Food City 500

The Food City 500 is an annual NASCAR Cup Series race held at Bristol Motor Speedway, it is one of two NASCAR races held at the circuit, with the other one being the Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race in mid August,  It was the first venue to host the fifth-generation car, a race won by Kyle Busch.

The Food City 500 was sponsored by Stand Up to Cancer.

 History 
The Food City 500 is one of the famous races at Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee, and it is home to two Xfinity Series race, two NASCAR Cup Series races and one Camping World Truck Series race.  

In 2010 and 2017, Kyle Busch swept all three series at Bristol in the fall race.
Past winners
+YearWinnerStartedManufacturerPole speedCautionsCaution Laps1961Jack Smith12thPontiac79.22581962Joe Weatherly2ndPontiac80.64531963Fireball Roberts3rdPontiac80.681191964Fred Lorenzen1stPlymouth80.644541965Junior Johnson3rdFord84.6267391966Dick Hutcherson6thFord86.2487921967David Pearson14thDodge87.1246591968David Pearson2ndFord88.58211811969Bobby Allison4thDodge88.6694321970Donnie Allison2ndFord107.0798541971David Pearson1stFord105.5255451972Bobby Allison1stChevrolet106.8752251973Cale Yarborough1stChevrolet107.6087561974Cale Yarborough3rdChevrolet107.35191051975Richard Petty2ndDodge110.9512271976Cale Yarborough3rdChevrolet110.726791977Cale Yarborough1stChevrolet110.168291978Darrell Waltrip7thChevrolet110.4094401979Dale Earnhardt9thChevrolet111.6686441980Dale Earnhardt4thChevrolet111.6883141981Darrell Waltrip1stBuick112.1258441982Darrell Waltrip1stBuick111.0683251983Darrell Waltrip13thChevrolet110.4095311984Darrell Waltrip3rdChevrolet111.394191985Dale Earnhardt12thChevrolet112.77814901986Rusty Wallace14thPontiac114.857561987Dale Earnhardt3rdChevrolet115.674131251988Bill Elliott13thFord117.55212701989Rusty Wallace8thPontiac120.27820981990Davey Allison19thFord116.15713651991Rusty Wallace1stPontiac118.051191331992Alan Kulwicki1stFord122.47410751993Rusty Wallace1stPontiac120.93817871994Dale Earnhardt24thChevrolet124.94610751995Jeff Gordon2ndChevrolet124.6057651996Jeff Gordon8thChevrolet123.5785371997Jeff Gordon5thChevrolet123.586201321998Jeff Gordon2ndChevrolet124.27514881999Rusty Wallace1stFord125.1427672000Rusty Wallace1stFord126.3711362001Elliott Sadler38thFord126.30313872002Kurt Busch27thFord127.216141012003Kurt Busch9thFord128.709171212004Kurt Busch13thFord128.31411852005Kevin Harvick13thChevrolet127.733141152006Kurt Busch9thDodge181042007Kyle Busch20thChevrolet125.77315902008Jeff Burton8thChevrolet10682009Kyle Busch19thToyota125.7739582010Jimmie Johnson4thChevrolet124.63101032011Kyle Busch12thToyota128.01410572012Brad Keselowski5thDodge125.5155492013Kasey Kahne2ndChevrolet129.53510662014Carl Edwards12thFord129.99112952015Matt Kenseth1stToyota128.682111172016Carl Edwards1stToyota127.99715922017Jimmie Johnson11thChevrolet9752018Kyle Busch1stToyota128.88213114

 References 

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