Earnhardt Jr. left the track without returning to his hauler to face awaiting reporters after the race but he had to be happy with the way the day worked out. Not only did he overcome the penalty, but if he had not been penalized, he possibly could have been caught up in the big wreck. [...]

KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 M&M’s Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing Finished: 9th How was your race car today? “It just wasn’t the kind of car we wanted to bring back here to Bristol. We just worked from behind all weekend long. The right front went down and I got into the wall there in about [...]

JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S CHEVROLET, RACE WINNER: WINNING BRISTOL IS NOT OLD HAT? “Oh no. Man, we have worked so hard for this. I thought we were in trouble there but those four tires were everything and I was in the outside lane, which was helpful. All those times we had all of the [...]

KURT BUSCH (No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger) Finished 3rd “We were solid all day. We just got beat at the end on the luck of the draw on restarts. That’s what our sport is about…luck on which lane is going to go. I don’t’ know, I’d rather lose to any of the 41 cars [...]

GREG BIFFLE – No. 16 U.S. Census Ford Fusion (Finished 4th) “I didn’t make the call, Greg Erwin did, but I think it was the right one. Yeah, we could go back and do it over again with four and see what that does, but this U.S. Census Ford Fusion was really, really fast. I [...]

Can anyone stop the unstoppable? Accidents and rain delays aren’t stopping Jimmie Johnson as he added yet another milestone to his Sprint Cup pedigree by winning his first career race at Bristol. Jimmie Johnson: “Man, we have worked so hard for this. I thought we were in trouble there but those four tires were everything [...]

The Sprint Cup car rear-deck wing, that much-hated piece of the race vehicle originally introduced as the Car of Tomorrow, will make one more run in Sunday’s Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. When teams reassemble next weekend at Martinsville Speedway, the cars will be fitted with the traditional metal spoilers that sat on [...]

The forecast for Bristol today is for rain showers developing by early afternoon.  It does not look good for getting the whole Sprint Cup Series race in today. The listed forecast: Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers early in the afternoon. A chance of showers late in the afternoon. Becoming windy. Highs in the [...]

Two-time Nationwide Series champion and Spartanburg native Larry Pearson was involved in a serious crash with Charlie Glotzbach on Saturday in a non-sanctioned old-timers exhibition race organized by Bristol Motor Speedway: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypMzEVkrGyk[/youtube]