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Food City 500

Food City 500
Event

A NASCAR Nextel Cup/Sprint Cup race held in the spring at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Date	Winner	Winner's Car

24 March 2002	Kurt Busch	Ford	2002 Race Information & Results
2006	Kurt Busch		2006 Article Index
2007			2007 Article Index
26 September 2010	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	2010 Race Information & Results
18 March 2012	Brad Keselowski	Dodge	2012 Race Information & Results

2002 Results

March 24, 2002
Time of race 3:14:20
Average speed 82.281 mph
Margin of victory: 1.556 seconds
Lead changes: 15
Cautions: 5-8, 43-47, 52-56, 82-88, 117-123, 133-138, 159-165, 168-173, 211-218, 283-289, 343-360, 366-374, 409-414, 480-485
Pole: Jeff Gordon

Finish	Start	Driver	Make	Car #	Sponsor	Laps	Status	Winnings	Points/Bonus
1	27	Kurt Busch	Ford	97	Rubbermaid	500	Running	$143,840	180/5
2	4	Jimmy Spencer	Dodge	41	Target	500	Running	$110,665	175/5
3	20	Ricky Rudd	Ford	28	Havoline	500	Running	$123,242	165/0
4	23	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Chevrolet	8	Budweiser	500	Running	$87,850	170/10
5	32	Bobby Labonte	Pontiac	18	Interstate Batteries	500	Running	$113,423	155/0
6	6	Matt Kenseth	Ford	17	DeWalt Power Tools	500	Running	$74,670	150/0
7	33	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	48	Lowe's	500	Running	$56,720	146/0
8	7	Jerry Nadeau	Chevrolet	25	UAW/Delphi	500	Running	$67,720	142/0
9	15	Rusty Wallace	Ford	2	Miller Lite	500	Running	$98,865	138/0
10	22	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	29	GM Goodwrench	500	Running	$103,643	134/0
11	37	Mark Martin	Ford	6	Pfizer/Viagra	500	Running	$93,378	130/0
12	35	Kyle Petty	Dodge	45	Sprint	500	Running	$54,615	127/0
13	11	Ricky Craven	Ford	32	Tide	500	Running	$65,540	124/0
14	3	Jeremy Mayfield	Dodge	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	500	Running	$65,465	121/0
15	13	Tony Stewart	Pontiac	20	Home Depot	500	Running	$103,043	123/5
16	38	Terry Labonte	Chevrolet	5	Kellogg's	500	Running	$85,473	115/0
17	17	Dave Blaney	Ford	77	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	500	Running	$79,390	112/0
18	19	Casey Atwood	Dodge	7	Sirius Satellite Radio	500	Running	$69,040	109/0
19	16	Sterling Marlin	Dodge	40	Coors Light	499	Running	$94,447	106/0
20	2	Robby Gordon	Chevrolet	31	Cingular Wireless	499	Running	$85,331	103/0
21	30	Bill Elliott	Dodge	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	499	Running	$81,771	100/0
22	18	Ken Schrader	Pontiac	36	M&M's	499	Running	$73,615	97/0
23	5	Mike Skinner	Chevrolet	4	Kodak	499	Running	$63,234	94/0
24	34	Steve Park	Chevrolet	1	Pennzoil	497	Running	$84,440	91/0
25	29	Ward Burton	Dodge	22	Caterpillar	497	Running	$94,520	88/0
26	26	Jeff Burton	Ford	99	CITGO	497	Running	$95,657	90/5
27	24	Jeff Green	Chevrolet	30	America Online	496	Running	$50,885	82/0
28	12	Bobby Hamilton	Chevrolet	55	Schneider Electric	496	Running	$61,900	79/0
29	25	Dale Jarrett	Ford	88	UPS	492	Running	$70,585	76/0
30	9	Michael Waltrip	Chevrolet	15	NAPA Auto Parts	488	Running	$61,835	73/0
31	Pole	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	24	DuPont	480	Running	$117,418	75/5
32	43	Hermie Sadler	Chevrolet	02	Autism Awareness	468	Out (Accident)	$49,395	67/0
33	41	Rick Mast	Ford	90	Duke's Mayonnaise/Sauer's	463	Running	$52,350	64/0
34	21	John Andretti	Dodge	43	Cheerios	462	Running	$79,368	61/0
35	40	Hut Stricklin	Dodge	23	Hills Bros Coffee	448	Running	$51,740	58/0
36	31	Brett Bodine	Ford	11	Hooters Restaurants	444	Running	$49,195	55/0
37	8	Ryan Newman	Ford	12	ALLTEL	429	Running	$57,160	52/0
38	14	Stacy Compton	Pontiac	14	Conseco	400	Running	$49,115	49/0
39	28	Johnny Benson	Pontiac	10	Valvoline	375	Out (Accident)	$75,830	46/0
40	36	Buckshot Jones	Dodge	44	Georgia Pacific	370	Running	$49,015	43/0
41	10	Elliott Sadler	Ford	21	Motorcraft Quality Parts	346	Out (Accident)	$56,965	40/0
42	42	Dick Trickle	Chevrolet	71	Marcis Racing	239	Out (Engine)	$48,910	37/0
43	39	Joe Nemechek	Ford	26		167	Out (Accident)	$73,403	34/0

Bud Pole: Jeff Gordon
EA Sports Move of the Race: Kurt Busch
Gatorade Front Runner: Jeff Gordon
Infogrames Pit Strategy Award: Jimmy Fennig (#97)
Outback Steakhouse Bloomin' Favorite: Kurt Busch
Raybestos Rookie of the Race: Jimmie Johnson
True Value Man of the Race: Kurt Busch
Waste Management Picking Up Places: Bobby Labonte

2006

Article Index

Date	Article	Author/Source
March 30, 2006	Kurt Busch wins at Bristol	Alfred Johnson

2007

Article Index

Date	Article	Author/Source
March 26, 2007	The 2007 Food City 500: In Their Words

2008

Article Index

Date	Article	Author/Source
16 March 2008	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Food City 500	Clint Bowyer Kevin Harvick
16 March 2008	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Food City 500	Jeff Burton Richard Childress Scott Miller

2009

Article Index

Date	Article	Author/Source
22 March 2009	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Food City 500	Steve Addington Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs
22 March 2009	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Food City 500	Denny Hamlin Jimmie Johnson

2010

Date: March 21, 2010

Results

Average Speed: 79.618 mph
Margin of Victory: 0.894 seconds
Time of Race: 03:20:50
Lead Changes: 29
Cautions: 42-46, 57-63, 117-123, 128-147, 205-210, 265-271, 324-331, 343-358, 392-411, 484-490

Finish	Start	Driver	Make	Car #	Sponsor	Laps	Status	Points	Winnings
1	4	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	48	Lowe's	500	Running	190/5	$199,978
2	11	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	14	Office Depot/Old Spice	500	Running	175/5	$161,323
3	2	Kurt Busch	Dodge	2	Miller Lite	500	Running	175/10	$167,523
4	25	Greg Biffle	Ford	16	U.S. Census	500	Running	165/5	$123,175
5	7	Matt Kenseth	Ford	17	Crown Royal	500	Running	155/0	$143,951
6	8	Carl Edwards	Ford	99	Scotts	500	Running	150/0	$130,173
7	18	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Chevrolet	88	National Guard/Amp Energy	500	Running	146/0	$101,175
8	17	Jamie McMurray	Chevrolet	1	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker	500	Running	142/0	$124,604
9	38	Kyle Busch	Toyota	18	M&M's	500	Running	138/0	$139,631
10	14	Jeff Burton	Chevrolet	31	Caterpillar	500	Running	139/5	$131,515
11	33	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	29	Shell/Pennzoil	500	Running	130/0	$128,501
12	19	Martin Truex, Jr.	Toyota	56	NAPA Auto Parts	500	Running	127/0	$89,475
13	36	Brad Keselowski	Dodge	12	Penske Racing	500	Running	129/5	$121,210
14	5	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	24	DuPont	500	Running	121/0	$133,026
15	28	Brian Vickers	Toyota	83	Red Bull	500	Running	118/0	$125,923
16	21	Ryan Newman	Chevrolet	39	Haas Automation	500	Running	115/0	$117,179
17	23	A.J. Allmendinger	Ford	43	Insignia/Best Buy	500	Running	112/0	$125,301
18	12	Paul Menard	Ford	98	Pittsburgh Paints/Menards	500	Running	109/0	$96,050
19	15	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	11	FedEx Express	500	Running	106/0	$103,675
20	37	Elliott Sadler	Ford	19	Stanley	500	Running	103/0	$97,050
21	43	Bobby Labonte	Chevrolet	71	TaxSlayer.com	500	Running	100/0	$86,975
22	32	Robby Gordon	Toyota	7	Warner Music Nashville/Blake Shelton	499	Running	97/0	$105,273
23	16	David Gilliland	Ford	38	Taco Bell	499	Running	94/0	$106,135
24	31	David Stremme	Ford	26	Air National Guard	498	Running	91/0	$94,150
25	41	Travis Kvapil	Ford	34	Long John Silver's	498	Running	88/0	$86,350
26	6	Juan Pablo Montoya	Chevrolet	42	Target	498	Running	90/5	$126,631
27	1	Joey Logano	Toyota	20	The Home Depot	495	Running	87/5	$127,415
28	42	Kevin Conway	Ford	37	Extenze	492	Running	79/0	$104,398
29	30	David Ragan	Ford	6	UPS	483	Running	76/0	$90,225
30	34	Casey Mears	Chevrolet	90	Juice Air Fresheners/SmellMyCar.com	483	Running	73/0	$82,875
31	29	Scott Speed	Toyota	82	Red Bull	480	Running	70/0	$95,648
32	22	Sam Hornish, Jr.	Dodge	77	Mobil 1	477	Running	67/0	$89,000
33	9	Marcos Ambrose	Toyota	47	Little Debbie	448	Running	64/0	$102,473
34	24	Kasey Kahne	Ford	9	Budweiser	432	Running	61/0	$123,390
35	13	Mark Martin	Chevrolet	5	GoDaddy.com	408	Running	58/0	$100,850
36	20	Regan Smith	Chevrolet	78	Furniture Row Companies	329	Out (Accident)	55/0	$88,800
37	40	Terry Cook	Dodge	46	Whitney Motorsports	285	Out (Brakes)	52/0	$80,750
38	10	David Reutimann	Toyota	00	Aaron's Dream Machine	113	Out (Engine)	49/0	$111,106
39	27	Aric Almirola	Chevrolet	09	Phoenix Construction/Graceway Pharmaceuticals	59	Out (Brakes)	46/0	$80,650
40	26	Clint Bowyer	Chevrolet	33	BB&T	56	Out (Engine)	43/0	$88,575
41	39	Michael Waltrip	Toyota	55	Prism Motorsports	46	Out (Suspension)	40/0	$80,500
42	3	Dave Blaney	Toyota	66	Prism Motorsports	40	Out (Accident)	37/0	$80,715
43	35	Joe Nemechek	Toyota	87	Computer Works	30	Out (Rear Gear)	34/0	$79,982
DNQ		Mike Bliss	Chevrolet	36	Wave Energy Drink
DNQ		Max Papis	Toyota	13	GEICO

Contingency Awards

Coors Light Pole: Joey Logano DIRECTV Crew Chief of the Race: Todd Parrott, #17 Goodyear Gatorback Fastest Lap: Greg Biffle Mahle Clevite Engine Builder of the Race: No Name, #2 Mobil 1 Command Performance Driver of the Race: Kurt Busch Moog Chassis Parts Problem Solver of the Race: Steve Addington, #2 O'Reilly Auto Parts Position Improvement: Kyle Busch Raybestos Rookie of the Race: Kevin Conway Sunoco Diamond Performance: Jimmie Johnson Tissot Pit Road Precision: Brad Keselowski WIX Filters Lap Leader: Juan Pablo Montoya

Date	Article	Author/Source
21 March 2010	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Food City 500	Kurt Busch Tony Stewart
21 March 2010	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Food City 500	Rick Hendrick Jimmie Johnson Chad Knaus

2012

Race Results

March 18, 2012
Average Speed: 93.037 mph
Margin of Victory: 0.714 seconds
Time of Race: 2:51:52
Lead Changes: 13
Cautions: 5 for 49 laps

Finish	Start	Driver	Make	Car #	Sponsor	Laps	Status	Points	Winnings
1	5	Brad Keselowski	Dodge	2	Miller Lite	500	Running	48	$186,770
2	21	Matt Kenseth	Ford	17	Best Buy	500	Running	43	$179,821
3	15	Martin Truex, Jr.	Toyota	56	NAPA Auto Parts	500	Running	41	$147,149
4	16	Clint Bowyer	Toyota	15	5-hour Energy	500	Running	40	$135,124
5	25	Brian Vickers	Toyota	55	Aaron's	500	Running	40	$98,535
6	33	Jeff Burton	Chevrolet	31	BB&T	500	Running	38	$139,810
7	17	Jamie McMurray	Chevrolet	1	McDonald's	500	Running	37	$127,793
8	30	Juan Pablo Montoya	Chevrolet	42	Target	500	Running	36	$124,351
9	22	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	48	Lowe's/Kobalt Tools	500	Running	35	$136,596
10	11	Paul Menard	Chevrolet	27	Menards/Moen	500	Running	34	$102,060
11	14	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	29	Budweiser	500	Running	33	$139,546
12	3	Ryan Newman	Chevrolet	39	Quicken Loans	500	Running	32	$132,818
13	1	Greg Biffle	Ford	16	811/3M	500	Running	32	$111,085
14	23	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	14	Office Depot/Mobil 1	500	Running	30	$140,810
15	18	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Chevrolet	88	National Guard/Diet Mountain Dew	500	Running	30	$100,035
16	9	Joey Logano	Toyota	20	The Home Depot	498	Running	28	$99,935
17	2	A.J. Allmendinger	Dodge	22	Shell/Pennzoil	498	Running	28	$132,635
18	27	Kurt Busch	Chevrolet	51	HendrickCars.com	498	Running	26	$116,893
19	7	Aric Almirola	Ford	43	Charter Communications	498	Running	25	$127,446
20	20	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	11	FedEx Ground	498	Running	24	$132,901
21	19	David Reutimann	Chevrolet	10	TradeBank	497	Running	23	$90,010
22	32	Brendan Gaughan	Chevrolet	33	South Point Hotel & Casino	496	Running	22	$97,735
23	31	David Ragan	Ford	34	Front Row Motorsports	496	Running	21	$105,618
24	6	Regan Smith	Chevrolet	78	Furniture Row Racing/CSX "Play It Safe"	496	Running	20	$111,343
25	24	Casey Mears	Ford	13	GEICO	496	Running	19	$101,068
26	26	David Gilliland	Ford	38	Taco Bell	496	Running	18	$98,207
27	34	Travis Kvapil	Toyota	93	Burger King/Dr. Pepper	496	Running	17	$96,510
28	36	Bobby Labonte	Toyota	47	Clorox/Scott Products	495	Running	16	$95,860
29	29	Landon Cassill	Toyota	83	Burger King/Dr. Pepper	495	Running	15	$111,605
30	40	J.J. Yeley	Toyota	49	JPO Absorbents	493	Running	14	$86,410
31	39	Michael McDowell	Ford	98	K-Love/Let It Start With Me	492	Running	13	$84,110
32	13	Kyle Busch	Toyota	18	Wrigley Doublemint	423	Running	12	$131,243
33	42	Ken Schrader	Ford	32	We Drive Sales - TMone.com	420	Running	11	$91,985
34	35	Dave Blaney	Chevrolet	36	Widow Wax/SealWrap	417	Running	10	$83,935
35	4	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	24	Drive to End Hunger/Chase AARP Visa	395	Running	10	$131,921
36	12	Marcos Ambrose	Ford	9	MAC Tools	389	Running	8	$111,743
37	10	Kasey Kahne	Chevrolet	5	Farmers Insurance	366	Running	7	$91,780
38	28	David Stremme	Toyota	30	Inception Motorsports	334	Out (Crash)	6	$83,703
39	8	Carl Edwards	Ford	99	Kellogg's/Cheez-It	245	Running	5	$127,191
40	41	Joe Nemechek	Toyota	87	AM/FM Energy Pellet & Wood Stoves	57	Out (Brakes)	0	$80,875
41	43	Scott Riggs	Chevrolet	23	North Texas Pipe	26	Out (Vibration)	3	$80,800
42	38	Reed Sorenson	Chevrolet	74	Turn One Racing	17	Out (Vibration)	0	$80,720
43	37	Josh Wise	Ford	26	Morristown Driver's Service	16	Out (spindle)	1	$80,289

Did Not Qualify: Timmy Hill (#37)

Article Index

Date	Article	Author/Source
9 March 2012	Walmart Store Events Bring NASCAR Driver Appearances, Race Time Savings to Bristol Starting March 14	Walmart
18 March 2012	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Food City 500	Matt Kenseth Martin Truex, Jr.
18 March 2012	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Food City 500	Brad Keselowski Paul Wolfe

Article Index

Date	Article	Author/Source
17 March 2013	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Food City 500	Kenny Francis Kasey Kahne
17 March 2013	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Food City 500	Kyle Busch Brad Keselowski