Food City 500 Official Results

Was the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway a crazy kind of race, or what?  We had weather, a "trophy dash," more weather, almost a race, more weather, then racing, with a side of human error on that last lap.

But apparently the human error in triggering the caution lights didn't upset the apple cart too much, with only three drivers getting a position changed.

To be honest, I'd rather have a caution light "oops" rather than a process that takes too long to engage.  And aside from that, how many times have we ever seen errant caution flags?

With that said, Carl Edwards is now, more than likely, in The Chase.  Well, I'd rather see him get in early, than get desperate and start plowing through folks to get a berth in the race-offs.

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 4
54TH ANNUAL FOOD CITY "500"
BRISTOL MOTOR SPEEDWAY

Bristol, TN - March 16, 2014
.533-Mile Oval
500 Laps - 266.50 Miles Purse: $5,630,559

Race Comments: Carl Edwards won the Food City 500, his 22nd NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory. Prior to the green flag to start the event, the following car(s) will drop to the rear of the field for the reasons indicated: #27, 30 (Engine Change); #40 (backup car); #98 (pitting before green).

TIME OF RACE:3 hours, 11 minutes, 23 seconds       AVERAGE SPEED:84.051 mph      MARGIN OF VICTORY:Under Caution

COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD:  Denny Hamlin (129.991 mph. 14.761 secs.)

3M LAP LEADER:  Matt Kenseth (165 Laps)

-

				Fin	Bon.
Pos	No	Driver	Laps	Pts	Pts	Status	Laps Led
1	99	Carl Edwards	503	47	4	Running	78
2	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	503	42	0	Running
3	43	Aric Almirola	503	41	0	Running
4	14	Tony Stewart	503	40	0	Running
5	9	Marcos Ambrose	503	39	0	Running
6	11	Denny Hamlin	503	39	1	Running	4
7	24	Jeff Gordon	503	37	0	Running
8	5	Kasey Kahne	503	37	1	Running	16
9	55	Brian Vickers	503	35	0	Running
10	42	Kyle Larson #	503	34	0	Running
11	3	Austin Dillon #	503	33	0	Running
12	16	Greg Biffle	503	32	0	Running
13	20	Matt Kenseth	503	33	2	Running	165
14	2	Brad Keselowski	503	31	1	Running	40
15	15	Clint Bowyer	503	30	1	Running	5
16	31	Ryan Newman	503	28	0	Running
17	51	Justin Allgaier #	502	27	0	Running
18	10	Danica Patrick	502	26	0	Running
19	48	Jimmie Johnson	501	26	1	Running	44
20	22	Joey Logano	500	25	1	Running	12
21	27	Paul Menard	500	23	0	Running
22	38	David Gilliland	500	22	0	Running
23	98	Josh Wise	499	21	0	Running
24	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr	499	20	0	Running
25	47	AJ Allmendinger	498	19	0	Running
26	7	Michael Annett #	497	18	0	Running
27	13	Casey Mears	497	17	0	Running
28	36	Reed Sorenson	497	16	0	Running
29	18	Kyle Busch	496	16	1	Running	73
30	40	Landon Cassill	496	0	0	Running
31	34	David Ragan	495	13	0	Running
32	23	Alex Bowman #	493	12	0	Running
33	32	Travis Kvapil	491	11	0	Running
34	30	Parker Kligerman #	487	10	0	Running
35	41	Kurt Busch	473	10	1	Running	28
36	78	Martin Truex Jr	471	8	0	Running
37	95	Michael McDowell	469	7	0	Running
38	1	Jamie McMurray	453	7	1	Accident	10
39	4	Kevin Harvick	450	6	1	Accident	28
40	26	Cole Whitt #	430	4	0	Running
41	66	Joe Nemechek	322	0	0	Rear Gear
42	83	Ryan Truex #	271	2	0	Accident
43	33	Timmy Hill	160	1	0	Accident

-

Caution Flags: 12 cautions for 95 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets]
52-57 (Competition [36]);
61-64 (Debris Turn 2 [7]);
67-75 (Debris Backstretch [98]);
119-136 (Precipitation [Red Flag: Lap 125, 3:18:58] [22]);
157-166 (Car #10, 26 Accident Turn 1 [16]);
188-192 (Competition [98]);
277-284 (Car #83 Accident Backstretch [16]);
333-338 (Car #34, 95 Accident Frontstretch [41]);
395-403 (Car #18 Accident Turn 4 [9]);
424-429 (Car #78 Accident Turn 2 [3]);
452-461 (Car #4 Accident Turn 1 [15]);
500-503 (Track Caution Lights Triggered [31]).

Lap Leaders:  20 lead changes among 12 drivers.
Hamlin 1,
Keselowski 2-41,
Logano 42-53,
Johnson 54-97,
Kenseth 98-119,
Ku. Busch 120,
Kenseth 121-152,
Ku. Busch 153-178,
McMurray 179-188,
Ku. Busch 189,
Bowyer 190-194,
Ky. Busch 195-267,
Kahne 268-277,
Hamlin 278,
Kahne 279-284,
Kenseth 285-333,
Hamlin 334,
Kenseth 335-396,
Hamlin 397,
Harvick 398-425,
Edwards 426-503.

Failed to qualify: (2) #35 David Reutimann; #77 Dave Blaney

-

NEXT EVENT: March 23, 2014 - 18th Annual Auto Club 400, Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, CA (400 Miles) (200 Laps)

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

Email:

- - -