For the first time in three years, the NASCAR Cup Series spring race at Bristol in Tennessee will be held on concrete, as the 2024 season comes to an even shorter track than Phoenix Raceway was last weekend .
The Bristol spring race has been run on dirt for the past three seasons. Christopher Bell, Kyle Busch and Joey Logano were the dirt surface winners. In 2020, the last time it was raced on concrete, Brad Keselowski took the victory. Busch won twice before that.
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Brad Keselowski, driver of the No. 2 Discount Tire Ford, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Food City Presents Supermarket Heroes 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on May 31, 2020, in Bristol, Tennessee. (Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
As the 2024 season has shown from the start, anything can happen in these races. There has yet to be a multiple winner this season. Last Sunday, Bell held off Chris Buescher and Ty Gibbs in the Shriners Children's 500 in Phoenix to earn his first win of the regular season.
Kyle Larson, Daniel Suárez and William Byron are the other drivers who have won this year.
Bristol Motor Speedway is a completely different beast, as most drivers understand. The length of the track is just over half a mile and there have been many retaliatory crashes and hot tempers in the past. There will be plenty of tough racing and interesting strategies during the Food City 500 on Sunday.
Tyler Reddick, driver of the No. 8 Alsco Uniforms Chevrolet, Alex Bowman, driver of the No. 88 Chevrolet, and Cole Custer, driver of the No. 41 Haas Automation Ford, crash during the NASCAR Food City Cup Series presents the Supermarket Heroes 500 in Bristol Motor Speedway on May 31, 2020, in Bristol, Tennessee. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
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Here's what else you should know about the race.
Climate
Sunday should be a nice spring day for the drivers. Bristol is expected to have a low of 41 degrees and a high of 60, according to FOX Weather.
Fact Tracking
Bristol Motor Speedway is located on the Tennessee side of the border. The track is 0.533 miles long and 500 laps will have to be completed. There are four corners with 24 to 28 degrees banking in the corners, 5 to 9 degrees banking on the front straight, and 4 to 8 degrees banking on the back straight.
Rusty Wallace has the most Food City 500 wins with six. Busch is tied for second with Dale Earnhardt and Darrell Waltrip with five.
Kyle Busch, driver of the No. 18 Toyota Skittles, and Kurt Busch, driver of the No. 1 Monster Energy Chevrolet, compete during the Food City 500 on April 7, 2019, at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. (Jeff Robinson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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how to watch
Food City 500 starts at 3:30 pm ET. NASCAR fans can watch it on FOX.
