Food City 500
Past winners

Food City 500

Section Title: Past winners
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Year	Date	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Race distance	Race time	Average speed (mph)	Report

Laps	Miles (km)

1961	October 22	8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore Engineering	Pontiac	500	250 (402.336)	3:27:02	72.452	Report

1962	July 29	42	Jim Paschal	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	500	250 (402.336)	3:19:16	75.276	Report

1963	March 31	22	Fireball Roberts	Holman-Moody	Ford	500	250 (402.336)	3:15:02	76.91	Report

1964	March 22	28	Fred Lorenzen	Holman-Moody	Ford	500	250 (402.336)	3:27:46	72.196	Report

1965	May 2	26	Junior Johnson	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	500	250 (402.336)	3:20:10	74.937	Report

1966	March 20	29	Dick Hutcherson	Holman-Moody	Ford	500	250 (402.336)	3:34:26	69.952	Report

1967	March 19	6	David Pearson	Cotton Owens	Dodge	500	250 (402.336)	3:17:32	75.937	Report

1968	March 17	17	David Pearson	Holman-Moody	Ford	500	250 (402.336)	3:14:11	77.247	Report

1969	March 23	22	Bobby Allison	Mario Rossi	Dodge	500	250 (402.336)	3:04:09	81.455	Report

1970	April 5	27	Donnie Allison	Banjo Matthews	Ford	500	266.5 (428.89)	3:02:42	87.543	Report

1971	March 28	17	David Pearson	Holman-Moody	Ford	500	266.5 (428.89)	2:52:23	91.704	Report

1972	April 9	12	Bobby Allison	Richard Howard	Chevrolet	500	266.5 (428.89)	2:50:18	92.826	Report

1973	March 25	11	Cale Yarborough	Richard Howard	Chevrolet	500	266.5 (428.89)	2:57:43	88.952	Report

1974	March 17	11	Cale Yarborough	Richard Howard	Chevrolet	450*	239.85 (386.001)	3:42:50	64.533	Report

1975	March 16	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	500	266.5 (428.89)	2:43:53	97.053	Report

1976	March 14	11	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	400	213.2 (343.112)	2:25:24	87.377	Report

1977	April 17	11	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	500	266.5 (428.89)	2:38:20	100.989	Report

1978	April 2	88	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	500	266.5 (428.89)	2:53:03	92.401	Report

1979	April 1	2	Dale Earnhardt	Rod Osterlund Racing	Chevrolet	500	266.5 (428.89)	2:55:39	91.033	Report

1980	March 30	2	Dale Earnhardt	Rod Osterlund Racing	Chevrolet	500	266.5 (428.89)	2:44:53	96.977	Report

1981	March 29	11	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Buick	500	266.5 (428.89)	2:58:36	89.53	Report

1982	March 14	11	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Buick	500	266.5 (428.89)	2:49:52	94.025	Report

1983	May 21	11	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	500	266.5 (428.89)	2:51:07	93.445	Report

1984	April 1	11	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	500	266.5 (428.89)	2:50:10	93.967	Report

1985	April 6*	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	500	266.5 (428.89)	3:15:42	81.79	Report

1986	April 6	27	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	Pontiac	500	266.5 (428.89)	2:58:14	89.747	Report

1987	April 12	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	500	266.5 (428.89)	3:31:27	75.621	Report

1988	April 10	9	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	Ford	500	266.5 (428.89)	3:12:23	83.115	Report

1989	April 9	27	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	Pontiac	500	266.5 (428.89)	3:30:18	76.034	Report

1990	April 8	28	Davey Allison	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	500	266.5 (428.89)	3:03:15	87.258	Report

1991	April 14	2	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing	Pontiac	500	266.5 (428.89)	3:39:37	72.809	Report

1992	April 5	7	Alan Kulwicki	AK Racing	Ford	500	266.5 (428.89)	3:05:15	86.316	Report

1993	April 4	2	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing	Pontiac	500	266.5 (428.89)	3:08:43	84.73	Report

1994	April 10	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	500	266.5 (428.89)	2:58:22	89.647	Report

1995	April 2	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	500	266.5 (428.89)	2:53:47	92.011	Report

1996	March 31	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	342*	182.286 (293.36)	1:59:47	91.308	Report

1997	April 13	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	500	266.5 (428.89)	3:33:06	75.035	Report

1998	March 29	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	500	266.5 (428.89)	3:13:00	82.85	Report

1999	April 11	2	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing	Ford	500	266.5 (428.89)	2:51:16	93.363	Report

2000	March 26	2	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing	Ford	500	266.5 (428.89)	3:01:40	88.018	Report

2001	March 25	21	Elliott Sadler	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	500	266.5 (428.89)	3:03:54	86.949	Report

2002	March 24	97	Kurt Busch	Roush Racing	Ford	500	266.5 (428.89)	3:14:20	82.281	Report

2003	March 23	97	Kurt Busch	Roush Racing	Ford	500	266.5 (428.89)	3:29:53	76.185	Report

2004	March 28	97	Kurt Busch	Roush Racing	Ford	500	266.5 (428.89)	3:13:34	82.607	Report

2005	April 3	29	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	500	266.5 (428.89)	3:26:20	77.496	Report

2006	March 26	2	Kurt Busch	Penske Racing	Dodge	500	266.5 (428.89)	3:21:19	79.427	Report

2007	March 25	5	Kyle Busch	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	504*	268.632 (432.321)	3:16:38	81.969	Report

2008	March 16	31	Jeff Burton	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	506*	269.698 (434.036)	3:00:15	89.775	Report

2009	March 22	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	503*	268.099 (431.463)	2:54:35	92.139	Report

2010	March 21	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	500	266.5 (428.89)	3:20:50	79.618	Report

2011	March 20	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	500	266.5 (428.89)	2:53:55	91.941	Report

2012	March 18	2	Brad Keselowski	Penske Racing	Dodge	500	266.5 (428.89)	2:51:52	93.037	Report

2013	March 17	5	Kasey Kahne	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	500	266.5 (428.89)	2:53:25	92.206	Report

2014	March 16	99	Carl Edwards	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	503*	268.099 (431.463)	3:11:23	84.051	Report

2015	April 19	20	Matt Kenseth	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	511*	272.363 (438.325)	3:37:54	74.997	Report

2016	April 17	19	Carl Edwards	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	500	266.5 (428.89)	3:15:52	81.637	Report

2017	April 24*	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	500	266.5 (428.89)	3:04:29	86.674	Report

2018	April 15/16*	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	500	266.5 (428.89)	3:26:25	77.465	Report

2019	April 7	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	500	266.5 (428.89)	2:56:38	90.527	Report

Sentence(s)

In 1981, Darrell Waltrip drove Johnson's Buick.

final_sentence: In 1981, Darrell Waltrip drove Johnson's Buick.