Weekend preview: Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway

This weeks stop on the Nascar circuit is at Bristol Motor Speedway a 1.5 mile tight track where defending 2014 spring race winner Carl Edwards will go for his fourth victory at the track, while Brad Keselowski looks for his third in his past 10 races at Bristol. The Fall meet was won by Joey Laggano back in 2014.

Drivers will need a new strategy and patience during Sunday’s 500-lap race as stated this is a very tight track to pass so a game plan will need to be in effect for this 500 lap race.

The weekend schedule; all times Eastern:

FRIDAY

Noon: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice, Fox Sports 1

1:30 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series practice, Fox Sports 1

3:00 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series final practice, Fox Sports 1

4:45 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying, Fox Sports 1

SATURDAY

8:30 a.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice, Fox Sports 1

9:45 a.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying, Fox Sports 1

11:30 a.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series final practice, Fox Sports 1

1:30 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series Drive to Stop Diabetes 300, Fox Sports 1 (300 laps, 159.9 miles)

SUNDAY

1 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Food City 500 in Support of Steve Byrnes and Stand Up to Cancer, Fox (500 laps, 266.5 miles)

Recent Race Statistics

Statistics

Average speed of race winner: 84.051 mph.

Time of race: 3 hours, 11 minutes, 23 seconds.

Margin of victory: Under caution.

Caution flags: 12 for 95 laps.

Lead changes: 20 among 12 drivers.

Recent winners (spring)

2014 — Edwards

2013 — Kahne

2012 — Keselowski

2011 — Kyle Busch

2010 — Johnson

Past winners (fall)

2014 — Logano

2013 — Kenseth

2012 — Hamlin

2011 — Keselowski

2010 — Kyle Busch

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Odds to win this event (Make sure to check out the updated odds at www.americasbookie.com )

Friday afternoon and race fans are hoping race day in 2105 is not a replay of the 2014 race when the event went under a rain delay for almost 3 full hours and it was raced under the lights.

Stay tuned for updates after qualifiers on Friday afternoon and see you on the starting grid.