I cant wait for the next one to evolve as they continue to evolve with this new car. And Paul (Wolfe) did a good job of getting some good changes to the Verizon Mustang to where it got competitive. Anthony Alfredo36. Bristol - Food City Dirt Race SUNDAY, MARCH 28TH 2021 | 3:30 PM ET Weekend Schedule Tickets Follow Live The Food City Dirt Race marks the 121st Cup race hosted by Bristol Motor Speedway. Now, the model simulated the 2023 Food City Dirt Race 10,000 times. Chase Elliott Elliott didnt count on a top-10 finish entering the race, his first back since suffering a broken leg. He turns himself into the outside wall. Among a number of. It was very questionable as to how the heavy Cup Series cars would take to an artificial dirt track. Ryan Blaney; 8. That ultimately cost us the track position. Out of Stock. The Food City Dirt Race at Bristol will be broadcast on Fox at 4PM ET today, as well as on Fox Sports. Then after that, we got the car really good. It was fun. You saw the 41 (Ryan Preece) dominate the race, and then he got caught and went to the back and that was it. Were going to have track position racing, single-file, follow-the-leader, nobody can pass.. 2021411 ; Our NFL Mock Drafts (4/8/21) . I pride myself on not making mistakes, so that was pretty brutal there, but, like Ive said, we have a fast race car and really felt like we could have probably swept the stages and ran top three or top five. BJ McLeod38. Joey Logano finished second despite having an average running position of 21.0 the worst average running position for a runner-up finisher in a Cup race since at least 2008, according to Racing Insights. Some drivers again called for NASCAR to give them more horsepower to make passing less challenging. It was warm. We had pitted and we had to take the wave-around, and we ended up at the very back. $64.99. Well keep battling., Ryan Preece Finished 15th: I sped off pit road, I guess. Martin Truex Jr; 10. Pre-race. Our No. The green flag drops at 3 p.m. We will just keep on digging., Chase Elliott Finished 10th: It was about what I expected, so thats a good thing. Quin Houff35. Sundays race had an average of 3.7 positions changing per green flag lap. All four cars were in contention. This win here today means a lot for everybody and, too, Hendrick Motorsports as well with everything that theyve everything that this kind of racetrack and trip means to them., Joey Logano Finished 2nd: Solid recovery for what the start of the race looked like. Green, Larson leads into turn one with Elliott all over his bumper. Larson wiggles but he holds the lead! Right now, if you try to pivot or make the core do something you want it to do, it just cant take it.. He was 22nd on a restart at Lap 355 and worked his way up to 10th, getting past Austin Dillon on Lap 394 to reach the top 10. So, let me entertain you and everything will be fine. The winner of Saturday night's NASCAR Cup Series playoff race at Bristol Motor Speedway drove to checkered flag as a teammate tried to settle a score with another driver . The .533-mile oval is set to host a playoff elimination race with only 12 of the 16 drivers advancing out of this event. Daniel Suarez23. April 9, 2023. I never ever would have thought that I would win here at Martinsville. I could set them up, but I couldnt get the throttle down. It definitely didnt go unnoticed., Austin Dillon Finished 12th:What a battle today at Martinsville Speedway. Really nice that it went green there. Check out the latest 2022 NASCAR at Bristol odds below, then visit SportsLine now to see the full projected 2022 Food City Dirt Race leaderboard, all from the model that correctly predicted. If somebody was asking for my opinion and was willing to let me come to a short track and test the tire, Id tell them its not always about softer tires, Preece told NBC Sports. Elliott returned to racing six weeks after he broke his left tibia in a snowboarding accident and finished 10th. Tyler Reddick13. Got us a top 10 out of our first day back, so thats definitely something to not be too bummed about. You saw the 41 (Ryan Preece) dominate the race, and then he got caught and went to the back and that was it. I just needed to stay in the lead. In 2021, Larson joined Niece Motorsports to drive the No. Green, Larson is clear into turn one as Hamlin takes 2nd. We got these Cup cars that somehow dont fall off a half a second in 80 laps. Lap 336, Larson has climbed to the bumper of Harvick in the battle for the lead. ((3-29-2021) #51-Martin Truex Jr. won the Pinty's Dirt Truck Race NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway Monday afternoon in dominating fashion. The starting lineup for Saturday's NASCAR Cup Series playoff elimination race at Bristol Motor Speedway was set by applying the statistical formula NASCAR is using for the majority of Cup races. Theyre almost the same. Denny Hamlin (5/2) - Denny Hamlin is listed as a 5/2 betting choice. Its about being able to lean on that outside of the tire and not have it slip like its on ice. It notes green flag passes. We had a great car. Chase Elliott Elliott didnt count on a top-10 finish entering the race, his first back since suffering a broken leg. Coliseum will be open invitiational for all Cup teams, Friday 5: Schedule change part of NASCARs broader makeover. I think when you can accomplish something that you dont see possible, when you do accomplish it, it moves up the ladder pretty high. It's been 50 years since the NASCAR Cup Series has raced on the dirt. Were going to have track position racing, single-file, follow-the-leader, nobody can pass.. TV: Fox. Hes in the wall, caution. Ive got tons of laps around here, and not many top 10s. It felt like we were definitely the best weve been here in a long time, so were really happy with our day., Bubba Wallace Finished 9th: Yeah, for sure. Right now, if you try to pivot or make the core do something you want it to do, it just cant take it.. A lot of those guys we had lapped already in the race and its just so hard to pass that you give those guys track position and you start behind them on the same tires. Tonight, the NASCAR Cup Series unloads at Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee. It was the only shot I had, and I did everything I could, but it wasnt enough. Larson has never won at Bristol. Everyone on the No. And some of those would be as much as a year to possibly 18 months lead time to get that work done and get parts ordered. Ex. Austin Dillon16. Kevin Harvick3. Top 10 is nothing to be too upset about, Elliott said after the 400-lap race at the historic half-mile track. MARTINSVILLE, Va. Spotter Eddie DHondt echoed the feelings of Chase Elliott fans when he told the sports most popular driver welcome back, bud before Sundays Cup race at Martinsville Speedway. Both were two laps down. He tires had been on for 50 more laps than the field. You cant make mistakes. Until we get lap-time variation, Im going to keep harping and keeping saying it over and over and over. I cant wait for the next one to evolve as they continue to evolve with this new car. The NASCAR 2021 schedule release will surely get racing fanstalking there are more road races, two regular tracks gone fromthe schedule entirely and. At the time, I thought that was gonna be OK with the amount of laps we still had to go, but track position was obviously super important. Updated September 19, 2021 9:21 AM Chase Elliott waves to fans as he is introduced before a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Bristol Motor Speedway Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021, in Bristol,. A couple of other cars snuck on our inside and we lost the top 10. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota entry in 2021, Bell has five wins, 24 top fives, 42 top-10s, four poles and 827 laps led in his [] Nasvhille has been added to the schedule for a race on June 20. For as much as drivers want to increase horsepower, that doesnt appear to be a likely option for the near future, based off what Hendrick Motorsports President and General Manager Jeff Andrews said after the race. Go back further and the contrast is more stark. He passes Harvick to make it just two laps and rubs him in frustration. Logano, the reigning series champion, started at the back of the field because of an unapproved adjustment before the race. Was able to stay out and get a lucky caution there during a green flag cycle. 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I like to charge the center. Stayed out again when everyone pitted and put us on the front row and a shot to win the race. Chastains lead showed the challenge in passing. It was pretty bad. He started 24th and did not climb inside the top 20 until Lap 258 when he moved up to 19th. Thats part of it, and you just move on. Logano wins the race to the pit exit with a two tire call. I thought we were arguably the best car the first part of the race and then we got a little bit behind as the track changed and the car changed a little bit. We just needed track position. Kyle Larson; 10. Martin Truex Jr8. Larson restarts 8th as 7 stay out. Kyle Larson; 3. He was lapped in the first stage and got his lap back at the stage break. We went down a lap twice, two times. It was pretty good, honestly. Elliott said of his leg. Ryan Preece started on the pole and led the first 135 laps until a pit road speeding penalty put him at the back of the field and he never recovered, finishing 15th. Lap 168, Ryan Newman clears himself on Custer, not clear. ET today. I wish one of us would have won the race, but youll have that. Elliott went to the pits and lost several laps. This is one of my favorite tracks and we come here and run sixth-to-ninth every time. Relive all the action from the 2021 Bristol Dirt Race, including big accidents that took out dirt-ringers Kyle Laron and Christopher Bell, and NASCAR gets ye. Of those three, only one came with the top two drivers on the same tire strategy when Hamlin passed Chase Briscoe for the lead on Lap 257. Trouble! Like a mummy at night fightin' with bright lightnin'. We have to try something different because we cant just have follow-the-leader racing. If thats the case and this is the engine that weve got, we have to work with Goodyear on coming up with some sort of a tire that is better than what weve got.. Tyler Reddick; 10. J.R. (Houston), my engineer, and I just walked to figure out where that last section was. They run nose to tail around the top. That was the best my car had been, I think, being able to get out front and manage. Even if you were better than a guy, they could just kind of hang on. Next Gen racing is all about strategy, execution on pit road thats who wins. Its a lot easier to say you should have stayed out, but we didnt. Brad Keselowski; 4. To figure out your Win Amount, take the odds and multiply by the amount wagered. That's Rock Bottom. I did think in the drivers seat you made a little bit more of a difference. I tried to get the No. I did think in the drivers seat you made a little bit more of a difference. Justin Haley37. STAGES: Stage 1 ends at Lap 125. It was like that all day. Thats twice as many positions that changed than last falls race at Martinsville. That would stress his repaired leg. Lap 388, Quin Houff cuts a tire and slams the wall. We are missing something. Bubba Wallace17. FULL SCHEDULE FOR BRISTOL MOTOR SPEEDWAY DIRT RACES CHANNEL FINDERHOW TO FIND FS1 REMIND MEADD TO CALENDAR Filter by Series: Wednesday, March 24 8:00 p.m. The 29th race, of 36 races, of the 2021 season was action-packed and after some late lap drama, Kyle Larson scored his sixth win of the year. Larson, who had already advanced to the Round of 12 in the playoffs prior to Saturday, earned his sixth win this season. Race stage lengths announced for 2021 NASCAR races at Bristol Motor Speedway Monday, January 25, 2021 NASCAR officials announced the stage lengths for all three of its major touring series today, including each of the 2021 races scheduled at Bristol Motor Speedway. The first elimination race of the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs takes place Saturday night at Bristol Motor Speedway, where four drivers will be cut from the post-season field. That is a 47.9% decrease in positions gained per green flag lap from that March 2015 race to Sundays race. We finally got it going there at the end, and I was able to make some passes and do things that I didnt really think Id be capable of doing, or at least of us fixing it to that degree here at the race track. Its unfortunate, but when we had track position I think it showed that we had a really fast HaasTooling Ford Mustang, but you cant do those things. I was racing in the 20s and we stayed out, Chastain said. It is Next Gen racing with these tires and this aero package there is no passing. Even prior to his catastrophic run-in with Ryan Preece that rendered his Chevrolet Camaro incapable of continuing on at the Food City Dirt Race at Bristol Motor Speedway, 2021 Cup Series champion . He started 24th and did not climb inside the top 20 until Lap 258 when he moved up to 19th. Harvick is rolling the top and coming to the front as Elliott rolls the inside lane. 23 on the outside with about four or five laps to go. He leans on his rear bumper but cant get by. We were just as good as anybody, but its really tough. Street Fights at Bristol Dragway Information for Street Fights at Bristol Dragway Merchandise ABC Book for Future Race Car Driver $13.00 Beach Towel $20.00 Blanket $15.00 BMS LOGO GREEN CAMO $18.00 BMS TRACK LICENSE PLATE $10.00 BMS TRACK MULTI USE DECAL $5.00 More Items Latest News I knew I was going to get bumped. I like to roll momentum, and thats just not what this place is like. I pride myself on not making mistakes, so that was pretty brutal there, but, like Ive said, we have a fast race car and really felt like we could have probably swept the stages and ran top three or top five. The 2021 Food City Dirt Race was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on March 29, 2021, at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee.Contested over 250 laps on the 0.533 miles (0.858 km) short track, it was the seventh race of the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season. I was teared up the whole last lap. Kyle Larson picked up his first career win at Bristol Motor Speedway in Saturday nights NASCAR Cup Series playoff race. We were just as good as anybody, but its really tough. Really nice to be back and appreciate the warm welcome this weekend by everybody, so I appreciate that. Kyle Busch; 8. Both were two laps down. The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Martinsville Speedway for its ninth race of the season, the 2023 NOCO 400 on Sunday. Thats something that as a company we needed to go and run up front. Lap 56, Larson cant hold it on the bottom. Lap 363, Quin Houff loses a tire and the caution is out. Click here to exit the well. We need more fall-off, and we need a lot more horsepower.. Sundays race had an average of 3.7 positions changing per green flag lap. September 18, 2021 NASCAR results from Bristol Motor Speedway; Playoff elimination race Tonight, the NASCAR Cup Series unloads at Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee. James Davison34. 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Bristol Motor Speedway Dirt Race Page Bristol Motor Speedway Thursday, September 16, 2021 9:00pm/et Laps: 200 - Stages: 55/110/200 TV: FS1 - Radio: MRN, Sirius XM NASCAR Race Resources Results & info: (Added as available) Contingency Awards Race Results Driver Points Owner Points Cumulative Report Pit Stalls Atlanta and Darlington will both see an additional race this season, with the second swing through Darlington serving as the playoff opener on Sunday, Sept. 5. Ive worked very hard to get better here. Ive worked very hard to get better here. Harvick clears him. For as much as drivers want to increase horsepower, that doesnt appear to be a likely option for the near future, based off what Hendrick Motorsports President and General Manager Jeff Andrews said after the race. Racing Insights, which supplies statistics to NBC Sports, keeps track of positions changed per lap. By Aaron Bearden The Podium: Today's Top Three Stories P1: eNASCAR race day at virtual Bristol arrives, Hill missing from entry list (eNASCAR) When you get the lead, you have to stay there. Harvick gets loose, chases it up the banking and doors him. Copyright 2023 Sporting News Holdings Limited. Andrews used to oversee the Hendrick engine program. So that feels really, really special because he is so strong and, like, emotionally strong. BRISTOL, Tenn. (Nov. 19, 2020) - The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series will join the dirt racing fun at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2021 it was announced today by track and NASCAR officials.. Will past Cup champions fall in playoff eliminator at Bristol? This win here today means a lot for everybody and, too, Hendrick Motorsports as well with everything that theyve everything that this kind of racetrack and trip means to them., Joey Logano Finished 2nd: Solid recovery for what the start of the race looked like. ET on FOX, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) in the NASCAR Cup Series were determined Thursday via a random draw,. Aric Almirola19. Like I said, overall, it feels like a win considering how the day went so far., Martin Truex Jr. Finished 3rd: We had kind of a crazy day with the Bass Pro Shops Toyota Camry TRD, but really just got a little bit lucky there getting back on the lead lap mid-race and kept working on our car. The start times, TV channels, radio stations and more information will be added when the schedule is released by NASCAR. Cars that I was lapping 10 laps before, we caught a caution, and I couldnt pass them for second. Joey Logano held off Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Denny Hamlin in overtime to win the Food City Dirt Race at Bristol Motor Speedway on Monday.. Logano took control in the middle stage, claiming a Stage . So I dont know if were ever going to fix this until we put more horsepower on the cars or build a tire that somehow falls off. Then after that, we got the car really good. All-in-all, it was an okay day. We had a really fast race car, so once we got in the back it was so hard to do anything, so thats on me. The first race on the [] Chicagoland and Kentucky have both been removed from the schedule - this is the first schedule release with tracks removed since 2005, when Rockingham was left off the slate. I dont know that the France family really wants us running big horsepower anymore. The two Martinsville races last year combined had 1,907 such passes 1,233 in the spring race and 674 in last falls playoff race. ET, when the 2023 NASCAR at Martinsville starting . William Byron; 8. That was the only way he was going to go by me was he was going to have to get physical. Thats part of it, and you just move on. 9 Bass Pro Shops/TrueTimber/BRCC Chevrolet, pits during the NASCAR Xfinity Series Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway on September 17, 2021 in Bristol, Tennessee. And some of those would be as much as a year to possibly 18 months lead time to get that work done and get parts ordered. Im 95 percent sure I was good. We pitted, which put us towards the end of the lead lap cars. Today is when you are pretty stoked that you finished a little better than I thought we were going to. The model is also targeting one other driver with 2021 Bristol Night Race odds of 15-1 or longer to make a serious run at winning it all. Like I said, I thought it was a little bit better, but it needs to be a lot more better., Aric Almirola Finished 6th: Its crazy that Martinsville is a track position race. Legacy Motor Club Noah Gragson finished 30th and was followed one spot behind by teammate Erik Jones. Larson started 28th after the heat races were cancelled due to rain and finished 35th. It was about what I expected, so thats a good thing. The Morning Warmup March 24, 2021 (Photo: Chris Graythen / Getty Images via NASCAR) NASCAR's virtual tour is back. We made it a little bit better. Ive got tons of laps around here, and not many top 10s. All four cars were really competitive. He goes two laps down and hes only +2 on the playoff cutline as it is. So this is an extremely special win for me. We were just so loose all day long, and then finally at the end we got it a whole lot better. Larson has the lane wide open on the top. Joey Logano12. One thing that you need to realize is that all these engine companies have ordered parts and pieces for really the remainder of 2023, and to start to change that architecture around, it gets very, very complicated very quickly. Denny Hamlin also lobbied for more horsepower after finishing fourth. I was teared up the whole last lap. Everybody knows what happened here so long ago, and I think everybody you know, thats on everybodys minds every time they come to Martinsville, so wish Rick was here (and) Linda, but weve got Jeff Gordon here. Next Gen racing is all about strategy, execution on pit road thats who wins. Also, such passes can be recorded at any of the scoring loops on the track as opposed to only the start/finish line. for the first time in the modern era, NASCAR will race on dirt. The more you lower horsepower, the more you lower the gear, the less the tires will wear, Hamlin said. Well go on to next week and hopefully we can continue this speed and this momentum as a company. The more you lower horsepower, the more you lower the gear, the less the tires will wear, Hamlin said. It was warm. Lap 91, Hamlin works to the outside of Larson. MARTINSVILLE, Va. Spotter Eddie DHondt echoed the feelings of Chase Elliott fans when he told the sports most popular driver welcome back, bud before Sundays Cup race at Martinsville Speedway. The November 2020 race had 4.6 such changes per green flag lap. At one point in the race I would have been just happy to finish on a lead lap. 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