tony Stewart among them, as the driver of the No. 14 Mobil 1/Office Depot Chevrolet for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) finished 27th in the Irwin Tools Night Race after tangling with Matt Kenseth for the lead on lap 333.

Stewart was none too pleased with Kenseth’s driving tactics, and the 14-year NASCAR Sprint Cup Series veteran showed his displeasure to Kenseth when after climbing from his battered racecar, he threw his helmet at Kenseth. Stewart was as precise with his throw as he was with his words afterward, as the helmet struck Kenseth’s Ford square in the nose.
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